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Just now, MissP22 said:

I wouldn't count on no matter what someone told you although it should have been applied that way.

You can't believe everything you here lately.

You are right except in my case we are on the ship and yes they are treating it as the newest.

15 hours ago, worldtraveller said:

We have Plus but the old Plus.

We are presently on princess in Alaska.  We purchased the old plus package.  My husband went to captains circle to inquire about a bunch of stuff and was told it is all upgraded and there is only the one package.  When I looked at our statement we were not charged the difference.

We are sailing this week.  Need update on alcohol policy.  Corkage fees, quantity.

we purchased 1.5 liters and we are two people.  We want to drink it in the cabin, so will they allow us to bring it between the two of us.

thanks

3 hours ago, Ombud said:

Come back and let us know as all other experiences have been before the addition of a "casual dining fee"

Good thought.  They are charging extra for everything else, why not pub lunch.  I will let you know asap

We are on the Ruby next Sat.  Want to know if they have the pub lunch and if so is it still free

thanks

I just read that the vines is included in casual dining.  All my years with princess before dinner we went and had wine with tapas and sushi prior to dinner.  Not a large portion but perf3ct with drinks.  So does it now mean a 14.99 charge to do it?

Iam possibly losing it, but I was under  the  impression that when we use future cruise credits to put the deposit on a cruise, that we get some form of shipboard credit.  Is  this so or not.  Thanks

I understand how many cruises we have taken and/or days sailed - but what do cruise credits even mean.  I just looked at mine and saw I have a total of 33 cruise credits.  What are they good for

thanks

7 hours ago, CruisingJs said:

See if there is a family suite available in your cruise.  That will sleep 6 and gets all of the benefits of a full suite.  It is basically two cabins joined with a common area in the middle.

To reserve the family suites, you can only do it by contacting princess.  They don’t let you do it online

We are doing the ten day r/t San Francisco to Alaska in a month.  When we return it will be just six months til it expires.  The only foreign port is Rupert island in Canada.  Can I travel with just the real I’d drivers license or do I need my passport?  Thanks for any help

4 hours ago, lstone19 said:

Nothing official I've seen and I don't know what the availability was before this morning but as of right now, all Ruby Princess cruises through the departure on 8/15 (which we are booked on) are unavailable to book.

We are booked for 8/5 and now wonder what princess is going to do.  

I can only guess at this moment because I am taking my first post covid times cruise, but the vista class ships ( royal, regal, discovery, enchanted) had regular coffee thru out ship including dining rooms.  All others had coffee made from a syrup which my personal opinion is it is awful.  I would suggest upon having your first meal onboard ask if coffee is made from syrup.  Hope this helps

25 minutes ago, scottca075 said:

 

Was it this guy?

 

Guess I am showing my age --  that's Manuel from Fawlty Towers.  One of the funniest shows ever created umpteen years ago with John Cleese.

Can’t find the banner reading flight quotes anymore and we are interested in a cruise for this year

I use to be able online to checkout cruises I was interested in as well as what flights and pricing were being offered.  I can’t find that anymore.

in addition I have booked a cruise for April 2024 and altho we are less than 333 days away, still can’t check flights.

anyone know what is happening?

thanks

As someone who has done a multitude of transatlantic crossibg - favorite cruise - the last few they ran a trivia at noon for all sea days that the scores for each team were kept on file.  The top 3 teams on the final sea day got gifts.  But it surely was fun and we met quite a few other passengers because of it.

also we have done some that ran like an Olympics on sea days - virtual games or ring toss or shuffleboard, ping pong.  Also fun and made friends.  Have to write that a friend of ours competed in ping pong against a blind individual and our friend lost.  That has become a laugh with our friend for years.

if you don’t see things being offered, go to cruise director and make suggestions.

hope this helps

I find it ironic that Princess wants to push for more cruises being purchased on board.  Over the years my experience with future cruise people and getting quotes were always soooo much higher than my travel agent. I would get a quote onboard and then email my agent for a quote. Ended up never purchasing onboard. 

It is almost like Princess is trying hard to lose its loyalty base with all the  changes that have been made in perks.  If we get "sales people" onboard getting aggressive with sales, that could also turn a lot of us off. 

I keep telling friends that cruising is going back to the 40's and 50's when it was a true luxury vacation and the average person could not afford it.  The prices have skyrocketed, and the next generation of vacationers won't be able to cruise.  Please don't jump all over me, it is my opinion.  Thanks

We were there in 2019, but we usually do Europe in the fall on  a transatlantic cruise. Wait time was about ten to 15 minutes.  My dh had an Irish friend drive us all over.  After the Blarney Stone we walked out of the area and were taken to a local pub for lunch.  It was fabulous to say the least.

As someone who normally travelled a party of ten people, pre covid and pre medallion, we would show up at MDR the first night and request table for ten.  We would get it but we knew they normally use them as sharing tables.  By the second night that first table and waiter were ours the rest of the cruise.

only real negative is that our party of ten spent at least 3 hours having a meal.  Our friends ended up hating to miss the show so that they ate at a different time. We were then down to six which is more manageable.

On 4/4/2023 at 2:47 PM, fpsphil said:

Just make sure the elite name is on the paper that goes out. I have had to go down and have the charges remove from my fiancé's account because she had put her name on the laundry bags instead of mine.

I reached elite before my husband, but I put our clothes in a bag with my name and never had a problem.

10 hours ago, Coral said:

Does this really surprise you? I don't plan on using either of those features if I get the Plus package in the future. I don't remember people saying "I wish they would create these outrageous desserts" or "I wish they would now charge for fitness classes". They probably did charge for a few previously. Just not something people seemed thrilled about - I think most would have preferred the $50 Plus package with out these 2 features.

I have the plus package from before the increase in price.  It does not include the premium desserts or fitness classes???.

For years I was always able to get shipboard credit easily with my visa.  I went online to get some shipboard credit, but the site has changed.  Any ideas are welcomed.  Altho we purchased princess plus which includes drinks and gratuities, we always used shipboard credits for e cursions, specialty dining and in the casino.

thanks for any help

We have reserved an owners suite for our Alaskan cruise.  We are elite but we are treating ourselves for our 50 th anniversary.  
 

the balcony wraps around and has lounge chairs as well as table with 4 chairs.  We can have friends join us for dinner (off the dining room menu)   This is something I like.  On the Ruby the owners suite is aft and we are on the aloha deck.

I don’t think you can go too wrong whatever you decide

We have reserved a regular suite.  I realize we can have the MDR food brought to our cabin.  So my question is, we are traveling with another couple.  Can they join us in our cabin?  Will the ship send 4 dinners to our cabin?

thanks for any responses.

We have spent birthdays, anniversaries etc. with our cruising buddies at the Crown Grill and loved it.  But - many many years ago we ate at Sabatini and really loved that.  When we returned a year later to Sabatini we hated it.  But, our last cruise pre pandemic, we went back to Sabatinis and loved it so much with newer menu and room ambiance that I think we will celebrate there on our cruise.

the point I am trying to make is - both restaurants are special for a special occasion.  Enjoy.

one last thing tho, we found the crown grill to get very busy and therefore the servers are very busy.  Sabatini’s doesn’t seem to get as crowded.

happy anniversary