blackwd

March 25, 2020

When you book a cruise with credit card BOOM charge shows up on your card. When they cancel your cruise why isn't the credit then posted back to CC? Same holds true with FCC. I booked using EZ air with airline that I have a CC. Airline is now not showing as it appears cancelled? I just wonder.....

If your cruise cost is on your current credit card bill and you can prove you canceled cruise call your cc company and dispute the charge. My cc company removed the charged amount once they confirmed my cruise was in fact canceled and will go to bat for me directly with the cruise line. Why pay the cc charge and than wait 60 days for cruise line to issue refund?

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March 21, 2020

Or never......

I cancelled our June 2 Alaska cruise on 3/16. Two days later I received my CC bill showing the final payment to Princess dated Feb 21. My CC payment is due 4/6. I kept thinking why should I pay over $5k and than just wait 60 days to get it back. I called CC company and explained my dilemma, the rep told me that if I have canceled cruise I should dispute the payment. By doing that I will not be responsible for the payment until Princess addresses my dispute. By doing this I will maintain control over that $5k during their 60 day delay.

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March 18, 2020

+1

I fully agree with this statement, my financial planner called me a week ago and said my gamble on CCL failed and now was time to bail out on my 200 shares while I could get something in return. I trust his judgement, a drop this fast and a questionable short term/long term future does not bode well for CCL or the shareholder OBC.

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March 18, 2020

I keep seeing these posts and questions as if people are worried or not sure Princess will actually give the FCC for cancelled cruises. Give them a bit of time. Princess is doing their best to support customers and survive this contagion. I trust them to do their job and what they said. Don't you?

To be perfectly honest, in this environment no, I do not trust them! I have canceled two cruises in the past 8 days and understand the overload of cancellations they must be dealing with. But, they have been sitting on my final payments for months and I am concerned that refunds and FCC could all be a moot point if this crisis leads to their bankruptcy.

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February 23, 2018

The Splendor:

Is very pink. I think everybody already knows that though.... I had seen pictures and it was even more over the top than I thought. We don't much care about ship décor so it really wasn't noticeable after the first day. We went straight to our cabin to drop stuff off. We had a spa interior, #1026. This was kind of an experiment for us. Our first cruise was an interior but our last two cruises were on aft balconies. We wanted to see if we would be okay with an interior. Well, it was fine, but we immediately missed having a balcony to be able to see the weather or to catch a sunrise in our pajamas. So I guess we are officially balcony people!

The room seemed pretty good-sized for an interior room and there was plenty of storage. The desk/vanity area was large and very nice to drop all our stuff on each day. It took us a couple of days to figure out which light switch did what in the room. LOL.

Our room steward was I Made and he was very pleasant and courteous. He greeted us as we arrived and asked us to complete a little form that asked if we needed extra pillows, blankets, etc. It also said to select morning, evening, or both for service. I asked him what was the easiest for him and he laughed and said it is our vacation, we can have whatever we want. We selected morning service. We also asked for extra hangers and extra towels. These were delivered promptly and we always had extra towels every day.

I Made greeted us by name in the hallway whenever we saw him, as did his assistant. He kept our ice bucket full of fresh ice daily although we never asked for it. We are not super needy and he provided everything we could have wanted. We were happy to leave him an additional tip as a farewell thank you.

We loved having the additional spa amenities, such as bathrobes and slippers. We used these every day and DH was excited when I told him he didn't have to find room in his suitcase for slippers, LOL. We also had access to the spa area and DH used the steam rooms daily. He loved them. I am not really a spa/steam room kind of gal but I did enjoy the Thalassotherapy pool daily. Having access to the spa just a floor above us was very convenient and I think we used it a lot more than we would have if we would have had to hike across the ship.

I also used the gym almost every day between 6-8am. I am not a regular exerciser at home and I don't go to the gym. However, something about having it just a few steps away really motivated me to go work out each morning.

The gym and spa facilities were both very well used on this trip. I had read that the spa rooms are usually nearly empty but that wasn't the case for us. There were always 3-4 people in the steam rooms and the Thalasso pool, and the gym was always crowded when I went. Even during slower times of day there was always a handful of people in the gym.

I Made was our room steward on the Miracle during cruise June 2017. His service was great and he always remembered our names. During the June cruise we decided to book another the end of July same ship and itinerary. We were on the same floor forward but on the starboard side. One afternoon I walked over to port side to see if I could find I Made, he came out of cabin and saw me and called me by my name! I couldn’t believe he remembered my name 6 weeks later. We are on the Splendor in spa balcony room for a B2B in June look forward to catching up with him again if he’s not on vacation.