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thanks - yes we've watched dozens of ship tours on YouTube... but thought it would be nice do an actual one do you still have to do a muster drill and report to a Muster station? I think I read (on here probably) that it's now done by the App or stateroom TV?

I would love to do this cruise.... need to win lotto though!

We are on Crown Princess in December 2024 and I was wondering if Princess do a 'ship tour' on embarkation day? I'm not talking about an in-depth tour of the kitchens / laundry...etc... but if they do brief one of the ship showing where the dining rooms / buffet / bars / pools are?

We have got the plus package on our cruise in December - we did the math and it made sense to have the package. We're not huge drinkers, but knowing you can go to a bar and get a beer / wine / cocktail without worrying about the cost is great.... We tend to drink more when we're on holiday relaxing anyway And we get wifi and that's a big plus We're not too fussed on the premium deserts and probably won't use the free gym classes, but the package still makes sense to us

We stayed in Vancouver in July last year to see Tears for Fears in concert and we stayed at the Hyatt Regency. Fantastic Hotel in a great location - about a 7-10 min easy walk downhill to the Pier / Canada place and right next door to Burrard Street Train station. Pan Pacific is right on Canada place and you can't get any closer to the cruise terminal than that, but that was a lot more expensive from memory

one way to possibly alleviate the issue of having your wife / hubby / partners drinks being added to your medallion account, is to take it in turns to order drinks. 1 person orders 2 drinks for themselves and their partner, then next time the partner orders the drinks?

and that's why we booked a 5:45pm flight leaving Sydney after our cruise on 26 December We're still not sure what we're going to do between the time we disembark Crown Princess after our cruise to the time we need to be at the airport.

I feel sorry for all those on Majestic that had early flights to get....

ok thanks - I thought adding an extra deck would mean more weight.... meaning the ship is heavier? but obviously size is the issue when docking in Cairns

We were on Celebrity Solstice in 2018 and had to anchor out at Yorkeys knob as it was too big to dock in Cairns Crowns Princess holds more passengers that Solstice, so I assumed it was a larger ship, but obviously not if it is able to Dock in Cairns

We have friends on Celebrity Edge at the moment.... apparently it was pouring rain in Sydney when they left... I think it's going to Melbourne / Adelaide / Hobart back to Sydney. We're on a similar cruise in December with Princess

thanks... I wondered if that was the case... strange how the e-mail said Medallion and not Medallions as there are 2 of us on the booking...

thanks - on the app it says both have been ordered.... but there was only 1 e-mail with wifes name on it I was wondering if Princess just send 1 e-mail per booking number?

I went on the app and ordered the medallions for our cruise in December However, when I went to finalise the order it came up saying I had selected 'home delivery' - which is incorrect as we live in New Zealand, so I cancelled the order, went back in and found the box to tick 'pick up at port' and I completed the order for both of us. Now I've got 2 e-mails from Princess 4 minutes apart The first e-mail says "You requested to have your order shipped to your home. Your Medallion® devices and any products you ordered will be shipped 10 to 20 days before your Princess" The second says "Your Medallion® order is scheduled and will be waiting for you when you arrive at the terminal on embarkation day" now I'm confused as to what's going to happen... I assume the 2nd e-mail is correct and our medallions will be waiting for us at the cruise terminal? also my wife saw the e-mail and it was in her name (she did the cruise booking with Princess)... and she asked if I had ordered a medallion for myself - which I had done on the app, but the e-mail only says the word Medallion not Medallions and there's no mention of my name on the e-mail, only her name. Can I assume that because the booking is in her name both medallions have been ordered and they (Princess) just send 1 e-mail to the registered e-mail address we share - or should I have received a separate e-mail? any advice would be appreciated!

yes I gathered that!

thanks - wife was going to call Princess, so I just double checked the website again and did a dummy booking for our cruise and it came out $20 more that we paid.... so the price has gone up again.... weird

thanks for the replies.... I might see if wife can phone Princess this week and ask about the price difference. We won't cancel and re-book if we have to pay a larger deposit or choose a different stateroom though

We booked our cruise in February 2024 for December 2024, as part of their 'love boat sale' with $99 deposits Now we've received an e-mail from Princess about a '7 day sale'... and you guessed it, our cruise is now cheaper than what we paid for it (we booked directly with Princess) - it's about $300 cheaper overall When we first looked at the cruise it was quite cheap, but had gone up a little bit by the time we booked it.... the person on the phone at Princess said as the ship starts to fill up the price also goes up accordingly.... but now it's on 'sale'. Is there anything we can do (contact Princess) to get the cruise at the cheaper price - or do we just have to suck it up?

we did this on our cruise in 2018 - was well worth it

we've discovered the same problem... we cruise in December 2024 and final payment is due September and we can't make any reservations in the MDR until final payment has been made.... but we're not too worried about it.

ok thanks for that help

ok great - price is pretty reasonable... So how does it work - is there an actual person on site who takes your luggage and stores it somewhere or are you given like an access code to a locker unit or similar?

We've booked our return flight - on Qantas..... they had a special on and we splurged out for business class Only problem is the flight is 5:45pm and we'll probably be off the ship by about 9am, so we'll have a few hours to kill before we need to go to the airport. I've found a luggage storage place called 'bounce' in circular quay - does anyone have any experience using them? I'll need to check they are open on 26 December too

I was just in the app - all our details were there and the only thing missing was reading / accepting the passenger contract. I didn't see a part where I could enter ther booking number. I'll try again and see what happens edited to add I tried again and it worked... what happened is I had to scroll and scroll and scroll down on my phone to the end of the passenger contract before the 'next' button would come up it keeps on wanting me to order the medallion, but on the same page says medallions can only be ordered by and shipped US and Canada but the travel checklist has a big 'tick' next to it and that's all good We can't make any dinner reservations until after we've made full payment in September so we'll just have to wait until then

I tried using the app last night and it wouldn't let me accept the passenger contract and press save / next and I've just tried the link above in post #14 and it wouldn't let me log in - said to try again later I don't know if it is a fault at Princess end or if it's because our cruise is not until December and we've not made final payment? I'm not in any hurry, but I've done everything else on the app to get ready (passports, credit card, photos...etc) so thought I'd do the passenger contract and get that all done