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Agree with sticking to Grand class and the Coral. The sizes are right. We only book Royal class if it is an itinerary we can’t do on the others. The way the venues are all stacked up around the piazza makes all of them way too noisy
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I have 2 issues with the PES. One is that it is too early we don’t eat dinner before 7:30 even at home. Two is that the serve yourself style leads to people picking up things with their hands like they do in the buffet. Always try to avoid those things
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If you have the plus package you can always get a 25% discount on bottles
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We love all aft cabins. Before we could afford balconies or higher we used to go with the aft insides not for the price but for the motion. I sleep much better with some movement which reminds me I am on a ship
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How many cabins are still available ? Often prices change due to supply and demand. We generally book around 2 years out and usually notice that on popular itineraries prices tend to rise
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The medallion does not open your door it just unlocks it. The only Elite perk that is duplicated on the plus package is 1/2 of Wi-Fi
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You made a dinner out of snacks ?
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Sometimes they do not check who should be in PES lounge snacks so it can be jammed. One cruise they actually put in in the patter
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We had the manager at our table at Most Traveled last cruise and he was simply a salesman who knew nothing about cruising and in fact it was the first time he had ever been on a ship. My CVP cruis s yearly and had for years.
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Lesson learned. Stay as far as possible from future cruise consultants
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I believe they are referring to marketers cold calling for huge packages that cost thousands of dollars. Not the prizes you might get from opening your door
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Just stay away
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Usually it is a rule not to use balcony lights at night so tot to interfere with the bridge
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Using TA Onboad Credit for Speciality Dining and Tours
memoak replied to Old Coastie's topic in Princess Cruises
There is a reason it is called “On Board Credit “. You are not yet on board. The only ONC I am able to use pre cruise is for excursions -
Island Princess - 6/8/24-6/19/24 11 Days Canada/NE Review
memoak replied to sns1's topic in Princess Cruises
We would be tipping higher than that but it is up to the individual -
It will be 2 drinks against your 15 allowed
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This is otherwise known as Princess Promotions run by the 3rd party vendor that also runs on board future cruises. No better than high pressure sales people. We stay as far away as possible
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Some bottles are glass don’t want breakage and just easier in my opinion
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Discuss Implementation of Smoking Policy
memoak replied to CC Help Michell's topic in Princess Cruises
I do believe SilverSea is quite a bit pricier than Princess -
Same here
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If I had to pay for 7 loads of laundry it would cost a bundle or I could fight for washing machines on board. Sometimes the laundry rooms feel like battlegrounds. We also like the mini bar when I feel like a soda or beer without leaving the cabin or having to wait for room service or the app
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There are no arrival times just a start and end time for embarkation
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Laundry is still the biggest elite benefit especially on long cruises. On a 14-21 day cruise we pack as if it is a 7 day cruise and send out laundry every 3 days
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So I can pack just a few bottles instead of like 30 + small bottles. We are doing a b2b in a suite so 4 mini bars. Also some of the bottles can be glass so breakage is possible
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Change out the liquors you don’t drink for something you do and pour what you don’t use into empty water bottles and pack carefully yo take home. We change out everything vodka and then take the so so vodka home to use in Bloody Mary drinks
