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I was able to see my new cabin before I paid for it. When I went to the cruise personalizer to input my credit card, the new cabin was already listed. I don't know if this is always the case, but that's how it worked for me.

I put in 3 bids to upgrade from my inside GTY cabin on the Enchanted Princess 10/8. On Saturday afternoon I received emails saying 2 bids had been rejected. This left the third bid still open and I did receive the "Yay" email a couple of hours later. The upgrade was to a Deluxe Obstructed Balcony which I am extremely happy with. Even an obstructed view is wayyyyyy better than no view at all. My bid was slightly above the minimum (just below the "fair" range IIRC) One thing that was different about this process vs the bids I've won on RCL and Celebrity is that they did NOT charge my credit card. I had to go to my cruise personalizer and actually put in a credit card and then got a new cruise confirm with the new cabin number. I'm glad I checked because I simply assumed my card would be charged and I may have ignored this crucial step if I hadn't reread the email a second time.

We have an inside GTY on an October Enchanted cruise. We were assigned an inside cabin (exactly the category we'd purchased) and then last week we received the upgrade bid form. Our choices ranged from Premium Oceanview ($50 minimum) to Premium Deluxe Balcony($255 minimum). We weren't offered anything in the suite or minisuite categories although those are the only categories that show outright availability right now. We bid some of the balcony categories since we have no loyalty at all to our current cabin location and we're not especially partial to one location over another (and beggers can't be choosers!). I'm not optimistic but it's kind of fun to roll the dice and see if we get lucky. You don't say whether your cabin GTY has already been assigned or not and I don't know if that makes a difference in the process. I've bid for upgrades on Celebrity and RCL and been lucky but always after my GTY cabins have been assigned.

Parts of my Medallion app are not working so I logged in to the desktop version of the Princess website a couple of days ago to see if I could finish my check-in there. When I hit the "onboard services" tab within the "Manage Your Cruise" section, it brought up a green button that said "add Princess Plus or Princess Premier to your booking". Hitting the green button brought up a page with the option to "upgrade" to Princess Plus for $50 p/p per day or Premier for $75 p/p per day. Even with our Elite discount on wifi this seemed like a no-brainer for tips and drinks so I read the FAQ and terms but couldn't see anything that said whether it was refundable. The purchase process is similar to, say, buying a shore excursion or specialty dining add-on so I that's why I was confused whether this was a refare or just a refundable add-on. Now that I've gone through the process I can confirm that it is being treated as a refare. After purchasing, I received a new confirm with the tips/drinks/wifi noted and the additional $700 we paid for the Princess Plus "upgrade" (2 ppl x 7 days x $50/day) was added to our base fare. The $700 was also immediately charged to our credit card. I don't know if it's relevant but our cruise leaves Oct 8 so we are about 5 weeks out. Thanks for everyone who took the time to weigh in here.

I've searched but can't find the answer to this particular Princess Plus question. We booked our October cruise on Enchanted after final payment date at a base (no perks) fare. We are now given the option to upgrade to Princess Plus before embarkation. It's a good deal but what happens if (god forbid) we get sick and can't board or just decide before we board that we don't want the package? Is this refundable directly from Princess or will we have to bundle the expense of the Princess Plus upgrade in with our travel insurance claim? I can't find any answer either in the FAQ or Terms and Conditions text. Thanks!

I was recently on Constellation and Heinekin 0 was offered in most bars and restaurants. I also found O'Douls somewhere on the ship although I can't remember where. I loved the virgin frozen mango daiquiris at the pool bar (basically a mango smoothie). I didn't try any of the NA wines but I'm glad to know they are available.