Sea and Me

This question may have been asked before if it was forgive me for asking again. We were on a cruise in April '15 to Hawaii and we purchased a coffee card. I have 4 unused spaces. We are going on the Royal Princess in November and I was wondering may I use the unused portion of the card? I intend to purchase another card once on board.

Thank you and have a good day.

Carol

Paulo is a personal friend and is now back home in Portugal enjoying a time away from the ship.. Did he do his "Cat" impression for you?

YES he did!!!! If you contact him please tell him the people from Pittsburgh, PA said "WOW"!! What a great guy. Do you know if he'll be going back to the Star? We are booked on the Royal for Nov. 2016 it would be great if he were there. Thanks for your post.

Carol

Pam: We were on the Star in April to Hawaii. We loved the crew especially a young man in the dining room named Paulo!! He is a head waiter and has a personality that made our dining experience great!! If you get a chance meet him and just say "WOW" (it is his trademark), tell him that people from Pittsburgh, PA think of him often. He was in Portofino dining room. A great young man who really loves his position. Hope you get to meet him.

Enjoy your cruise and congratulations on "50".

Carol

Thanks everyone for your replies. I'm going to just "stick" right now, and I'll continue to look and see if there are better deals. Doesn't hurt to look:)

Have a nice day.

Carol

We did the 3 for 3 sale and have some nice perks. I'm checking the Princess website and the prices have gone up (imagine that)! I'll keep searching, like I said its a year out, Nov.16 on the Royal.

Thanks for your reply. Have a good day.

Carol

If someone books during a "sale" and wants to switch their cabin would they lose their "sale perks"?? The cruise is a year out. I realize there may be other sales. Would one have to cancel then rebook? If the price would change would it be worth it to go through all of the above??

Thanks,

Carol

We have booked obstructive ocean view cabins several times. If you go to the website Pam suggested you will be able to see what the obstructed view looks like. As the other poster said if you have 3 adults in the cabin it'll be tight, kids would be okay. Good luck and enjoy your cruise.

Carol

Thank you for letting me know. It's really not going to make a difference in our cruise, we just enjoy being on a ship :)

The Captain on now is Capt. Espen Been. He started rotation on 4/10/15, I think they are on for 10 weeks. The other Capt. is Trond Holm. There is a post listing all the Captains for RCCL that is where I found the information. Enjoy your cruise. We like the Grandeur too.

Carol

I think I can speak from experience. On our Hawaii cruise I got dehydrated and ended up in the medical center for 2 1/2 hrs. SO now I use Bonine and I start 2 days before my trip(pharmacist recommended) and it works for me. We were on a Can/NE cruise and encountered Hurricane Sandy!! I did not get seasick thank goodness!! I guess you have to try and see what works for you.

Carol

Thanks for the Live update! Mark: I'll remember to pack my "smile" and I always take Bonine, had the experience of dehydration sailing to Hawaii in '07. Hopefully the seas will be calm for our 29th sailing. Thanks again for taking time to post live. The posts were great!

Carol

We are platinum and I appreciate the free minutes. I check in with the family at home and at the end of the cruise I print our boarding passes for the airline.

Carol

I called Princess and they took care of it for us. They needed the info for the returning flight. Now I can print docs.

Carol

I hope someone can help!! I'm having trouble with flight info on our cruise personalizer. I'm thinking its due to flying in the day before the cruise. We purchased Princess transfers. We will be sailing on 4/29 out of San Francisco, staying overnight on 4/28. The place we are staying will transfer us to the port where we will meet the Princess rep.

Can anyone explain why the cruise personalizer isn't taking this info? Thanks in advance.

Carol

Theo:

Thank you for all the work that you have done and still do. When we were thinking of booking the Star Princess going to Hawaii I checked out the obstructed cabins. We booked on the Emerald deck, thanks to you we found great cabins!! Thanks again.

Carol

How many times a year are the bogo sales offered??

Carol

If you go to google and put in princess site by renmar you will find the obstructed cabins on Princess. You also can try to find the posts on Princess cruise critic. When thinking of booking a cruise I check first with this site. Every ship is different, although some sister ships have the same layout of cabins. We have booked obstructed and found them not to be so bad. As long as you aren't looking at stairs. Your really not in your cabin that long so its worth the $$ you save.

Good luck with finding the site. Just scroll through Princess posts lots of posts trying to find a good obstructed cabin. This person went through a lot of time to do this for Princess cruisers.

Carol

Thanks to all of you that responded to my post. An update on DH. He is in the hospital awaiting hip surgery scheduled for Wed. He had been in terrible pain for the last week that is the reason we cancelled the cruise. We never thought that he had a hip fracture!! After suffering for that length of time we went to the ER yesterday morning.

We have insurance and our TA said he will help with the paperwork. Our Doctor will write a letter stating all the information.

Thanks again.

Carol

I'm wondering if any of you ever had to cancel your cruise and if so how close were you to sail date. We were to sail 9/11/14 and my husband had his hip "act up". By that I mean he is in such discomfort he cannot stand or walk for long periods of time. He is walking with a cane and afraid of falling. He is a young 74 but still 74!! After much thought he decided it best to cancel our cruise. We booked this cruise through our travel agent and he has a group going. We purchased the RCI insurance and hopefully they will compensate us in some manner.

Has anyone been in a similar situation?? And if you had insurance what compensation did you receive??

Thank you for your reply. I'm certain hip replacement is in the very near future.

Carol

I do remember printing them out last year for our March cruise. I just couldn't remember when they came. Thanks for giving me the information, I appreciate it.

Carol

I just did our online checkin for our Sept. cruise (I know a little early). When do the luggage tags become available so they can be printed out?? There is an example of the tag on the last page, but states "they are not real luggage tags". Help please and thanks.

I had trouble with my computer and lost Eula and its website, can anyone help me to locate it? Thanks.

Carol

Sue:

Dad looks like a really nice guy. I'm sure he will enjoy Alaska. Looking forward to you and your Dads adventures.

I've been considering HAL for a future cruise. I like their itinerary. We sailed Princess and RCCL many times. Please let me know how you like the ship.

Thanks,

Carol

We were in cabin 4042 Enchantment out of Baltimore 3/9-18th and had trouble with toilet flushing. It had a mind of its own!! Other cabins on the same deck also had flushing problems. Sometimes it did and sometimes delayed!! Also sewage smell in public areas of the ship!! Not so nice:( Hope the Grandeur doesn't have any problems. It is one of our favorite ships.

Carol

Great idea for Super Bowl colors just wish they were different colors (Go Steelers). We are for the Ravens too:D

I know it has been posted but remind me please how long are Captains usually off on vacation??

The Staff Captain is second in command, right after the Captain. After the Staff Captain comes the Chief Officer, First Officers, and Second Officers.

Thanks I learned something new today:)

Carol