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On 4/20/2024 at 1:04 AM, memoak said:

I haven’t seen any salads at the IC for at least 2 years. For lunch it is basically sandwiches, pizza bites and cookies. Also some desserts 

That’s disappointing - haven’t sailed Princess since 2019 and used to enjoy the Greek salad

21 hours ago, Host CJSKIDS said:

My seats in the sanctuary!!

Please tell me how you managed to get them, I am on the 4th May sailing and hopeing to get Sanctuary, did you book for the whole week or just chosen days, was there a queue and did you board early from Elite lounge?  

Us too - after dinner probably straight to casino 

Us too - booked 5 speciality nights for 8.40 - see shows then eat 

17 hours ago, memoak said:

Disembarking the Crown last month at 8:30 there were some already in line

That will be me at my next cruise, trying to get on first for Sanctuary 

Can anyone provide the quickest route to Sanctuary when embarking the ship please. 

On 2/19/2024 at 2:52 AM, jagoffee said:

Did you cancel one of your reservations and then book a replacement for another restaurant, time, or day?

No - I was booking 5 speciality, 2 I thought should be free but it only allowed me 1 free. 

12 hours ago, TrixieBel said:

I had the same problem. Be careful as I used the advice to do via the web where it showed no charge. It still charged me. 
 

When I called Princess I learned that it was charging me because we were not fully paid up. It won’t show up free until you’ve fully paid the cruise and not just the deposit. 

I was fully paid up and waa only able to book 1 free, charged for other bookings- hope to get refund for the second 

I have premier plus, made dining reservations it it only gave me 1 free and charged for the rest, I have 4. Should I wait until onboard to get a refund? Also want to edit times of reservations but each time it fails to change in the app. Should I ring and if so - can anyone kindly share the number 

I just booked my speciality, having premier package, first speciality was free but then it charged me for the second, I paid as I wanted the reservation, not sure how to get the second refunded, OBC will be fine for me, so not sure if I should leave till onboard or shall I ring, and if so which number 

This post is just to follow the topic

Fantastic review, ready to book our cruise for May. We haven’t sailed Princess for 5 years but are Elite and as soon as I book, with the Premier package, this week, will be looking to also book plenty of speciality. Could you advise what times the main shows are so that we can book an appropriate time for dinner, do not want to book dinner and miss the main entertainment. What time reservations did you do, as you appeared to eat at speciality and attend the shows I prefer to eat later in the evening, not before shows.

Our St Croix port has also been cancelled next month, replaced by St Thomas as port we have been on so many times. As per the above, after final payment! This and also the cancelling of all the main theatre productions has made me decide that after my next 2 cruises, Feb 24, I will revert back (We are Sapphire) to Princess(we re Elite loyalty but haven't been Princess for a few years due to the entertainment that USED to be better on NCL) , Royal - more expensive but have theatre shows and we may also try MSC. 

On 1/14/2024 at 12:27 AM, Monstica said:

I took a cruise just this past August on MSC Yacht Club Meraviglia.  I have been in the Haven and I have to say the Yacht Club beats the Haven.  The shows are where NCL shines.  I really didn’t enjoy the shows on MSC.  I can’t say how the food is on the lower levels of MSC but in the Yacht 
Club food was excellent.  Can’t wait to hear about your experience.   Have a great time!

Unfortunately NCL have cancelled most, if not all full west end shows so I wonder if your comments regarding entertainment are still valid? 

On 1/14/2024 at 12:09 AM, yankees111 said:

This should be posted on the MSC boards.

I am interested for the comparison so think is well placed here, MSC ships look nice and with the huge cuts to entertainment, I am thinking of trying this cruiseline as well.

Just now, Homosassa said:

You do not need to sterilize the water.

 

The tap water on the ship is of better quality than the water ashore.

 

If you must have hot water, you can get it in the buffet at the coffee/tea machines.

We always sterilize water for a baby in the UK 

13 hours ago, mjkacmom said:

I used powder formula for all of my kids and just added warm tap water.

No I need to sterilise the water, she is only 6 months old

I wanted to check out prices of any remaining cabins for 3 February Escape cruise to see if any upgrades after final payment (not upgrade system) but the cruise is not showing on NCL or a travel site I use. any ideas why would this be? 

Is it possible to get a kettle or coffee maker in the cabin (Balcony) to warm babies bottle.

Used my Dyson airwrap dozens of times, I am from the UK so I utilise the UK plug in the cabin as it is 220v. I will be taking it next month. What I will advise is that, if you get vapour, which I sometimes get coming off it, try to use it with ventilation, e.g by patio as when on a Royal ship, I set off the fire alarm and had the security team knocking on my door as an emergency, they had to call the bridge to let them know it was a false alarm and reset systems

Gosh we are Sapphire and never attended 

On 1/1/2024 at 1:15 AM, ferretktf said:

It’s really for slot players only,  very hard to earn sufficient points on table play.
 

I play $25 a hand blackjack and after monitoring the points I received I worked out I would need to play 14 hours a day every day of my cruise to get any kind of meaningful reward….or up my stakes to $250 per hand …..which obviously I was not prepared to do.

It gets harder every year, I gamble for probably 5 hours a day on Texas holdum against dealer, I did 2 7 day cruises B2B, this year they only offered me 20% off. 

On 12/29/2023 at 3:46 PM, schmoopie17 said:

 

This sounds like a good option, and one we would definitely like to try.

However, as @chengkp75stated in another recent thread...

 "You can walk out with the bottle, if it is opened and partially consumed. The ship is not licensed to sell unopened liquor."

If you've done this in the past, apparently this comes under the heading of YMMV.

 

Many times we have done this and given to staff as we have package 

I have had lots of items go missing and also items shrunk, I will only send underwear and items I do not care about in future and we are all Sapphire so get free laundry bags. 

Sad they have changed our itinerary from St Croix to St Thomas, was really looking forward to a new port I have not been too, and replacing it with St Thomas which I have been too at least times.