wallyj

The 4 devices is for a maximum 4 different devices active/logged in at a time. There is a cruise line(not princess) where you are logged into that particular device only and are not able to switch to a different device, say from a phone to a tablet or laptop. The login credentials are the cabin # and the birthdate of the person with the 4 device plan. Does not matter if the persons logging in are in that same cabin or are related. Once 4 devices are ‘activated’, if you try to login on another device, it will show the 4 devices and ask which one would you like to ‘swap’. So you are not tied to a particular device and can switch among your devices.

It will depend on the itinerary. Just off 7 day California coastal with only 2 sea days. They did NOT do movies in the Theatre but did show some in Explorers lounge and of course on the Movies under the Stars screen.

The ‘game’ /prizes is active only when the casino is open. When the casino is closed, your door will say ‘game is closed’ if you are participating in prizes.

So I think your situation is trying to apply a FCD that has an acquired date ‘after’ your booking date, which I posted earlier, Princess seems to no longer willing to ‘back date’. In my cases, I am applying a FCD that has an acquire date ‘before’ the cruise booking date, like when I use my TA’s booking engine that does not allow me to apply a FCD and or their office is closed on the weekend or after hours.

@ldtr, I am US and have been able to get the FCD OBC even if I already have a deposit or have made final payment. Before final, the TA does not need to call Princess, they should be able to do with the ‘polar’ booking tool. After final, they need to call Princess, Recently, for a booking after final and paid in full, my TA got a Princess rep that said ‘No’, you cannot do, she called again and got a rep who said ‘yes’ I know how to do and will do for you. Are your FCD acquired dates ‘before’ your cruise booking date? @PMGS247, Princess a long time ago(over 8yrs?) would backdate FCD acquisition date so you could use if you booked a sailing then bought FCD’s on a later sailing. I know of 2 recents situations where a passenger had a booking and tried to then apply FCD’s and Princess denied because the FCD acquired date was AFTER the cruise booking date. Maybe your PVP is willing to ‘backdate’ your new FCD’s, but I got the impression Princess is not allowing this anymore. My suggestion would be to ask someone you know who is currently or will be on a Princess ship soon to purchase FCD’s for you. They will have to pay, but they can buy for you, supply your Captain circle number, birthdate, name, address and phone number for additional identity verification. I just did this for my sisters friend and have done for family members many times as I sail more often. Once they have purchased your FCD, then book your 2024 sailing.

@cr8tiv1, I believe the current 50% off on board promo is not available for Reserve mini and above categories , which is why that reserve class quote is not a bargain.

When I have booked with my travel agency and used their online booking engine, it does not have the ability to apply a FCD. I pay the deposit with my credit card and then when the office is open, I call and the agent is able to apply a FCD and I receive the associated OBC. So, yes I will have $200 in total paid as deposit. @ldtr, you have been misinformed. I have even been able to apply a FCD to a sailing after I have made final payment, it results in an overpayment and I get it back as a credit to my credit card AND I receive the OBC for using a FCD.

I have seen Naathan Phan on another Princess sailing previously. I believe he did not make it to the ship, so this cruise, his show was cancelled. I will be back on the Ship for the Aug 5 2023, Hawaii sailing and if he is scheduled to perform, I will report back.

I am not sure you understood my question. I already stated the benefit probably would be split, if both ‘qualified’ in my first paragraph, as it is one benefit per cabin. I traveled with someone who did not own shares(not qualified )in the same cabin, and felt I should share my shareholders benefit, that was what I was asking, and my opinion was it is the person who owns the shares choice if they want to share, but it should not be assumed the benefit will be split.

@quadsplus1, would like to confirm, did you book onboard but did not add plus? Or are you trying to book now realizing ‘plus’ is also being discounted? If you did book, but did not add plus, you should still be able to add it at the 50% off, see my reply in the previous post. If you did not book, but regret it now, I would not think you could book the 50% off now off ship, since the 50% off promo was for an on board booking only.

@quadsplus1, go into your cruise Personalizer and check. In May, while on Crown, I booked 2, 50% off sailings. I normally do not get the packages, but happen to check after I booked. I went into my cruise Personalizer and both ‘plus’ and ‘premier’ were showing my upgrade fare was only 50%. When I initially tried to upgrade to plus, it would not let me enter my credit card info, but showed a total that came out to be $30/day. I was still on board and the future cruise person called shoreside and they said , no it is not supposed to be discounted. The future cruise person did a mock booking with plus and it verified ‘plus’ pkg was also being discounted. She sent a screenshot to prove and they , shoreside, added the plus pkg @ $30/day. When I got home, for the other 50% off cruise, I booked, I decided I wanted premier pkg. went into my cruise Personalizer and the text before clicking said $80/day, but when I clicked to get the upgrade total for a 7 day sailing, it said $280 so $40/day. I clicked to purchase and it let me enter my credit card info and my travel summary was updated to show I now had the premier amenities on my booking. So, you may be able to add ‘plus’ or ‘premier’ even after you have gotten off the ship and even if after final payment, as both my sailings I had to pay in full on the ship as they were already less than 90 days from sail date. For a new 50% off booking I made 2 weeks ago on the Sapphire, I was able to add ‘plus’ on board for $30/day. It will not give me a price/total to upgrade to premier. My friend booked the 34 day sailing on the same ship with plus. His cruise Personalizer gives him a price of $10.80/day to upgrade to premier from plus. It does not make any sense! My March 2024 sailing gives me a price of $14.80/day to upgrade to premier from plus. Lead future cruise person is supposed to research for me while I am on board.

I went to Guest services about another issue, but mentioned about the APP only having the 3 new choices of pizza. The agent said it was implemented 2 sailings ago and will be permanent till it is not and will be going to other ships. Yes, you can still go to Lido deck and get ‘free’ slices, but you cannot get a whole Pepperoni or cheese thru the APP or room service anymore. Was told room service could not keep up with the demand, so this change was implemented. I will try and talk to the F&B manager if he is at the MTG event this cruise and see if he can give me anymore info.

Hi, just boarded Emerald Princess yesterday. In Ocean now, previous on this ship last month and just off the Sapphire on July 12, you could order whole pizza for zero cost. Now under pizza, you have 3 choices of Pizza Amici, Bianca e Nero, and a Duo Parma, all with a charge of $8.50! No choice of pepperoni or just cheese like before? Has this spread to other ships too! Going to try and talk to F&B manager and find out if this is permanent?

@memoak, currently on the Emerald and can soda(any) seems to be included with drinks pkgs, was also the policy when I was on the ship 1 month ago. I was on Majestic, April 2023 , SYD to LA, cans were also included. You could tell as ordering in the APP it would show $0.00 as cost. Emerald says they do not have Coke Zero on board. Funny as the T&C of the pkgs specifically say ‘fountain’, someone made a change. Also, change in ordering Pizza, there are 3 different choices, all have a $8.50 charge( no pepperoni or plain cheese available on APP). Free pizza thru the APP is gone, wonder if it was too popular? I was able to order free whole Pepperoni pizza thru the APP on the Sapphire, got off July 12, so this is a recent change. Will try and find out talking to F&B manager.

@quadsplus1, I just boarded the Emerald today for a 7 day Coastal. I have Monica’s card at home, I will ask on board if they have her contact info. Is there anything I can try to relay to her from the Emerald as I believe they have a way to contact crew on other ships. I believe Monica is still on the Sapphire.

So my recollection that the crackdown was about summer of last year would be in the right ballpark.

Somewhere I saw something about Chinese YouTubers filming at an area(in china)designed to look like an American city pretending they are in America as it is reported the youth are obsessed with American Culture. So this area in my opinion ‘qualifies’.

Hi @quadsplus1, Yes the lead Future cruise consultant was Monica, she has 2 new associates names Angie and Ree. They are now even busier as they have inherited Loyalty duties, checking Captain circle status and correction, invites to the CCP and most traveled events and organizing, besides the letters to each passenger letting them know what benefits they are entitled and the dates of specific events such as the free wine tasting for Elites and the hours and location of the PES lounge and the date of the Captain Circle Party. Future cruise on board called shoreside support and was told the Plus and premier are not supposed to be discounted. The computer program as when I left on July 12 was still discounting plus by 50% so that is what they will book. I board the Emerald tomorrow and will find out if the glitch is fixed or if anything is going to done about this so called glitch. As a side note, one of my 50% off sailing has gone down in price. I called my TA as I am still before final payment. They called Princess and I told them to check the fare code as I am on a 50% off special, and they said they could not apply any discount code, so do not know if the 50% off code only work for the on board agents?

I am almost certain you will not be allowed to bring lemons onto a ship. I have a friend who has an Orange tree and wanted to bring some on Embarkation in Los Angeles. They were confiscated from him. Ask DR manager or Buffett manager if they can supply the lemon juice or whole lemons.

I believe the OP was enquiring about the specific Princess benefits if having a Platinum AMEX with their exclusive cruise benefits opposed to if anyone has seen ‘offers’ which are eligible to various types of AMEX cards and separate from the CPP(cruise privileges program) associated with having a Platinum card.

AMEX has had offer for World Leading Cruise Lines, of which Princess is a member, so not specifically for Princess but was eligible for a Princess booking.

Hi @TN-Mountains, sounds like you had a future cruise agent who dropped the ball. I assume you were booking off the latest 50% off deals as the previous promo was for sailings leaving by the end of August. I booked on the Sapphire, in early July, the Dec 1 LA to Santiago and the March 2024 Santiago to LA. The future cruise agent did inform me the 50% off promo is non refundable deposits ! Also if your sailing is not in final, they are supposed to ONLY take the $100 non refundable deposit and I was told FCD’s cannot be used! Was told this also when the promo was shared while I was on the Discovery in January when the applicable sailings were for any sailing till May. Again told no FCD combinability with 50% off promo when I was on Crown in May and sailings available extended till end of August. Also plus pkg would price at 50% off @$30/day, but Premier would price at a discount but not at 50% off. Agent called shoreside and was told plus and premier are not supposed to be discounted. Read another post where passenger said there was a glitch and premier was adding the 18% gratuity to the 50% off rate, but my booking for solo, that was not the glitch. I have see someone else post they were able to buy new FCD’s and apply so assume another example of inconsistency among the ships.

I will assume the trial is over and not implemented to be the new standard as I have not seen any other posts mention getting bottle waters automatically, especially since this sailing, they ran out! I board Emerald tomorrow and have Premier pkg, so will find out, maybe that is why they ran out of the small bottles ?

I have read posts from UK passengers reporting they can only submit shareholders if sailing is within 90 days. In the US, I have seen passengers say they have submitted for sailings in summer 2024 and later and the benefit is approved and applied to their bookings already. Also form does state cutoff to apply is 14 days before sailing, but they have accepted and processed applications as late a couple days before sailing, like you made a last minute booking, not that you were procrastinating.

Hi @Cruise Raider, I was on the Emerald last month for a 7 day coastal and had the Premier package and bottled water was NOT automatically placed in my cabin and thus not restocked. I have not heard of this service on any other ships? I believe if you are in a suite, bottle water is supplied everyday as a suite perk.