shirazcruiser Posted June 22, 2023 #1 Share Posted June 22, 2023 We just booked a 21 day Sun Princess Suite cabin R/T Barcelona that is actually 3 - 7 day segments. I thought I read somewhere that even though I booked it as 1 cruise that I will receive the benefits that each segment offers such as a free mini-bar setup per segment (3 total) and specialty dining on the 1st night of each segment. Has anyone experienced this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted June 22, 2023 #2 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) Yes you should get a fresh mini bar on each 7 day segment and a free specialty dinner on each embarkation night. Just as a note on our recent b2b cruise in June they did not zero out our folio after the first week but carried the balance over to the second week. That was a first for us Edited June 22, 2023 by memoak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare fpsphil Posted June 22, 2023 #3 Share Posted June 22, 2023 About to board the Enchanted for a 3 segment cruise. Will post if we get the mini bar after each 7 day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted June 22, 2023 Author #4 Share Posted June 22, 2023 1 minute ago, fpsphil said: About to board the Enchanted for a 3 segment cruise. Will post if we get the mini bar after each 7 day Thank you! Did you book as 3 separate cruises or 1- 21 day cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare fpsphil Posted June 22, 2023 #5 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Just now, shirazcruiser said: Thank you! Did you book as 3 separate cruises or 1- 21 day cruise? 1 14 day and then an additional 7 day on top. I have a live from thread going as well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted June 22, 2023 Author #6 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, memoak said: Yes you should get a fresh mini bar on each 7 day segment and a free specialty dinner on each embarkation night. Just as a note on our recent b2b cruise in June they did not zero out our folio after the first week but carried the balance over to the second week. That was a first for us My cruise is not a B2B2B, but 1 - 21 day cruise that could be booked as 3-7 days. Thanks for responding. Edited June 22, 2023 by shirazcruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted June 22, 2023 Author #7 Share Posted June 22, 2023 1 minute ago, fpsphil said: 1 14 day and then an additional 7 day on top. I have a live from thread going as well Could you tell me the live thread so I can follow along? Have a great cruise! We just got back last month from a 14 day Iceland cruise on the Sky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare fpsphil Posted June 22, 2023 #8 Share Posted June 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, shirazcruiser said: Could you tell me the live thread so I can follow along? Have a great cruise! We just got back last month from a 14 day Iceland cruise on the Sky! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LACruiser88 Posted June 23, 2023 #9 Share Posted June 23, 2023 39 minutes ago, memoak said: zero out our folio after the first week but carried the balance over to the second week. That was a first for us We do lots of b2b's, they have always carried our folio over to the following voyage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyj Posted June 23, 2023 #10 Share Posted June 23, 2023 9 hours ago, shirazcruiser said: We just booked a 21 day Sun Princess Suite cabin R/T Barcelona that is actually 3 - 7 day segments. I thought I read somewhere that even though I booked it as 1 cruise that I will receive the benefits that each segment offers such as a free mini-bar setup per segment (3 total) and specialty dining on the 1st night of each segment. Has anyone experienced this? Yes, you should get a mini bar setup and specialty dinner for each segment. If you look at your cruise history, you should see your cruise listed as a future sailing with 6 credits. You will receive a credit for each segment and an extra credit for being in a full suite, even though you booked as one 21 day sailing. The Princess system recognizes it is actually three, seven day sailings. Depending on your particular situation if you are a shareholder and use FCD’s, sometimes the math works better to book as one 21 day sailing or 3 separate seven day sailings. Booking as a 21 day guarantees you to be in same cabin, booking as 3 separate can be challenging getting same cabin, but easier the earlier you book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn0cruiser Posted June 23, 2023 #11 Share Posted June 23, 2023 We just got off a 21 day Barcelona to Barcelona suite trip booked as 21 days. We got a mini bar service each of the 7 day legs (and canapés). We only got the champagne and specialty dining the very first day of the cruise not the start of each segment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted June 23, 2023 Author #12 Share Posted June 23, 2023 4 hours ago, wallyj said: Yes, you should get a mini bar setup and specialty dinner for each segment. If you look at your cruise history, you should see your cruise listed as a future sailing with 6 credits. You will receive a credit for each segment and an extra credit for being in a full suite, even though you booked as one 21 day sailing. The Princess system recognizes it is actually three, seven day sailings. Depending on your particular situation if you are a shareholder and use FCD’s, sometimes the math works better to book as one 21 day sailing or 3 separate seven day sailings. Booking as a 21 day guarantees you to be in same cabin, booking as 3 separate can be challenging getting same cabin, but easier the earlier you book. Thank you for responding. I looked under my cruise history and it does in fact show 6 credits so since we're Elite we should get 6 mini bar setups...I guess we'll end up with 6 bottles of wine since we have the Plus Pkg. We always try to book the same cabin on a B2B...hate to repack and move...only done it once. One other nice thing about booking all 21 days is that there are excursions available for the turn around days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted June 23, 2023 Author #13 Share Posted June 23, 2023 29 minutes ago, Sn0cruiser said: We just got off a 21 day Barcelona to Barcelona suite trip booked as 21 days. We got a mini bar service each of the 7 day legs (and canapés). We only got the champagne and specialty dining the very first day of the cruise not the start of each segment. Why would they give you 3 mini bars, but not 3 dinners? It's like half acknowledgement. Did you ask Customer Service or the Concierge Manager (if you had a Concierge Lounge) about dinner on the 2nd & 3rd leg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn0cruiser Posted June 25, 2023 #14 Share Posted June 25, 2023 No - the other two legs were very long days with late and large lunches (Rome and Athens) so didn’t feel like much for dinner anyway. Otherwise we would have asked why it wasn’t offered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted August 8, 2023 Author #15 Share Posted August 8, 2023 With the change to the Plus Package that now includes NEW 2 casual dining meals....would I receive 2 per leg if I booked a 21 day suite cruise (that can be sold as 3 - 7 day sailings) since I'm receiving 6 credits or would I just receive the 2 casual dining meals for the entire sailing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDDY0827 Posted August 8, 2023 #16 Share Posted August 8, 2023 2 per passenger per cruise segment. Your total will be 6 casual dining visits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted August 8, 2023 Author #17 Share Posted August 8, 2023 5 hours ago, EDDY0827 said: 2 per passenger per cruise segment. Your total will be 6 casual dining visits. Yea! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted August 8, 2023 #18 Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 6/22/2023 at 7:29 PM, shirazcruiser said: My cruise is not a B2B2B, but 1 - 21 day cruise that could be booked as 3-7 days. Thanks for responding. It technically is a B2B2B because of the fact that your 21-nights is a combination of the three 7-nighters. One issue - thus far - is that the new casual dining benefit is supposedly only going to apply once for folks with limited visits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted August 8, 2023 #19 Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 6/23/2023 at 9:16 AM, shirazcruiser said: One other nice thing about booking all 21 days is that there are excursions available for the turn around days. They would be available anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted August 8, 2023 Author #20 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Steelers36 said: It technically is a B2B2B because of the fact that your 21-nights is a combination of the three 7-nighters. One issue - thus far - is that the new casual dining benefit is supposedly only going to apply once for folks with limited visits. So you're saying 2 visits for each one of us for the 21 days? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted August 8, 2023 #21 Share Posted August 8, 2023 7 hours ago, shirazcruiser said: With the change to the Plus Package that now includes NEW 2 casual dining meals....would I receive 2 per leg if I booked a 21 day suite cruise (that can be sold as 3 - 7 day sailings) since I'm receiving 6 credits or would I just receive the 2 casual dining meals for the entire sailing? See Post #18. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted August 8, 2023 #22 Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 minute ago, shirazcruiser said: So you're saying 2 visits for each one of us for the 21 days? Same issue exists on Premier plan for the SD credits. You get 2 per voyage booked. Lots of folks not happy there - and I agree - that it isn't fair to get 2 visits on a 6/7 night voyage and the same on a 22-nighter (could be a physical 22 nights and not a combo. How about a World Cruiser for 111+ nights and only getting 2 visits period? Time will tell if this ever changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted August 8, 2023 Author #23 Share Posted August 8, 2023 2 minutes ago, Steelers36 said: Same issue exists on Premier plan for the SD credits. You get 2 per voyage booked. Lots of folks not happy there - and I agree - that it isn't fair to get 2 visits on a 6/7 night voyage and the same on a 22-nighter (could be a physical 22 nights and not a combo. How about a World Cruiser for 111+ nights and only getting 2 visits period? Time will tell if this ever changes. There seems to be come inconsistency in that I've read that I'll receive 6 mini bars (we're Elite), 3 specialty dinners; however, but you say only 2 Casual Dining Meals....Princess should clarify these perks since my account reflects 6 credits as if I booked 3- 7 day sailings. Hopefully, some other passengers with longer sailings that consist of multi-cruises will report on their experience. I won't die one way or the other...as I might have limited opportunities to casual dining with a port intensive sailing, but it would be nice to have the option. Thanks for responding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzrbachoua Posted August 8, 2023 #24 Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 6/22/2023 at 4:25 PM, fpsphil said: About to board the Enchanted for a 3 segment cruise. Will post if we get the mini bar after each 7 day can you also share if you have to pay the $5 rs fee being in a suite you get the extended menu as part of the perk and so far no one has been able to confirm if suites will still have to pay that $5 fee despite it being part of the perks to have a suite...we are in one this September... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirazcruiser Posted August 8, 2023 Author #25 Share Posted August 8, 2023 On 6/22/2023 at 7:25 PM, fpsphil said: About to board the Enchanted for a 3 segment cruise. Will post if we get the mini bar after each 7 day I followed your sailing, but I don't recall if you mentioned whether you received 3 mini bar setups during your cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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