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Thanks for the ideas. I tried Microsoft Edge (originally used Google)...same thing. As far as the excursions not being available yet....I guess Princess was just kidding when they sent me the email last fall that said "Excursions now available". I know. I know. Don't expect them to have a system that actually does logical things..... 🤷‍♀️ I guess I'll give it a few weeks....though based on the very funky error message, I still think it's a bug and they're thinking I am missing some kind of information somewhere. I did go look at demographic stuff, but it all looks pretty normal to me.

Wondering if anyone else has had this issue? I have a cruise booked for February 2024. We have a group of people so decided we want a Cabana at Amber Cove. I know it's early, but I've never done this before and since there are a limited number of Cabanas, I figured I should book it early. When I click on my name, click Add to Cart, it comes back with "Guests with a errors" and my name. I called Princess last week and the same thing happened to the representative on the phone. She decided it was because I'm not within 180 days of the trip. 🙄 I told her that I am sure I have booked other excursions earlier than that. She agreed that she had seen that too, but thought that was the issue. Just a side note....I did try and pick any other random excursion and same thing. I also tried picking my husband instead. Same thing. Today I logged in and tried booking an excursion on another cruise that is more than 180 days out. It worked great. It is in 2023 though, if that matters. By the way, I did pick "Shore Excursions" from the phone menu, so apparently this was the 'expert' on shore excursions. 😜 I guess I'll have to call back and hope I get someone else, but just thought I would throw it out to everyone and see if anyone has any other ideas or has seen this? TIA

Yup. This is what ours for August states also.

I just emailed mine on Sunday night and it was on my account by the end of the day on Monday!

Perhaps they should install sinks by the buffet on the Ruby like most Princess ships have. I was so surprised when we were on her last fall that there were no sinks. 😔

I've never heard of Princess charging sales tax in any port, so this is surprising. I know Carnival does. I was on the Ruby last fall with a port stop in LA and we were having drinks on the back deck while in port and weren't charged sales tax.....

Our last 2 cruises, they have had no problem with you ordering 2 alcoholic beverages at a time. I think this changed due to being able to do it on the medallion. On our California coastal last fall, every time we ordered a drink at one bar, the bartender always asked if we wanted a double! 😁

For years I have heard people complain about the 'noise' in the pool area. I understand their concerns. However, it is nothing like the 'noise' on a Carnival cruise. Last winter we were on the Carnival Horizon and it was so loud that you couldn't even talk to a person standing next to you. Even my adult children thought it was excessive. 😊 Relative to that kind of "loud", Princess would be considered quiet. I've never had a problem holding a conversation on the pool deck. I guess there are different levels of noise..... 😳

To add to what tigtraveling said... You can pick up 2 bottles each every time you get water. This works nicely if you are on your way back to your cabin so you can stock up a bit so they are available in your cabin when you need them.

Thanks for this. I hadn't seen this before. We had a specialty dining included last summer on the Emerald and since we don't often do SD we were debating about whether or not to tip at the end. In the past, they had presented something for us to sign where you could add an extra gratuity. This time, they never came back after dessert, so we figured we were just supposed to leave....🤷‍♀️ So, if you do want to tip extra you would have had to have cash. Now....this was out of Southampton, so I don't know if this happened because tipping isn't as big in the UK, but just FYI.

D408-D412, D407-D411, D420-D428, D421-D429

If you are looking for a larger balcony....check out Dolphin Deck 9 Aft: D701-D725 or Forward D145-D227 or some of the mid-ship bump-out cabins.

If price is your priority, it will be fine. If you are flying Business class and expect the Delta experience....nope. It's much more like Domestic First Class...if that. We had a return flight last summer on Icelandair Business class from LHR. The oddest thing to me was that the flight atttendents served the meal and then hid behind the curtain in the galley for the rest of the flight. It was unpleasant because you had to open the curtain and go back there to use the restroom. Never quite sure if we were 'allowed' with the curtains closed. Not really sure what the deal was, but seemed like the policy as it happened both from LHR to Iceland and from Iceland to MSP. Very weird.

No experience, but these people seemed to enjoy it.

Within the next day or 2 they will put a notice in your room of the time and meeting place for disembarkation. Last fall, we were to meet in one of the dining rooms for an 8:45 disembark time. We left our cabin at 8:30 (as required) and went to the meeting place. They told us we could leave as they had already started disembarking our group! This was on the Ruby in San Francisco.

You will still be picking up your luggage and bringing it to the bus, so just do that together.

Well maybe.... On one past cruise, the credit card was mine. I had set up the reservation and put myself first, DH second. In the app, HE could see BOTH of our folios. I could only see mine....

It is important to pay attention to the cost of the Princess coverage. It is SUPPOSED to automatically give you the Platinum coverage for the Standard price if you are Ruby or higher status. However, for ONE of my past few cruise bookings, the automation worked for me, but not for DH. We have been on identical cruises, have identical status and it worked for all the others. For some reason, that one cruise, it gave us both Platinum coverage, but charged him the Platinum price and charged me the Standard price. I had to call Princess to get it fixed. So, always carefully review the costs you are being charged.

How far out is the cruise? We were 63 days out. I called Princess and canceled and got all but the deposit and the cost of the insurance back without filing a claim. Our deposit was only $1 each, so figured I was 'good'. Good health to you. Here is the cancellation policy: https://www.princess.com/plan/standard-cancellation-refund-policy/ If you need to file a claim: Need to file a claim? www.aontravelclaim.com https://www.princess.com/plan/princess-vacation-protection/

Those desserts pictured are pathetic..... so sad.... c'mon Princess! ☹️

I had to call Princess in the middle of the day last week for an issue. I was on hold for only 10 minutes....seemed a reasonable amount of time to me. My issue was quickly resolved. Hopefully, they have finally gotten improvement on some of their past customer service issues!

Only a small number of them. If you look at the deck plans and put in the number of people, you only find a small number of balcony cabins that allow 4 people.

The video also states "Room for 4 in all stateroom types".... ummmm.....yeah they have a FEW.....and maybe the new Sun Princess will have that, but the existing fleet has a pathetic selection of rooms for 4. I just booked a family trip and had to book mini-suites because there were so few rooms that accomodated 4. Not a last minute thing either....it's in 2024!!! 🤷‍♀️

Yep...remember the 'good old days' when it was 'just' Noro....? 🤢

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