Kay S

My tender story: a decade or so ago, we did an Iceland/TA with a stop in Greenland. It was cold. Fog, mist, ice and snow here and there. We took the tender to shore and looked around. Then we got right back on and returned to the ship. Turns out were on the last tender for awhile because fog prevented them from sending any more out for hours. There was a long line on shore hoping to get back to the ship, and they stood there for more than an hour, freezing. There is very little indoor shelter in that village, and the little store was shoulder to shoulder already. We were in the Piazza bar watching out the window when the first tenders returned with frozen, unhappy people. Someone was looking out for us that day, for sure.

Hahaha! Yes, you can wear your jeans. I don't think Alaskan cruises are any more casual than any others. I've done 30-ish Princess cruises, and I have not noticed not-Alaska cruises to be any more formal than any other. (Formal night--or whatever they call it now--isn't particularly formal anymore either.)

Ok, I did it again. I keep misreading this thread as "What is the item plugged into toilet?" I guess I need new glasses.🙂

The MDR tends to be open until 1 pm or so. If you can do club class, they will be open, too.

My experience has been that Carnival's tenders are much more accessible than Princess's, both on the ship side and the tender side.

We had several unique itineraries booked before covid, and Princess has not brought back any of them. I guess they wouldn't fill up the ships with young people looking for overworked itineraries to islands. My last Discovery cruise, I had club class, so we avoided the MDR mess, but so many other little things went wrong. In that vein, I guess customer service has degraded to not telling you they found your stuff. This is the new Princess. My FCC is nearly spent.

Did we ever figure out if Vines is being removed?

Princess doesn't agree, based on how they have been chipping away at loyalty benefits in their obsession to lure a younger clientele.

It has been a few years since I was on the Sapphire, but I seem to remember I thought the decor in Pacific Moon was pretty. I think we had tea in there one day.

I have had this happen for a brief period when they are doing something to the website.

I have found it will vary. It pays to look at all options. EZAir was a problem after the shut down. It took months to get the refund after the cruise was cancelled. (Your real problem will be the LAX traffic! 😁)

Did I miss something? Where did OP mention taxi fare? I have walked from the hotel to the ship, but that was several years ago.

This is scary. I just double-checked my EZAir reservations, and everything is good, but the fact that one little typo can derail the whole cruise is not good. I'm glad you have found a way around this, and if I were you, I would just ignore the nay-sayers who always have an opinion about other people's problems.

You should enjoy this cabin. We did club class in November, and the dining was such an improvement over DMW. I know you always do CC, and I took your advice.

I did.

My last Princess cruise, there were supply chain issues, and the liquor selection was slim. Repeats of a few things. Have things improved there?

A good rum will help you forget a bad steak? 🙂

This is how they treat their Elite members, too. You will probably be blasted by the cheerleaders (welcome to the club) but thanks for pointing out this glitch.

Halibut looks good. I think this menu is an improvement over Sur La Mer.

I'm sorry you are having a bad cruise.

I guess you haven't been following my adventure. I am using up FCC and then telling Princess bye bye. But thanks for pointing out the obvious.

We have been doing HAL and Carnival lately. We haven't given up cruising. I'm very happy with HAL, and we have done some Carnival when we take the grandkids. Carnival is not as bad as its reputation makes it out to be, and I'm seeing so many Princess changes trying to become another Carnival, I'll take the original, knowing full well what to expect.

I thought I was immune to shock over what nonsense Princess will pull, but I have to say, this is a new one. It makes no sense that a company would deliberately alienate customers so they could go out of business, but Princess is sure making it look like that's what they want to do.

I'm still using up the FCC. The problem with Princess, as I see it, is the drastic change they made after covid, in dining, check-in, loyalty perks, etc. The new guy in charge just wiped out traditions and made it clear he's after a new, younger clientele. My post-covid cruises have ranged from horrible to tolerable. I am not giving up the money I gave Princess to tide them over the covid crisis, even if it means tolerable is the best I get. We were dedicated Princess fans with a bunch of cruises lined up when covid hit. If I had known the suits planned to gut the experience, I would have taken the refunds and not the FCC. I feel betrayed by Princess, and I don't think I'm alone.

My SIL served on the USS Kittyhawk and I learned that quote from him. 🙂