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You really only need one of you Green. If it doesn't resolve, just go Green. They can still fetch him a Medallion.

Oh.. why they are a TRUSTED partner of PCL! Why ever should we mere guests question such things? What could possibly go wrong?

I think they are on crack.

I get 12%, and don't buy Princess insurance, so it doesn't pay for me to wait until on the ship. (Even with the discount, Plus doesn't work for us - especially longer voyages which we have been doing. I might go for it if doing a 7-night Caribbean jaunt).

Are you suggesting a wholesale change has been made? Last I knew, at least one night was labeled "Forma'", with some instances of "Dress to Impress" for the second night. If PCL stops calling these nights "Formal", then the associated dress recommendations appear to be moot since there is no night to which they apply. That said, on Princess you can go formal anytime that suits your fancy and also go Smart Casual if that is preferred. I can appreciate that folks make various personal choices and it's all good. But let's have a modicum of decent dress for dinner since we aren't going to Micky D's.

I wouldn't be surprised if some of the deleted Formal Night/Dress "Code" threads were longer than quoted above. I would say far more threads in this topic area have bene outright deleted versus those that might be gathering cobwebs in the historical bracket. They used to get outright heated at times, but seems much calmer in the past year as things seem firmly in the situation where guests can wear what suits them (within reason hopefully). Dress up if you like. Go Smart Casual if you like. But, it is true that it doesn't take very long for a new thread to start up if the most recent one is either locked or falls down into bottom Page 2 or older.

I believe the Majestic is the issue. I suspect the IT developer(s) have it loaded as AUD all the time and not checking by voyage. Majestic is running in Australia/NZ now. I realize yours isn't, but I get dollars-to-donuts that is the explanation.

@schooner_Drinker and @nazpaz, your recent posts above should be in the new App thread. This thread is for the old app and is due to be locked once the old App is removed from guest access.

That's because Princess is going to install Roulette type wheels in the merchant stores and guests spin to find out how much their discount is. Rumor has it that 50% of the slots will be 5% off with one slot 25% off. 😁

Ship? There seems to be a problem with Majestic - at least.

I think it is supposed to be the Seawitch color. I have blue on white background. I do not have a current booking, so am suspicious as to the reason because I have never had the wrong color up to last sailing.

Yes. Anything charged to on board account is settled with available OBC before charging any net owing to your credit card upon checkout.

The only way to use OBC to pay for SD is to make a reservation on board. Making one via DMW always costs you (unless you have free SD credit). You are not actually charged until the dinner occurs. Just tell the MD or your Waiter who is paying for whom and they will charge accordingly.

Okay. Maybe they will do for family members traveling together. I didn't think it was a "thing" in general.

No, we shouldn't have to do that. Hopefully, PCL will bow to guest pressure to eliminate it being forced on us Meanwhile, I have an idea as a workaround. Go ahead and add a card you don't want to use or that is a back-up card if needed for Green Lane. Delete the card from the App as soon as you can after getting thru the check-in at the port.

It may not be cast in stone, but not before Feb 1.

PARENTS: No, you cannot directly transfer OBC. Your parents could pick up the tab for the kid's SD bookings. They might find other things to spend with. You can then reimburse them in cash for the expenses they cover. OBC cannot be transferred to other guests. If you have a friend who needs to pay for something on board, one of your parents could be with them and put the charge on their room. The other person would then give them the cash payment for whatever item it was (including on-board stores). You could keep your OBC and spend parents in ways mentioned above. You could visit the casino and use your Medallion to setup an account on the blinking, noisy machines that love to suck up cash. You would then elect to load $X to your Medallion account and you then play on that machine for some and see how you do. (Every time you play or elect to load funds, you will tap Medallion and enter personal PIN you picked at setup time). Optionally, you could do the same at the electronic poker table. Or, go to casino cage and setup. You can buy chips at gaming tables and play there as well. Just remember to cash out at the casino cage before last night of the cruise. Casino play is charged to the cabin account and goes against OBC or final settlement to credit card on account. If you leave Non-Refundable OBC unspent, it just vaporizes upon check-out. If you have Refundable OBC (pretty rare), you can get refunded small amounts from Guest Services or you get a check in the mail post-cruise.

Go with the line color you indentify with. 😉 When the lane changes were first announced, VP Sales Carmen Roig said guests can go in any lane. IDK if she still says that.

No rush in that case. Go at 11pm when most of ship is in bed asleep or before 8am next day and likely no lines.

It is even that much more difficult to have the same group of "strangers" blocked into the same Sharing table as a Private table (the latter is quite easy normally by request). On night one, you may be seated at a Sharing table with other guests who just randomly picked your time, but intend to dine at other times on other nights, walk-ups who said they wanted to share, or possibly other guests with your mindset. All you can do is ask around the table and see if you get at least a consensus from another couple or two and then ask DR Mgmt to block you into that Sharing table. Perhaps on night two, any missing chairs will get filled by other couple(s) who are also looking for what you have. DR Mgmt would know now to inquire about what potential couples want to do before placing them at your table. Otherwise you have a rotating couple or 4 seats. Best I can suggest. Another option I have heard of is that couples "meet" on the Roll Call and decide they are all interested in a Sharing Table and you present that on night one to the host or DR Mgr and they can fix you up. So, I agree, you do need to jump some hoops to get the old style sharing table, but not so difficult for a private table.

Yes, that is bogus language from when the original Medallion Class app and DMW was released. There is no possible way for DMW to block guests into the same table each night. The DR mgmt team can make it happen though on the ship by request.

Princess does not necessarily release all three DRs into DMW for advance booking. In fact, I would say more often than not, it is two only as you found. Since you are seeing available DRs, it looks like you can book ahead of policy timeline.

I'm curious about this. Why did you book a cruise without researching the cruise line to understand if they were a good match for you? You can fully pay for your cruise early if you want to. Otherwise, supposedly need to wait, although newbie guests have reported being able to make dining res in DMW. YMMV. You can make request in person on night one to keep same table, time and waiters which DMW doesn't offer nor guarantee. This is normally successful for one DR or another. Dining hours start at 5pm or 5:30pm depending on ship and sector sailing. Ask others in the Roll Call what they are seeing. Anyway, once you do have access to DMW, the available times are shown. You are most likely to get same table and waiters if interested in dining early (at open).

Knock yourself out. Sure, no reason not to ask. Good luck.

Yes, it's cool. Used it a couple of years back and changed some again now. Will be using it in early January.