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5 hours ago, jcruizer said:

Wow we have never seen this on our cruises. Is this why the steak is not available every night as an option in the main restaurant?

 

It very well could be plus the steak now offered occasionally in the DR that's included with the basic menu (Regal Princess) was so bad our whole table had to send it back for something else. 

btw-It was the only meal that was uneatable. 

13 hours ago, Cruise Raider said:

 

Gotta love that!! 

I usually don't have much OBC on Princess because I book through the casino and that rate isn't usually combinable with all promos.  

 

 

So if you book using their casino rate (if qualified) Princess won't give you FCC, loyalty, stockholder or TA on-board credit?

We've never used room service & glad to see that chair gone.

It was always in the way even if we put it in the closet. 

If they ever do offer "first run" movies you can be sure that they'll be charging premium prices to watch them. 

3 hours ago, MaryNewton said:

My husband never wore jackets for dinner, no matter how much I tried to make him.

He knows that Princess won't force him to so why argue the fact. 

3 hours ago, LB_NJ said:

 

Crown Princess has a couple of dining rooms.

 

We were in the dining room at the stern and the seas were pretty rough a couple of nights.  More midship should be more stable during rough seas.

Try some snacks in Skywalkers. 😏

4 hours ago, Colorado Coasty said:

The new "C Class" will be introduced soon. The new "Chair Class" will, for a nominal charge, provide a semi-comfortable chair to the first and second cruisers in the same room. ( Chair Class is not available to the third and fourth persons occupying the same room) 

Cruisers not booked in Chair Class may participate in the new BYOC program. One chair per person may be carried on at boarding. There will be a "sittage fee" of $15.00 per chair and each chair will be marked with an official BYOC stamp. Any chairs found onboard that do not have the official BYOC stamp will be confiscated.

I've got my order in already. 

2 hours ago, c-boy said:

   well alrighty then. 

Doesn't everybody that drives? 

Around a year or so ago they were offering a deal to keep people on the Royal for another trip at a good rate. Unfortunately we couldn't do it. 

We probably would have had to change rooms also....didn't check.

19 minutes ago, Colorado Coasty said:

Any chairs found onboard that do not have the official BYOC stamp will be confiscated.

This will only lead to chair smuggling. 😉

54 minutes ago, c-boy said:

you took your suit case with you, walked off, then back on suit case in tow ?

Yep.

Since we drive to the port I can remove everything we don't need for subsequent cruises & replenish our wine, liquor & soda for the next voyage. 

16 minutes ago, palolake said:

We have friends that cruise with us that always bring a l.5 liter bottle and have never had a problem.  So we tried it once and no one said anything.  We even took it to dinner but you should have seen the looks we got!  And we had the normal corkage fee.....not double.  We felt so strange about it that we've never done it again.

We always latch onto a large water glass from the DR that holds 1 1/2 the typical amount of wine served  & carry that to dinner on subsequent evenings.

Never a charge.😉

1 hour ago, LB_NJ said:

 

If you really want to eat early and the same time every day why are you even looking at Anytime.

 

You should probably consider traditional and try to get a table in the more stable part of the ship if that matters to you.  

 

Also, do you want to sit with other people or have a smaller table?

So anytime = unstable dining?

Traditional = stable dining?

7 hours ago, jlp20 said:

So, "should" work, but would chew through minutes rather quickly, but you got a good deal. Your going on a cruise to watch and pay a nominal fee for bad sitcoms?

Not that I would pay for unlimited internet but there is more than "bad sitcoms" to watch.

I bring plenty of things to watch & don't have to worry about streaming anything. 

47 minutes ago, Doug R. said:

Not to be taken as gospel, but in January we boarded the Regal around 11:30 am and all rooms were open. Our luggage was delivered around 2 pm and we were unpacked and organized before muster.

Yep, we were there. No problem in getting to the room. 

4 hours ago, jlp20 said:

Standard bathroom about 18 sq feet with it's own exhaust vent. I think it's overkill, but feel free.

Years ago the vent wasn't that great but on today's ships it works quite well. 

3 hours ago, satxdiver said:

As others have stated only 750 ml bottles are allowed.  I have seen posts on here where pax have posted that they do enforce that rule.  However as with everything Princess does, there are exceptions.  It appears as though they are getting tighter on enforcing the alcohol rules. 

You might get away with it but you always take the chance they'll keep you from boarding with it. Of course if you're driving you can always return to your car & to store it. 

I haven't noticed any increase in enforcement lately especially if you're an early boarder. They frequently don't even have the wine table check point set up yet.

At distant ports their liquor check point is a joke & it's become an almost voluntary check at best.

8 hours ago, jagsfan said:

Then by George, I’m going to try it. Unless our steward is still in there. Wouldn’t want to district him or get in his way. 

We experienced a crew member cleaning our cabin one time & we just told him we were there to drop off our luggage, dumped it, put our valuables in the safe & left for lunch. 

It's no addition effort on his part as long as you don't want to try & unpack or watch TV.

4 hours ago, c-boy said:

say what ?

All fire doors have to have access at all times & are not locked.

People doing B2B cruises have to be able to reach their cabins at all times before 1 PM. 

I leave the ship on every B2B turnaround with my suitcase and have never had any problem returning to my cabin as soon as I re-board the ship with my luggage prior to noon. No one will give you a second look when carrying your luggage even if it's the first leg of your voyage. 

4 hours ago, CynCyn said:

I tried anytime dining last May on a Coastal Cruise and the first night was so busy that I gave up and went to the Crown Grill.  I was forgotten there even though they were half full and waited forever between courses.  I think these short cruises have trouble so I am going to go with the late traditional seating this next round.

It sounds like you just hit it at peak times. Next cruise vary you eating time slightly & you'll find a big difference.

3 hours ago, Cruise Raider said:

I just can't figure out how anyone has any OBC leftover at the end of a cruise?  

 

Easy. Lots of OBC and don't spend money for tours, drinks, specialty meals or  unnecessary junk.😏

2 hours ago, jagsfan said:

I’m not saying it. CeeCee59 said Princess now has the cabins ready at boarding. That’s good news to me. 

We loved being able to drop everything instead of carrying it to lunch. 

 

Some cabins might be ready & others not but we've always managed to at least drop off our bags in the cabin ether way. 

Even though some fire doors may be shut, the in-transit people still have to have access to their cabins & they just open the doors to go back & forth. 

8 minutes ago, jasbo49 said:

They'd be losing a pretty loyal customer if we decided to jump ship.

I doubt if that many loyal customers will jump cruise lines after all is said & done. They'll just accept it along with all the other cutbacks & move on. 

On 3/2/2019 at 1:45 PM, AF-1 said:

Hmm.  Did not notice anything different from first day to the last.  But it does have a battery so that may have been an issue you experienced.  

Nothing else than the lag to open the cabin door.

The sensors for getting on & off the ship, charging drinks, shops, casino all remained the same. I believe they use a different signal so it wouldn't be affected.

30 minutes ago, Borman51 said:

Thank you all for your answers.  A couple of follow up questions

1. What time is muster? Usually around 3 PM

2. What time are we allowed in our staterooms? ( we just have a mini suite)

Thanks!

 

Sometimes they ask people not to use their cabins before 1 PM but you can always go to the cabin & drop off your luggage earlier and then go to lunch.