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Playing cards (any Pinochle players out there), Music, and animals
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Celebrity-love the gelato!
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Europe
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TessieTravels started following Discounts disappearing , HELP! NCL to Celebrity.... and NCL Steals and Deals
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White & Gold Themed Formal Night anymore?
TessieTravels replied to TessieTravels's topic in Princess Cruises
Thank you everyone, I have not had such a enjoyable read through as this one, my cheeks STILL hurt from smiling and laughing so hard at some of your comments and photos. -
We will be on the Island Princess in Dec for a 10-day cruise and there was an inquiry if anyone was aware if Princess still did White & Gold Themed Formal Night as the second formal night anymore. Does anyone have any suggestion on who to contact with Princess to get that question answered or does anyone have any current knowledge of this?
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Wink87, yes it is still possible, but what I have learned is just to check your booking regularly on the Princess website and take Thrks advice and write a letter to the CEO if you run into any issues with the auto upgrades. At the end of the day, I am sure that Princess wants to keep you as a happy and loyal customer. I will report back if I run into any changes as we are in the home stretch and we sail in 79 days!!!
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TravelGirlinDallas, I did get an email notifying me of my auto upgrade before I assigned my booking to a travel agent. This second time, they notified my TA, but she didn't say that Princess said it was a auto upgrade, she just asked me if I requested the cabin change. I have read where others were not notified, nor was their TA and they found out just by checking their booking. However, the response they received from Princess is that they did notify via email. So, the valuable lesson I have learned is that even though I am now working with a TA, I am routinely checking my booking to see if I still have the cabin I booked/wanted.
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sandancer...WHAT!?!? oh my gosh, what is going on? I'm giggling over here because now nothing is making sense. That is so bizarre that you have been moved aft from mid-ship. Okay, new theory, maybe Princess is just wanting us to talk about them. Isn't there a saying that even bad news is good news because they are talking about us...
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Sloopsailor, you are so right! By the way, I wish I had thought about doing that to test my theory, because had I done so, it wouldn't have supported it. That is perplexing. I have to tell you, I am so grateful to everyone for engaging in this thread, I have learned so much and I LOVE cruising and talking about cruising. Everyone's thoughts, tips, strategies are invaluable to me. Thank you so much!
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Thrak, thank you for the tip. I do realize that at the end of the day, Princess wants to keep us happy, but sometimes the "mechanisms" in place may cause some of their passengers undue stress and frustration. But, now as I think about this, could this be a means to have us constantly thinking about our upcoming sailing as well??? I hope you don't mind my stealing your idea if they "upgrade" us again. Not only for this sailing, but that is a valuable nugget of information for future sailings and even if it is on another brand. Truly genius, because how often do those at the top hear from those of us using/loving/enjoying their products?
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Princess Sweet Pea, once I started researching it and wondering why, I started seeing a trend as well. I think I have come to the conclusion that companies do have to try different ideas/strategies in order to see the response and not get stale or complacent. So, maybe the response they are getting is more positive then some of us outliers that prefer the Aft or Forward cabins. I can see the excitement in getting a "you've been upgraded" message and if stats show that mid-ship is more desirable, Princess maybe receiving more positive feedback. But, then again, I heard with their new bidding for upgrades, why would they be also doing these auto upgrades.
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Yes, and we are looking to move my mom from an inside cabin down the hall E716 to the OV E732 (but it is on the starboard side which Princess said was going to be an isolation hallway), so I have been checking Princess's website to see if/when they possibly open E733 since we are now in E737. My other though is to just to move her to the OV and then hope either E733 becomes available or, maybe if they upgrade her to a balcony, it won't really matter where she is on the ship because at least she is in a balcony and it will be another vantage point we get to experience the canal at. We haven't been able to find anyone to travel with her, so she tends to prefer the inside cabins and then has been fortunate to get upgraded. But, if she is in an inside cabin, we prefer to have her close to us so that she can enjoy the balcony with us.