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When should I send in my request for shareholder benefits?  Can I do it more than a month out? or does it have to be done within a certain window? Also, is there a way to email it now or is it still only faxing? DH faxed the information in on a recent cruise, we weren't paying attention, and didn't realize we didn't receive our money. We don't want that to happen again. Thanks!

On 12/31/2018 at 5:56 AM, ddaz said:

 

Yes - Since these are national parks, your pass will work.

Thank you so much for the information. We will definitely be taking our passes now. 

I don't have the Senior pass for National parks, but I do have the annual pass for all national parks. Will that work for us too?

Thanks!!!  

I can't remember or find the answer. I know I can take water/soda on board if it is in cans. But can I put it in my luggage? I'd rather not carry it around if I can avoid it. And I know I run the risk of rupture of the cans so I would put it in a big trash bag just incase. Thanks!

We have done it often here on the West coast. I couldn’t even tell you how many times we’ve cruised to Catalina and Ensenada. For us it’s all about just getting time away and being together. We don’t even get off the ship in port any more - that’s okay to us!

Looking forward to the rest of your review since we will be on her in February!

We always try to prepay whatever we can; tips, excursions, booze, water. We never buy the drink packages; we just didn't drink enough alcohol or sodas to make it worth it. (I do wish Carnival had a coffee card like Princess though). We don't buy anything in the shops and almost nothing in the ports. Our biggest expense onboard are the pictures and buckets of beer.. I think the most we have had after a 7 day cruise is 200.00.

Thank you guys so much. I knew there had to be a way, I just could not figure it out for the life of me. Off to plan our next trip!

Not sure what you are asking. You can search for cruises by ship, but any cruise you book will have an itinerary.

I want to sail on a particular ship, so I want to be able to search by ship not itinerary. I don't really care which ports it goes to, DH just wants a particular ship.

Does anyone know if there is a way to book a cruise by ship and not by itinerary? TIA!

We unfortunately may have to cancel our cruise. Where do I find if we are able to get our deposit back? I can't remember if we bought it on a special promo that we can't get it back. Thanks!!

This happened pre-911, we lived 1 1/2 hours from port. A whole bunch of our friends were going to celebrate the birthday of one of our friends. We decided the morning of the cruise to go. We got to port 1/2 hour before finally boarding, and we had no room. We managed to get a cabin one deck below Lido, and not bunkbeds (which they tried to give us initially). Our cabin was better and cheaper than all our friends. We also had taken on a bunch of liquor and a blender, our room was a makeshift bar for all of us. One of the best cruises ever!!

Best was taking our kids on their first cruise; 7 day Western Caribbean.

The worst isn't any one particular cruise...it is having to always stop in Ensenada on the Mexican cruises. I hate Ensenada!!

I know I am taking two book by Dean Koontz, Shattered and Shadow Fires. Past those two I'm not sure, I have to check my "to read" stack and see what looks good and what I'd be willing to leave behind in the library.

A Tervis cup/mug either "cruise themed" or picked for each persons personality. I think they start in the 15.00 range at Bed Bath and Beyond.

Token, not quarters. The tokens are a different size than the quarters, and the tokens are for a bigger amount of worth than the quarters.

Thank you! I won't bother packing them now.

Regardless why bring quarters?

There are change machines in the laundry room and quarters are also available at the passenger services desk.

Because I already have a whole bunch of them in a container they fit perfectly in; it stays in our trailer for when we go camping. So why not bring them with me? I also bring my own soap.

Still need to know if they are coin or token operated on the Grand.

Are all ships set up to use tokens? Going to be on the Grand and would love it if I didn't need to bring quarters!

Oh man, guess we will have to call because we faxed it on the day I posted this and still nothing is posted.

Thank you...I knew it was going to be simple!

I for the life of me can not remember when to find my OBC for stock benefits on My Princess acct. Can someone send me in the right direction? TIA!!

I'm not sure where to post this question, here, Canada, Alaska... so I'm going to try here. Is Canada one of the country that your passport can not expire within 6 months of your visit? Thanks!!

If you go to My Princess, onboard reservations, scroll to the bottom of the page that is where it should show your complimentary dinners. I always print stuff like this and take it with us just incase there is a mix up.

If you don't "need" to have any of your mail, what if you looked into something like this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006ZJPJ6/ref=asc_df_B0006ZJPJ65023053/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B0006ZJPJ6&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167141158985&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1148054725140950173&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030350&hvtargid=pla-275432997537