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Recently,after waiting 3 days for a call back, I called and left my CVP another message. She then called w/in an hour, and was apologetic. Thinking about my first voice mail that I left, maybe I didn't wait for the "if you are satisfied with your message...." so maybe the whole message didn't get recorded. Anyhow I am glad that I did call again!

I don't have a prestige offer BUT the offer that just came in my USPS mail is for an inside cabin with only $300 freeplay. Why I am considering using this offer is because it can be up to a 20 day cruise sailing before !/30/26. My come back offers have been for balconies but only 15 day cruise with $600 freeplay. No plus package. I have a 20 day Norwegian fjords,Denmark and Sweden cruise in 5/2025 on my "wish" list.....just contemplating if this will be the best possibility. I probably would pay to upgrade to a balcony.I have until May10,2024 to book this offer. . 

My friend and I walked to the ship from the Crowne plaza hotel! It was a pleasant walk...just had to change arms a few times dragging my bag! I think we were there in 15 minutes.

On 1/31/2024 at 8:53 AM, CalLuvsCrusingToo said:

 

Thanks for posting your experience and what your bounceback (Come back & play) offer

was for.  I'm beginning to think this is their TOP offer if you get over 7,000 points?

Needless to say, on my next cruise in a couple weeks.... I won't be playing over that amount, if

thats all were gonna get anyway. 😑

I just finished 14 days on the Sky Princess and I also got that same come back offer for a free balcony and $600 freeplay. I had a low jackpot each week (1300 & 1250). The points don't carry over from the first week. Second week I ended with 11,000 points. I will try NOT to spend so much on my next cruise!!

I have been wearing my medallion on a long silver chain from my own many silver chains. The necklace that Princess sells to hold the medallion is only 18 inches long (I believe I read) and the chain attaches to the sides which I think could easily break. If you have any necklaces longer than that already, compare to the length of the included lanyard and see how you like it .Mine is 20 inches I think and I am kinda short! After a few cruises,because I prefer a chain to a lanyard, i bought a package of hooks in the jewelry making section to hang the medallion on my chain so it doesn't flip over. I like it, however I decided to order the bangle bracelet (should arrive for my upcoming cruise) and see how I like that too.

Hi! No one says how they are going about losing weight or managing to keep it off! I thought that is the topic of this thread? When I am not cruising, I follow Weight Watchers program and attend the meetings. When I am cruising, I have fruit,plain yogurt and coffee in my cabin to start the day. I do a lot of walking and drink water. When dinner comes along,I pass on the bread and butter and tend toward the seafood entree. I went on 5 cruises in 2023 and have lost 20 pounds in the past 6 months. Have a happy,healthy,cruising 2024 everyone!   Mary

I rode the Brightline after my Quebec-Fort Lauderdale cruise ended. Tuesday Oct. 31,2023. I was impressed! So clean and smooth! I was glad that I had the address for it because it was the taxi driver's first time there too. I had pre-paid to check my suitcase but my traveling companions just carried theirs on as did many of the other train passengers. There was a stewardess selling drinks and snacks who came down the aisle a few times.We had assigned seats and were on a 10:30AM train but could have made the 9:30. I was picked up at terminal C when we got to Orlando and my friend had trouble finding the pick up spot because it was so new. She lives there and had never been there yet! I believe it may be where Jet Blue is located now. It was much more pleasant than going to the main airline terminal after the cruise ships unload.

6 minutes ago, nasa1974 said:

I'll be elite for the first time this April. I like the idea of free beer and soda in my cabin. I hate the idea that I have to go back to my cabin to get a drink. Why can't Princess do it like Royal Caribbean diamond and diamond + where you have a drink credit each day. I don't go on a cruise to sit in my cabin and drink. Am I missing something? 🙂

I'm agreeing with you nasa1974! I will be doing my first elite level cruise as a solo in January. I want to be social on my cruise, not be drinking alone on my balcony! I understand change doesn't come easy. I think having the option of the mini bar set up OR the drink credits would be great!

I have noticed at least 5 men wearing tuxedos and women with long gowns on both the 10 day Panama Canal cruise in April and the 12 day Quebec,New England cruise in October. If you own one,it seems formal nights would be worth dressing up, even if it's just for some photos by the ship photographers and dinner. Then you can have the ship laundry at least clean and press the shirt and polish your shoes!

Flying isn't like it used to be, so don't be surprised if your flight is just normal. I was a flight attendant in the 80's and the captain gave us permission to serve champagne if we had enough to the whole plane. Other times, we played games and gave away bottles of wine and champagne.Now i don't know if they are even allowed to do that or may not have full size bottles! Once, a passenger brought our crew a box of cinnabons! occasionally a box of chocolates, sometimes we got tickets to events.

1 hour ago, Kabuki12 said:

If you don't start receiving offers for mini suites and 1500 FP, I would call the casino.  People are still reporting 20,000 and above getting mini suites and 11,000 Balconies. 

IF complaining gets it corrected,please let us know!!

I got off the Caribbean Princess 12 day Quebec -FLL on October 31. My come back offer was for a balcony cabin up to 14 days with NO plus and $600 free play. I have to take the cruise before May 28,2024. I finished with 21K points too! I expected a better offer. However, I won a jackpot for $11,131! That has me smiling but still in shock that I didn't get the princess plus. 

There was a special " free drinks while playing in the casino only" nametag on a lanyard in my cabin with a list of all the activities for the VIP (now called Hearts) cruise that I was on in July. Be sure to check your onboard charges EVERY day to make sure you weren't charged for drinks in the casino. Good luck and Have fun!!

On the Royal a few weeks ago(short trip to Vancouver from Seattle), there was a big electronic poker table with a screen on the wall so that if you were standing (only 2 of us were watching!)you could see the action. It had been announced that there was a poker tournament but this is the first time I have seen one of those tables. There were also some slot machines which had been there earlier (at least in July) when i was on for a cruise to Alaska. It was non smoking and there still was a pretty large bar area with some sports on. Maybe the arcade games were just in a temporary section where it used to be cigar smoking. No kids were playing there. 

On 10/1/2023 at 9:50 AM, jwattle said:

Not to be rude, but that little critter is telling you to kiss his/her *** 😂

Shouldn't you step on it ?so it doesn't eat plants!

On 9/24/2023 at 6:39 AM, ChristiCruising said:

Just off the Royal and we got the good stuff with room service in the morning. Not sure if it’s fleet wide though. 

We also just got off the Royal yesterday (just a 3 nt cruise) and the coffee was NOT good for room service breakfast in our cabin! Maybe they are still changing to better coffee for the carafe? We were in a mini suite. I drink coffee black. I also had coffee at Sabatinis that was not good.

I booked the Princess Sky for a 2 wk E/W Caribbean cruise January 27-February 10. Without thinking of researching if there might be any private large groups. The first week has Concerts at Sea group booked. It sounds like a fun group of 50's-60's performers. Looking at the roll call before I booked would have clued me to that. Last year I was on Discovery Princess 5 day Cabo,with a large travel agency "conference". The one evening I went to the Elite & Platinum cocktails, just before it was to be ended, I was asked to leave as they were getting ready for a private event! All the bars and specialty restaurants were crowded. The poor staff was going crazy with all the room service and delivery(if you can find me)drinks. I assume Princess was doing their best to get the bookings from this group. I just wish I had known. I would have chosen a different date.

5 hours ago, suzyed said:

interesting...to be fair, I have only been on one Celebrity sailing but I didn't find anything on there that blew me away.
Different strokes....

A few years ago I was on Celebrity Reflection and the martini bar had a totally frosty ice bar top! That is where there was a whole menu of martini options. I don't often drink martinis but the bar was unique!

I got a phone call trying to sell me that package! Interestingly (I think), when I said I wasn't interested at this time, she said that she could discount it -$300! She also broke it down in to how much the no interest monthly payments would be. Still not interested, I was offered a smaller package. The salesperson was very polite and she was calling from Santa Clarita. I think I got the call because my friend who has gone on 51 cruises with Princess isn't the primary guest on our next cruise together. The "deal" doesn't work for me because I have been taking advantage of some casino offers as a solo traveler and the offer doesn't apply to those!

2 hours ago, KXZ1498 said:

Got it. Have you used freeplay at the tables? I'm just wondering if they acted like Celebrity on the tables (freeplay chips are action until it loses).

No, I haven't played the tables on Princess. I think you may get some table players replying if you make a new topic question.

I think just the $300 they gave me at the beginning of the cruise and the $200 deposit that was credited to my account. Then I chose the $650 freeplay because I don't need a vacuum cleaner or a fan(the other options).So actually, that means they gave me $950 for the casino and I could use that other $200 for gratuities and excursions. The offer I left the ship with for my next cruise with $1500 free play to begin is the most i have received.

Money for taxes? No, I will have to ask for a win/loss record for the year. This was the 3rd of 5 Princess casino offers I am sailing in 2023.

Memoak, If we meet on a cruise I would like to get YOUR CVP info. I have asked my CVP on two different casino offers for help and she said that she only sees my free inside cabin offers. She could transfer me to the casino call center though she said it wasn't possible to know whether it was the Philippines location. I was on the Royal Princess July 15-22 inside passage RT Seattle. I had never done a VIP offer until this one and it was called an Ultimate VIP cruise. It was "ultimate" for me! This was the first time I won 2 jackpots and my come back and sail offer is for a mini-suite,princess plus and $1500 free play. It can be up to 15 days and has to sail by February 17,2024.I finished with 11,000 points. Every day we received a gift. A magnet with my name and the cruise on it was on the door, Chocolate strawberries, bottle of Prosecco, 2 steel water bottles, a waterproof bag (like for fins and the beach),dinner for 2 at the Crown Grill w/ bottle of wine up to $60 (isn't all wine $60+ now?),drinks free in the casino,and the big gift on the first at sea day:drawing an envelope,I drew a middle offer, which gave me a choice of a roomba vacuum,a fan or $650 free play! Honestly, I saw quite a few jackpots happening on this cruise. I won my second one on the last day when they announced you needed to cash out your casino bank before we got to Victoria,BC. I knew I had less than a dollar in mine and wasn't going to stand in the long line for that! Then I decided to "charge to my room" just $40 more and won $1400! Then I cashed out 2 more tickets of 4&6 hundred more before I finally stashed it all in my safe!! It was fortunate for me that the casino was closed for that last 12 hours of the cruise or we know I probably would have lost it all! A lady told me her granddaughter bet 50 cents and won one of the $10,000 jackpots! 

I wrote in "1 bottle water" on the tag that I hung on my door handle every night and was never charged,when I had the Plus package. I usually have my robe on the bed and a couple of dollars on the desk. Once,I didn't hear the knock and they called me on the phone and delivered it!

Now I understand why I met Randy Fenoli on the Discovery Cabo cruise last April! He told me that he had been asked to be one of the christening honorees at the end of our cruise and he had never been on a Princess cruise, and needed to experience one! He was super friendly. I had never watched any of his tv shows until after I came home. He does alot of requests for Make A Wish. His dresses can cost more than the wedding package Princess is selling! Why would he have been on a Princess Cruise when he can afford a private yacht and privacy away from all the fans that recognize him.