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That could work as long as you realize the $$$ for the cancel may not be available immediately to apply to the new booking.

On a cruise, I am rarely hungry by even 8 PM.

I feel sorry for those who paid extra for the Premiere package only to find the wines they expected to find were not available.

Unfortunately, the outbreak on the Majestic was with the vaccination requirements and the same day testing at check-in in place per posts earlier in this thread.

We booked a December cruise when Princess said the policy was for at least 90% of passengers to be vaccinated, all passengers needed to be tested before the cruise and 100% of the crew would be masked. That sounded very low risk for catching Covid, so we make the booking. No need for CFAR insurance since our main concern, Covid prevention, was fully addressed by Princess. By the time of final payment, Princess had changed to saying not 90 % had to be vaccinated, but anyone not vaccinated had to be tested pre-cruise. Basically, not quite as safe, but still likely very low risk if we wore N95 masks (as we planned to do) when appropriate. But now, Princess says welcome aboard anyone who is not vaccinated and nobody needs to be tested. Not quite the safe environment we were told the cruise would be when we booked it. Princess changed the parameters. Princess should allow those who booked with the assurance that Covid protocols for boarding the ship would be in place to cancel now with full FCCs for all payments including the use of bonus FCCs that had been used.

Two Wavers joined the roll call on September 3.

The quote from https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/13/australia/australia-covid-majestic-princess-cruise-passengers-intl-hnk/index.html "After mass testing 3,300 passengers, around 800 tested positive for Covid-19, as did a small number of crew, Fitzgerald said." So about a 1 in 4 chance of leaving the ship knowing to have Covid plus an unknown number of passengers who had Covid at levels to low to be detected when tested on boatd.

Per this article https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/13/australia/australia-covid-majestic-princess-cruise-passengers-intl-hnk/index.html about 800 of the cases were passengers which means about 25% of the passengers had detected Covid. The 800 number of course does not include passengers who were infected but not to a detectable level when tested on board and do not know they are infected until after the cruise According to posts earlier in this thread all passengers had to pass a Covid test at the terminal before boarding. This event shows that passengers and crew must follow every known precaution for preventing Covid spread. I do not claim to know the secret for avoiding Covid spread on cruise ships, but I do realize that in the areas of the world that Princess no longer requires any passengers to be vaccinated and nobody is required to be tested pre-cruise what happened on the Majestic can easily happen on other cruise ships. With the Majestic being a 12-day voyage, the chances for having detectable Covid before disembarkation is higher than on a shorter voyage.

Remember that underlying conditions include being overweight, having diabetes, being a current or former smoker, having high blood pressure and a number of other conditions. Cruise ships would be almost empty if all those with underlying conditions did not cruise.

And those millions are not on a Princess cruise ship.

Thoroughly enjoyed reading your review, both on the ship and on land. It was fun to revisit places we have been to and fun to learn about places we have yet to visit. A great report with appropriate photos and the just right touches of humor.

Even when you post on Cruise Critic.

Until we see pricing, we will not know if this is just hype or a real sale. Obviously the under $60/day and under $100/day in the announcement are for the lowest category inside cabin.

I do not remember the prices, but you can order flowers once on board. (Pre-pandemic you could also order them pre-cruise.) Quality is excellent and they will usually last most of a 7-day cruise. Note that you cannot take flowers off of the ship.

You can call Princess and ask to be assigned an arrival time. Although it is mentioned, there is no departure time to select pre-cruise. Not with App. Not with Internet. Not with phone call.

I think, but am not sure, you can ask at the Guest Services desk to have the names eliminated. These were removed as a Covid spreading precaution. You can ask at Guest services or your cabin steward for these items.

Since there is no more Traditional Dining, all three dining rooms are ATD.

From the viewpoint of Princess, that is the purpose of purchasing insurance. Why would anybody buy insurance if changes such as you need could be done at no cost? That said, it does not hurt to ask Princess. Worst they can say is "no."

Like any auction, the goal of the auction house is to have a bidding frenzy in which people bid more than an item is worth. I have seen auctions where the winning bid on a $100 gift certificate was $115.

Example with pricing on a different cruise: Mini-suite $2599. Premium balcony $1999. So, 50% back from the movedown offer would make the premium balcony cost $1299.50. This would be a savings of $699.50 from the new cabin's price, a savings of 35%. So basically you would get back the extra money paid for a mini-suite ($600) and then a discount of 35% on the cost of the new cabin.

Items in red are not part of the app. They are a function of the medallion itself in combination with the ship's computer system.

Only on beverages you actually pay for at the time of ordering.

From Princess: "Your Medallion device helps our staff find you so they can deliver drinks, snacks or other services directly to you — anytime, anywhere."

They are making this movedown offer because they need your type cabin to fill a GTY. Only you can decide if getting 50% back is worth the move. (Question - if you get the balcony for half what you paid for the mini-suite, do you know what the balcony would have cost if you had booked that in the first place?) Since a balcony costs considerably less than a mini-suite, 50% back for a lesser type cabin may not be a great deal. If you (and others) do not accept this offer, Princess may offer a better deal. (75% back? 100% back?)

And now he is President of Princess Cruises.