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I can give you one that has worked every time. It shouldn't be needed but I think those people are swamped. No doubt they have other things to do besides set up M&Gs.

Thank you for providing details of what happens in quarantine. I have heard parts of it before and you tied it all together by filling in the gaps.

How long ago did you send the e-mail?

That department went through a big downsizing and is try to rebuild. If you sent your request to grouponboardservices@princesscruises.com you should get a reply. If you haven't heard back from them in a week come back here for something else to try.

I am, thank you. I tested as soon as I got home and then went on a 10-day self quarantine. At day 6 I tested negative so I freed myself from my COVID shackles.

Julie, add one more. I found out from someone I met on the cruise that she tested positive a few days after she got home. I wouldn't be surprised if there were many others.

I'm glad Jon and you are improving and I am looking forward to your upcoming comments.

When I got home I tested positive for COVID and went on self-quarantine. After 2 days my symptoms subsided and by day 6 I tested negative. I talked to Jon on Wednesday and we shook hands. I don't know if that was a contributing factor or not. One other person on the cruise that I had contact with is now in self-quarantine. I wonder how many cases there were while we were onboard and how many cases showed up later.

There is no longer a contact person for any ship. E-mail grouponboardservices@princesscruises.com with your request. If you don't hear back within a week come back here to get additional information.

Thanks, Julie. I enjoyed meeting and talking with you. Like Jon I am double vaccinated and double boostered so hopefully I will shake this soon. At least it doesn't seem to be getting worse.

Thank you, Carolyn. Like Tracie I hope to meet you someday on a sailing.

I started having symptoms and when I got home tested positive. My symptoms are a lot like yours. Like Jon I have had 4 vaccines so I too am hoping that is preventing things from getting any worse.

Sorry to hear about Jon. As we talked about before whatever decision you make is the right one.

Tracie, the MTP cutoff is now at 360 days. They have had several cancellations and the number keeps dropping but probably won't drop much more.

The preceding answers are just fine but I suggest something different that I have numerous times with excellent results. I prepare one letter to the captain and invite him and any of his officers that are available and drop that letter off at the Passenger Services Desk immediately after boarding. If you don't know the captain's name the Group Onboard Services folks can get that for you. No need to worry about finding out who all of the officers and crew is because the captain will take care of it. One other thing I do is schedule the M&G for 1½ hours and invite the captain ½ hour after the start time. I use that ½ hour to let the participants introduce themselves. I have been to so many M&Gs that I had no idea who was attending and there are usually several people I want to meet and never know who they are. Like Tom I can send you a copy of a letter I used if you e-mail me at srice(at)yahoo.com.

You need to post this request in your roll call. This is for people wanting to set up a M&G.

Song is onboard the ship and is a great person. I have been on several cruises with her and enjoyed every encounter. She originally started out on the cruise director staff. In March she provided refreshments for the M&G. I wish there were more Captain's Circle reps like her!

@Ken the cruiser, thanks for your sharing your cruise with us. I am on the 28 May sailing and followed the thread with great interest. Fair winds and following seas.

From what I understood on 2 post COVID pause cruises the Champagne waterfall has been discontinued. From Ken's postings of the Patter there has been tea serving scones, small sandwiches, cookies, pastries, etc. every day at 3 but it is not a high tea which usually includes a lot of exotic offerings. On the 2 sailings I mentioned tea was available only on sea days. I am glad to see that the CB is doing it every day.

Kristen, I will be happy to help also. Feel free to e-mail me at srice(at)yahoo.com.

If you don't want to organize the M&G then don't. After all this is a vacation and you shouldn't do anything that makes you feel uncomfortable. If you contacted Princess to set up the M&G then hopefully someone will step up. Don't let tbarton's posting scare you. Most people don't do all of the things he does and the M&G turns out just fine. I admire him for his creativity and energy and think the other passengers on his sailing are fortunate. It is possible that no one will take the M&G and so be it.

Thank you for the link. That appears to be a great source.

By external pictures I meant one like this Most likely that is where she got those webcam pictures plus the shots from Princess' webcam.

Ken, did you use http://en.youwebcams.org/category/panama/ for your external pictures?

On Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, and NCL forums Cruise Critic members have been posting reviews of cabins on ships. It is time now for Princess cruisers to share cabin information with others. One problem I have noticed on the other forums is the lack of a way to easily manipulate the data collected from the reviews. On the Royal Caribbean thread someone started an accessible spreadsheet that compiles the data from the reviews. I used that paradigm as a starting point for this project. This thread provides a means for cruisers to provide reviews of cabins on Princess ships and a link to a means to easily sift through information contained in those reviews. I hope it is successful enough for the moderators to make it a “Sticky”. The first step in the process is for Cruise Critic members to post reviews of cabins. In Posting #2 I will provide a template that can easily be used to prompt for the information to be provided. The topic of that posting will be PRINCESS CABIN REVIEW TEMPLATE (07/12/2015). It is conceivable that after some usage we may want to change the template so a new template will have a similar title with a revised date. A person wanting to use the latest template can check the spreadsheet to see what and where the latest version can be found. The initial template will look like this: Ship Class Deck Cabin # Category Port/Starboard/Bow/Stern Connects With Cabin # Accessible Quiet Balcony Size View Privacy Issues Wind Soot Problems Comments Persons posting reviews are encouraged to add pictures to reviews. Here is some guidance to explain how some of these template items should be interpreted. Some fields require secific answers and those answers are indicated in parenthesis Ship, Class, Deck, Stateroom, and Category – Without the name of the ship and the stateroom the remaining information collected will be useless. If you aren't sure about the deck or category the person transcribing the data to the spreadsheet will look it up. Port/Starboard/Bow/Stern – (Port/Starboard/Bow/Stern) This information can be looked up by the transcriber if missing. The purpose is to determine where on the ship the cabin is located. A bow cabin faces the front and a stern cabin faces the rear of the ship. Connects With Cabin # – Enter the cabin number this cabin connects with, if applicable. If it doesn't connect enter “na”. Accessible – (Yes or No) Is this cabin a handicapped accessible cabin? You may make additional comments if you wish. Quiet – (Yes or No) This is the first subjective response. If the cabin isn't quiet then the answer is “No” and tell why it isn't quiet. If the cabin is quiet all day but has noise from meal service one deck up from 2 AM to 6 AM it is not quiet. Please explain “No” answers. Balcony Size – (None/Oversized/Undersized/Normal) If the cabin has no balcony please enter “None”. Balcony size is subjective and relative to different ships. If a balcony does not have room for 2 people to sit on it in chairs facing the ocean without being cramped for leg room, it should be considered “Normal”. Most of the balcony cabins on the newer ships would be considered “Undersized” by this standard but that is how they should be classified if they don't meet the definition mentioned above. View – (Normal, None, Obstructed) If the cabin is not a balcony and doesn't otherwise have a view outside is should be classified as “None”. Privacy Issues – If the cabin's balcony is not completely covered, if there are privacy issues with SeaWalk, or anything else that compromises privacy, please give a description. Wind - (Yes or No) If there any unusual wind problem with the cabin the answer is “Yes” and please give an explanation. Soot - (Yes or No) If there were problems with soot please answer “Yes” and explain if you wish. Problems – Please describe any problems you had with the cabin and indicate if they were remedied. Keep in mind this is a review of the cabin so if you had a problem relating to your specific sailing it would be best to describe that in a review of your cruise. Comments – Please feel free to make any comments you think other people interested in the cabin might find interesting. The responses from the reviews will be copied to a spreadsheet located at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iJDFCtotsFNUvSNFzZ3LXomW95WX7R0svO7JhGRBvpo/edit?usp=sharing. You will be able to filter the data to view it many different ways.