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ap·pease /əˈpēz/ verb pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands.

There are large, well known online travel agencies that (almost) always offer prices lower than what you can get directly from any of the cruise lines. They offer ADDITIONAL OBC and added perks that are NOT offered by the cruise lines. No waiting for HOURS on hold... no getting transferred from one clueless agent to another. Book through them instead of through the cruise lines. I have done so for over 10 years and over 35 cruises... (the most recent was just yesterday) with NEVER a complaint.

Not if you MUST be in bed before 9PM. 😉

Just got off the Sky Princess yesterday, the 14 days from Southampton to Fort Lauderdale. The bed was wonderful, same for the comforter and pillows. Slept like a baby over those two weeks, I would strongly recommend that you book a trip on the Sky. 😉

Nicely done! You MUST lead a charmed life! 😉

You should consider booking your cruises with someone else. A quick search revealed a 15 night Panama Canal cruise on Emerald Princess, January 2nd through January 17th, in a balcony cabin for $2249pp with an additional $443pp for port charges, taxes and fees.

I had a similar (but not as bad as your) problem with Princess IT. They "lost" SIX cruises totaling 103 nights. It has taken DOZENS of calls and emails and over TEN MONTHS to get my cruise history reinstated.

It has taken TEN MONTHS for the I.T. Wizards at Princess to finally correct my cruise history.

You can indeed upload your security photo without using the "APP from Hell," I've done it. After TEN *L*O*N*G* MONTHS, a dozen phone calls, and MANY hours talking to (and on hold with) numerous customer service reps, MY nightmare scenario with Princess has FINALLY been resolved. When I logged into my personalizer, someone else's name, birthdate and security photo was there! Princess IT also managed to "LOSE" any and all record of SIX cruises and 103 nights, out of my NINE cruises and 148 nights with them. Here's the text of the email I finally received... Good day Mr. C Thank you so much for your email and the information you provided. We were able to find your cruises because of this and have added them back to your account. We have sent a request over to our IT dept. in the hopes that they will be able to see why this happened. In the meantime, please see your member number below. We have also refreshed your upcoming sailings to reflect your Platinum status. If I had not kept old emails from Princess showing the booking numbers and dates of those "lost" cruises, I expect they would STILL be "lost."

There are MANY people who simply WILL NOT believe this... but you almost always will loose money and/or OBC/perks by booking directly. There are online cruise/travel agencies with lower prices and/or more perks.

Agree completely. I cruised exclusively with Celebrity for five years... never less than 14 nights at a time. Their penny wise and utterly pound foolish idea to not allow shareholder OBC to be combined with other benefits 😠 is what caused me to seek greener pastures. Princess gives me an absolute MINIMUM of $500 OBC every time I set foot on one of their ships. (I don't book cruises that are less than 14 nights) I know that $500 OBC "costs" them less than $50 but makes me a very, VERY happy Crooners' Camper. 😄 If that $300 of OBC, (which "costs" them less than 50 bucks) gets them even FIVE bookings, they are MANY thousands of dollars ahead... with opportunities for thousands more spent on board.

From deluxe balcony to mini suite for only $90/pp... VERY nicely done! I would DEFINITELY take C409 with the angled balcony and lower deck. Have fun!

Martinis "cost" the cruiser $14.00. Martinis "cost" the cruise line less than a buck. $100,000 at "retail." Actual "cost" to the cruise line... I would wager at well under $5,000. The BENEFIT to the cruise line from happy cruisers... PRICELESS. Do you think cruise lines will "cut back" on their comped casino cruises? Not a CHANCE.

I have done NINE cruises on Princess for a total of 148 nights. Princess has "LOST" any record (booking numbers) of SIX of those cruises, a total of 103 nights. I have emails from Princess... to me... showing the six "lost" booking numbers and my progression to Platinum. Captain's Circle reps at corporate have utterly ignored any and all communication from me on several different occasions. It seems they expect ME to forget those 103 cruise nights worth of loyalty just like they did. I am planning on presenting hard copies of those emails and even all of my saved cruise cards from those trips to the Captain's Circle rep on my upcoming cruise. I can't wait to hear their explanation.

Either way... HH or Happy Hour... dangerous! 😮

What the heck took you SSOOO LONG??? 😁

We did Caribbean Princess at Pier 27 in April. From on the bus to onboard in 20 minutes. Much, MUCH faster and nicer than earlier experiences at Pier 35.

I would take 712 0ver 720. Closer to stairs/elevator but still VERY little traffic past your door. Probably some noise during the day from the Wake View Bar/pool deck above you, but probably not so much real early or real late. The video from post #3 above gives you a good idea of what is overhead. Was on Enchanted for 10 days in January, and will be again for her 14 day transatlantic in March '23. The ship is nothing short of Drop Dead GORGEOUS.

I agree. There is STILL absolutely NO NEED to do ANYTHING "through the app" OR online. Just show up at the pier with your passport, credit card, vax card and negative test. The Medallion and the APP are THE biggest negatives to cruising on Princess.

You guys are my HEROES! 😃

Have used EZ Air on 9 out of 9 Princess cruises... Panama Canal, transatlantics, transpacifics, and Alaska... never had even a minor hiccup. Fares for international flights are significantly cheaper than through the airlines. (domestic flights... not much of a better deal) Booked EZ Air 5 days ago for yet another transatlantic on Enchanted in March. Initial quote from Tucson to Fort Lauderdale, and from Barcelona back to Tucson was $702pp. Have already rebooked at only $549pp. 😁 You get to pick the flights that suit you the best. I get two free bags on Delta so usually pick them even if those flights are a little more because we save $200 on luggage fees. ($50/bag times four times two)

NOBODY is goofy enough to believe THAT! 🤣

The $250 shareholder OBC is per cabin... NOT per person. Only one of the cabin occupants is required to own the 100 shares. (It does NOT work if you each own 50 shares)

Recently did an 18 night Panama Canal cruise on Caribbean Princess. I submitted the shareholder request by email on a Friday... boarded on Monday...shareholder OBC, military OBC, and agent OBC were all there. 😁 Why am I a fan of Princess? In my ten cruises, they have given me FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS in OBC. 😉 We have another $500 coming in October on the Diamond.😀