BamaVol

That raises a question I haven’t thought about since I got off the ship three weeks ago. My regular breakfast is often a bowl of Cheerios with fruit and almond milk. I know I can get nondairy milks at the IC for coffee. But can I order nondairy milk with my cereal in the MDR? I’ve never seen it on the menu or in the buffet either. My other regular breakfast is eggs, home fries and bacon or sausage. And I am happy to order that all cruise long.

I’m not a vegan. But I must avoid dairy and will often choose vegan dishes because I can count on there being no dairy in them. I welcome this menu. I will try a dish or two on my next cruise.

Three movies a day (morning, afternoon and night) on my Sapphire sailing to Alaska. We book through the cruise line and independent. You can probably figure out whether there’s much risk of missing the ship depending on the excursion. Some are the same but you pay less booking directly. Example: Great Alaskan Lumberjack show was $3 less at the door with no risk of missing the ship barring a chainsaw accident.

The problem was solved through live chat with a Princess rep this afternoon. My TA entered my birthday incorrectly. Instead of 1-12-65 (I wish), she entered 1-2-65. She made me 10 days older, which is totally unacceptable! But easy to see how it was done through carelessness. The rep saw it, she fixed it, and then she tried to upsell me. I’m willing to forgive her because I was able to get into my booking. Interesting that Princess requires a birthdate for the booking and it isn’t cross checked against your profile. I’m sure I’m not the first one this happened to.

100% agree. I got “full advantage” without touching one of those gross desserts or drinking more than 4 alcoholic beverages a day. I used the internet daily. I incremented my crew appreciation with cash. A couple coffees, lots of bottled water and a couple pricy glasses of wine and I’m over breakeven. I have no idea how well other people can do math and I don’t care.

That was not a prediction, nor did I read it here or see it on YouTube. And I will never say “I told you so”. But I’m allowed to think it occasionally.

Some people won’t be happy until the price actually goes up. They are just waiting for the chance to say “I told you so”. Even if they have to wait 3 years.

Can you give a few examples? Is it like summer camp? How much adult supervision/ interaction? I’m taking a 12 year old and 8 year old next June. The 8 year old likes tabletop activities. She’s into crafts and art and learning to sew. The 12 year old has his face in a tablet when he’s not physically active. I think they’ll both be in the same age group.

This was on Sapphire Princess. I believe I have heard Mario is retiring before year end. After something like 60 years with Princess.

They (Mario and Luigi) were there every night, for at least a few minutes. They also made the rounds in our dining room each night. They stopped at our table, asked questions and listened to our responses.

Princess never met a revenue opportunity they didn’t love. The numbers at the table dwindled over time. I think the first 2 or 3 nights, the table was at capacity (12 I think). By the final night, there were only 8.

Me too, although not sailing on her until June. to the OP, many legs of a cruise are not designed to be sailed directly at full speed. There should be lots of time for delays and adjustments to the schedule most days. Unlike an air flight, a cruise ship is as much destination as transportation.

That was not my intent. I grabbed the wrong patter. Here are 2 more: embarkation day and first sea day.

Priced according to demand, for sure. For us, MCO-YVR COST $250 to upgrade. But coming home, ANC-MCO was only $120.

We were seated next to the Chefs Table 5 nights out if 7 on our last cruise. I couldn’t hear everyone at the table but what I did hear was very off-putting. A bunch of guys bragging to strangers. No thanks.

This is my day 2 Patter. You can see 3 movies (Shazam: Fury of the gods, Call of the wild and Avatar: the way of the water), as well as other Sea Day activities. Maybe this helps with your question. I hope you can make things out.

All good points. The new TA said she was using the file created by the old TA. That had the correct BD and worked fine. I will call Monday to see if she can figure it out. After all, that’s what she’s there for. I am getting emails from Princess asking me to buy air and excursions. At least they got my email correct and know I’m the guy that just booked a cruise with them. I’m not gonna do anything with my daughters booking. She will eventually tell me whether she got in and accessed it. I can log in to Princess.com. So I can look at my profile. I will do that next.

You can pay to upgrade too. We booked economy award tickets to and from our last cruise and paid United to upgrade to PE.

I haven’t noticed a noisy crowd. But my last cruise was Alaska. Not the right kind of weather. I will say that IME Princess shows a lot or concert films. No plot and you already know the songs.

Aren’t some of those mocktails more expensive than a domestic beer?

In Alabama, where I see it regularly, the kids may be exposed to worse in daycare. A quick web search shows that it’s legal in some states. One web site stated that it is legal for a minor to sit at a bar in California if accompanied by a parent or guardian. That doesn’t make it true, it wasn’t a state web site. But I’ve always assumed it was legal in most southern states - I’ve lived in TN, SC, NC, AL and FL and I’m reasonably sure I’ve seen kids at bars occasionally in all. Not mine, of course.

I occasionally see that on land. If I’m sitting at the bar, I usually offer to buy them a whiskey. Sometimes the parents get the message, but not usually. I figure it’s not my bar, so I don't make the rules. It’s up to management and employees to keep kids away. But I’m not sure it’s the law, and if so, probably not in all 50 states.

Movies are shown on deck constantly. There is giant Jenga: crew vs passengers. Coloring and origami

That’s a reminder that I will need to restrict their medallions somehow. Years back, my youngest (12 or 13 years old at the time) showed up for dinner in the MDR with a new watch. God forbid my grandson sits down at the blackjack table and loses a grand.

This probably doesn’t belong exactly here, but I’m not sure it merits its own thread. I booked a June cruise yesterday with my new TA. I won’t go into why I needed to make a change, but I did. It is the same agency, different office. I booked 2 cabins because I am taking my daughter and her family with us. I got home and entered my booking number into the app. It looked different than the day before and I figured it knows I have an upcoming voyage. It told me the booking number was assigned to someone else. So, I went to Princess.com. I entered first name, last name, birthday and it told me the birthday didn’t match their file. It was all correct information entered correctly. I thought maybe, being Princess, I need to wait a day for one system to talk to another. Nope. Same messages today. Then I tried my wife’s information and it let me in. Is there a primary cruiser identified somewhere in the database, and it was reversed from the past by my new TA, or do I have a bigger problem?