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I've stayed quiet on this one, but I've read every word. Definitely helped take my mind off the crap I'm dealing with right now - thank you for your hard work and for "taking one for the team". Safe travels home!

I'm not paying taxes on our prize....

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I'm sailing next week and had the Plus package. Yesterday, on my personalizer, it changed to showing Princess Plus 50 - which I assume means that it was booked at the $50 price.

Apologies if this has been posted previously - it gives a little more detail. Mentions an increased drink price (does that mean drinks are going up again) under the packages. Also mentions that the desserts are NOT the new ice creams they have been advertising. Four juices available at a juice bar? I didn't know Princess had a juice bar. I find it confusing where it says the new prices are in effect for bookings from Dec 14th for sailings in February - not that I'm planning on doing it, but if I booked on Dec 15th for a cruise in late January, I would pay the increased price but get none of the benefits? What???? pp.docx

Yup! I can't get into it either

Let me know if you want me to make a list. I got nothing better to do at work...😅

As long as your ship isn't heading to Colombia, I'll be just fine! Lol. Loving it so far!

Late to the party but here now! Thanks for another great trip...

Out of stock I didn't request a refund - I was too busy trying to get the drink charges removed that kept appearing despite my having the package. 🙄

I always buy the Plus package and have managed to either break even or do better financially than I would without it, even with a teen as passenger two. My last 7 day cruise I upgraded to the premiere, which I justified to myself because I knew I wanted to get some nice pictures. We definitely got the moneys worth out of the pictures but the upgraded alcohol portion was a joke - they literally had nothing in stock that was at the higher pricing. I won $25 OBC in Princess Prizes, and we did use the specialty dining, which we would have paid for otherwise. There is no way I would upgrade on a longer cruise. Now that Plus is going up again, I would need to do the math to find the break-even point and would more likely just go with standard and pay-as-you-go. I wonder what the end game for Princess is here. Is it to make the Premiere look more attractive? To enitce new cruisers who don't know any better? Psychologically, if I was a newbie, faced with ONLY standard or Premiere, I would likely just buy Premiere so I got everything and worried about nothing. With Plus awkwardly jammed in there, it would make me stop and think about what I was actually getting and whether it was worth it. I would do the math and likely opt out of any of them. As a seasoned cruiser, I look at the options and think "Wow! They are charging more for what?" It feels like they are trying to be all-inclusive without being all-inclusive. Personally, I would almost prefer that they just raise the overall cruise price and have everything included...but I guess that doesn't sell cabins. I have loved Princess since day one and they have always been my go-to line. Sadly, they continue to make it harder to keep loving them. Every benefit they do away with, every decline in product or onboard experience, every attempt to nickel and dime, just makes me like them a little less. I'm not saying other lines don't do the same, but I haven't sailed on other lines enough to know the difference - and I'm sure that is what Princess is counting on from their "new" passengers....

They still offer the soda package. Just add it on the the basic fare. I buy it every cruise for my kiddo - either pre-buy in the personaliser or buy it on the ship on the first day.

I've always done Plus - even with a teen as pax 2, it worked out better than adding grats, wifi, soda package and pay as you go alcohol for me. Now it's $60? Doubtful I will do it. For that extra $10 a day (not sure what extras we got with the price hike not too long ago) I get free juice that I don't drink, free desserts (how different can they be from the current desserts? Sugar is sugar in my mind), free exercise classes that I have zero interest in, and free shipping on my medallion that can't be shipped to me in Canada. Great. Sign me up. Thanks for nothing Princess...

Voyage List.... FirstResponder_MedicalProf Voyage List.xls

Just wanted to update on my problem with progressing past the ordering a medallion stage. Being in Canada, I am unable to request it be shipped to me but it also stated that port pick up was unavailable. This meant I could not move from blue to green lane. I emailed the medallion people and, last Wednesday, got an email back saying that it was a data issue and had now been fixed. I immediately tried it out, but now all of the information that had been previously saved was gone. I logged out but then was unable to log back in and kept getting the message to link my booking. I decided to just leave alone. Next day, I was able to log in. All the saved info was back, and I was able to get the medallion ordered for pick up at the port. I am now officially in the green lane and anxiously awaiting arrival groups opening up!

The rest of my rollcall are from the US, which doesn't seem to be an issue as you can enter n address to have the medallion shipped. You can't do that if you are in Canada, so have to mark it as pick up at port, but that option isn't available. I wonder if I can just put in the address for Port of Galveston? Someone suggested having it shipped to our hotel, but that makes me a little nervous. I still have time, but I like to get these things done and off my plate!

I sent an email to the Ocean Medallion folks and got this back: I'm not sure if it's an issue because this is the first sailing out of Galveston (it's also concerning that I can't even find us listed on Port of Galveston cruise schedule) or if it is yet another glitch, but it really is just one frustration after another with this app.

Yes, it is a mattress - it seemed a little thin but the kid that slept on it said it was very comfortable. For us, we had a 15 year old in the upper and another 15 year old on the sofa bed - they slept like babies every night! I also really loved the curtain that pulled across to divide "their" sleeping area from ours.

This is on Royal Princess - should be the same set up!

Agreed - the NCL upgraded package is well worth the extra charge. I also love that NCL has no limit and you can get 2 drinks at a time.

Additionally, those with premiere have to beg/negotiate to get a drink with a higher end version of the alcohol. It really is not a good system as it stands. I'm glad I tried it out once, but certainly wouldn't rush into it again...

All last week I was searching for a menu such as this, that listed all the spirits available. I couldn't track one down anywhere - never even thought of Vines. I don't drink wine, other than at dinner, so that was the one bar I didn't go to. Now I know!

I sat out there a few times and there were no smokers . From what I saw, the only official smoking area was the one in the picture I posted. The casino definitely smelled of smoke but I never saw anyone actually smoking there the few times I passed through.

Crew/Staff: I think this is the aspect that keeps me coming back to Princess, despite the glitches, frustrations, and same-old-same-old activities. Of all lines we have sailed, Princess crew and hands down the best. This sailing was no different, though it was noticeable just how overworked they are right now. I have no idea if they are short staffed or if this is a product of the on demand app ordering, but barstaff and waistaff were run ragged. They still did everything with a smile and grace. A solid 10/10 for the staff on this ship!