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I'm glad I used the website. I don't have "popular" or "normal" allergens and there is no way to list other items from what I can see here. On the website, there is an Other box with a freeform entry.

I haven't sailed Princess in a while and my allergies are different from yours, but I was watching videos on YouTube and they showed a whole section of gluten-free pastries and muffins at breakfast and at least one gluten-free dessert was shown each day. Every cruise I have been on they recommend that you not eat in the buffet if you have allergies, but mine are mostly annoyances, not life threatening. At the buffet, someone can get a chef to help you with ingredient info. I'm sure there is at least one non-dairy "milk" on board, but if you want a specific brand or type, I would recommend bringing your own. Although this is a really old email address, you can and reach out to dietaryrequest@princesscruises.com with your questions.

Actually, that is not true. One of my daughter's friends when growing up could not go to restaurants that served certain types of seafood because the oils (or something) can become airborne and he would have very serious life-threatening reactions. When they went on a school trip, he had to stay on the bus for one restaurant because there was a last-minute substitution of places and he couldn't go into the restaurant. Luckily, his mom had packed a ton of non-perishable meals for him just in case.

Thanks!! That is really good to know.

@chrysalis Thank you for the menus. Were you able to see all of them at the beginning of the cruise, or did you capture them on different days?

Once I have gift cards, do I need to give the info to my TA to may payments, or can I do it online on the Princess site?

Good to know. Thanks. We had a surprisingly easy time at LAX this past Feb (but we stayed at an LAX hotel with a shuttle, rather than trying to get an Uber and all), so I wasn't as "anti" big airport as I normally would be.

Thanks. We live in the midwest at a small airport, so very little is direct. Also, for this trip, we'll have a companion pass, so Southwest will most likely be the cheapest and all of the surrounding airports when I checked different dates (ours aren't out yet), were within $10 of each other. We do not plan on flying in the day of the cruise. I'm wound a bit too tightly to be able to handle doing that. 🙂 I'm guessing since Long Beach is so much closer, the Uber or whatever transport we take to our hotel will be less expensive too hopefull.

These look like they have square holes and the pictures of the medallion look round. Does the medallion stay secure in this?

If price, airline choice, and route are all about equal, which airport would you choose for heading to San Pedro for a short hotel stay and then a cruise, and why?

When NCL switched from Pepsi to Coke, they included Coke Zero and that made me very happy. I'm debating whether or not to get a soda package on our upcoming Princess cruise because I strongly prefer Coke 0, but can stomach the diet as long as it isn't served in the can. I'm glad we can still carry on sodas and waters on Princess. We'll at a minimum bring diet mt dew for hubby since he doesn't like colas really at all.

I know it was a long time ago, but we stayed at the Doubletree in 2017 and loved it. I was only Gold back then and we were upgraded to a suite on the top floor overlooking the marina. We spent two nights there and enjoyed the overall experience. Service was good, hotel was clean. I'm looking at it again for an upcoming cruise, but we may end up at the Crowne Plaza depending on points and costs. I wiped out my Marriott and Hilton points on our last big vacation.

Do they charge for the shuttle if you are staying there, or is it included in the price?

Please let me know how your rental with Enterprise goes. We did something similar in 2017 and returning the car was a long and hard process. They didn't have anywhere to line the cars up to return, so the employees would go and put one car away before processing the next. What we did was hubby dropped me at the ship with all of the luggage and then he walked from Enterprise to the ship. It is too long of a walk for me, but not for him.

Someone complaining on another cruise lines forum said that with the Princess app, you could see the menus for the whole voyage so that you could pick which nights you would prefer to do specialty dining or the buffet, etc. Is this true or an exaggeration?