KarmaCruisers

1 hour ago, bethfelk said:

In for the night now bc I’m exhausted. Tbh the Soulbound show gets a thumb down from me technical difficulties notwithstanding. It did a great job of showcasing the casts talents and it was fun visually but the plot was extremely unclear/made zero sense. Imo they need to either have no plot and just vibe, or have a plot that makes sense, but they did neither. If they just added a little more dialogue to make it clear what’s happening it would be a great show I think 

Amazingly I’ve never seen a playlist production that had any dialog..it’s all just singing…but I’m only platinum; so I haven’t seen a few.

3 hours ago, bethfelk said:

Kyndall just said the dining staff will cook over 60,000 meals today alone?? Surely that can’t be true? I know people eat a lot on cruises but surely the average is not 10 a day?

Sadly you’d be surprised just how much food goes to waste; 

hard rock Hollywood is a Beeeeautiful property (competes easily with Vegas properties)

Looking forward to reading…I board as you get off

4 minutes ago, reedprincess said:

As she's now 18 everything, every lounge, venue and activity is open to her - except gambling on the casino.

 

 

No, 18+ is allowed to gamble on princess cruises 

At 18; I would have HATED a Disney cruise..but I’m 42 now; so when I was 18 the world was very different.

like others have said; she can do anything you can do, sans consume alcohol.

i know if I got taken on a cruise when I was 18; I’d of been stoked!

But if she’s like the typical teen; I’d say pay for her WiFi package and set her free.

2 hours ago, MommyCrankyPants said:

Mocha Chocolate Getaway (frozen,). Happy cruising 😄

I always forget the damn name of that drink lol; I end up calling it “the thing that looks like a milkshake”

Weird bedside lamp..but awesome thet it has charging ports!

Mine always comes via email the day after I disembark.

Blantons is super smooth; and this is coming from someone who has tried a few different varieties of Pappy.

Weller is a close second, imho.

but yeah; a lot of ships now have Blantons (vista class and excel class both have it at Guys Pig & Anchor)

here in California Blantons is $100 a bottle IF you can get it.

4 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

I have applied more than $3000 in gift cards (March 2024) but these were charges done, not loading up my S&S account.

At guest services or at the kiosk?

3 hours ago, Are.we.there.yet? said:

Yes.  We were limited on our on board account to $2K in gift cards.  We bought the $500 cards and after $2K, they said we had reached the maximum, even though we had 2 rooms.  I had used my credit card for both rooms so we were considered one account and we were given that limit.  They said they needed to call Corporate to see if they could accept more and we were denied.  It was an especially bad casino trip so we just stopped gambling.  Their loss AND MINE! 😞

I thought it was $2000 per DAY?

IE: you load up your sail and sign account on day1 with $2000 (so your folio shows you’re -$2000)

Go the casino and withdraw $2000. (Now you’re sail and sign is $0) 

Day2, do the same thing, load up $2000, withdraw $2000…

if that’s not right and it’s literally only $2000 worth of gift cards PER CRUISE; then you just saved me $12,500! Haha

So I’m doing a Norway cruise in September..and it’s an overnight stop in Alta; where I booked a Northern Lights excursion that STARTS at 8pm..

do they run water shuttles all night long? Or once I’m off the ship..I’m stuck on land until the next day?

Skagway:

it’s a small town to walk through, if it’s your first time. Definitely book the White Pass Railway to ride. 
Juneau:

It’s very easy to do whatever you wanna do here, MUCH cheaper than the cruise line sells. When you get off the ship, at the base of the Mt. Roberts Tramway; they have little booths setup with all kinds of tours (bus to Mendenhall Glacier, whale watching, etc) all very reasonable prices ran by locals. Also if you want to try King Crab, Tracy’s crab shack is right there too.

Ketchikan:

Usually this port stop is so damn short; we either just walk the little creek Street, or go to the LumberJack show.

From observations over many days spent in the casino on princess ships..it seems like at 4000 points a host will come offer you some sort of dinner comp; then at 10,000 points again, and every 10,000 points after that.

yea I earned 54,000 points on my last 7-day; and the couple I sat next to each day earned 100,000 and 150,000 respectively. (He was one of the founding members of Costco) 

they also said that they were unhappy with what they were getting in comparison to their point earnings. 
(FWIW, we both got the “top” ComeBackSoon offer of Free Suite/Plus/$2500 Freeplay)

100% agree. That poor excuse for a “buffet” (served in Guys Pig & Anchor)

is HORRIBLE!

Miami slice and the deli definitely kick its butt! (Pizza late for when the deli has just closed)

Cool bro

28 minutes ago, MaryZ said:

Seriously?
I find this hilarious.
 

What exactly?

I can with certainty, tell you, (like others here have) that casino points ALONE doesn’t contribute to what offers you get from corporate.

The cruise line wants people who have ACCESS to money, on their ship. It’s just a numbers game..the more folks with ACCESS to money on the ship, the more likelihood SOME of them will SPEND it.

2 hours ago, mz-s said:

 

LOL how many Amex black cardholders do you think cruise Carnival and are begging for free cruises? Not many I would reckon. Do you expect to be taken seriously?

I’ve met QUITE A FEW who told me they got free cruises and when I watched them play over the course of a 10-day Alaska cruise they only bet minimum on Heads-Up Hold’Em; so I personally asked them if they were using an Amex Black or Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card on file for the cruise and they said “how did you know?”

even carnival has folks who, in their personal life have access to big money..they just choose to cruise the “value” line.

Here’s the trick to getting free cruises 

1. The credit card you use for your on-board folio..use a Amex Black or other TOP credit card with either no limit or a HIGH limit.

2. Earn 4000+ points on your casino account, playing machines (slots or video poker; the earn rate is $2.50/$5, respectively)

3. Don’t play on the day before debark (no point, the point totals have alresdy been sent to corporate at midnight)

4. DONT CHASE COMPS! For 4000 points they’ll probably “comp” an interior room “fare only”; which if you even put $1 in a slot machine you’ll get discounted rates to only a few hundreds.

33 minutes ago, reedprincess said:

Vines, Steamers and Planks.

All 3 are Casual Dining venues.

I don't understand your thread title at all as CB has 3 options, similar to most ships - and more than the most recent ship in the fleet, lol.. 

 

Casual dining venues include Planks, Vines, Kai Sushi (except on Sun), Alfredo's, O'Malleys, Steamers, Vines, Gigi's, Ocean Terrace Seafood, Salty Dog Gastropub....  And different ships have different venues... CB has 3.

Apologies 

I’ve only ever sailed on Royal class; which the casual dining are full blown restaurants..to me it looks like Planks and Steamers are just like extensions of the buffet..but like I said; I have no reference

It’s all the Royal class ships..same “putting green”

I hope so!

because yeah..otherwise on Caribbean princess..there’s really no “casual” dining 

So we’ll be on the Caribbean Princess in September and we got complimentary “plus”..but I just noticed..there’s no OceanTerrace/Gigi’s/Alfredo’s/etc…

So…are our only choices Steamers/Planks?

25 minutes ago, Ken the cruiser said:

And dining of course in the Reserve Dining Room, which is always a treat for us! 😁

Which one is the “reserve” dining room? Or is it like a special “section” of one of the normal dining rooms?