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@CoralThanks for the heads up about Adventure Bound! Unfortunately Allen Marine isn't offering a tour the day we are there. 😕

Hello- I know that Tracy Arm excursions from cruise lines are usually one way as it is a bit of a distance from Juneau. However, our ship will be in Juneau from 7:30AM until 9:00 PM so we have a lot of time. I have been trying to find an excursion from Juneau to Tracy Arm, but am coming up short. Does this tour exist? Anyone have any ideas of an operator that has something like that? Barring going to Tracy Arm, since our ship is going to be navigating Stephen's passage in darkness, are there any small boat scenic excursions that leave from Downtown Juneau, not from Auke bay? I have done several Auke bay whale watches and would like to try something different this year since our ship will be in port so long. I thought it would be nice to explore Stephen's Passage and/or Tracy Arm in a small boat.

We are on the August 15 voyage of the Crown Princess. When we booked the cruise the "Medallion Class Experience" was advertised as coming included with the standard fare. The perks of the "Medallion Class Experience" included "Ocean Now: So this included perk is now an additional $15 per person plus a $5 charge per order to the stateroom? This is a complete bait and switch! These charges should be waived for anyone that booked prior to this anouncement.

As I stated in my original post, I was just on Miracle at 100% capacity, which means my comparisson is actually apples to apples. 100% on Miracle vs. 100% on Radiance, and the difference is night and day. My real question and point of the post was are the other ships in Carnival's fleet more like Radiance or more like Miracle, as those are the only two I have been on. One is a great ship, and one stunk to high heaven.

The OP sailed on the Radiance twice. Once at 75% capacity and once at 100% capacity. 75% capacity was crowded but OK. 100% capacity was not enjoyable. The 100% sailing was back in May. The OP just got off Carnival Miracle today, also at 100% capacity, and not feeling crowded at all.

A little background on this question: I took my first Carnival cruise back in December of 2021 on the Carnival Miracle. This was during the restart times and masking everywhere including the bars was in effect and the ship was less than half full. I had an amazing time and couldn't wait to cruise Carnival again! Later Carnival Radiance came online and Miracle sailed away for a while. I booked a trip on Radiance not long after she debuted. It was not as good as the Miracle. At this time they were at about 75% full, but the ship felt way more than 25% more crowded than Miracle. Still I had fun even though I had to occasionally wait for a drink or an elevator. I was also stunned at the lack of imagination of the interior. Miracle had a lot of whimsy and imagination. Radiance felt boxy and sterile. A couple of months later I booked another Radiance cruise because the price was unbelievably cheap. This time the ship was at 100% capacity, and it felt very much like it. At times I would wait over 30 minutes for a drink. Lines at every food venue were out of control, and let's just say my legs hated me for having to climb so many stairs because the elevators were too busy. I love having a drink in the piano bar, but the line was out the door every night with people understandably not wanting to leave once they got inside. Also, there is no actual bar in Radiance's piano bar. It shares a server with the nearby Red Frog Pub, but it was so busy in the pub the server rarely had a chance to make it into the piano bar. That is the last cruise I will ever take on Radiance. It was just too crowded with not enough space for all the people there and not enough crew to take care of the passengers. Miracle recently returned to Long Beach, so I trepidaciously booked a cruise on her, worrying that at full capacity she would be more like Radiance was on my last trip. Well that couldn't be farther than the truth. I am on her now and had a great cruise! Even though this cruise is at capacity, there is still lots of room on this ship for everyone. You never have to hunt for a seat in a bar, and the food service has been incredible (though the quality of the food is not great, but it was edible so I can't complain much). So I ask: Is Radiance the worst ship in Carnivals fleet, or is it more like what all the other ships are? Is Miracle an exception when it comes to quality and style and space, or are the other ships more like Miracle than Radiance?

I was driving through San Pedro and was surprised to see the Diamond Princess berthed at pier 92. I stopped to take a couple of pictures.

I just cannot comprehend this at all. I can't picture every feeling like some baseball caps ruined my dinner. Completely foreign concept to me. How do the caps ruin the ambiance?

I just don't understand it. How does what somebody else sitting at a different table from you affect your experience at all? Why does anyone care what other people wear? It does not make any sense to me. It does not compute. Would you also be offended if the person at that other table ordered a different entree than you did? Would you be offended if they spoke a different language than you did? Would you be offended if they had their elbows on the table? You don't know that person and you are never going to see them again. Why would you let what they do or wear affect your enjoyment of your vacation? Pleas explain to me why this bothers people because I just can't fathom it.

I did call my PVP. They just told me that I should do Princess Plus instead of taking the onboard credit. She didn't say why, but I suspect it is because she wanted the higher commission.

That may be? Is there a way to find out what offer you are on? I don't see it anywhere on my confirmation document.

I booked the cruise without Princess Plus because it didn't make sense. But if I go to rebook the same, it is still happening. Below examples are from the Aug 21 sailing of Discovery princes. Here are the "Applied Promos" when I price the cruise as an Inside GTY without Princess Plus: And here are the applied promos when I price the same Inside GTY on the same cruise with Princess Plus: The onboard credit is gone on Princess Plus!

Good catch! The difference is closer than I calculated. I appreciate the bottom line there. I could drink 8 drinks a day, but it is not worth paying that much just to try and break even. Had the plus package included the $200 OBC then I definitely would have gone for it, but because it is not, princess is losing out on the money I would have spent on the drink package/plus package.

That is what I thought too, but when you go to check out and click on the "View Applied Promo" on the non-Princess Plus reservation, it lists out the onboard credits for both guests. When I click on that link as if I am going to purchase Princess Plus, it lists the Princess Plus perks but not the OBC. On previous reservations where there was OBC involved it would list both the Princess Plus perks and the OBC.

That is interesting. I never thought of it as a fare class and not just an add-on to any fare. I guess that explains why it took away the OBC. I had just always seen it as an add-on on the past since it usually just took whatever fare I had and added $45 per night.

Hello- Has anyone had a fare that denied onboard credit if you purchased the Princess Plus plan? For those wondering about why I would want to do this, here is the math: When I priced the booking without Princess Plus it gave me a $100 per person stateroom credit. When I priced it with Princess Plus, it removed that stateroom credit. I am sailing with my daughter who is under 21, so the beverage package does nothing for her. So here is my math on why I am about to book without Princess Plus: 1. The cost of Princess Plus is $50 per night, or $350 per person, so $700 for the entire cruise. 2. Tips are $14.50 each per day, WiFi is $10 per day. For two people, that would be $171.50 for the 7 day cruise. 3. The adult beverage package is $70.79 per day, the kids beverage package is $11.79 per day. That would be $578.05 for the 7 day cruise 4. The net cost for buying these things ala carte would be $749.55, less the $200 on board credit = $549.55, $150 less than going with Princess Plus. So going with Princess Plus would save us $50 if we could keep our onboard credit, but cost us $150 more if we lose the credit. I called Princess and the customer service rep seemed confused by all of this and said that Princess Plus would save us money no matter what. But clearly it won't if you have someone that does not drink alcohol and you lose a decent amount of onboard credit if you use it. Is this normal, or did I somehow find an exception to the Princess Plus rule?

Thanks for the recommendation to bring tape, but that is a little late now as I am in the middle of the ocean and wasn't planning on making any repairs of the cruise line's property myself. For those interested in the continuation of this saga, we spent the afternoon wandering the ship and returned to hear howling wind noise coming from our cabin door. Opened the door and sure enough, while we were gone the balcony door became unmatched. Our enuance door was sucked out of my hand and I ran in to pull the balcony door closed. Who know what was sucked out the balcony door into the kid of the pacific ocean while we were gone... but the quest 5o get it repaired continues...

Honestly now that we are used to it the wind noise is very pleasant. We can also hear the waves outside. If they aren't ale to replace the weather stripping I won't be upset at all. I am guessing whoever was in here on the last voyage complained about the noise and decided to lock their balcony rather than enjoy it. I couldn't imagine not having access to the balcony. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Update... The room steward sent the ships locksmith after we called the third time. The locksmith admitted that he had tightened the door jamb because the weather stripping on the door had depleted and there was a lot of wind noise. He loosened it up again and now just as he said there was wind noise... So he said he was going to call his colleague to see if they can replace the weather stripping tomorrow. In the meantime we will deal with the wind noise because we would rather be able to use the balcony than not. Very frustrating when you get on your cruise to Alaska excited to use your balcony and this happens, but we will be patient for the repair. Also frustrating that it took three calls to get maintenance out to look at it!

Hello- I am currently on the Eurodam and our balcony door will not latch shut unless you push your feet against the door frame while pulling and simulataneously turn the key in the lock counter clockwise about six rotations. We called the front desk to get it fixed and they sent our steward who also struggled to get it shut and finally got it and said 'Just dial 92 if you want to go outside and we will shut it for you." I don't think this is acceptable so I called the front desk again and asked to have maintenance come and fix it... And they just sent the steward again who said the same exact thing he said before... I called the front desk AGAIN and she said "Ok I will call your steward..." And I said "He has been here twice! Can we get maintenance?" And she said "Sir, your steward will call maintenance if there is an issue " and I asked to speak to a manager and she said "If the steward doesn't get it closed ask him to send his manager." *****? How do I escalate this to someone that can fix the door???

I have recently been exposed to Covid-19, and while I am testing negative, I have to start considering what is going to happen if I test positive before my cruise in 10 days. I bought cancellation insurance which does cover me if I am diagnosed with Covid-19. Simultaneously, I know HAL will give me a future cruise credit worth 100% of the nonrefundable fare. However, this future cruise credit is non-refundable and expires one year from the date issued. Because of this expiration and the fact that I couldn't use that credit to book a cruise on a different line, combined with the fact that fares are much higher now than when I booked the cruise, I would much prefer to take the insurance claim rather than this very limited FCC credit that I don't consider total remuneration for having to cancel the cruise. Now I would much rather take the cruise and I hope I continue to test negative, but is there any issue with getting an insurance claim paid if the cruise line is offering a future cruise credit for having to cancel due to a positive covid test?