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On 11/25/2022 at 6:29 AM, resordanis said:

Can someone confirm either way please?

NZeta is not required for Australian Citizens traveling on an Australian passport.

https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/about-visa/nzeta#https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/tools-and-information/your-journey-to-new-zealand/before-you-travel-to-new-zealand/travellers-who-do-not-need-nzeta/slider

Probably a great time to try to quit?

43 minutes ago, Hogbay said:

Take a smart phone photo withim 24 hours of travel , not a selfie but of a RAT . Australia is exempt of needing a visa but need a NZeta .

The requirements for who does Not need a NZeta can be found here - https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/about-visa/nzeta#https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/apply-for-a-visa/tools-and-information/your-journey-to-new-zealand/before-you-travel-to-new-zealand/travellers-who-do-not-need-nzeta/slider

The second dot point is if you are an Australian citizen traveling on an Australian passport

Pretty sure there is an option to pick from a range of images other than the standard Princess logo

Thank you for the feedback. There is still nothing coming up on the app for us yet, all we get is try again soon so we will wait out until we can see what is available to book.

Can anyone shed some light on how each of the Mdr's are being used on Grand?

Are they having one for traditional, one for Dine my way, one split CC / Dine my way? Interested to hear how the new version of anytime dining is working, or not 😆

Also which Mdr is split if anyone knows?

Yes we are over 60 days out

On 10/31/2022 at 9:05 PM, Relaxing Robbies said:

In the app, go to Personal Information & Documents, scroll down past Required Information to Suggested. Choose Arrivals and your cruise. You need to choose an Arrival Group there to get a time.

Lol I go to mine and it says zero groups available in the Early, Mid and Late boarding periods 🤣

Everyone will have a differing opinion as to what will suit them best, we have cruised in all class of cabins from interior through to suites.

For us the extra space and the peace and quiet of the balcony is a great part of a cruise and we are more than happy to pay for it. To others though it may just be an unnecessary space that they can do without.

Only you can decide if the difference in cost is good value to you, I would suggest go with the one that you are most comfortable with and enjoy your cruise 😀

Ours enjoyed both the kids and the teens clubs. We are down to just one now and the little bugger hits elite on his next cruise, not bad for 15..........

Why didn't I have cruising parents, sigh

Nice, I received feedback from the Weta Workshops. Apparently I am the first person from a cruise they have heard from so far?

They are excited to have international guest to start arriving and plan to join the shore ex program like their Wellington branch have done in previous years, but I guess that won't be until next season 😔

Upside is they are going to see if they can run a workshop the day we are visiting  😃 soo looking forward to that if they can do it, looks like so much fun playing with the blood and guts

While we have been to the Weta Workshops in Wellington we have been looking forward to checking out the new one in Auckland. Was a little disappointed to see it hadn't made the shore ex list yet but we booked it direct.

Has anyone been? Was hoping to do the workshops as well but they aren't on the day we are there 😞

Thanks, we'll see how they go. Still nearly 3 months out so plenty of time 🙂

Is Princess accepting emails again or back to the dark ages of faxing for requests?

We have done a couple of the Adelaide to NZ cruises in the past and have had the customs clearance done in Melbourne each time and yes the requirement to disembark was there for each leg.

We have chosen to spend the day out and about in Melbourne on the turn around days each time and it has been pretty straight forward. Off in the morning (with a transit passenger card) and then just express through if there is still passengers boarding when you return.

The bonus is you are not taking luggage off and back on so it is really just like any other port visit we have found.

We had a refund of our policy from Defence Health when we called after our cruise was cancelled a few months back. We have an annual policy which was due to start beginning of August, not much chance of that being useful....

Simple answer is you don't wait. Princess have stated that their refund time would be up to 60 days, if it has past that then you ask for it to be escalated and continue to do so until it is resolved to your satisfaction.

They were so helpful on the FB page that they just referred me to their new and improved cancellation policy (which doesn't actually even apply to the cruise I had asked about).

Top suggestion that to help fix an issue, just refer me to the cancellation policy 👍

Obviously business is booming and customer retention is on the top of their priority list, I literally couldn't spoon feed them any longer.

I did ask the question on their FB page, I got a less than helpful response from Princess.

If it was an issue that had just popped up I would agree with you, but as we have been on the merry go round since before the New Year (pre coronavirus) my patience extends only so far.

All of it to do with a move over, which guess what all of these passengers with FCC's will be using from their compensation will be categorized as. All I can say is god help them when something goes wrong with their booking....................

For anyone wondering, there is no such department that we ever found. in fact we could not even find anyone willing to stop passing the buck. In the end we just cancelled and will for now look elsewhere, hopefully for better service.

Wishful thinking I know but hey it has to exist somewhere 🙂

For the first time we are actually having significant ongoing issues with Princess and are in need of a contact within their resolution department if they actually have such a thing?

Has anyone had to deal with issues that you have had no joy with through the regular channels and have dealt with someone who is actually responsible for resolving issues rather than just passing the buck. If you have would you mind sharing the process you went through or the contact details?

15 hours ago, Qcruise said:

Bourbon/whiskey.....potato/potato......lol

Ah must be a wine drinker, lucky there is only a red and white in those 😉

Thank you for the feedback, yes we are looking at one of the Sky Princess cruises that originates out of St Petersburg. Though the more feedback we are receiving on the difficulties associated with travel to Russia we are reconsidering if the extra time pre or post cruise is going to be worth the effort.

Maybe altering our plans to a cruise originating elsewhere with just an overnight stay may have to be sufficient for now.

We are considering cruising out of St Petersburg next year for something different. Anyone care to share their experiences of departing or arriving from St Petersburg?

Interested to hear what you thought about flights and accommodation etc.