Live on Majestic Princess 09/05/2021`

[CalLuvsCrusingToo]

Wonderful pix.  Thanks so much for posting!  You look like a lovely couple. 😊

[muffin]

We are in E 421 for the Mexican riviera this spring! Fun to see it in person even if it is one of hundreds exactly the same!  Following these trips is almost as good as bein* there. How much to rent the bikes?  Thx for all your comments.

[wondertwinsmom]

10 hours ago, muffin said:

We are in E 421 for the Mexican riviera this spring! Fun to see it in person even if it is one of hundreds exactly the same!  Following these trips is almost as good as bein* there. How much to rent the bikes?  Thx for all your comments.

The bikes were $25 for 1 hr, $40 for 2 hrs and $55 for 3 hrs 

In a town the size of Skagway, you can cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time.

Enjoy the room this spring-you will love it!

[wondertwinsmom]

11 hours ago, coastcat said:

Hey, next door neighbor! I was in E425, the obstructed balcony with a total lack of obstruction:

 

 

Hello!  Exactly!! Such a great deal to pay the obstructed price for that view 😊 We received your airport transfer voucher by mistake and took it to guest services to make sure it found its way to you… We should have just knocked on the door and brought it over 😉😂

[DavidsNana]

On 9/6/2021 at 3:18 PM, mina said:

A few other observations as I seem to be able to post now. Have not been able to since getting on the ship. If you prepaid for specialty dining, be sure to bring your receipts.  Mine suddenly disappeared from the app and I needed to go to passenger services to get it re added.  They wanted to see my proof of payment.  Some may remember I had other specialty dining that I bought before the app went live and never showed on the app. Of course they had no record of these either.  As such my escalation to guest relations prior to the cruise to get a receipt was not over paranoia, as I showed them the emails from Santa Clara showing I had paid and they honored them. Of course took an hour at passenger services.  Also ultimate balcony dinner is not being honored even if you purchased in advance.  They called us to let us know they are limited to only 15 mins at a time in passenger cabins, so they can not do them. Instead, they refunded our money and gave us a complimentary specialty dining night.  They are doing ultimate breakfast as they just drop that off.   The casino has only six multi poker machines. Note that these are in the smoking section, if that bothers you. There are two smoking areas on the ship.  Deck 17 aft with chairs, tables and is covered. Sheltered from the wind. No cabins around.  Another area on Deck 7 port aft.  Just past the library. Partial covered and has nice teak loungers.  Large overhang and quite windy.  Alfredos has great gluten free pizza.  Crown grill is superb as usual.  Room service delivery has been fast with less then 20 min wait, but then we only ordered premade stuff.

Mina may I ask exactly what you did and who you contacted regarding the receipt for your prepaid specialty restaurant reservations?  I have prepaid for 2 nights for two and the only receipt I have is the amounts showing on my credit card bill.  The reservations currently show on the app but nowhere is there anything that shows that they are prepaid.  I contacted my PVP and all he seems to come up with is telling me that he can see the charges and send me and email stating so and copies of what shows on the app at his end and that is just the reservations.  Is there something that you got from Santa Clarita that I should have?  I don't want to get on our cruise and spend my time at Passenger Services trying to get this resolved.  Thank you for any information you can provide.

[riansgrammy]

Just a couple of other comments…

The crew was fantastic all week. The cruise director and staff were hysterical. It felt so good to laugh!!! 
 

Upon arriving, I was one of those flagged for the blue lane. Just a minor glitch. I didn’t have a credit card attached to my account. *gasp*. I also had a minor glitch with my medallion. It took <5 min to correct it. Overall, we liked the medallion. 
 

I thought the quality of the food in the buffet better than in the past. Except for the soupy scrambled eggs. The variety was understandably lacking but I get that. Alfredos and the noodle bar are good. We enjoy the crown grill on every cruise. 
 

We always recommend Alaska to anyone interested in taking a cruise. 
 

@wondertwinsmomit was great to meet you!

@CruzinNoony I enjoyed seeing you two again. Safe travels. 

[wondertwinsmom]

19 minutes ago, riansgrammy said:

Just a couple of other comments…

The crew was fantastic all week. The cruise director and staff were hysterical. It felt so good to laugh!!! 
 

Upon arriving, I was one of those flagged for the blue lane. Just a minor glitch. I didn’t have a credit card attached to my account. *gasp*. I also had a minor glitch with my medallion. It took <5 min to correct it. Overall, we liked the medallion. 
 

I thought the quality of the food in the buffet better than in the past. Except for the soupy scrambled eggs. The variety was understandably lacking but I get that. Alfredos and the noodle bar are good. We enjoy the crown grill on every cruise. 
 

We always recommend Alaska to anyone interested in taking a cruise. 
 

@wondertwinsmomit was great to meet you!

@CruzinNoony I enjoyed seeing you two again. Safe travels. 

Sooo great meeting you guys too!  Hopefully our paths will cross again one day. I looked for you at debarkation to see if you would send me your bear video. Could you possibly email it to me or something?

[riansgrammy]

1 hour ago, wondertwinsmom said:

Sooo great meeting you guys too!  Hopefully our paths will cross again one day. I looked for you at debarkation to see if you would send me your bear video. Could you possibly email it to me or something?

I will if I can figure out how to message you privately. 

[riansgrammy]

[Steelers36]

2 hours ago, DavidsNana said:

Mina may I ask exactly what you did and who you contacted regarding the receipt for your prepaid specialty restaurant reservations?  I have prepaid for 2 nights for two and the only receipt I have is the amounts showing on my credit card bill.  The reservations currently show on the app but nowhere is there anything that shows that they are prepaid.  I contacted my PVP and all he seems to come up with is telling me that he can see the charges and send me and email stating so and copies of what shows on the app at his end and that is just the reservations.  Is there something that you got from Santa Clarita that I should have?  I don't want to get on our cruise and spend my time at Passenger Services trying to get this resolved.  Thank you for any information you can provide.

If you have a res, it has been paid for.  You won't have a res pre-cruise without paying for it in some fashion.  Take a screenshot or take a copy of your Cruise Travel Summary from the Personalizer which will list your on-board purchases made prior to departure.

[AnyMajorCruiseDude]

25 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

If you have a res, it has been paid for.  You won't have a res pre-cruise without paying for it in some fashion.  Take a screenshot or take a copy of your Cruise Travel Summary from the Personalizer which will list your on-board purchases made prior to departure.

Unfortunately this is not the case.  We had two prepaid that we tried to prove with screenshots backed up by credit card charges from Princess for 58.00 x 2.  We were successful in getting the "promo" dinners as reserved, as well as the gifted dinner from our TA, but not the prepaid.  Make sure you have the Princess receipt.  I have several cruises that show Reservations but have not been paid also.

[Steelers36]

1 minute ago, AnyMajorCruiseDude said:

Unfortunately this is not the case.  We had two prepaid that we tried to prove with screenshots backed up by credit card charges from Princess for 58.00 x 2.  We were successful in getting the "promo" dinners as reserved, as well as the gifted dinner from our TA, but not the prepaid.  Make sure you have the Princess receipt.  I have several cruises that show Reservations but have not been paid also.

I hear you on this.  I probably wasn't thinking it through as I have not reserved Specialty Dining yet in the MC App (just pretended to in order to test it).  SO, is the problem that when you book Specialty Dining via MC App, it doesn't make it over and appear in the Travel Summary - which is obtained in the Cruise Personalizer.  Probably NOT. 

 

Is there a "Princess Receipt"?  I am thinking a SD reservation in MC App is going to charge to the credit card setup in MC App - yes, just did it again and it suggests using the card I have added to MC App, or there is an option to add another one.  I am not going further as don't want to make a res, so are you saying the App sends a receipt out after completing the booking?  I would agree a good idea to keep that since who can trust the App not to "lose" or "drop" the res at this stage? 

 

How were the reservations made that are remaining unpaid?

 

[Steelers36]

43 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

If you have a res, it has been paid for.  You won't have a res pre-cruise without paying for it in some fashion.  Take a screenshot or take a copy of your Cruise Travel Summary from the Personalizer which will list your on-board purchases made prior to departure.

DOH!!  The Personalizer isn't going to have a record of the purchase of Specialty Dining made in the MC App.

[geoherb]

On 9/11/2021 at 10:30 AM, CineGraphic said:

 

In 1987/88, I helped introduce Absolut Citron in the USA. The first test market was South Florida, back when nobody was interested in flavored vodka, so it's mind boggling to me when I see how many flavors they have now.

 

At the winemaker's dinner last month, they served a cocktail made with vanilla vodka, watermelon syrup, and champagne. I bought a bottle of the vodka and enjoyed more of them at the beach last week with friends. (I subbed cherry juice for the watermelon, and they were just as delicious.)

[Shelly97060]

3 hours ago, Steelers36 said:

DOH!!  The Personalizer isn't going to have a record of the purchase of Specialty Dining made in the MC App.

Correct! I just looked at the Travel Summary for an upcoming cruise and prepaid specialty dining isn’t listed. Also, no receipt emailed from MC app. 

[mina]

11 hours ago, DavidsNana said:

Mina may I ask exactly what you did and who you contacted regarding the receipt for your prepaid specialty restaurant reservations?  I have prepaid for 2 nights for two and the only receipt I have is the amounts showing on my credit card bill.  The reservations currently show on the app but nowhere is there anything that shows that they are prepaid.  I contacted my PVP and all he seems to come up with is telling me that he can see the charges and send me and email stating so and copies of what shows on the app at his end and that is just the reservations.  Is there something that you got from Santa Clarita that I should have?  I don't want to get on our cruise and spend my time at Passenger Services trying to get this resolved.  Thank you for any information you can provide.

I had the same info with me, an email from princess customer services that I had prepaid.  They honored that. I also had my credit card receipts that princess emails to you.  You should be fine. 

[dchip]

I have booked three specialty dinners and do not have any confirmation from Princess. I do have the screen shot of the purchases on my credit card. Also, screen shots of the confirmed reservations on my medallion app. That better be enough information since it’s all we have!

Denise

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[BMyers60]

Could anyone direst me to the best place to post a full daily (long) trip report from this voyage? I don't think here but there must be a place I can't locate for something like this. Thanks much.

[milogurd]

58 minutes ago, BMyers60 said:

Could anyone direst me to the best place to post a full daily (long) trip report from this voyage? I don't think here but there must be a place I can't locate for something like this. Thanks much.

@PescadoAmarillo https://pescadoamarillo.blogspot.com uses blogger.com for hers.

[hpeabody]

1 hour ago, BMyers60 said:

Could anyone direst me to the best place to post a full daily (long) trip report from this voyage? I don't think here but there must be a place I can't locate for something like this. Thanks much.

 

Are you perhaps looking for this?  https://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/princess-cruises/cl/

 

[BMyers60]

32 minutes ago, milogurd said:

@PescadoAmarillo https://pescadoamarillo.blogspot.com uses blogger.com for hers.

Thanks. I didn't make clear I was hoping to post it somewhere on this site.

[BMyers60]

17 minutes ago, hpeabody said:

 

Are you perhaps looking for this?  https://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/princess-cruises/cl/

 

Thanks. I had found this but I'm looking for more of a trip report option rather than just a review. My daily report is long. Anyone know what the rules are here regarding linking to write ups on other sites?

[dickinson]

55 minutes ago, BMyers60 said:

Thanks. I had found this but I'm looking for more of a trip report option rather than just a review. My daily report is long. Anyone know what the rules are here regarding linking to write ups on other sites?

 

How about just starting a new thread here on the Princess board and label it something like this: review of my Alaska cruise.

[mina]

8 hours ago, dchip said:

I have booked three specialty dinners and do not have any confirmation from Princess. I do have the screen shot of the purchases on my credit card. Also, screen shots of the confirmed reservations on my medallion app. That better be enough information since it’s all we have!

Denise

I found the ship passenger services people to be quite open to to the documentation I gave them - they know there are issues with the app, so if you have screen shots and your CC receipt - you should be perfectly fine.  When I explained that the reservations were not showing,  the first thing he asked me for was the CC receipt. Taking the screen shot of the reservation is a smart idea -- cause one I had booked through the app - disappeared.  But I think that one was due to doing a cabin upsell and the passenger services person found the reservation still attached to my old cabin number and just transferred it over.  

[Manydazeatsea]

18 hours ago, geoherb said:

 

At the winemaker's dinner last month, they served a cocktail made with vanilla vodka, watermelon syrup, and champagne. I bought a bottle of the vodka and enjoyed more of them at the beach last week with friends. (I subbed cherry juice for the watermelon, and they were just as delicious.)

I agree, lovely cocktail to clear your palette and start the evening.