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Texts will depend on your phone. My husband and I have Galaxy Notes (he has a 9 and I have a 20 ultra) and can send and receive texts and calls through wifi. Just make sure you are always in airplane mode, then enable wifi. If you're like my family and use Facebook messenger for group chatting, that will also work for wifi messaging.

We did a Princess Alaska cruise last year for our delayed honeymoon. We booked an aft balcony and used a cruise site travel agent who marked our cabin as no upgrades. Our ship ended up changing and the room category we booked didn't exist on the bigger ship so we had to pay additional to get our aft balcony back but did end up with a larger balcony. The aft cabin was a great choice.

We'll be a party of 2 on the upcoming cruise

It's been a while since my last Carnival cruise (and we had a party of 8 on the last one) - if you select a dining time can you choose to have a private table or are you still seated with others in the MDR?

Do the 4k obstructed view interior rooms still have french doors that open into the room or are they windows? The description says doors but videos of similar rooms say they are windows now. Specifically looking for information on cabin 4155.

Also received ours in our emails yesterday from the 12 day. I checked periodically throughout the cruise and on a few occasions, they charged a drink to my husband's folio. We had the package but I assume they picked up his medallion and used that for his included drink then charged mine. They just returned to service and I could tell the crew was genuinely trying, and it was overall such a low amount so we didn't bother taking the time to have it corrected.

I also couldn't get into our booking (after changing ships/rooms) until the day before sailing despite trying on multiple Androids, iOS, web, and countless calls to Princess. Sitting in the airport the day before, it miraculously showed up. It worked fine on the ship for mobile ordering but dine my way stopped working until a few days into the sailing as well as journey view. We requested print copies of the patter from our steward and took photos of the schedule so we had it on the go.

We just did Sitka on the Royal Princess and had not been aware that you have to bus into town (or walk 5 miles). RC was in Port with us and when we got off the ship, people were reporting 2-3 hour waits for the busses. We were told there are 2 or 3 taxi companies but they would probably be too busy. We ended up walking through the Sitka National Park after visiting shops downtown, which is about half a mile from the bus drop/pickup.

Off the Royal Princess 5/2-5/14 sailing - laundry tokens were $3 each and detergent/dryer sheet tokens were $1.50 each. The token dispenser on our floor never seemed to want to work so we had to go up a floor to get tokens or you can get them at guest services. I packed a few Tide Pods and a ziploc bag of dryer sheets. The sign said about 30-35 minutes for the wash cycle and 40-45 for the dryer. We went back after about 40-45 minutes to switch to the dryer and someone had removed the clothes from the washing machine.

Also on the Royal right now and wanted to add a couple of things from our experience, hope that's okay! Covid testing was available if you have a flight to the US on the 14th, even if you have your own transportation. It took us about 25-30 minutes from entering the lounge to receiving our results but some people were still waiting after an hour. We skipped the MDR a lot but preferred the Allegro to the Concerto. No Club Class for us, so we found the Concerto to be too crowded. Michael in the Allegro was beyond fantastic - we tried to request having the same table but the manager of the dining room said it couldn't be guaranteed - one of the reasons we rarely did the MDR. We tried breakfast in the Concerto one morning and once again, they were seating people on top of each other even though there were plenty of open tables. If you play in the casino or win at bingo, make sure to cash out before arriving in Victoria - if future cruises do Victoria to Vancouver. The casino was closed all day but also tonight. We were told if you have more than $25 in your casino account, they will mail a check. If it is less, they donate the money. We have had a wonderful experience with the staff and the entertainment team. Between all of them and the low capacity, we have been spoiled for future cruises.