Bridget2

Thanks to 1025cruise who also enlightened me! I do hate that we don't get the statement before we leave the ship anymore. I wonder if it's because there's less disputes if passengers don't see it for a week. I wouldn't mind having it emailed if it was done promptly. We did have a lovely cruise.

I bet these are holds, as Memoak predicts! They are "pending". I will check this out. Thanks.

I disembarked from a southern Caribbean cruise over a week ago. In addition to my onboard account charge, Princess has placed 4 other charges on my checking account. These were charged on the final 2 days of the cruise, which were sea days. The amounts are the following: $118.28 $198 $21.24/possibly a bar chg. $74.34/possibly shuttle, although the rep who booked us said shuttle chg. was included in price of the cruise Except for just a few drinks, we spent nothing on those days and the "folio" seems complete for the other days. Does anyone have any idea what these charges could be? I can't get any info from Princess; spent literally hours on the phone and no one there knows anything, was told to email which I did last week no response so far. I am beyond frustrated.

We're booked on the southern Caribbean cruise (12 days) that leaves Sunday 3/24. Should we be worried about this unrest in any way? I'm hoping not to be rerouted on the way back. The Regal Princess should be stopping at Antiga and Tortola. Any news or opinions out there?

BTW I wasn't trying to be disrespectful to Cozumel. I know lots of people love it. Just wanted to try to improve our experience there this time.

Thanks. These are good suggestions.

We like the beach, but we're having beach days on several other islands. I'd like to try snorkeling. Or maybe walk around sightseeing. Just wondering what others enjoy there.

Husband and I stopped in Cozumel a few years ago and, to be honest we were unimpressed. We took an excursion to Chananook (sp?) Park and swam with the dolphins and it was ok, but not something we feel like repeating. We're not into ruins. So what should we do there? Thanks for any suggestions.

When we cruised in 2010 and again in 2018, I got the chocolate lava cake and it was my favorite. I looked forward to it. In 2023 we cruised to Alaska on Royal Princess and they didn't have it. The waiter didn't seem to know what I was talking about.

After thinking a lot here's the conclusion I've come to. Our biggest gripe is that no one seemed to know anything. We were given incorrect information repeatedly. Others were too. And that is a big deal. Absence of mints on the pillow and lava cake are small disappointments perhaps because they must save money somewhere. Understandable. But staff should always be trained to have correct information and if they don't know to direct guests to someone who does know. And I'm seeing this complaint across the board.

I think you're right! My husband said for what we paid if you break it down per day (and many pay more than we did) that people have a right to expect more.

We just finished our third cruise Princess to Alaska. It was ok but somewhat disappointing. So we're thinking of switching lines. I'm perusing CC for a new cruise line. Looking at Holland America. Their general rating is only .1 higher than Princess. Celebrity is a bit higher but not a lot. So just for reference I checked out Regent and the rating is also just average! I look at the reviews and everyone everywhere is complaining about the same things: service and food are hit or miss, little communication, staff knows nothing, etc. etc. So my question is are we all just spoiled remembering our precovid cruises better than they really were? Or are all the lines going downhill?