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You must be on board 1/2 hour before sailing

If you are in a full suite you are guaranteed access to free specialty dining on embarkation night. Either go to the venue when you board or call the dine line from your stateroom. If you are not in a full suite do the same but you will probably have fewer time options

All aboard time for passengers is generally 1/2 hour before departure time

That time frame would have been super tight. With a 4pm sailing they close the manifest at 2:30 Getting luggage can easily take up to an hour and then you need transport from South San Francisco to the port. Any little issue and you would never make the ship

Anything free will not be exclusive or expensive. Mostly come ons to get you into the shop or spa etc

This called supply and demand the less slots open the more they will cost

You chose to book the flights I assume you looked at the rules. We handle all of our own flight arrangements

You do know that Cruise Critic rules do not allow naming of TA’s or CVP’s

CVP for us but we can usually see all the available cabins

I have often seen and heard people arguing with the host in Reserve that they don’t want to wait for a table in regular dining when the see empty tables in Reserve. It can get very heated

The original Princess drink package was unlimited and Princess said they weren’t worried about sharing because their customers would not do that. Less than a few years later we had a limit due to sharing. If both people in a cabin have a package and can share than one could consume 30 per day. You are not paying for 25 drinks but for the ability of one person to have up to 15. If you look at Princess rules you will note that sharing they may remove the package without refund. That is what you have signed up for

I have to question the 98% Almost every cruise I take is not a closed loop cruise or go to countries that do require a passport. For those people who just take closed loop cruises that is ok but for all of us who do one way cruises such as Panama Canal a passport is required

This looks like the Super Tuscan lunch we did on the Ruby it was wonderful but no it is not a specialty meal and costs more

They sure did.

It varies ship to ship. One ship I was in (Discovery) didn’t have a token machine. On the Ruby you needed tokens

They do it to make sure people who want the 27 day option have something to choose from. Otherwise you could have people who book 90% of the cabins for leg 1 leaving no cabins for those who want the 27 day

Funny I have chosen my cabin on every cruise I have taken and the 6 I have in the next 16 months

The letter tells you where to find your suite breakfast, reserve dining among other things. If you are on a Royal class ship it will tell you about suite lounge location and on all ships the location of the elite/suite cocktail location.

If you have the same cabin you would have no need to pack up

And I. An afford a few tokens a cruise would never try and push my status for something that is not on any list of elite benefits

On most grand class ships Churchills is basically in the casino. Everytime the door opens tons of smoke pour out right into the slot machines next to it

We never use the app since we always order at the bar or MDR. I have often seen bartenders question who the drinks are for if one person is ordering multiple types of drinks. Also if you were to do this in the MDR there would be questions since they can see who has packages and who doesn’t. Your suggestion only really works on the app not out in public

Try ordering 3 different cocktails at one time as a solo and your experience may be different. Many people included will order a”double” pours of wine

Sometimes you don’t even need to get off. On a recent b2b there were a lot of in transit passes and they put an employed check in podium and we all went there around 10 to tap on and off with our medallions

If there are mobility issues then the high lip on the tub could be an issue. I have had a knee and hip replacement and find it hard and almost dangerous to climb in and out