Shaver John Posted November 24, 2022 #1 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Just signed up for the Discovery and we signed up for the promotion with the prizes listed. How does this work? What prizes do they give out? Has anyone ever really received one? Just curious. We have not cruised since June and then they did not seem to do this. Any answers will be appreciated. If this has been discussed before I am sorry I did not find it. I have not been on cruise critic for a long time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Shelly97060 Posted November 24, 2022 #2 Share Posted November 24, 2022 https://www.princess.com/cruise-deals-promotions/plus-premier-cruise-packages/princess-prizes-terms-and-conditions/ here is a link to the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiamo Posted November 25, 2022 #3 Share Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) Can tell you from practical experience. On your cabin door there will be a Princess Prizes emblem, when you get near your door it will tell you if you have won a minor prize ~$25 OBC or have been entered in to the end of cruise drawing. You can try to scan your card every 10-15 minutes when the casino is open. We saw 1 time where we had "Entered into Final Draw" Edit.. The above is included in the Princess Premium package, or you can add $20 per day to play the screen and hope for a prize. End of cruise they draw (pre-draw) and announce several prizes for $25, $50 and then the cruise Grand Prize (up to $100,000) on our cruise, it was first announced that the grand prize would be $1,000, but it was actually $5,000. We happened to be in the Piazza when they announced the winners and it was a shock when they called our cabin and my name for the Grand Prize. It is a given as a cash prize ($50x $100 bills), and you have to complete the associated Tax documents. My wife's name was actually drawn for the Grand Prize, but they put my name on the cheque and I posed for photos with the Captain and the Cruise Directors. We later found out her name was drawn when we went to the Casino to pick up the prize. It is paying for our next cruise, when we head on a 16 night to Hawaii next year. Edited November 25, 2022 by Valiamo 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antsp Posted November 25, 2022 #4 Share Posted November 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Valiamo said: Can tell you from practical experience. On your cabin door there will be a Princess Prizes emblem, when you get near your door it will tell you if you have won a minor prize ~$25 OBC or have been entered in to the end of cruise drawing. You can try to scan your card every 10-15 minutes when the casino is open. We saw 1 time where we had "Entered into Final Draw" Edit.. The above is included in the Princess Premium package, or you can add $20 per day to play the screen and hope for a prize. End of cruise they draw (pre-draw) and announce several prizes for $25, $50 and then the cruise Grand Prize (up to $100,000) on our cruise, it was first announced that the grand prize would be $1,000, but it was actually $5,000. We happened to be in the Piazza when they announced the winners and it was a shock when they called our cabin and my name for the Grand Prize. It is a given as a cash prize ($50x $100 bills), and you have to complete the associated Tax documents. My wife's name was actually drawn for the Grand Prize, but they put my name on the cheque and I posed for photos with the Captain and the Cruise Directors. We later found out her name was drawn when we went to the Casino to pick up the prize. It is paying for our next cruise, when we head on a 16 night to Hawaii next year. It's no coincidence you where in the Plaza, that's why they chose you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caribensun Posted November 25, 2022 #5 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Congrats! I was in piazza on 3 different cruises this year and I did not get picked, probably luck of draw opening door. I have played 3 times now, nothing. Sandipalms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiamo Posted November 25, 2022 #6 Share Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, antsp said: It's no coincidence you where in the Plaza, that's why they chose you. Wish that was the case... but it just proved that we had WAY too many specialty Coffee's at the International Cafe. Especially when the wait staff would greet me by name and start making my Cappuccino. Edited November 25, 2022 by Valiamo 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perky1 Posted November 26, 2022 #7 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Do you have to play everyday or can you just pick a day here and there and play? Or is it only with the premier package? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare AnyMajorCruiseDude Posted November 26, 2022 #8 Share Posted November 26, 2022 21 hours ago, antsp said: It's no coincidence you where in the Plaza, that's why they chose you. We were in Sabatinis when the drawing was held. We won a prize, and the tracked us down. It's fun! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HBCcruiser Posted November 27, 2022 #9 Share Posted November 27, 2022 I won $250. It showed on my door that I had won and was on my account right away. It was non-refundable OBC. Fun! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattnTricia Posted November 27, 2022 #10 Share Posted November 27, 2022 We won a $250 from door. We didn't see it pop up on our door - just the congratulations. But it showed up on our bill. We enjoyed the fun of seeing the congratulations on the door when we opened it but looking at the bigger picture I am guessing this is a very nice profit center for princess and not something I would pay extra for if it wasn't bundled with the premier drink package we wanted. The drawing was pretty weak with 4100 people on board Discovery Princess and only like 3-4 small $25-$100 winners and the Grand Prize of $5000. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Roberto256 Posted November 27, 2022 #11 Share Posted November 27, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 10:37 PM, Valiamo said: Can tell you from practical experience. On your cabin door there will be a Princess Prizes emblem, when you get near your door it will tell you if you have won a minor prize ~$25 OBC or have been entered in to the end of cruise drawing. You can try to scan your card every 10-15 minutes when the casino is open. We saw 1 time where we had "Entered into Final Draw" Edit.. The above is included in the Princess Premium package, or you can add $20 per day to play the screen and hope for a prize. End of cruise they draw (pre-draw) and announce several prizes for $25, $50 and then the cruise Grand Prize (up to $100,000) on our cruise, it was first announced that the grand prize would be $1,000, but it was actually $5,000. We happened to be in the Piazza when they announced the winners and it was a shock when they called our cabin and my name for the Grand Prize. It is a given as a cash prize ($50x $100 bills), and you have to complete the associated Tax documents. My wife's name was actually drawn for the Grand Prize, but they put my name on the cheque and I posed for photos with the Captain and the Cruise Directors. We later found out her name was drawn when we went to the Casino to pick up the prize. It is paying for our next cruise, when we head on a 16 night to Hawaii next year. Who is the woman on the left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiamo Posted November 27, 2022 #12 Share Posted November 27, 2022 12 minutes ago, Roberto256 said: Who is the woman on the left? I have no idea. I believe she is one of the Cruise Assistants, but this was the only time that we saw her around the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar13 Posted November 27, 2022 #13 Share Posted November 27, 2022 She is Fortuna Luck - she calls bingo and other games. K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaver John Posted November 27, 2022 Author #14 Share Posted November 27, 2022 It appears this stops on Dec. 31. Just wonder if it will be renewed as we go later than that and have the upgrade that includes this. Oh well, we will see I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisequeen4ever Posted November 27, 2022 #15 Share Posted November 27, 2022 If you go the route of paying $20 to enter, do you have to enter for the whole cruise, or can you pick and choose 1 day here and there to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterfordBee Posted December 18, 2022 #16 Share Posted December 18, 2022 On 11/27/2022 at 5:13 PM, cruisequeen4ever said: If you go the route of paying $20 to enter, do you have to enter for the whole cruise, or can you pick and choose 1 day here and there to play? it would appear that once you choose the option (at whatever point it is during the cruise) you're in for the remaining days - and then cannot opt out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shubsens Posted December 19, 2022 #17 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) We did it for the week of our cruise and won nothing. Edited December 19, 2022 by shubsens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Raider Posted December 19, 2022 #18 Share Posted December 19, 2022 We've only had it twice as we had upgraded to the premier package on those two sailings. Each time, we won $25 obc and both times it was on the last day of the cruise. We were happy enough with that. It went onto our account as obc. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointman0311 Posted December 19, 2022 #19 Share Posted December 19, 2022 We are doing it as well. On 6th day of cruise and won a bunch of drawings tickets and 1 $25 credit. I'm curious if each time you win a drawing ticket if it counts or you only get one ticket. There is no way to check. Also cruise lady told me if you win they leave a voicemail on your cabin phone too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmt1 Posted December 26, 2022 #20 Share Posted December 26, 2022 I wonder as well. Do the more cruise drawing entry’s that you receive count toward the end of cruise winning (like does more of those increase your chance of winning)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldsc Posted December 26, 2022 #21 Share Posted December 26, 2022 I do not cruise Princess but let me make sure that I have this correctly. They charge you to enter some sort of contest where you can win prizes of undefined value or maybe nothing at all. Do I have it write as it isn't clear from reading the contest rules. Does anyone win anything of value. DON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted December 26, 2022 #22 Share Posted December 26, 2022 15 minutes ago, donaldsc said: I do not cruise Princess but let me make sure that I have this correctly. They charge you to enter some sort of contest where you can win prizes of undefined value or maybe nothing at all. Do I have it write as it isn't clear from reading the contest rules. Does anyone win anything of value. DON ??? why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Raider Posted December 27, 2022 #23 Share Posted December 27, 2022 3 hours ago, donaldsc said: I do not cruise Princess but let me make sure that I have this correctly. They charge you to enter some sort of contest where you can win prizes of undefined value or maybe nothing at all. Do I have it write as it isn't clear from reading the contest rules. Does anyone win anything of value. DON Yes, they do! There has been a drawing at the end of each cruise since this started and the grand prize is $5000 in cash. The people next door to us won that grand prize on our last cruise. It’s gambling, such as buying a lottery ticket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted December 27, 2022 #24 Share Posted December 27, 2022 10 hours ago, donaldsc said: I do not cruise Princess but let me make sure that I have this correctly. They charge you to enter some sort of contest where you can win prizes of undefined value or maybe nothing at all. Do I have it write as it isn't clear from reading the contest rules. Does anyone win anything of value. DON You get an entry every time you unlock your door with the Medallion and then open and close it if you are at sea while the casino is open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregbear Posted April 11 #25 Share Posted April 11 Well, I checked the odds, but it doesn't ßm state 'frequency' ie, each cruise, so many days etc. So, even though it says 1 in 2000 win $250, it doesn't say how often... very unclear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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