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I agree. Unless you knew the people across the way. Well...I suppose you would know them pretty quick!

Cabanas are 330sf. Mini suites are roughly 300sf. The tiny sunroom makes for an extended balcony or bedroom. Some Cabanas come with Reserve perks. Some may value C1 for direct cabana deck access. We chose C2 for privacy while still getting cabana deck access and Reserve perks. Its all what horse best suits your course. Personally, tubs are worthless to me. A bigger bathroom with two sinks and/or more storage has some value though. Everyone has different priorities. Its why so many room classes exist.

If you get the extra benefits, good for you! Its most likely an error, but hopefully they honor it. Wrong info on all Cruise lines is common.

Ours is the exact same way with only an old vague email receipt.. We presume we will have an OBC in the amount the excursion cost. Will find out soon enough. It looks like Princess has replaced Santorini with Crete for this cruise.

We're on this week's cruise, presuming the Sun makes it on time. We noticed we no longer have our Santorini excursion showing. Anyone else lose their excursion on 3/2?

We can confirm they finally fixed the Remove Item from Shopping cart. We were able to get the birthdate corrected by going through the chat feature. Perhaps chat has more competent agents?

Added an item to the cart. Now its not removable. When you click remove it says 'Are you Sure?' Click 'Yes' and nothing. It stays stuck on the 'Are You Sure' screen. It doesn't matter what browser you are in and the phone app does the same thing. We called Princess to correct a wrong birthdate and also asked to remove the item from cart. [Its fixed....Give it 24 hours] we were told. 7 days later, no update to birthdate and the item is still in cart. Long phone holds, ESL reps that are barely understandable, and nothing actually gets fixed What's not to like?

Glad you had a good time. We prefer HAL food over NCL and RC but the entertainment is lacking in comparison. We are trying Princess in a few months.

Online Savings accounts start at 4% and go up over 5% right now. Check them out. My personal one gives me 4.94%. Its not life changing, but that's $500 in your pocket on $10k over a year rather than the cruise line's. That's a real cost Viking is sneaking in.

Wifi is good to keep in mind for ones calculation.. For a domestic cruise, I'd value it at near zero because of 'free' cellular access in port. Our next cruise will be in the Med though, so we'd have to buy international cellular at $10 per day in port. Its why I personally valued wifi at $5 per day (for an international cruise). I have peon status on every cruise line. We just always pick the cruise by itinerary and (hopefullly) value. Elite perks just don't apply to us and likely never will.

We are more like you and most of the time we don't buy a package. When we do, it has to at least come close to what we might indulge a little on. Its a good point to consider though. If we skipped the package we would definitely save some money and we would skip out on some coffee, casual dining, wifi, and probably a couple alcoholic drinks. Still...when the price delta is below a certain threshold...we go ahead with it. For our upcoming cruise, we are indulging at +$20 ea per day. At $30+, for us, it'd be a definite No. At $25...a Maybe. Pick your own price point...

I guess I presume they mean binging everyday. That would get gross to me on day two! 1-2 per day everyday is just fine for me though and I would get my value as I just posted in my personal valuation above.

Currently, Princess lets you buy the package onboard on day 1. This allows for use of OBC and/or gift cards you might get at 8% off. That changes the math quite a bit. My personal valuation for our upcoming cruise is as follows P+ (at 8% off) is $55.20 pppd Daily 'base' value: Gratuity $17 (1) alcoholic drink $11 (2) Coffee drinks $10 (1) Smoothie or similar $5 Wifi $5 Casual Dining $2 Juice Bar $1 Desserts/Fitness/Delivery $0 Net Value is $51 So, we will be paying $4.20 pppd to cover any above and beyond. Maybe we'll have an extra coffee, smoothie, bottled water, soda, whatever on some days. Maybe we'll have an extra alcoholic beverage or two on some day. Maybe we'll actually use the delivery thing a day or two or try to get a scoop of gelato instead of the scary looking sundaes. Worst case is we overpaid $8.40 / day for the two of us. That's acceptable to us. Honestly, I think we'll end up coming out ahead over the course. Everyone's valuation will differ. For instance wifi matters a little to me, but not a lot, ergo my $5 per day benefit.

Reading elsewhere in the forums...another change implemented by Princess this year...allows for Package purchases on day one of the cruise. Seeing that OBC can now be used for the purchase, this seems like an incredibly positive change in the Packages. For those who insure their trip, that's extra money saved waiting to buy it on board. We are borderline on what the P+ package value is to us at $60pppd. I come out a little ahead (2 alcoholic drinks per day). S.O. comes out a little behind (1 drink per day). Considering we will have a decent amount of non-refundable OBC to start our next cruise, and with the option to get 8% discounts on Gift cards to add more OBC, it actually makes the Package worthwhile at 1/0 alcoholic drinks per day for us. We'll be buying it on board.

How long before embark can one cancel the P+ package? If I wanted to lock in the current price, cancel if it stays the same as cruise nears, and then buy on board with OBC? I didn't see cancel in the package T&Cs. If it works the same as the cruise fare itself, it obviously isn't doable.