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Has anyone done this tour in Bar Harbor? The company gets very good reviews on TripAdvisor but most reviews are for the Portland tour.

 

Ship will be in port 7am-7pm & we already have reservations with Oli’s Trolley - just looking for something else/different to do.

 

I appreciate any information :)

We will be in Bar Harbor on a cruise in Oct. I didn’t see any excursions on the ship site. Is this foodie tour a separate thing? I’d love some info😬

Thanks for posting! One thing I didn't realize was that each person in the cabin got the benefit. We had just become Platinum 2 years ago and we thought the benefit was for the cabin.

Doing search I found this from May

 

The price of the Enclave on my recent Royal 17 day TA was $279 for one person, only $100 for the second. It was money well spent! The therapy pool was amazing. Oh, the tile lounges WERE heated.

 

I am boarding in two week's. It is my first stop. :)

I've never tried the Enclave on the Royal class ships. Is that price per day?

I just noticed on a sample Crown Grill menu on the Regal that they now charge $10 for additional main dish items...for instance adding lobster to a steak.

Is this a new policy?

Do they still come round with popcorn and a drink for MUTS ? Please anyone:confused:

There is usually a help yourself basket of popcorn( small bags) where you can just pick up. It's usually by one of the outdoor bars. We didn't see any bar keeps during our visits.

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Recently they've shown:

 

Jungle book

 

Man from uncle

 

Hail Caesar

 

Joy

 

Concussion

 

Batman v superman

 

Daddy's home

 

 

 

I suspect they'll be replacing some of these shortly by more current ones.

Thanks for the list! I haven't seen any of them.

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We will be on the Sept 3rd Royal and were wondering if anyone has a movie schedule?

TIA!

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Yes, but here is how it worked on a different Princess ship. Shold be the same process on the Royal.

 

There will be one or two currency exchange machines.

These are not ATM machines. You put currency in to get currency out. There is a limit of inserting ten bills per transaction. There is a service fee of $4.50 per transactions. It is obviously better to insert ten $20 bills than twenty $10 bills as the latter transaction would require paying two service fees.

 

The Interbank rate the day I'm using in this example for selling Euros was $1.13204 for one Euro.

 

ATM debit cards used on shore will usually have a foreign transaction charge from your bank of from 0% (CapitalOne, for example) to 3% (Bank of America, for example).

 

So if your financial institution charges the full 3% rate, one Euro would cost $1.1660.

 

This compares (as shown below) to the Princess rate: one Euro would cost $1.2046.

 

The Princess currency exchange machines had the following rates that day. (I do not know how often they may change.)

 

To purchase Euros, you will pay $1.2046 for each Euro. Compare this to what using your ATM debit card might cost. To sell Euros back to Princess, the machine will give you $1.0306 for each Euro, 14.44% less than you paid for them. Of course you will pay the $4.50 Princess transaction fee for both buying and selling the Euros. If you converted $100 into Euros and then back into US $, including the transaction fees you would end up with $77.21.

 

To be noted is that the machine does not say you are paying $1.2046 for each Euro. It shows the rate as $1 buys you .83015 of a Euro. Unless you have a calculator with you or are a certified MENSA member, you will not know that .83015 translates to paying $1.2046 for a Euro. Many people see the $1.0306 value and assume they are getting a great deal on purchasing Euros.

 

The machines do not accept coins. I do not know if they dispense coins when you buy the currencies, but I suspect they do.

 

You are not limited to making these transactions with US $. The machine also accepted the currencies of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Japan.

 

 

This is nice of you to provide this to me. It really helps. I was so confused when my banker was trying to explain.

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Yes, Platinums and Elites and Suite guests can board at any time. Even for others, the progressive times are only suggestions.

Thanks for the info!

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We don't cruise too often so had a few questions. I tried to search but couldn't find any posts.

Any Platinums or Elites try to board earlier than the progressive times? Do they let you on?

Do the ships in Europe(Royal) sell euros?

Thanks for your help!

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Thank you. My preference is to carry it on if possible vs. having to secure in my suitcase.

Fun! Love Cava! Are you carrying on the flight? Just curious if liquids are allowed on International flights.

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You can preorder twelve 500ml bottles for $6.95. Onboard they are $2.00 each or $24.00 for the dozen.

Good idea! Thank you!

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Apologies if someone asked this but the Soda and More package include bottled water?? Probably not but I wanted to check.

In the 1st post click on Regal Princess to view the photos. :)

 

If that doesn't work for you then click on this link to view them: http://gallery.cruisecritic.com/ships/regal-princess-679/

 

We've enjoyed a combined 6 weeks on the Royal & Regal & hopefully you'll enjoy the Regal as much as we did. :D

My first time seeing posts of these photos. Is there albums for the Royal?

Fantastic reviews! Thanks for sharing. We will be on the Royal in the Fall. It's our first time. I have read various posts about that " skywalk" and how people can get a view of some balcony rooms. Does anyone have insight on which decks or rooms? It sounds crazy. :confused::confused:

On Princess boarding usually starts between 11:30 and noon although it could be a little later. The last time I boarded it was 11:45 AM.

Holy Cow! That nice. It's been years since we've cruised Princess. Thanks!

Just curious...what's the earliest someone has gotten to board?:D

I did a search and couldn't find the correct answer. I have 2 older coffee cards with many punches left. Can I still use them on the CB?:confused::confused:

Wow, you guys are awesome! Thanks for the prompt response!:)

I've tried to search on this in various forums but not sure how to locate, but how can you check to see what other ships are in port when my cruise is in port? Thanks in advance!:confused::confused::confused:

We are in D737 and it still isn't fixed

Sorry to hijack the thread but how is your shower issue going. We booked this room for our Oct short trip. I can't imagine this issue going on for months?

I love your details....keep them coming. :)

Thanks for the great advice. We were lucky to experience the Chefs Table on our first Princess cruise, then tried to do it on the second cruise but got declined. I just thought maybe because elites and others had priority. We will try again on our cruise in October. The experience was the most memorable of our princess cruises.

Hello sailing gurus! Just curious if the suite passengers or elites or both get priority for tours like the Chef Table? I saw it listed on the perks sheet but wanted to see if anyone has booked it and gotten accepted.

Thank you! I appreciate your knowledge!:):)

And how did it work out?

They were oversold, and gave us a full refund without any penalties. :)