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Two months ago, two twelve packs were reinforced with duct tape. Put in with other checked baggage, delivered to room no issue.

As others have suggested, read the cruise contract. Entire "contract" on some cruise lines only completes when your on the ship and have pushed back from embarkation port

1 hour ago, Coral said:

I just looked at the Royal Princess Bridge Cam and it is currently docked in Skagway.

 

In Skagway - there are 2 different docks (and maybe more but then run parallel to each other). Royal Princess is closest to the mountain which I think is called the Railroad dock.

 

Is the other one called Broadway dock?

Very large landslide on the railway dock last year. 4 weeks ago not even close to being usable condition. Because of the closure, the maximum number of ships is reduced.

22 minutes ago, Taxwizz said:

And the contracts become more One Sided every time.

Soon they will require the paying passengers to row the ship between ports like galley slaves.

 

The solution is rather simple. Sell the cards or take the loss. Princess made the announcement about the change about a year ago and you have no standing legally.

The problem is terminology. Door width is door jam to door jam, CLEARANCE is what is the ACTUAL width available with all factors.

Just now, chamima said:

I just had a thought in regards to the Coffee "card" now being loaded into your sea pass card rahter than bring an actual card.

We are going on a 28 day cruise. If we have one cappuccino per day we will reach our limit of 15 in the middle of the cruise. How would we know ? Just have to wait until we are turned down? It was easier when we had the physical card and could see what was happening.

In other words you would be adding money onto your account without knowing it. Just what do you think the cruise line wants? Here's a clue, as much money out of each pax as possible.

On 5/3/2019 at 6:55 AM, Taxwizz said:

Nice try.

But you cannot recharacterize a transaction to fit the circumstances when they are changed after the fact.

I am old fashioned...."A deal is a deal."  Silly me.

I PURCHASED a "card" with 15 expressos, and I want them.

You might be right except for one factor. For EACH cruise, you agree to the current "cruise contract" by just stepping on the ship. 

https://www.princess.com/legal/passage_contract/

As stated, all entertainment on the ship is censored/regulated. From language to the actual length of time on stage, everything is controlled. Even the movies, no matter the original rating, they have been re-edited to PG-14.

Info only, most scooters use identical "keys"

White Pass is not owned by any cruise line. From what I could tell, on Princess, they were not connected in real time with the excursion. The SHIP PERSONNEL have no idea of the number of seats available. White Pass can add another regular rail car with little problem. However there appears to be only one accessible car with lift. I can only imagine White Pass has given strict instructions on who can/can not book this particular rail car. We were the only ship in port and rail car was over half filled

$17-$18 a day

The dressing is not the issue. Our only experience with "packing" was done by a doctor. I can't see doctor/nurse using anything you provide to pack into open wound just due to liability. 

No matter what the cruise main office says, ship's medical staff will have final say.

The question is what ISN'T. The "free" coffee on the ship is a concentrated syrup in a plastic bag. The syrup and hot water is mixed as it comes out of the dispenser. While not horrible, it's not brewed.

4 hours ago, searoses said:

I went to visit an interior cabin where the hallway was not wide enough to turn into the cabin tho it theoretically should have fit..if you know you can fit the scooter in your cabin and dont need an hc be sure you pick a cabin in the same hallway as an hc so the hallway will be wide enough...

This is why a true accessible cabin is located at corridor intersections or by elevator areas so scooters can have a straight shot at the door.

You do know that any pilot can simply say no to any ship citing safety. All ships act like a sail in any breeze. Anyone taking bets there is a new contract coming up for ship pilots who want more money from the cruise lines?

Safe, no. A good gamble, yes. One cruise we had to wait 90 minutes to dock due to other ships. leaving late.

On 5/5/2019 at 5:54 PM, spraynet said:

Doing the 7 day Princess cruise from this Sept,  Seattle to Vancouver with stops in Juneau / Skagway-

 Haines / Ketchikan / Victoria BC / Vancouver -two days.  Looking to find the "Real local" spots folks eat at. Have zero interest in touristy places. Have a must visit bar, or eatery, please post up so all may learn. Thank you!

Skagway-"Sweet Tooth Cafe" on Broadway

Juneau-"The Hanger"  Right behind the seaplane docks

Both places kept alive during non tourist season by locals.

Go outside of your front door, now open the door 90 degrees. The door itself blocks a small section, same on the ship. Say the door opening is 22", because of the door, the actual clearance is only 20.5" 

Like I said, what it looks like after spending $6 at the laundry.....

Two weeks ago got on the Ruby. We by passed the "regular" line with 8 people in it and went directly to an open station. Despite all the different stations, cards/medallions are retrieved from central table by the staff.

On 5/1/2019 at 8:16 AM, HoneymoonCruiser5 said:

Hi all, will Princess confiscate power strips? Do they allow any on board? My mom and I set sail to Alaska on the Star Princess in less than 2 weeks! Side note: this is our first Princess cruise!

4/23/19 Ruby Princess, entire power strip policy changed mid embarkation. First half pax going through security no issue. Had two in my carry on. Per two separate pax, second half had any thing looking like power strip taken. No debate, hand over or no cruise. 

Just off the Ruby. MUST use cruise card to purchase tokens. $3 wash $3 dry. Dry cycle is 30-35 minutes long. Set on high for a medium sized load. No where close to dry. Ended up using packed line for this purpose. HINT don't use the screen to make purchase. The reader is the black disc UNDER the screen

No set time, totally up to captain and customs.

New releases from NetFlicks and Amazon Prime is your guide. Fair to good Las Vegas lounge acts. Won't bother to list since they can change cruise to cruise

Getting off Ruby Princess R/T Alaska. There simply was no dress code in the dining rooms, formal night or not. Ball caps, T-shirts even jogging suits. Looked like Princess simply didn't care.