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Going by my personaliser, which is where you should see it listed under beverages, it is currently $27.42 per day. (US price is $14.99 plus 18% gratuity ($US17.69)).

Also for the full world.

We were lucky. Our first P&O cruise was on Pacific Sun and nearly everyone knew where the library was, because at dinner time it morphed into the Steakhouse.

Because of the circumstances, those cabins were not sold-out. After the changes to the itinerary to avoid the Red Sea, there were plenty of cancellations and there were vacant minis until very late.

That is the dilemma. For years I wished P&O could be more like Princess, but there are plenty that love P&O the way it is and prefer it to Princess, so it is really about my taste and not about P&O changing. I know this isn't true, so I am only stirring the pot - perhaps vigorously. As they say, readers are leaders. One could sarcastically think that Carnival has removed Splendor's library because not many of their target market can read.

They have an issue that they lack a brand identity after March next year. It is no longer P&O, but they are saying (for the P&O customers) that it will be a P&O product. Carnival will take over but have yet to announce anything much apart from VIFP and that there will be further announcements. So it isn't really P&O and it isn't really Carnival. It could be the best of P&O retained with the best of Carnival woven in, or it could be the opposite. Carnival & P&O/Carnival itineraries are out for 26/27, but I think I will wait till next month to see what itineraries Princess is going to offer. Looks like it will still be Crown based here plus Royal from Sydney & Grand from Brisbane.

Also an awesome library on QM2, which I would recommend you get the opportunity to visit at least once. If a library is an important consideration, don't cruise on Carnival.

Proof of travel insurance is not sufficient. Claims can be denied based on pre-existing and other conditions.

This thread mostly relates to Australian passengers. Our law doesn't allow Stockperks to connect directly with our broker, so it allows us to upload a copy of a shareholding statement. I don't know if that option is available to US passengers.

Personally, I believe something must be available before you can auction it, but you can bid on any higher cabin on all cruises, whether sold or not. For Princess in Oz, the suites and minis tend to sell out first, which differs on the other side of the world. I would be keen to hear of anyone scoring a winning upgrade bid in a mini-suite or higher on an Aussie based cruise. I do agree though, you have to be in it to win it. I will be putting in bids for our upcoming Princess cruises too.

It is that time of year.

Let the excitement roll. Winning upgrade bids on minis and above are like hen's teeth, as they offer you to bid for an upgrade on cabin categories that have long been sold out. It is also conducted mostly by bots from an external company. Good luck all the same.

I trust you are high and dry for Milton? That is quite a 1 - 2 punch.

They have around 20 visits a month over the summer - P&O UK, Celebrity, Norwegian. No Princess or others. Here is ours. I had an inkling it may have had Flam changed to Olden at some stage.

That's funny. Every other cruise on Adventure in June 2025 is offering $49, but not that one which is showing a flash sale instead. It is like they are trying to see what bait works best. I do wonder if someone made a mistake with the pricing. Anyway, minis are currently showing as sold out. Byron mini showing as available, but $2K pp.

That's cool. Money isn't everything, although some do like to know what the most economical option is. In my plans, I am not tossing up whether to pay $19 or $47 each for our tickets. Two prices for the same seats, I will do the extra 5 minutes work to keep $50+ in my pocket. However, I am tossing-up between paying $19 each for train tickets or paying extras to book a town car for door to door service. I will sometimes pay extra for a treat or white glove service, but I also have an eye on setting a retirement date too.

When I looked this morning, they also had Byron minis available for only $20 per night extra. They disappeared 10 mins later. Cabins are identical furniture, fresher looking carpet & linen. You could get the same cabin as Golden, minis are nice, although the cheap version of the fares gives you no choice of which one (guarantee, non-refundable deposit. However, I did see them promoting a $49 deposit, but I wasn't curious enough to look further. I wonder will it be like Golden, will it feel like P&O, or will it feel like Carnival?

I don't believe this is a question about insurance. There is no mention of being un/underinsured for the medical coast of her husband's stroke. If these were covid cancellation cruises, as in no ships allowed in Australian ports cancellations, by default these were credited as FCC by most cruise lines unless you requested a refund by a certain date. These government covid border cruise cancellations were not covered by travel insurance, hence refunds from the cruise lines were available at the time. I am presuming covid credits were issued and that was fine at the time, but any credits for a future cruise would be a bitter pill after these events. I am also surprised that the bill appeared to be more important to them than getting someone urgently conveyed to a hospital, but I do get that it will be much harder for them to recover their $27K after you have departed the ship. Surely there is a smarter way for them to expedite payment and patient care together. Duty of care means proving negligence, and without knowing specifics, that would be difficult. Medevacs also come with risks.

The info earlier in the year was to come back in November to claim OBC for 2025 cruises. If my uploaded statement was still valid, I would have clicked through to check if I could claim yet, but now I will wait till November to upload a current statement. Currently, the Carnival Corp website lists shareholder OBC as available on cruises up till 31st December 2024, and they could always choose to modify or withdraw the benefit. Fingers crossed they will extend that policy for another year in November. Note also, in checking the Carnival Australia corporate website is no longer, referring everyone over to the US Carnival Corp page. Shareholder OBC is detailed at https://www.carnivalcorp.com/shareholder-information/shareholder-benefit

Princess cancelled the cruises because of covid, or you cancelled your cruises because you tested positive with covid? A very different response for either scenario. The former - I recall Princess had specific systems for covid cancelled cruises. You could opt for a refund or a comparable replacement cruise, but that had to be specified within a certain time frame. After that date, they defaulted to only issuing a future cruise credit. The latter - only credits were offered, as it was way beyond the generosity of the cancellation policy. I am sad for your experience and for your loss. I would gather you have received legal advice about getting a resolution. While there is any risk of them being seen as "at fault", I think it is unlikely that Princess will offer any discretionary refund. Anyone of a senior position also has a secretary, who will usually triage down into their customer service or legal department. Their senior people are there to guide policies and to manage their junior people. Good luck, and sorry I can't offer any shortcut to solve your runaround.

That is 4 times the price of Newcastle to Sydney return, which is a longer trip on a similar level of intercity service. As long as you are committed to the time and date, 20 pounds is a much better price and a comparable value to NSW intercity services.

Yes, I would reaffirm that if there is interest, there will be stocked trolleys. If there is not much interest, they will be predominantly loaded with board games.

All advice I have been given by Londoners and my wife's English relos is to purchase advance tickets online and to avoid peak hour travel, for both price and comfort. They have a limited number of advance discount tickets for each off-peak train, usually available for purchase around 12 weeks in advance. Peak advance tickets can be more expensive than ticket window off peak pricing. Apples with apples: Today's price for the direct train service to Southampton, bought at Waterloo station is $AU47pp Train for the same time on Thursday 28th Nov, advance purchase online is $AU19pp

So many are reluctant to try the P&O/Carnival blend and sitting back waiting for others to try it out first. Seems about the right price to guess what your ports will end up being and what the hybrid experience will be like. To note, that pricing is "GO fare" which is for guarantee cabin & non-refundable deposits. Value fare is a bit more expensive but is largely offset with OBC and gives you cabin choice. For the daily price of an inside though, you would struggle to get 3 meals at Maccas.

Much cheaper to pre-purchase.