Musky Ike

40 minutes ago, ccheng6401 said:

I noticed that Princess raised the price of many cruises today. Not just this year but next year too. I understand the increased price of the cruises departing between 8/1 and 12/1, but why next year?  Anyone know the reason?

Cruising and travel demand in general are up. Supply and demand.

1 hour ago, HotRoot said:

I believe the Plus Package includes two casual meals for the cruise, not by the day.  Premier includes unlimited casual meals.  Planks, Steamers, and Vines are only open in the evening.  Vines opens at 4 pm but I am not sure of the hours for food.

Yes, and it is the plus cruise package not the plus beverage package.

4 minutes ago, SCX22 said:

 

That's fine, but am I inadvertently making the pool smaller by making the CA pool smaller for wages and bonuses by paying my CA with promo OBC?  What I can't wrap my head around is promotional OBC isn't real money; it's Princess Cruises currency which has a one to one exchange rate with the US Dollar, that only exists on shipboard folios for use while on the ship.  How does this get put in the pool if it doesn't exist as real money?  Princess can't pay their crew with OBC, they have to pay them in US Dollars.

No, it should simply go back to Princess Just the accounting line changes. Now part of the CA fund.

10 hours ago, Torfamm said:

As I recall, that credit can only be used onboard, not before sailing.

Yes and no. In my experience they charge your credit card pre cruise for any amount over your OBC. However your OBC amount listed on the personalizer does not change. It is deducted from your account onboard. I think the day before the excursion? Keep in mind that they use the credits assigned to each individual listed on the excursion even if a combined onboard account. So one of your party may run out of credits before the other.

19 hours ago, crawford said:

Too bad the desserts aren’t available in the main dining rooms.

We will sometimes just skip the dessert course in the MDR and then go share a slice of the premium cake while listening to music. 

Prices just climbed again! Maybe that was the reason for the  "not available" or "sold out" issues off and on all day, they were changing prices? 

39 minutes ago, phabric said:

My agent booked a BC cabin this morning.  I was checking and saw some cabins were now available.  My deck now only has Reserve guarantee cabins.
 

With the cruise selling so well this morning, Princess has increased the price.  My cruise fare has gone up by $825 more in just a few hours.

Noticed that price hike as well. I waited too long. we now have a cabin booked, but at a hefty price. 

Still hopeful that it is a glitch. Sold out in less than half of the fist day of early bookings must be some kind of record 😄. Unless it was chartered?

Expedition class: Princess river and great lakes ships.

33 minutes ago, Itchy&Scratchy said:

same. I think it was Typhoid Mary in the theater on the last night who coughed the entire performance long right behind us.

I do however feel for those with a cough due to a chronic respiratory issue that has nothing to do with a communicable disease.  They get the automatic dirty looks as people assume it is a cold or covid. Maybe the scarlet letter A is now for asthma.

3 minutes ago, d9704011 said:

Although you have to do this pretty much every day of the cruise (or make up for it on a sea day!).

Not hard to do at their retail prices.

On the Sun all balcony category lead in level (DF) are accessible. So when you purchase a balcony guarantee that is what shows. Very few of them so not many, if any, guarantee bookings will get assigned them. Most if not all DF should be booked directly by those that actually need them.     

Yes, that has been an ongoing issue. Sometimes reloading the page helps or I just try again later.

9 hours ago, jannieb said:

We are booked on the Sapphire for an Alaska cruise out of Vancouver as a OV guarantee. Today at 35 days out our cabin number appeared on the app.  My question is can Princess change that again or are we now locked in? I'm happy with the cabin and thinking of cancelling my upgrade bid but if they can move us again I don't want to that. 

Yes, they can change it again.

11 hours ago, tha sista said:

Are there kiosks so one can load their gift cards on their account?

Just take a printed copy to Guest Services they will add it to your account.

2 hours ago, davy jones said:

The lingering question is "How much am I willing to pay to feel spoiled?"  Again, that comes down to personal habits and preferences.

Exactly. Each of us decides what "extras" we are willing to spend money on to feel spoiled. We don't do The Sanctuary, Spa, onboard shopping etc. So it is fairly easy to splurge a bit on the package and still convince ourselves that we are still being reasonable with our money. 

I'll bet hardly anybody complains if their drink charge goes on another's drink plan and neither get charged. Unless that other person is counting toward their limit. 

20 hours ago, ldubs said:

 

Yup, for some it makes sense and for others it doesn't.  I don't understand the endless posts about why or why not the purchase is justified.  It isn't exactly rocket science.  

The trouble is when you are like us and the math is right on the border. We have dine it both ways. I am a constant folio monitor. Not having to remember, or worse ask my wife what she bought, to determine if every little charge is correct, sometimes tips the scale in favor of the package. Going to GS to dispute a $7.00 drink charge is a pain. Hard to put a cash value on the convenience factor. 

1 hour ago, antsp said:

Whilst on the Sky recently they were chaging the lights to slightly less bright fittings

Yes they did ours as well on our Sky last month. I had the sensor taped over but after the change that was not needed. A big improvement, thank you Princess.

3 hours ago, charliedalrymple said:

I read this thread just to see whether "butter" was a typo.

I misread it at first as "charge for the butter" thinking it was an April fools thing. 🤪

On 3/31/2024 at 4:25 PM, akaCruiser said:

Just submitted my request last week for OBC on my Dec 2024 cruise and got it a day after I submitted my request via the app. Now I got to wait until maybe the end of year for apply for my Dec 2025 cruise OBC.

Same here  for our August cruise. I had the try after May 1 email before, but since others here have been successful with even later cruises, I tried again yesterday and bingo it worked! No April fools. 

13 hours ago, lorri111 said:

 

Yum! Does anyone know if this speciality cake option at IC is available on all ships?

Just off the Sky and it was at the gelato shop along with the other ones. Location varies by ship.

No such ship. Enchanted Princess? We use Uber. Much cheaper than the hotel shuttle for a couple and more convenient. Look on your boarding pass on the app for the check-in window. You can expect longer lines early. 

1 hour ago, Thrak said:

 

Are you saying that Peeps aren't terrible?

Everything is realtive.

2 hours ago, doghog said:

So what you are saying is you are getting all your ducks in a row. 😁

Maybe pack some duck tape to keep them there.