wallyj

Boarded Enchanted last Saturday, June 15. The slots area in Take 5 is NON smoking. Does not appear to be any space for a band/group to play. Did not notice loud ‘sounds’ coming from the slots, but also not many were utilizing the machines.

This is a known ‘glitch’. To secure your date and time, most passengers are just booking and paying to lock in reservation and they get refunded once on board. If the Princess UK office is saying they will send refund earlier, great. 3 days is not that long. Check back after a week to see if you get the same response that they will send you a form for refund. Assume you booked direct and not with a TA, else have your TA deal with it.

If you are a member of AARP, they have a portal where you can buy $100 and $500 gift cards for Royal Caribbean and Celebrity at a 10% discount. A $500 value gift card will cost you only $450. $100 gift card only $90. Many feel 10% is a decent savings and worth the trouble. Also note, Royal and Celebrity state it can take up to 10 business days to process your gift cards, so I suggest you submit to them or your travel agent about 2 weeks before due date.

I was also told, the cards bought thru AARP, you must use the whole amount, no partial balance will remain on a card, so if you are not using the whole value of the card, any remaining amount will be forfeited/lost. My TA also said Royal and Celebrity are asking for ‘copies’ of the gift cards, so you can not just forward the gift card numbers and pins if applicable, take screenshot of each was the easiest for me. @N.Ice, After putting $250 deposit on my credit card, I was able to pay my remaining balance of $607.xx with 1 $500 card and 1 $100 card and the $6.xx on my credit card, so not sure if that answers your question regarding Govt taxes and fees.

Some ships have a buffet style, some waiter service. It is NOT a full hot breakfast. Mostly like a continental with some deli meats and smoked salmon. Fruit plate, and danish also. You also have available complimentary specialty coffees and mimosas. Search and you can find the menu. On Eclipse, it was held in Tuscan grille.

I believe the key is the ‘type’ of OBC. My understanding is most promotional OBC coming ‘from’ the agency itself, where they are providing the OBC outside of the Cruiseline and they need to ‘purchase’ it, will not show up till you board. When Princess is advertising extra OBC like for shore excursions in the past , this will show up immediately upon booking.

Giving her medallion access to another cabin should not affect the display of ‘her’ charges. Even though you are using a shared card to reconcile all charges, there will still be a break out of ‘her’ individual charges so you will know exactly how much she needs to repay. You do not need to ask guest services to rebook her into the room she will move to. When she charges something it will go to her individual account to the cabin she was booked. Each passenger has a separate ‘folio’, so you will be able to see the total charges related to just her.

O’Malleys serves food from 5:30-9 every day and usually 12-1:30 on sea days. Having limited space, passengers will go early to save seats and have a drink or two before food service is available. Some venues require a little pre planning if you want to partake and it sounds like you were caught off guard. I was on the Enchanted May4-18. I had the premier package and was able to dine at O’Malleys and Ocean Terrace practically everyday, sometimes twice a day, as I really enjoyed the chicken wings and onion rings at O’Malleys. My first week on the ship, the onion ring tower app consisted of frozen type reconstituted onion rings, late into the 2nd week, real onions were being served and the portion was reduced from the full tower to 6 great real onion rings. I feel many passengers towards the end of the cruise realize they need to use their casual dining credits thus cause the longer waits/lines. On my sailing, I never had a very long wait, if any, to dine at Gigi’s. Went during lunch, and dinner times.

Yes, certain TA OBC will not be posted to your folio till day1 sometimes day2. One of my TA’s grants a loyalty OBC and it does not show up till day1 of the cruise. Same when they run a promo of giving extra OBC if you book during one of their ‘holiday’ sales, this OBC you have to wait till day1 to see and use.

Review post #4 if you have insurance and might be filing a claim, but the short answer is, Yes, Princess will allow you to swap out a passenger on a booking as long as original passenger1 or 2 remains on the booking(you cannot change both passengers) I just did this for my upcoming 14 day sailing, 2 weeks before sail date. There was no fee from Princess to change the name for passenger2. Since I used a TA, I had to have my travel agent process/request the change. In my case, the new passenger2 wanted to use a FCD and he was able, because he had one dated before my booking date of the cruise. This caused an overpayment situation and Princess refunded the $100 overpayment to me. The cut off to add/swap is probably pretty close to sail date, Princess or your TA can verify, but I will guess about 2-5 days before sailing. if you are leaning on swapping, and are flying, do ASAP so the ‘new’ passenger can secure airfare before fares skyrocket closer to sailing. If no one replaces, so passenger is a ‘no show’, the Govt taxes and fees are returned/refunded.

I believe it is suggested you ‘use up’ your ‘free’ minutes THEN add a plan which is why you cannot have your free minutes AND a plan, unless you are buying a plan precruise so your free minutes don’t matter?

When is your sailing? Sorry just reread and see it is in 8 days. Also assuming you booked a triple occupancy cabin? When you have more than 2 in a cabin, the default is Princess will only add the Plus or Premier ‘bundle’(drinks, WiFi, crew appreciation) to passengers1 and 2 and you are only charged for passenger1 and 2. Since your daughter is under 21, she would get the non alcoholic package if you decided to ‘add’ plus to her fare. It will increase your costs by $60/day, which I believe is still less than if your purchased each item separately. Maybe you do not need to add plus and you just buy her drinks as you go and then see if she needs her own internet plan or can share with one of yours? Please go over your invoice with your TA. I do not think you were ‘shortchanged’. Your TA might not have explained when the plus package is added to a triple booking, it is added to only passengers 1 and 2. They have to manually ‘add’ and charge the additional fees if you want your daughter to have the plus package too. This sounds like what your TA has now suggested? Am I on the right track or have I misunderstood your post?

Not sure if your post is a comment regarding PVSA if a passenger wanted to debark in Norfolk, but stop in Halifax does not qualify for ‘foreign port’ for PVSA. I believe on east coast, only one of the ABC islands qualify. Halifax qualifies for the closed loop itineraries departing and returning to same port, like Victoria, BC does for Alaska cruises roundtrip out of Seattle. For your sailing, since it originated in NY, if a passenger wanted to disembark in Norfolk, PVSA violation would apply.

The medallions can be programmed to ‘unlock’ multiple cabins, just go to guest services with at least one person currently occupying the cabins you want access and they will update the medallions, easy.

@Thrak, the only reports I have read where passengers could not ‘upgrade’ on Day1 was for a short sailing and the specialty venues were fully booked, so they reached ‘capacity’. I believe the passenger said that’s ok, I will forego the specialty dining, but was still denied.