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This was the pizza from Alfredos on the regal on the 6th of July, this was larger than the room service pizza.

1 minute ago, Jeter02 said:

WOW! Well there goes my theory about the original post coming from the crown stating that maybe it was the ships that didn't have Alfredo's or Gigi's. I feel like back on my March sailing on the Regal they still were at a cost. Hmmm. It makes sense for them to really to be free considering it's complementary will at least as of now when you sit down at Alfredo's or Gigi's. I always found it awfully silly that they would charge you for that same exact pizza just to have it delivered to you.

This is the pizza we ordered on the app, it was not like the ones from Alfredos, we ate there on our last day

54 minutes ago, Jeter02 said:

Which ship was that that started offering a full pizza on the oceano app for free? I've only ever seen it with a fee on a few of the princess ships.

Was free on the regal last month via room service

29 minutes ago, suekel said:

No one knows yet how suites are affected.  You'll still be able to order from the MDR.  

Yes but at a $5 dollar charge if ordering by the phone

44 minutes ago, dickinson said:

How do we know that Princess employee is right?  How many times has wrong info been given?  People who book suites will have to wait to see what happens in the real world.

I hoping shes wrong but she has always been honest with us, shes in the recent princess journey magazine

24 minutes ago, stevenr597 said:

We booked Princess Plus with our cruise well over one year ago.  It is now listed as one of the perks that we get. 

How much did you pay, our ta said we paid £40 last june and to get new perks it £10pppd

only free if you booked after jan when they made the first changes to plus to include desserts, juice and fitness classes which we also do not get

17 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

No.  Did she say Suites will be charged or not?

I have checked and yes the charge is in place for suites also I am afraid.
 

this is her reply

14 minutes ago, JGmf said:

 

I have to believe that any notion of charging suite passengers for RS will be recanted and 'fixed' in the coming weeks.  This entire change is sort of going through a live, out-in-the-open, beta testing, so tweaks in the devil of the details will of course be made. 

 

Why? Given that Princess suite perks and amenities are less generous than other lines, to start charging $5 for suites would put Princess at a greater competitive disadvantage for something so petty.  Also, to just waive them for suites -- which I'm guessing they will do -- will likely only have marginal revenue opportunity cost as I'm assuming most suite passengers have the Plus or Premier packages.

 

(Charging for RS for non-suites, for non-package holders, however, is what other lines do -- and it's usually more than $5, so Princess is catching-up there). 

I hope so, fingers crossed

2 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

Which way did they confirm it?

By email after i emailed and also called her.

4 minutes ago, PacnGoNow said:

That really surprises me, that they would charge suites for RS.  I haven’t seen that clarified by Princess.  SMH
 

 

I just have it confirmed by my personal princess cruise specialist here in the uk by email.

i doubt the mdr option for suites will be on the app.

she also said the $5 charge is due to food waste, on our last cruise they rarely got a room service order correct, or received cold food, even got sour milk one day with breakfast cereal, lost count of how many times i called room service to complain, 

On 7/27/2023 at 4:59 PM, HaveDogWillTravel said:

No mention is made regarding those on standard fare in a full suite where ordering from MDR as room service is complementary.  It will be interesting to see if this is eliminated.  

3 minutes ago, PacnGoNow said:

Are you in a Suite?  

Yes we have 2 penthouse suites booked on the sky princess for the 29th of october this year

On 7/27/2023 at 4:59 PM, HaveDogWillTravel said:

No mention is made regarding those on standard fare in a full suite where ordering from MDR as room service is complementary.  It will be interesting to see if this is eliminated.  

Yes been informed by our princess ta there is the $5 dollar charge for room service made over the phone, also been told our plus package still has the new charges as we booked our cruise and plus last june

On 7/27/2023 at 5:18 PM, jinpasco said:

We booked the Plus 2 yrs ago and wondering the same thing ...

Our princess ta has said no, its only for bookings made after jan 2023 

14 minutes ago, Pensioncruiser said:

Very strange wonder if we have the same Keith😒

Yes its definately the same keith who was a thomson cd, we were on his final cruise and he flew back on the same plane as us, he films for planet cruise too, has done diet chef and maplins adverts too

On 3/8/2019 at 9:11 PM, Vitalsign said:

Well I suppose it's a job where you can stay at home especially if you have a family

Think he is due to marry soon, a friend of ours ho is a cd said he is just gonna do cover work for marella

On 2/27/2019 at 1:24 PM, Vitalsign said:

He's on Celebration now and the Transatlantic cruise doesn't get to Dubrovnik until 2nd May but maybe he's on another spying mission to see how the team are getting on and gets off in Palma end of April He's done that before 

He was on covering as Tayler has quit and has gone to holland america cruise line

On 3/1/2019 at 9:46 AM, smithsheff said:

We got off Discovery last night. Martyn is CD and the assistants are Aaron and Dylan. Dylan we had not seen before but we weren't that keen. The entertainment hosts are still the same, Sohail, Louie, Natalie and Sophie. 

The bands are B12 and Entourage. 

dylan is Dylan Roberts  ex showteam and production manager been on the ships for years

Gavin is due back as cd at the end of march

Tayler now works for holland america cruise line

I thought bag drop wasn't available for any cruises

Siroccos is a nice place to eat, haven't been for a couple of years but daughter has and indicates the menu is as good as on the Celebration which as I said we like to visit once a week, don't know if they do hot stone on Spirit that's fun if they do.

 

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There is no hot stones on the spirit, been onboard 9 times, on the final cruise as well but never eaten in siroccos, found the compass rose brilliant, there are some menus in the spirit facebook group d you do facebook, we do are in a deluxe cabin deck 6, great cabins we prefer the promenade deck

Marella Cruises has planned a celebration in honour of Marella Spirit, the line's oldest and smallest ship, which will be leaving the fleet next month.

Passengers on the vessel's final Marella sailing, departing October 21, will each be treated to a welcome glass of sparkling wine, followed by a sailaway party that will feature a saxophonist and several "special surprises" that haven't yet been revealed.

One final deck party will be held on the last night of the voyage and include a speech from the captain, as well as a celebratory cake.

Between these two bookend soirees, cruisers can expect a nautically themed live performance from 80s cover band Wild Boys and an audience with Mark Labbett from popular ITV game show The Chase.

"We are sad to say goodbye to our much-loved ship Marella Spirit and are proud of the hard work of our crew onboard over the last 15 years," Marella Managing Director Chris Hackney said in a statement. "We are excited for the future as we continue to develop our current ships and offer our customers more choice, and with the introduction of our first-ever adults-only ship Marella Explorer 2 next year it promises to be an exciting journey."

--By Ashley Kosciolek, Editor

Unbelievable I bet they don't do another - leave it to Celebrity

Explorer is doing it next sept just changing to a 90's theme

Was on this cruise for lots it was a total booze cruise, the glass house was closed as events were going off in there, the snack shack only opened at 11:30 except on debark day, but islands and the snack snack were open til about 03:00. We witnessed fights, apart from one night there was only 1 show, steel city nearly turned into a riot with all the women in audience

Me again, I forgot to ask in my last post, does anyone know where Mark Williams is these days. On the Spirit a few years ago he was "not the snooker player" Mark Williams.

Last thing i heard was working for peel at their head office, were so is Dave Beattie if anyone remembers him