Micahs Grandad

2 hours ago, GottaLuvCruising said:

 

A private balcony and protection from sun / rain is important to us.  I wish Princess would include that information on their deck plans.  

Wonder why they do not?

We had E444 an obstructed balcony on Sky TA and it was totally covered. Could not see down into the water but great view of the ocean. 

1 hour ago, GottaLuvCruising said:

That Princess would consider the Jim Henson Silliness as a production show is a joke.  

 

The Sky is a beautiful ship, but we were very disappointed in the entertainment.  

Henson show was funny but also didnt think it quite qualified as a production show..

Thought most of the flyons were pretty good but overall we were kind of disappointed with entertainment as well. We are booked on Enchantment and Rock Opera and 5 Skys also on that ship. Would have thought they would have something different.

2 hours ago, Coffeeluvr05 said:

Jim Henson inspired silliness is on the Sky as well. 

That is considered the third production show. It is shown in the Vista Lounge.

We were kind of disappointed in 5 Skys. Nice special effects and staging but not thrilled with story or music

We just did Sky TA. Crooners which was the piano bar is gone and they did have a guy playing outside Crown Grill. Very noisy area and piano guy only played no singing.

They had only one daily lecturer often they have two. Found stuff to do. 

Best Caribbean itinerary there is

Friend told us the scuttlebutt is a passenger came on with it and passed it around

Have been on about 8 Princess ships in the past 5 years and they have all had it at least once.

No great desire to see it next month on the Sky but will see it and hopefully we will like it

4 minutes ago, kywildcatfanone said:

On our last cruise, we were on the ship by 11:45am, and I called for 2 hours off and on, and room service never answered.  I sat on hold for 30 minutes just to see if someone would pick up and they didn't. 

 

I will say that when I finally did get them on the phone, they had our swap done in 15 minutes.  Not sure how quickly they got the coffee packages added, but we did get coffee that evening and it was posted.

 

Would make sense to let you make this selection in your personalizer before you board.  Would make it easier on you and the staff.

 

Have had two elite cruises now. First time got thru quick but three hours later went to Int Cafe for coffee and swap had not been made so could not get coffee.

Second time the guy took my info and served me.

It can take several hours to remove the bar setup and post coffee cards on your account. Always call as soon as we get on hoping the setup not out yet but to no avail.

Wish you could arrange this ahead of time

I would have adjusted his tip accordingly.

1 bottle of wine per passengers and one mini bar setup unless it is also sold as two 7 day cruises. Menus should be different each day but some entres will be repeated.

12 minutes ago, runnersuzy said:

How many P/D's were there 10 years ago? Today, according to the article posted above, there are over a million. Has to have inreased not only cost, but limited suppliers capable of supplying the volume required as well as complicate the logistics of distribution to more home ports being used today. If necessary to provide something, maybe the idea expressed above regarding a small on board credit would make sense.

 

I have no clue how many P and D's there were back than but remember a bunch have moved on to other cruise lines or just stopped cruising. Overall they do not give much for loyalty so would hate to see this taken away but would rather they use a bit of imagination in picking gifts.

1 hour ago, JF - retired RRT said:

So you always spend your OBC down to $25 or less?

Usually or manage so we owe them a small amount. That is why we get a statement of account every couple of days.

Since most of our cruises have free grats these days and we get free coffee cards now that we are elite have to manage our account a bit more creatively than in the past.

2 hours ago, jimbo5544 said:

What makes you think that?

Better chance that if they offered a selection would find something we think would be useful.

Been platinum about 10 years and have gotten gifts say 25 times and do think they used to give us a better and more imaginative gift.

4 hours ago, voljeep said:

something to at least consider ...

 

https://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/shocking-facts-about-susan-g-komen-for-the-cure/

That is shocking. Tried to verify this by going to Komen website and looking for recent P & L's but cannot find one. Guess we will just give donations to other worthy charities

1 hour ago, jimbo5544 said:

Croc was a couple of years ago, also included were headphones, tervis tumblers, nice backpacks, blankets, wireless speakers.  It is all how you look at it.  

If they give a choice of 3-4 things would think complaints would go way down but apparently the plan is to eliminate the gift altogether.

Last morning of cruise we go to guest services and get cash for our obc. Last few times no wait at all.

On 10/12/2019 at 12:16 PM, Djptcp said:

We have found most of the Platinum gifts to be not to our liking and we have left many in our cabin. Would rather Carnival stop the gifts and use the money to lower prices/not raise prices on something else.

That is not going to happen. If they eliminate it not going to lower prices on something else it will just be gone.

always thought they should offer a small selection of gifts instead of one.

Must say last few groups have been kind of pathetic. Remember the croc sun shade and the worlds thinnest stationary.

Quite a few cruising friends who have been on the Island since the "butchering" have suggested we avoid it. We respect those opinions so lots of other choices for us

Too often princess live is full well before the activity will start. Hoping this new version has more capacity but from the pictures might even be less.

Exployers lounge works well why change it?

5 hours ago, CATGUY7 said:

Since your steward was elusive, perhaps you could have left a note?  And if that was unsuccessful, then a trip to Guest Services or Head of Housekeeping might have gotten results.  It always seems to be easier to resolve an issue while onboard.  Hope you hear from someone soon.

When we need anything and the steward is not to be found, we always leave them a note and almost always issue taken care of quickly

On 10/7/2019 at 8:08 PM, brisalta said:

I have taken the first bottle to dining room and not been charged corkage on it.

You got lucky

We had a problem on the land tour after an Alaska cruise and two weeks ago was told we will hear from them in 6 weeks. They called to tell me this.

Since Alaska season is over and the lodges closed nobody for them to talk to cannot imagine how they would resolve my complaint but we shall see.