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Does Princess currently escort Suite passengers on to the ship at any port? Only happened once at San Pedro for me. As a seasoned cruiser, I thought it was a really nice gesture. Never happened again at any port.

Same thing happened to me last spring. Had to access booking to get QR code for next cruise. Signed on in terminal…bingo. im not crazy about old/new app. Seems like they have more problems than benefits.

I just ran across this thread. Amazing what you can find when you do a Google search. Thanks everyone who are keeping Tom’s memory alive. I have the Southampton guide.

I purchased a dog collar air tag holder from Amazon. It slips onto my Apple Watch band. It’s always with me. Accessories may be slightly more expensive on the ship. If you have the beverage package, do you still need to pay $10 for shipping the accessories? And tax free on the ship.

2:30? Wow, that's an early departure.

You can still insert cash into slot machines. You lose it just as fast as if you charge it to your medallion. One of the benefits of charging it to your room is that you may earn points on your credit card when final payment is rendered. I won't discuss the "other" reason.

You were most fortunate. I heard the cruise before you was full. Have a great cruise.

@Ombud Embark Yokohama At Sea Kagoshima - Shuttle to Parking Lot near (Sakurajima) Ferry Building. Walked up the main street to Daiso (Japan's Dollar Store). Jeju - Immigration to disembark. Shuttle dropped us off at Market Place. I think we needed to also do immigration to get back on the ship...maybe at a different port? Nagasaki - Immigration to get off: first port after visiting Korea. Purchased trolley ticket from visitor's center. Walked a couple of blocks to pick up the trolley Aburatsu (Miyazaki) - Shuttle to transportation center. Taxis available if you wanted to do more. Matsuyama - Shuttle to trolley. Walked to Matsuyama Castle to take cable car ride up. Kochi - Took shuttle to transportation center. Walked to Kochi Castle. At Sea Going by memory and photos. Hopes this helps.

FCD has to be booked within the year of purchase date. You may sail after the year is up. The question is: Are you able to transfer the FCD to a different cruise? Will you have to cancel current October 2024 cruise? When does your FCD expire? Are you working through a travel agent?

Took too many shuttles to remember where I was dropped off. Will have to do some research and get back to you. YES...in hind sight, I should have taken a taxi for 2 (cheaper). I was with my sister and it was easier to have a designated pickup and return.

Enjoy your cruise. Check to see what your credit card offers for insurance on the way back. Hopefully you will not have any issues on your return flight. And if so, enjoy the extra vacation time on your insurance $$$.

Most Grand/Gem class ships will have a “thermal spa” accessible to suite passengers. It “may” include wet/dry saunas, heated stone beds, rain showers, and possibly a small private pool. The Lotus Spa services are not part of suite amenities. The pool in the spa area is open to all adults.

Since you didn't book through EZ Air, Princess won't help you get there. If you have cancel for any reason, you can do that with Princess/AON. You might only get (a portion) in Future Cruise Credits. I'm no into insurance so don't know the ins and outs. You could "buy" yourself an insurance policy: Southwest fully refundable ticket and cancel. Was your flight number cancelled today? Check airline website or flight aware. Glad you are flying out tomorrow. Wicked weather too.

EZ Air will refung your credit card since you are still 45 days out for any changes. You may have to call EZ Air and chase them down. They dont let go of monies easily.

Lots of questions for you. When is your cruise? Do you have Princess Insurance? Are you arriving a day early? Did you book EZ Air? According to one youtuber (Don's Vacation), you have to make every effort to get to the port...even if you know you will miss the boat. Then insurance can be filed.

@DHP1 Win got quite an earful. Not his fault.

And 3 hours later with hold times and one agent hanging up on me.... (Second) Agent Win would not give up and worked hard to earn my trust again. He would not let me speak to a supervisor until he had exhausted his options. Bottom line, he had to order/cancel to clear my account, then went in to Passenger 2 account and it worked. Ordered, being sent to my home with my name, and no charge for shipping. HOORAY. I spoke to John last night and got him again this afternoon. I begged to speak to a supervisor. After and hour, he hung up on me. Here's the funny of the day. Signed on to chat at 10:30 AM. 15 minutes later there was one in front of me. I had to leave at 10:30, but left chat open. Came home 2 hours later and resumed chat. 2 hours later...still posting YES to I am still waiting. BTW Princess is aware of technical difficulties. IT is on overtime (not) with the roll out of the new/non-functioning app and updates to their website with "new" features.

Look what I received today: Hi xxx - my pleasure - glad we got there! And yes, I'm totally real! Thankfully it works smoothly for a lot of our users, but sometimes certain configurations on our users' phones cause unforeseen issues and you seemed to have hit some. Anyhow, your shares are up to date. You'll need to validate again in about 3 months if you have more claims coming. Clicking Alinea or Fidelity will get you to the manual process Have a great weekend & cruise! Cheers Zac

I got a funnier story. Opened chat at10 AM. 17 in front of me. 10:15. 1 in front of me. (multiple yes's). Had to leave. 2 hours later...still asking me if I am still there...yes. In the meantime, I called Ocean Navigator. After an hour fighting with him to remove the items in my cart (not sent) and remove the $10 charge....and begging him to connect me with a supervisor, he hung up on me.

Ice sculpturing was interesting, but very crowded (hard to view). Artist/crew made a mistake...oops and had to modify on the spot.

There must be a lot of ships in port (or tides are low). They will get the ship turned around in time. Hope you are flying in a day early. All aboard will be 2pm We were delayed due to weather and pallets of water still being loaded.

Once, on a short cruise to nowhere, my cabin mate and I decided to hit every “seminar”. We even made it to the ice carving. One and done. Art auction with Princess Fine Arts was enjoyable. Now they make you register. Free art packet not too bad, but what will you do with random prints that you would have to spend $$$$ framing? Arts and crafts used to have good crafts. Mostly origami paper folding. Some port talks and a few enrichment lectures may be watched in your tv. Princess has some interesting speakers.

Same for me tonight. Ordered Medallion on New App since I could not do it on Old App. Got charged (Plus Package). Tried to cancel. Pop us says I had to call Princess to cancel. Spoke to agent who cancelled but did not offer to place or for me for free. Said their is a glitch since it worked for a friend of mine (when her roommate got charged). Go figure. Option: Pay the $10 and get reimbursed on the ship. Maybe returned to CC, maybe refundable OBC, maybe non-refundable OBC. Maybe not going to happen at all. No, Princess will not get my $10 to hold for several months.

Ordered medallion. Charged $10 (with Plus). Tried to cancel....duh...have to call Princess. Fortunately, foreigner John picked up right away and cancelled. Received confirmation. Said...its a glitch. Said that I would be refunded on the ship (not going to let them have my $10 with the hopes of ever seeing it again). Sam thing happened to friend. One roommate was charged. She cancelled order and then did it. Went through with free shipping. Princess' IT department needs some overhaul. Does anyone have the email address for IT (ocean ready) help desk? I can't remember it. Hooray, found address. Does it still work? A360ad7@carnival.com

Mac allows you to open a document (PDF or preview) and has a tool for making black bars with x imbedded. You highlight information you don't want seen and magically, it is redacted. And saved as a PDF.