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Never a problem there to find another cruise 🤣 Thanks for the explanation about the FCD's on cruises over 50 days- makes sense.

Oops, I misread your previous post. Though 6% would have been nice 🤣🤣 Will definitely check before we consider booking. Thanks again

Yes, we purchased 4 FCD's on a recent cruise and I did notice that it is now a 1 year expiry. Previously, it was a 2 year expiry- which was much better. Just another changed from Princess!!

Thanks for your advise and I didn't realise that we could use 2xFCD each to get a 6% discount. I just calculated the reduction using the 4 FCD's and it is over $6800- not bad for a $400 investment!!! I would rather the 6% discount than the $600 OBC that we would have received if we'd used it on shorter cruises. I also calculated the fare in the same cabin for the 2 segments- Syd-Dov and Dov-Syd and it was over $8000 dearer than booking the entire cruise Syd-Syd All of your advise has been invaluable- as always. Thanks again, Jenny

We have 6 FCD's active with Princess. We are thinking of booking the 2026WC and I was wondering if we can use two of these FCD's toward our booking and get the extra $300 OBC that we would be entitled to receive? Thanks in advance for your comments. Jenny we

We did a Canary Island cruise in September from Southampton on Anthem of the Seas. We spent 2 days crossing the Bay of Biscay on the way down and it was like a millpond. Different on the way back- probably the worse seas we have ever been in. I had to lie down, I had no sea legs for 2 days. The Anthem is so big ( over 6300 passengers), it is like a brick in the water, we were amazed at how much it was being buffeted about.

Thanks, as always. You are a fountain of knowledge. I think we are booked on the 2025 WC together- hope to share some information with you 👍👍 Jenny

Hi, Just wondering where you go on the Princess.com website to book the restaurants? We are on the Majestic in December 2023 to South Australia. We have a stack of OBC so thought I’d book a few nights at Crown Grill. I went onto the mobile app and it says “too early, come back later” and on the Princess.com website, when I put in “booked guests”, then “ access Cruise Personaliser” and then choose that cruise and then dining options- nothing shows up for restaurant bookings. Any hints? Thanks, Jenny

I remember the South America itinerary- it was fantastic. We would definitely do that one if it was offered again. It included Panama Canal,Antarctica and Easter Island- lots of bucket list destinations. I think it would sell very well if it was offered again.🤞

I hope our ANZ complimentary travel insurance will cover Hawaii 🤞. Will have to check. Also we will only be away 35n (allowed 90 days away). One of the big issues with the WC was that our ANZ insurance would not have covered us because of the 113 days away. I fear that EI is a sail by- very disappointing!

I think some strange (strategic) decisions have been made- not for Aussie cruisers benefit 🙄 Princess has such a fan base in Australia, they had better watch what they are doing!!

I agree!!! Has anyone else noticed that they are not offering the usual 35n Hawaii Sydney return cruise on the 24/25 brochure to be released tomorrow. They usually have 2 per year. I jumped on and booked the March-April 2024 35n Hawaii cruise from Sydney yesterday. Not many decent cabins left, but picked up a nice balcony on Caribe deck.I think it must have been from a cancellation. We were considering the 2025 WC, but the US travel insurance premium and the sail by Easter Island, had us rethinking.

We are looking at the 113 day SYD- SYD option.Just a couple of questions. 1. Does the cruise include gratuities because it starts and finishes in Sydney? 2. Is on board currency in AU$? 3. Does the ANZ credit card complimentary travel insurance cover you for the whole cruise, especially for the US portion, which is only 3 days in port? Looking at the itinerary it shows Easter Island as a black dot which usually indicates a port/ tender stop, but the actual itinerary says scenic cruising for that particular day. If EI is not offered as a port stop then that could be a deal breaker for us as to whether we book or not, Thanks in advance for any input. Jenny

Thanks Julie- you have hit the nail on the head!!! Yes the cruise that is not showing up is the second of the B2B's. Even though they are booked under 2 different booking numbers- I don't have to do anything as far as the phone app is concerned? Thanks everyone for your thoughts and I have noted the phone no. for the Princess Medallion- that may come in handy one day 👍 Jenny

Thank you so much, I did as you said and have found 4 cruises listed but one of my Princess cruises is not listed. I pressed the + sign to add the cruise and when I put the booking no. in it says "No booking number found". I checked on my cruise personaliser and also the printout from my travel agent and the booking number is the same. Any thoughts? and solutions. Thanks again, Jenny