Robkat

Really enjoying your Live. Did I miss it, and have you already "reviewed" your cabin? Are you in a Deluxe or a Grand Deluxe? Are you having a stop at Ocean Cay on this particular itinerary? Remember you mentioning how much Gen Z was looking forward to it. Hope you continue enjoying!

And do you get "charged" for 2 drinks off your daily 15 allotment ?

Where does this get "registered" or notated? I've been surreptitiously checking everywhere in our upcoming res but, other than actually purchasing a package or gift, I don't see anywhere to advise them of a birthday while onboard. Thanks for the help.

👍👍. Thanks ... enjoy!

Thanks @LACruiser88 for the quick reply. We also have the PP package and had read that the wine choices available on that package were, shall we say, limited. But your choices have looked nice. Can you bring the bottle into the dining room with you? And, from what you said, does this mean that Vines is the only bar that will "potentially" do this? 🤞

Enjoying your review. Thank you for taking the time. Noticing that you're having a different bottle of wine each evening ... is this part of the Beverage package, or a different wine package for purchase? Or are you just ordering bottles separately from the package. We like the idea of having a bottle, and thus not having to chase someone down each time we need a refill! 😂😂 Hope your weather continues to improve.

Thanks all ... This is useful and great info to know. 👍👍

Thanks all for your very helpful and informative replies. What a great resource CC is when fellow cruisers are so willing to jump in, with their knowledge, to reply to questions. @capriccio Hope things are going well on your cruise! We've been hearing so many sketchy things about the Caribbean P and have been just a little worried, but we hope that you aren't experiencing any of those issues. If you do happen to come across any Truvia around the ship, would you please come back to advise? And in the meantime, hope you continue to have a good time. Thanks again for all the replies.

We haven't been on Princess in over a decade, but we've got one coming up in just a few weeks. We've been on 12 Princess cruises previously, but from the sounds of it, some things have changed significantly. Since we live in Florida, we try as much as we can to avoid flying, but in this case, we will be flying home, so trying to avoid items from packing where we can. With that in mind, could those who have recently been on the Caribbean P, please let us know: > In restaurants and especially the International Cafe, is the sweetener Truvia offered? > In the stateroom bathroom, understand that shampoo/conditioner and body wash are in the wall pumps on the shower wall. By the sink, is there a liquid hand soap? And is there body lotion, or can we/ do we have to ask for it? > On embarkation day, if we immediately want to book a couple of specialty restaurants, is there a central place to do that, or must we go to each restaurant directly? (We know we could pre-book in the App, but we have OBC we want to use, so ... in person, once we're on board is how we're going.) > As Platinum cruisers, will we have bathrobes in the cabin? Not sure, but seem to remember always having received them in the past. Would really appreciate having replies to these specific questions, but if anyone has anything else that we should be aware of, we'd love to hear about those things too. Thanks for your help.

Oh golly! We are "go with the flow" kind of people (or, at least we try to be as much as possible!) and we always try to make the best of not-so-great situations, but those issues you mentioned don't seem to be such "small stuff"!!! We're boarding the Caribbean Princess in the next few weeks and we're praying that whatever else we may find, those small stuff issues you had happen will NOT be challenging us! Fingers crossed! 🤞

Thanks @Outerdog. This was the exact info we wanted.

Reading all these comments from Princess cruisers and we're getting concerned about our upcoming 2 cruises! Based on all your advice, we are going into both cruises armed with our painters tape. But, with a view to not wanting to spend time hunting for the culprit, can recent cruisers on the Caribbean and Sky tell us exactly where these sensors are? Forewarned is forearmed! 😂 Thanks!

I think it is so unfortunate (especially for newbies to a cruise line) when people just can't help themselves from comparing the different cruise lines and ships, and unfortunately, sometimes (oftentimes) without the a proper context or even actual knowledge! We're getting on the Norwegian Getaway in four days (yay!), our last cruise in March was on Celebrity (it was great!), and our next cruise in August is on Princess (can't wait!). My point is that each and every cruise line has it's own individual good and (maybe) not-as-good features, amenities, food quality, and service. But these things are so subjective! We find things on each of these quite different cruise lines and ships that we really like, and then the things that we prefer on another cruise line or particular ship ... well then, we'll look forward to experiencing them again another time. I don't know why people, like the one's that @njsmom spoke to, say such uninformed things ... is it just to try to sound like they're so knowledgeable? But it would be so much better for everyone if people like that could just keep those kind of comments to themselves. Just my 2¢ 😊

@mshulman: Happened for us the same as it did for you. However, we were aware that BistroSLM was being closed, so we were doing a daily check in our booking to see what would happen with our BistroSLM reservation. Just a couple of days ago, we saw that the reservation had been changed to Sabatini's, and, again, also like you, with no notification from Princess (which we would have appreciated). Our reservation had been made using a specialty dining credit from the Premier package. We cancelled Sabatini's and then planned to rebook into Catch, but the dining credit was now not showing. However, about a day and a half later, the specialty dining credit showed back up and we went ahead and booked Catch using it. It was interesting that Princess moved the reservation from BistroSLM to Sabatini's, instead of the restaurant that actually replaced Bistro, but, ours is not to reason why ...

To the OP: Thanks for a good guffaw ... or, as the young'uns used to say ... As if!🤭🙄 While your wish list items were all fine and well individually, they weren't based in the reality that we all currently live in. It reminds me of when DH and I go off on a "what if" dream world of what would be the perfect ship, picking favorite features and amenities from all our past cruises on all the different ships. It's a fun and fanciful exercise ... that will never happen or exist!

After @tonit964's post, seems like you might want to consider the same thing for the girls' cabin? The boys WILL be messers, but there's a good chance the girls will be the messier messers.

I second @wowzz comment, asking to hear your impressions of the Sky, fresh out of drydock.

@RedIguana: I like the way you think! Way to "mitigate" an annoying situation! Thanks again to all who have replied ... Even though Princess used to be our "go to" cruise line, we haven't sailed with them for ages. Lots of things now, and most especially post-Covid, seem quite different, so we really appreciate everyone being so helpful.

Understand the priority boarding for suites and Elites ... any consideration for Platinum?

Thanks all for your replies. @PacnGoNow: Really appreciate the specific steps to take, and when to take them! We wondered why, even though the App said we were in the green lane, there were no further instructions. Thanks again everyone.

We're about 80 days out from our cruise. We are checked in, all our information has been provided via the app, and we are in the "green lane". When will be able to select a boarding time? And are there any other check-in processes that we'll need to do? The app says we're Ocean Ready, and there aren't any other instructions or steps shown, BUT we weren't given or asked to select a boarding time. Thanks in advance for any help.

But, isn't the whole idea of the Medallion to make certain activities an easier and smoother process, ie whizzing right through the check-in process? So, if you opt to do a terminal pick-up, wouldn't you then have to line up with others who could not have the Medallion delivered, for example Canadians, Brits, Europeans and all other non-US passengers? We thought that would turn out to be a considerably longer process. It sounds like the transition into the new Plus and Premier from the old Plus is not going all that smoothly? Also, we agree with @CruizinSusan70:DH wants to finish our check in for this upcoming cruise and doesn't want to have the 'green lane' withheld from us! 🤦‍♂️😂

Thanks to all who answered above. Helps to hear that others see the same issue, and also to know what TA's have been told! We certainly wouldn't go to Guest Services just to try to recoup a $10 shipping charge, but as I said, it is the principle of the thing. Don't say shipping is complimentary... and then charge it, and then tell people to go get a refund or credit from Guest Services! Thanks again everyone ... your replies and info helped.

We have two upcoming cruises. The first one we booked is for Dec '23 on the Sky, and we have Princess Premier. On PP, you get the complimentary Medallion, the lanyard and a "Medallion accessory", for no charge or shipping fees. After we booked, and started filling in our info for check in later, when we made our order for the above Medallion stuff, a $10 charge appeared for shipping. We knew this was incorrect, but didn't want to face a phone call to Customer Service, so waited about a week, and when we went back into the booking about a week later, what do you know, the $10 shipping charge was changed to $0. After that, we booked another cruise for this July (so we had to pay the balance when we made the reservation), and this time we'll have Princess Plus. With P+, we should each get a complimentary Medallion and a lanyard, with no shipping fee. When we were filling in our info and ordering the Medallion to be delivered, once again a $10 shipping fee was being charged. Its been a couple of weeks, and this time, it doesn't appear to be going away. We can't continue with the "Ocean Ready" process until that section has been completed. For those who have had Princess Plus, were you charged the $10 shipping fee? Did you just go ahead and pay it? Were you then given a credit, once you were on board the ship? We're tempted to just pay for the shipping, but it's the principle of the thing ... Princess says shipping is complimentary. It's hard to believe that Princess's IT can't fix this glitch. We're wondering if others have experienced this too, and how you proceeded.

Thanks for this, that! (Had to do it! 😂) We're shaking our heads that we missed it. 🤦🤦‍♂️