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Ruby Princess still in Honolulu. Anyone heard why?
PescadoAmarillo replied to PescadoAmarillo's topic in Princess Cruises
Thank you @tls1007. When I posted this, the ship’s webcam and my Find My Husband app (he’s on board) both showed the ship was in Honolulu. The webcam still shows alongside in a Honolulu, but my husband has moved on. 😆. I was concerned there was an issue, and it’s too early to contact him. -
Would you sail on an older Princess ship?
PescadoAmarillo replied to Sigyn's topic in Princess Cruises
I don’t wish to ever sail on one of those ships. Talk about inward focused…. it’s sacrelige. It’s exactly akin to placing cabins around the windows in the buffet. After all, you’re just eating in there, right? No need to see the sea. -
Would you sail on an older Princess ship?
PescadoAmarillo replied to Sigyn's topic in Princess Cruises
The Pacific Princess was our favorite also. We’ve spent over a couple hundred days on that ship. Sure, she had an occasional toilet issue, but we never encountered on lasting more than 3 hours or so. And we used to get chocolates every time we had an issue. We called them toilet chocolates and we kind of looked forward to them. But it was the interactions with the crew on a ship that size that set her apart. DH is currently on the Ruby, and he is sending back pics of waiters we knew from the Pacific that are currently on the Ruby. You don’t ever forget those people. So, like some others here, the older ships are our favorites. The covered pools are a definite plus. -
No. It happened to DH just last week. He was in two different cabins in his favorite area of the ship for B2B cruises. Both reservations were marked No Upgrade. I just happened to look at his Medallion app on his phone (to see what Princess was doing with his dining reservations) when I noticed that he had been moved into one cabin for both cruises in an entirely different area. It was a two category upgrade for the first cruise and a lateral move for the second. Spent two hours on Chat with Princess. Got him moved back into his original cabin for the first cruise, and a promise that he would be moved into a different cabin in a different but preferable area than the cabin Princess assigned, but it took so darn long to keep going back and forth to whoever it was being escalated to that that cabin disappeared. Customer disservice is the current Princess slogan.
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Here is how to print luggage tags for Princess.....
PescadoAmarillo replied to Smokeyham's topic in Princess Cruises
I stand corrected. I’ve always clicked on Check In, then Print Travel Summary, then Print Luggage Tags. I’ve never noticed it in the upper right of the first screen. Thanks for the information. 🙃 -
Here is how to print luggage tags for Princess.....
PescadoAmarillo replied to Smokeyham's topic in Princess Cruises
Thank you. Princess really shouldn’t make this process so difficult, but…here we are. -
Rather than eliminating the CCL OBC, I suspect Princess might not allow stacking OBC, just as RCCL did. The only one I question is military…would they actually stop allowing it to be combined with CCL or FCD OBCs? Most cruise lines offer a reduced fare on at least some sailings for military. If Princess were to do away with the military OBC, they’d be eliminating any military benefit.
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Internet Cafe, is it needed anymore?
PescadoAmarillo replied to sonomaphil's topic in Princess Cruises
I agree. I was going to add that I only use my ten year old Toshiba laptop at home to do large spreadsheets and taxes, otherwise I’m on my iPad, and then I remembered I’ve been thinking hard about buying a new MacBook Pro because…well, I’m not sure why I feel I need it. So never mind. 😆 -
Peacock documentary: Hell of a Cruise
PescadoAmarillo replied to Barry ATL's topic in Princess Cruises
I saw that with the Majestic Princess transpacific cruise. I read on FB (so this is not confirmed) that passengers have to self test after every port, and show their “stick” to their cabin steward. Princess says it’s because of the length of the cruise. I think some people are going to be in for a shock when they test positive and are quarantined. And I can’t help but wonder if the ship has enough resources to meet their needs while they are. -
Peacock documentary: Hell of a Cruise
PescadoAmarillo replied to Barry ATL's topic in Princess Cruises
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Peacock documentary: Hell of a Cruise
PescadoAmarillo replied to Barry ATL's topic in Princess Cruises
@Astro Flyer Thanks very much for the Gay Courter book recommendation. I read it straight through today and 1) found it really informative and 2) found it very fun and interesting. I would never have known about it but for your recommendation. -
Well then, purchase the stock with abandon! Unfortunately, I am well aware of capital loss carry forwards.😆 And there’s the whole short-term vs. long term thing too. But, really, the lower the stock price goes, the less downside there is to owning it. However, placing large deposits on CCL cruises far into the future is another matter.
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Milestone recognition being eliminated
PescadoAmarillo replied to CruzinNoony's topic in Princess Cruises
DH has cruised 101 days on Princess post-COVID and there wasn’t a single day of it that he didn’t hear the same thing at least once, and often much often than that. He’s even heard it from the super duper grandest elite of the most traveled Princess passengers. Obviously, Princess has heard it too, and decided those guests are not worth retaining. But they thank us for the extended use of our money! 😆 -
Milestone recognition being eliminated
PescadoAmarillo replied to CruzinNoony's topic in Princess Cruises
Absolutely right. And I am a consumer. And now (even without the potential milestone dropping), I’m a consumer analyzing my vacation spending without loyalty to Princess. I know what I like (smaller ships, unique itineraries). I know that Princess offers neither of these. I have no doubt that Princess’s new target market will step up to fill in what we used to spend. And life goes on. -
I agree. Captain Paulo Rivera is one of our favorites too. You can always tell when a captain genuinely cares about this guests, and he really does. I’m not at all surprised he proactively mentioned the ship condition at the meet and greet. But it does sound like the same issues we’ve heard time and again since the start up. Safe batteries, rusted drain pipes under bathroom sinks…we had the former multiple times and the latter on the Emerald on its first cruise back in service. These things are easy to fix given time and resources.
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Milestone recognition being eliminated
PescadoAmarillo replied to CruzinNoony's topic in Princess Cruises
What an odd way to phrase that. Transitioning, as if there is no turning back once the process is completed. Of course we look at other cruise lines. We always have. Celebrity was our cruise line of choice even after we cruised on Princess. I wasn’t being facetious. When one cruises for three, four, five months at a time, the passenger laundries ARE very important. That is why we primarily cruised Princess (but have also been on Royal Caribbean, NCL and Holland America) in the past ten years or so. If we’re just cruising for a week or two, any cruise line is considered, with points for smaller ships and interesting itineraries (eg HAL over Princess). I’ll admit that I’ve told my husband that he’s welcome to cruise on Princess alone…just let me know when he reaches 1500 days and I’ll be certain to join him for that. Face it…the chocolates, champagne, flowers, more champagne and - most of all - breakfast in Sabatini’s are all nice. But dropping milestone cruises alone is not enough to send me packing. It’s the death by a thousand cuts of horrible customer service, the travesty that is DMW, an app that would embarrass any other company, the elimination of the CC OBC and the effective elimination of the internet benefit that are starting to grate. So no. No big announcement. No flounce and run. I’ve sworn off cruising in the near term, and in the longer term I don’t see us spending winters on ships for a long time, if ever. So, as we have in the past, we’ll consider all our options.- 172 replies
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Milestone recognition being eliminated
PescadoAmarillo replied to CruzinNoony's topic in Princess Cruises
Exactly. When the only reason you’re sticking with a cruise line is the passenger washers and dryers, it’s time to move on, and we’ve always been very pleased with HAL. -
We were on the first Emerald Princess cruise after the shut down, and that’s when I first realized that these ships, though they were not actively cruising, had no crew onboard during all those months (years) to fix things. On top of that, unused things break when you try to use them again. So while I initially expected everything to be *perfect* because they had either sat idle or had plenty of time for maintenance and upgrades, it was actually the opposite. Our cruise was saved (it was one of our best cruises ever) by the low passenger count (less than 25% full), and amazing HGM and the double crew (crew was being taken to the Caribbean to meet up with ships there) but so many things were broken or out of service for the entire cruise that I’m thankful those things were true. It shows that the ship from hell doesn’t have to result in the cruise from hell. OP, thanks for your wonderful reports despite technical difficulties. I was also on her first transpacific in 2004 and enjoyed several cruises on the Sapphire since then and she is definitely one of my favorites (not least of all because she’s relatively smaller).
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I was on the Emerald Princess going through the Panama Canal last October. At that time, the WiFi speed was excellent and I regularly streamed video and made calls over WiFi. But we had 700 guests or so on the ship. I also think WiFi quality was significantly degraded in March or April of this year, and with passenger counts going up, people have mentioned some serious connectivity problems of late.
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The Sanctuary needs to be purchased via a bidding program, especially since it’s perceived value varies so much with itinerary and weather. I suspect there is a huge amount of unrealized revenue opportunity for Princess there on warm weather cruises, and who wants to begin their vacation with a race and a wonder? Better to know up front.
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My understanding (from the introductory video call that was done for TA’s) is that another company was administering the bidding process. Or at least that another company had developed the required software. That gave me some hope. Because, otherwise, you’re absolutely right. But, again, if there’s a chance to eek out any additional revenue, that opportunity will be assigned more resources than the refund process will be.