Paula_MacFan

Thank you, I'll start looking. Just didn't want to waste a bunch of time if there weren't any 🙂

I don't have the fortitude to search through all 80 pages of this thread -- are there any Patters within? Thanks

I don't have the fortitude to search through all 82 pages of this thread -- are there any Patters? Thanks

We sail in January and I'm planning to download the new app as soon as it comes out. I have screen shots of my specialty dining reservations from the old app just in case 🙂 Other than that I always take a printed copy of the Travel Summary anyway, so we should be fine. On our cruise last month I only used the app for ordering room service and once for crew chat. I agree with others about the wonky names Princess uses. I'm glad they're moving away from calling it the 'Medallion Class' app as it seemed to confuse so many people about functionality with the actual medallion. Fingers crossed the new app is way better.

That's a great idea -- love it!

We have sailed from Galveston many times since 2005 on both Princess and RCI and have never experienced the problems recently reported. We have a Regal cruise booked for January 2024 so I hope they get the issues ironed out soon.

Asking questions about a review is not being snarky. Questioning the factual accuracy of a review is not snarky. People come here to research and get information for their own travels. Passing along incorrect information is not helpful to anyone. I've been a member here for 20 years and I don't need you to lecture me on 'kindness'. But thanks and have a nice day 🙂

I was referring to this comment: Since we are Platinum and had booked a suite..... And this: We booked this cruise directly through a Travel Consulting Company that we signed up with last year and got a really good price compared to booking directly with Princess. In my industry when you capitalize something it refers to a name, so I read it as the name of your TA.

I have so many questions about this review but I gave up trying to quote each one. Mariner deck, Grand Spirits, assigned boarding time, suite perks for mini suites, mentioning the TA, double paying gratuities, Chops dining, etc...... Maybe I'll just go get some Thanksgiving leftovers and forget about it 🙂

We have those too. They were much thicker and better quality than the thin blue ones. Also still have some blue suite laundry bags -- we use those on about every trip 🙂

We just returned from a European cruise last month. We had no cell service anywhere on our Samsung Android phones as our carrier doesn't offer foreign service. We knew this ahead of time so planned to use email & FB messenger to stay in touch with loved ones back home (which worked fine BTW). Imagine our surprise when we started receiving texts from home once we connected to the ship's wifi. Worked fine the whole cruise. In general internet speeds were amazing compared to prior cruises. So much so I did a live from thread that I would never have bothered with under the old internet.

We've had our Alaska excursions booked with Princess for months and most of them are sold out already. From what we've heard it's record setting bookings for next year and some outfitters are taking reservations for 2024 already.

Are you logged into the Personalizer? It shouldn't be too early to book -- we've had our May Alaska excursions booked for quite awhile now. If you're logged in to your account it should show available excursions by port. Does it give you an error message when you click on the selected excursion?

I would caution you against relying too much on the Port Guides in the app and on the TV staterooms. On our European cruise last month there was a lot of incorrect information on the Port Guides such as references to the wrong dock area, amenities offered, and available shuttles and excursions. I echo the other posters' suggestions to do some research on your own in advance and make some plans accordingly. I've found a simple Google search will typically reveal an official website with schedules for most ports. Then you can determine exactly where you'll dock and see what options you have outside of ship tours. In some ports a ship's excursion makes sense, and in others you can easily do plenty of activities on your own. Good luck in your planning 🙂

I don't have experience to share regarding Black Friday, but we have used EZ Air many times with no problems. We just came back from Europe using EZ Air and saved a bunch on our first class flights. With flexible fares there's really no downside to booking. If you see a good fare over Black Friday weekend, then book it. One of the best things IMO about EZ Air flexible fares is the ability to re-fare. I check our airfare every single day and have re-fared many times when the price dropped. Super easy to do yourself on the personalizer.

We have a bunch too, and they are so light weight that I leave several in each suitcase. They come in handy for many uses while traveling and not just cruising 🙂 I haven't seen any new ones given out since the restart.

Thank you! This was our exact experience last month on the Island too, yet some here argued that we'd 'never' be told to do such a thing. Enjoy the rest of your cruise!

Here are the screens in order on my app. Are you saying on the last screen you only have the option for MDR?

Usually it's on MUTS and your stateroom TV. We've watched many games on MUTS over the years. It depends of course on availability and signals.

Do you mean they won't provide bottled water with the Plus package, or they are out of bottled water? I must have missed that on your other thread. We were able to have unlimited bottled water last month on the Island with the Plus package, although they did run out of other beverages during the voyage.

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Was the first formal night Monday or Tuesday? We'll be on the Regal soon 🙂 Thanks!

Luckily we already have our plans ironed out, was just looking for some possible 'filler' excursions for a short unoccupied afternoon etc. I was mainly posting the info just to alert others not to wait if interested in Alaska next year. I also wonder if our cruisetour is booked up by a group or tour operator because it has shown as 'not available' on the Princess website for quite while. I like to periodically price check our cruises but haven't been able to for this one in a long time.

All ours opened last night for the entire land tour (a few days ago only Kenai opened up). Everything I looked at showed sold out already.

We recently flew to Europe as well using EZ Air and flew United Polaris First Class both ways. I was able to see our flights on the United app immediately at booking (330 days out) and was able to manage flights on the app up until travel time. This included pre-ordering meals, bag information, checking in, etc.