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2 hours ago, Aussieflyer said:
Are you in an apartment where you can self cater? Otherwise if you buy a pie at a shop/cafe it is luck of the draw what sauce the shop uses, certainly no choice of brand.
That said, we use Beerenberg but that is not low salt.
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Yes we will have a kitchen, but without an oven; there is a two-burner hob and microwave. So if the pies need to be warmed up I figure I'll try the microwave-paper-towel-covered-pie-til-warm (then) toast-the-pie-top-and-bottom-on-non-stick-pan method.
So yes, I can pick up sauce at Woolies/Coles/Aldi.
Interesting: The Choice review I linked above actually said that the Beerenberg sauce in the article is considered low salt and is the lowest of all the sauces reviewed.
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On 6/18/2020 at 10:42 PM, OzKiwiJJ said:
you have to have tomato sauce on your pie when you come to Australia, otherwise you won't experience the true nature of a Aussie meat pie.
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Hi all,
For those of you who like a good tomato sauce on your meat pie (and perhaps sausage roll), could you please let me know your current favorite tomato sauce for your pie?
Lower Salt?
And regardless of your favorite, is there on the list below that you might recommend
(if looking for lower sodium items for just an 8 day visit 🤔) :https://www.choice.com.au/food-and-drink/groceries/sauces-and-dressings/buying-guides/tomato-sauce
(29 October 2019)
[We'll soon be in Sydney for 8 days (The Rocks), certainly sampling many meat pies on our visit.]
-- Thanks in advance for any of your responses!
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On 9/17/2022 at 8:42 AM, luv2kruz said:
cannot read passport chip.
On 9/17/2022 at 11:27 AM, luv2kruz said:THX
Finnally worked after many tries
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Yes, the only problems we had with the Australian ETA app was in getting it to read the chip on our 2 U.S. passports issued two years ago -- both of us using our own android smartphones. Each of us tried for almost an hour [with no internet connectivity problems] until the app accepted both of our chips, within a couple of minutes of each other.
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1 hour ago, beg3yrs said:
Looks like they didn't get the memo on balconies being too small.
This is the Deluxe Balcony.
Mini-Suite a little better though. There's room for a foot stool.
And of course the Cabana Mini-Suite is fine.
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It's interesting that there's no Regular Balcony shown under the cabin types.
==> One BIG win (FINALLY) among all the stateroom types depicted, including the oceanview and interior cabins: Sofas (balconies & oceanview) Love Seats (interior) ! 👍
Premium Oceanview:
Interior:
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14 hours ago, voljeep said:
What is 'Ocean Front'?
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https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=3757
"During your cruise, if you're having trouble at any time with OceanCompass, MedallionNet or other MedallionClass features, stop by the OceanFront desk, dedicated to all things OceanMedallion, where navigators will help open the door on the future of travel."
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[ 😶. . . . Holy Mackerel -- what a line! 🙄]
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2 hours ago, ImperialLady said:
What exactly is Princess Live? a cafe? a performance venue? both?
1 hour ago, tonit964 said:It’s an entertainment venue, it has trivia and game type activities going on. There is a bar just outside of the venue that also is a coffee bar. It’s kind of like Explorer’s Lounge.
1 hour ago, ImperialLady said:Thanks, sounds like an interesting place to spend some time.
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Images from Cruisedeckplans:
Princess Live! Café (just outside of Princess Live!) on Discovery Princess:
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Inside Princess Live! on Discovery Princess:
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Inside Princess Live! on Discovery Princess, facing out starboard towards walkway (and across walkway: seating and windows looking out on promenade [tender area] )
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13 hours ago, ImperialLady said:
. . . could we fill a carafe to bring back to our cabin? . . .
Where do you think we could get a carafe filled to bring to the cabin? We will bring our own insulated carafe . . .
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On our cruises we usually bring our 40-ounce thermal container to fill with coffee in the morning.
On Discovery at the buffet beverage stations there was no problem for us getting the container refilled with coffee every morning.
If a crew member was at the station he or she usually did the refill for us.
If we were early before any crew was there, we did the refill ourselves -- taking a clean cup from the station and filling cup by cup into the thermal container.
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10 minutes ago, cr8tiv1 said:
Pick an early time. If you play by their rules, you can show up after your time, but not before. Of course, we all know, there are no rules.
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And in my experience, those who are Blue Lane who have not been able to pick an arrival time can show up as early as they want!
(And the Blue Lane people may be in a much shorter line -- or sometimes no line; this has happened to us every time we were Blue Lane.)
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17 hours ago, leck57 said:
I don't think it matters anyway. On our recent Emerald cruise we had the first boarding group but no one ever checked. Just seemed like turn up when you want.
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Agreed.
On our last 8 Princess cruises (on Grand, Ruby, Majestic, and Discovery) from October 2021 to April 2022 we absolutely have never been checked; we have not spoken to anyone else on these sailings who has been checked either.
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1 hour ago, Mike45LC said:
That would be my concern, that the
tenders could not run due to weather, leaving you stuck ashore.
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Crew would be stuck ashore also! I've been out and about seeing lots of Princess crew including officers partying at Mandala Los Cabos around 3 in the morning. 😇
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2 hours ago, arizonaperson said:
I would never think to do this while on a cruise ship. I would not want to pay for a hotel and meals off the ship when the ship is right there waiting for me with all the food that I want and a cabin a.k.a. hotel room that I’ve already paid for.
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On some overnight stops, we have stayed off the ship in a hotel when it makes sense for us to do so -- especially to experience something special that we would not be able to do by staying on the ship.
We have done this in:
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[Posted above ] Cabo San Lucas: Balcony overlooking the church in San Jose del Cabo's colonial old town, on a Friday night full of locals' festivities
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Rio de Janeiro: Oceanfront on Arpoador Beach, next to Ipanema, to watch and enjoy the incomparable Arpoador sunset with real Cariocas (Rio natives), and in the morning have a beach buffet breakfast with all the fresh tropical fruit and freshly baked pao de queijo (cheese bread) that I could eat
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Buenos Aires: Balcony on the grand Avenida 9 de Julio, immediately in front of the Obelisco de Buenos Aires
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Valparaiso Chile: Took a bus to Santiago to stay in a balcony room overlooking the vibrantly busy downtown streets, so that after an incredible late dinner we could walk around the Plaza de Armas
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Puerto Vallarta: On a Christmas Eve -- Downtown oceanview balcony, to enjoy the Christmas Eve observations (bucket list item at the time -- to celebrate Nochebuena in Mexico) and to have a long extended rooftop dinner at the incomparable Hacienda San Angel, then after dinner having their 13-person mariachi band serenade me to my favorite canción Veracruzana
Note: On this trip the ship left Puerto Vallarta the same night, and we rejoined the ship the next day in Manzanillo. (I secured Princess' preauthorization a few months in advance to do this.)
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[Upcoming] Honolulu: For my milestone birthday -- Waikiki Beach oceanfront balcony overlooking Queen Kapiolani Beach to enjoy the sunset, with a full Diamond Head view to watch the sunrise the next morning
FOOD note:
All the above overnight stays included [will include in Honolulu] wonderful dinners (and some breakfasts) with local specialty dishes that we would not get from the ship.
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[Posted above ] Cabo San Lucas: Balcony overlooking the church in San Jose del Cabo's colonial old town, on a Friday night full of locals' festivities
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8 hours ago, Vexorg said:
My wife and I are booked on a cruise in October that includes an overnight stop in Cabo San Lucas, and we were looking at options to spend a night in a hotel on shore while the ship is in port.
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On a related note, does anyone know how late the tenders typically run on one of these overnight port calls?
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On a simple overnight in Cabo San Lucas, you DO NOT need ANY authorization to stay off the ship.
On 10/29/2021 we stayed overnight in San Jose Del Cabo.
-- Note: If we know we will be overnighting off the ship and not returning until later the next day, we usually tell our steward beforehand, as a courtesy FYI.
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Pre-COVID, typically the Cabo San Lucas tenders ran all night, though with less frequency (perhaps every half hour). Occasionally we didn't leave the ship until after midnight, returning around 4 or 5 in the morning; the tender would be at the pier waiting for passengers, sometimes returning us to the ship without waiting for more people.
Post-COVID, some ships stopped the tenders in the late-night hours, starting up again sometime early in the morning. This may still be the case. Even then, you can stay off the ship all night without authorization.
Hopefully all Princess ships eventually will resume all-night Cabo tenders, if they haven't yet.
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38 minutes ago, RSS from SF said:
-- I'll see if I can dig the commercial up and post the link in a separate thread (if allowed), so that others can comment on that other demographic.
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I was reading the "Princess Now Soliciting Families w/Children" thread, and realized I have not yet seen a single comment about the most recent Princess Cruises commercial I am seeing now.
I commented in that thread:
I found a 30-second clip legally available to share, and thought I would post a link here if permitted, for those of you who haven't seen it yet. . .
LINK:
TEXT:
Dreaming of escape?
Glamour
Retreats
World-class Dining
Gaming
Room service anywhere
Award-winning EntertainmentPrincess takes you to
Riviera
Flamingos
Palms
and
SandsEscape with Princess where the neon is real
and everything else is too.
Because what happens here
stays with you foreverWhat happens here stays with you forever
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14 hours ago, Daniel A said:
I just received a flyer from Princess soliciting "Make your next family vacation special" . . . .
It sure looks like an experiment to see how going after a younger demographic would work out. . . .
What are your thoughts? Is this good or bad?
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-- LOL -- Have you also seen the latest Princess commercial that premiered around the time of the ESPY Awards (approximately 7/20/2022)? The commercial still is airing now, at least in my area.
In the 30 second clip I know of, there's not a single family nor kid shown there . . . nor a single senior either.---
14 hours ago, franktown said:They are looking at everything they can to fill there ships.
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This!
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-- I'll see if I can dig the commercial up and post the link in a separate thread (if allowed), so that others can comment on that other demographic.
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53 minutes ago, RSS from SF said:
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Duke's Waikiki (in the Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort) has a breakfast buffet option:
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https://www.dukeswaikiki.com/menus/breakfast-buffet/
(And after breakfast you're free to enjoy the heart of Waikiki Beach, with your luggage still stowed safely at the hotel until it's time for you to leave for the airport.)
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FYI, 556 reviews of the Duke's Waikiki breakfast buffet on Yelp:
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1 hour ago, da1425 said:
Do any of those hotels have a buffet option where the kids have a little more freedom in what they have for breakfast?
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Duke's Waikiki (in the Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort) has a breakfast buffet option:
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https://www.dukeswaikiki.com/menus/breakfast-buffet/
(And after breakfast you're free to enjoy the heart of Waikiki Beach, with your luggage still stowed safely at the hotel until it's time for you to leave for the airport.)
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6 hours ago, Happiest when cruising said:
How do you get the larger table?
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Referring to the 2nd photo:
This was on the third sailing of Discovery Princess, in a cabin with the largest extended angled balconies on the hump -- and yes with one of the tiny balcony tables.
When I ordered the tea, room service told me that they did not have a larger table for the balcony. My steward borrowed a second coffee table from another deluxe balcony cabin for the afternoon.
So, under the single tablecloth is a grouping of three tables:- In the foreground are the two coffee tables, side by side.
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Behind the two tables is the tiny table, with one of my nightstand drawers turned upside down and placed on top of the tiny table to function as a riser for the wine and glasses. This workaround performed very well.
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On 7/9/2022 at 12:12 AM, GloriaF said:
Is afternoon tea served in the cabin, or simply delivered, same as room service? I'm aware that afternoon tea in the cabin is available for elite, but have never ordered it.
9 hours ago, JF - retired RRT said:Not served, just delivered.
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When we order elite afternoon tea we also always have requested a tablecloth. Perhaps because of the tablecloth, the attendant has offered to set the table and we do take the offer.
We also always have brought our own sparkling wine to have with the tea, to make it a sparkling afternoon tea; each time the attendant has offered to open the bottle and serve the wine before leaving the cabin. (We open the bottles ourselves after the server has left.)---
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6 hours ago, flamingos said:
I didn't see - was it a short cruise?
A cruiser posted this from another review site
[ . . . . /ship/navigator-of-the-seas/review/540996 ] :---
4 Night Catalina & Ensenada (Los Angeles Roundtrip)
Sail date: June 20, 2022
Ship: Navigator of the Seas
Review summary
Horrible brawl on last evening. Continued way longer than it should have. Received minor injuries as innocent bystander. Little to no security response. Not in a bar but at the promenade with elderly and children. Felt like rc was not concerned with safety of the guests
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1 hour ago, dickinson said:
All Royal class ships play the Love Boat theme as they are leaving a port.
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The difference with Discovery Princess -- at least on its third cruise embarking from San Pedro on April 10, 2022 -- is that the ship played the Love Boat theme about 6 times (that I recall) as it left the port and made its way down the channel. 🙂
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6 hours ago, danny8826 said:
We have been on the Grand when it was based in San Francisco. We wanted to try something newish and bigger I guess.
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Between Majestic and Royal for Alaska, I would pick Majestic because it has the Hollywood Conservatory for no additional charge -- giving you one additional no-additional-charge area that Royal doesn't have, to view the scenery.
Given that -- and although I have not been to Alaska on these ships, I have been on each of these ships multiple times -- Royal, Majestic, and Grand. For Glacier Bay specifically, I always would pick Grand over both Majestic and Royal -- especially because Grand has a true full promenade to view the scenery, compared to Majestic's and Royal's pitifully short, almost non-existent promenade viewing areas.
BTW, in our opinion, Grand's service, crew, and management are 1 or 2 levels above both Majestic's and Royal's.
Also, if you prefer a traditional dining experience, Grand knows how to circumvent the ugly Medallion Dine My Way constraints, whereas Majestic absolutely has NOT been able to give us a traditional dining experience using Dine My Way.
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1 hour ago, Sea Hag said:
If all other things were equal, the noodle bar on the Majestic would be the tiebreaker for me. We loved it.
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We completely agree; Majestic's noodle bar over Royal's outdoors pizza any day.
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2 hours ago, Jadn13 said:
I ordered tea on the Enchanted and CB not in a suite since the restart. It shouldn’t be ship specific but maybe right now it is?
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Since the restart we also have ordered the Elite Afternoon Tea on Grand and Discovery.
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Grand Princess (1/1/2022, C738 BD Balcony)
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Discovery Princess (4/12/2022, E410 DW Deluxe Balcony--extended angled)
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Grand Princess (1/1/2022, C738 BD Balcony)
re meat pies
in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
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We'll definitely put Beerenberg on our taste list, thanks. Just curious: Is their hot tomato sauce much different, or is it more of the same but just hotter?