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Perhaps not yours, but in general I think you'll find most who are aware, tip.

Carnival Corp certainly wants notable differences between the various brands for product differentiation. You don't want the various brands to compete more with each other than they already do.

In general, yes, but not on Carnival on European cruises.

Even monopolies don't have 100% retention rates, much less over 100%. Ships are paid for over a number of years. More bunks requires more customers. The customers today are paying for the ships delivered yesterday.

It is customary to tip for room service. That gratuity is not included in any of the pre-pay crew appreciation options.

What is that saying? Past performance does not guarantee future results. Or close enough.

My interpretation - existing customers don't pay for new ships or grow the business. It takes new customers.

The cruise contract doesn't change by port and everyone is supposed to read it. Everyone should because they are bound by it.

A couple more observations. 150% of statistics are made up. Technology continues to change at an ever increasing rate with more and more disruptions. It is be impossible for most to keep up, and they will become obsolete at an increasing rate. When the networks become notworks there is always paper and pencil and I take comfort knowing I can write in script - a foreign language to many. I don't need Inter or Intra nets to amuse myself. 🙂

Nobody is irreplaceable and many overvalue themselves. As I said before, Princess can't please everyone. And they know better than to try. Even though the top loyalty level is Elite, Princess isn't an elitist cruise line.

If you get a survey at all. Princess isn't an airline - they buy bulk tickets from airlines. I bought air directly from the airline for my net Princess cruise for half the cost of what Princess was trying to charge. Caveat Emptor. The CC issue is more likely to limit Princess liability. If Princess really listened to customer complaints, Customer Service would have been overhauled yesterday.

I think Princess knows what is best for Princess. A good way for a company to go bankrupt is to let customers manage it.

I haven't sailed from Dover this year, so maybe they changed, but in the past, I could. I cruised from Barcelona twice this year. I always lock my suitcase and at least it should make it on the ship, even if you have to claim it from the naughty room.

You can buy supplemental insurance to cover shortcomings you think Princess insurance might have, and still come out ahead. Personally, I have an annual medical insurance policy but still get the Princess policy, particularly since they subsidize it for Elites.

Two words: Personal Accountability. Buy insurance to cover whatever you want covered.

Not true. At embarkation I've carried on whatever I like, including twice this year.

For the desserts, you can also have a slice of the ginormous cakes.

The older we get, the better deal Princess insurance is, because age isn't a factor. And the cancel for any reason benefit is a huge plus. It would have cost twice as much if I went with the insurance the travel agent was trying to peddle. Even she said stick with Princess if CFA is important.

I doubt ever. Princess is still a mass market cruise line and know they can't please everyone. No matter what they do, some will complain. We live in those times. Compromise is the path forward.

I think the closet space is fine - especially for longer cruises. Besides, it isn't like you can take a couple of square feet here and move it over there. The cabins are modular and placed in position.

It seems some are complaining about Princess in general and some about a specific ship. IMO, the solution is to find a new cruise line or avoid that ship. You can embrace change or be run over by it, but you aren't going to stop it.

Perhaps not, but then isn't the bank on the hook to provide a refund? At least for some credit cards.

So far this year, I believe Carnival has allowed liquor to be carried on at the embarkation port f in Europe. Not so much at other ports. When is the cruise and embarkation port?

My bad. That was from a lookalike Princess site

These PIN numbers are are given verbally over the phone. Yes, phones and emails can be intercepted, but I think most people with a brain need the reward to be greater than the risk.