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3 hours ago, CruisingAndDiving said:
Oh yes! 100% agree with your comment on the Dive In burgers and fries.... I could really go for one right now 😍
2 hours ago, doone said:Me too and the cheesy fries, oh yummy!!!!
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Just booked our first cruise with HAL on Eurodam to what they call Tropical Caribbean (Key West, HMC, Grand Turk, Amber Cove) in February 2021. Key West and Amber Cove are new to us. Our cruises are based on itinerary, we have no loyalty to any brand and have cruised on Carnival, Royal Caribbean, NCL and Princess. What will we find different on HAL? I have read that there is not much entertainment which doesn’t really bother us since we usually have to pry our eyes open in order to stay up past 9 pm lol (and we aren’t old!), but what is there to do on sea days or early evening before or after dinner? Less than a year out and no roll call yet!😱🤔
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We had Cocoa Beach cancel on us about 2 weeks before for our ride back to MCO. We went with Cotrans and they were great.
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Tell me more about happy hour. Is it at a certain time each day? Certain bar? Is it listed in the daily activity guide. Thanks 😊
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I booked a cruise two years ago in February or March With a $1 deposit. I wonder if this is a yearly promo NCL has or was it a one time event?
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I had MedallionNet on Coral May 8-15. I had no problems at all with it using an iPad and iPhone. It was down most of one day but no issues at all with speed. We used FaceTime, email, Facebook but no downloading or streaming. It didn’t work out on the balcony but was fine everywhere else.
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On 4/2/2019 at 9:31 AM, ute_fan said:
If you do it will you report back? I'm going in mid-June.
Sorry for the late reply but I just remembered about this thread. I kept the booking for this excursion but it was cancelled due to wind so we didn’t get to go 😩
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On Coral now. It says in the Patters that early seating is 5:15 and late is 7:30. We have anytime dining. Main show times are 7:15 and 9:15 for tonight, not sure if it was the same every night.
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2 hours ago, Ep010835 said:
Are you able to post a link to the announcement?
The announcement was made by the captain on board - there is nothing to link to.
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2 hours ago, capriccio said:
That's the same one I posted earlier (post #6). Wasn't able to find a more recent version.
Uggh, sorry, I don’t know how I missed your post 🤦♀️
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Found this post from last year. No idea if they are the same this year?
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13 hours ago, Dani24 said:
We'll be on the Grand out of SF in July. My understanding is that the base menu won't be too different, but there may be some "specials" based on region. If you are up for capturing the menus on your sailing, I know I would love to get a preview! Especially as it may help us in deciding what nights to do specialty dining. 🙂
Yes, I will post menus after we sail. We also have some specialty dining credits, which is why I wanted to see them ahead of time.
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Would love to see Alaska menus before embarking on my cruise in 2 weeks if anyone going this week or next could post them. I would be very appreciative 🥰
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Thanks for the info. You are probably right, our cruise is less than two weeks so I will plan to bring some from home or pick up a couple in Vancouver just in case they have none for sale.
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They are not available to purchase in the gift section of my personalizer. Are they usually available to purchase on board or should we bring them from home? Would like them for coffee/hot chocolate on our Alaskan cruise and to keep my hands warm when partaking in the frozen drinks 😁
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On 4/11/2019 at 4:40 PM, Dreamer115 said:
Just went there again and not there. Maybe not available on all, only has OBC toward onboard purchases. I've already bought enough now anyway, but would have liked to see it. If they don't let me withdraw it from casino I guess I don't gamble this time around. Thanks for looking though.
Seems to depend on what browser you use. I just went onto the Princess site using my Ipad and the casino credit option was not in my personalizer. Went to my computer and used Google Chrome and again it was not there. Switched over to Internet Explorer and there it was!
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35 minutes ago, Redwing55 said:
I don't mean to be rude, but do you care to share why you would purchase a casino credit? Honestly, I don't understand why Princess even offers that option. I would just purchase OBC's and when I went to casino, I would load up my "card" from my cabin's account.
For that matter, I don't purchase any OBC's ahead of time (except if there is some deal to do so) and just have the casino add it to my cabin account if/when I go to the casino.
Again, there are reasons for some to purchase OBC ahead of time. It's buying a specific type.. in this case casino credit, where I don't understand where the advantage is.
And as far as cashing out... I have no idea if one uses casino credits as to how that works. However, if one loads like $500 on the card for casino and has like $450 left on it, the cashier will give one $450 cash when you cash out. Of course when you win and say you have $700 on it, they'll give you $700. I haven't won large, so I don't know at what limit that they don't give one cash.
Sure, not that it is anyone’s business, but I don’t mind sharing why I wish to purchase casino credits.
Three reasons actually. One being that I live in Canada and when I booked my cruise almost two years ago the exchange rate was much less than it is now. Everything I purchase prior to getting on the ship is at that exchange rate. Everything purchased on the ship is charged to my credit card at the current exchange rate, which is much higher now, plus an additional 2.5% conversion fee by the credit card company.
The second reason is that is if I were to purchase regular OBC, any remaining credit at the end of the cruise is either refunded to my credit card in Canadian funds or I wait 6 weeks to receive a cheque in the mail which could either be US or CND funds. I don’t wish to wait 6 weeks to have my money refunded nor do I wish to be reimbursed in CND funds.
Thirdly, I have purchased everything else in advance, drink packages, souvenirs that I want from the gift shop, specialty dining, so I can’t see needing any additional money but we do like to gamble a bit. Another reason for casino credit versus OBC.
So.....that’s why I would like to purchase casino credits before cruising.
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Can anyone tell me their recent experience using casino credits which you purchase in the cruise personalizer prior to cruising? Do you still get a voucher that you exchange for cash? If not, is it easy to cash out if you have any $ left in your account? Can you cash out at any time during the cruise and can you take the total remaining balance when you cash out?
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Out of 4 different cruise lines Princess is the first one that has my entire last name on the documents. All others had the last 2 or 3 letters missing which was not an issue - it was just how their system worked. My TA didn’t put the hyphen in my name and when I was talking to a Princess rep about an IT issue he told me to call her and have it put in or I wouldn’t be able to board! So best to check 😁
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4 hours ago, Dreamer115 said:
I can't see anywhere to buy casino credit. Please give directions to find that. Thanks
It is in your personalizer under onboard reservations - same place where you buy OBC, gifts, drink packages, etc. I just noticed it today after seeing this thread. It says "Credits appear on your stateroom account and are automatically applied toward Casino spending." It would be great if they just give you cash. We also booked when the exchange rate was much better than it is today.
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18 minutes ago, rockdoctor said:
Remember dial up internet. That’s what it’s like. Don’t waste your money.
Reports I have seen referring to MedallionNet all say it is super fast.
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31 minutes ago, ute_fan said:
If you do it will you report back? I'm going in mid-June.
Sure. I’m second thinking it now though.
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I have this booked for early May. Was hoping to see some eagles and wildlife but maybe not?
HMC sun shelters
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HAL offers clam shell sunshades and Manta sun shelters for rent. There is no picture of the Manta sun shelters on their booking page. Can anyone tell me what the difference is between a clam shell and a Manta shelter?