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Thanks for the comments on cleaning men's suits. Will try having mine cleaned next cruise.

Will take a picture before its sent out.

We were on the Royal last fall for an Australia/NZ cruise.  We are elite and had no problem getting free tokens, have a few left over for our next cruise.  We also take a picture if everything sent out in the laundry bag.  Wife also adds "wash in cold water" on the laundry slip, don't know if it has helped but nothing has ever come back shrunken.

Wondering if anyone has sent out a men's suit for "cleaning" and how it came back.

Mike

Thanks for the explanations about the differences between "laundry" and "cleaning" and requesting a cold wash.  Will use them on our upcoming Ruby cruise.

Mike

Will be on the Ruby next month.  Wondering what the cost was for the Sanctuary and if there was a price break for multiple days reservations.

Enjoyed your review.

Will be on the Ruby this March. Nice to see they colored the tub products/

Will be on the Ruby this March for 2 weeks for a Circle Caribbean Cruise.  Have enjoyed reading your posts since you started, very informative.  Have the Plus Package so enjoyed you naming various cocktails that I never heard of before, will have to try them.  Enjoy your future cruises and stay healthy.

Mike

Thanks for the information, will check them out.

Will in Grenada this March with Princess cruises.  Wondering about the availability of finding tours walking off the ship.  Would be interested in a snorkel or beach excursions.   Any suggestions or recommendation would be appreciated.

Thanks for all the information, very helpful.  Will be using my Mastercard for the trip.  

Mike

Appreciate all the helpful comments.   Thanks

Mike

This has probably been covered in other posts but could not find any comments about them.  Will be in Australia/NZ this November and wondering about credit card usage.  Would like to use a MasterCard or American Express card, hoping that one or the other are accepted.  Will be doing a land tour in Australia, will cash be needed or cards okay.  Looking forward to visiting both countries.

Mike

Also using the Bob Wood Group for an Australian land tour prior to boarding the Royal Princess for a New Zealand cruise this October.  Do not know if we have to test before the land tour, but so far need to test before boarding the ship.  Plan to bring testing kits along just in case they are needed.  Also interested in hearing more the Bon Wood Group.

Also wondering about the elimination of this requirement.  Will be cruising out of Sydney this November.

Starting the process for Australian and New Zealand visas.  Helpful information on these posts.  Will probably post here again if I have issues.

On 4/25/2023 at 4:09 PM, DogLover said:

Absolutely, Jill. We used Capital Personalized tours. I'm glad to see they're still in business since Covid hit the travel industry so hard (especially in Australia and NZ.) https://www.captours.co.nz/

 

All the best,

Sharon

Thanks for the link, just contacted them about the LOR tour.  Will be there in November on the Royal Princess.  Mike

Thanks for the information on ports.  Will be in NZ this November, wondering about weather, pack for warmer temperatures?

Thanks for the information.  Will help on our Cruisetour in Oct/Nov this year.

Will be cruising New Zealand this November on Royal Princess.  Looking for any recommendation on private tour companies, other than Viatour.  Finding a company that has tours in the various cities would be easier to book with.  Thanks for any suggestions.  Looking forward to seeing your country.

Will be in Australia/NZ with Princess on Oct/Nov 2023.  How soon before the cruise should each visa application be completed?  Some countries have time guidelines as to when you can apply for the visa.

Reviewing the posts so far have been helpful.

Also received my OBC check yesterday, still waiting for my October 2022 check.  

Thanks again for your pictures and review, nicely done.

We were also on this cruise and had a great time.  Food for the most part was very good, enjoyed the Crown Grill (twice) and Sabatini's. Room steward was wonderful, crew was very friendly.  Started coming down with a sinus cold the last day that we are now finally getting over, tested negative for Covid.  Now wondering when we will see our refundable room credit that we have.  Still waiting for a refund from last October cruise.  Enjoying your review and pictures.  Thanks for doing this.

Also looking for info on the types of flights on land tour portion in Australia.  PVP says they are all charter but comments here indicate they are all regular commercial flights.  any further comments?

We are also on a Cruise tour in October on the Royal. Enjoyed the comments.  On the land tour in Australia in October, are shorts usually worn most of the time due to the warmer temps.  Will help in deciding what to pack in our one suitcase.

Just off the Emerald last Friday.  All these cakes were offered in the Horizon Court during lunch at no charge, and they had a lot of them, very popular.  Had the whipped creme layers which I prefer, frosting can be way too sweet.  Never saw them in the IC.  Had a wonderful cruise on the Emerald.

No, not unless you are flying first class or are in an airline loyalty program.  Correct me if I am wrong.