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1 hour ago, muffydawg said:

For our October 2024 Island Princess voyage I found EZ Air was easily $900.00pp more expensive for biz class than booking directly with the airline.

I just checked our business class airfare with Virgin Atlantic in September. With easy air we are paying $4592.72 for TWO people. Virgin Atlantic wants $5772 for ONE person for the same exact flight. We swear by EZ Air for international flights.

31 minutes ago, nasa1974 said:

@sadiwest

For the most part I have had good luck with EZAir. I have had no problem booking a flight a day early and I wouldn't think two days early would be a problem. You have a pretty good selection of flights and times. They don't offer budget airlines.  Also depending on the airline, you can't pick your seats until final payment. I don't remember which airlines.

A few years ago, I used EZAir for flights to and from Fort Lauderdale. I noticed that our flights had gotten cheaper by about $200. I was able to rebook with no fees.

We quite often fly in 3 to 4 days early & use EZ air all the time.

7 minutes ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

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If you look up gratuities, all suites are $23.00 per day, per person. We will likely not use the butler & ask for nothing more from a room steward than if we were in a regular cabin. It seems quite steep to us 

$23.oo per day, per guest seems a little steep to us. As a rule we very seldom ask for anything especial.

This will be our first time in a Magic Carpet Sky suite. Are tips included? Also does Celebrity offer one bag of laundry in a Sky Suite?

We usually book balcony cabins.

3 hours ago, ROCruiser said:

Can we still use cash and not the Medallion? 

Do we still use the Medallion, then cash to start playing?

On 3/1/2024 at 9:30 PM, Mark_K said:

Very few passengers do. As far as your question in the title, it’s up to you whether to feel out of place or to feel superior.

If you want to wear a Tuxedo why must you either feel out of place or superior? Can't you just be happy?

We are sailing on the Beyond in July. We are in cabin 6202. How is this corner Magic carpet sky suite?

We are planning on a C.C> slot pull in May. With the Medallion used on the slot machine, can people still put in their cash to play when it is their turn?

8 hours ago, Thrak said:

On a 12 day cruise you will most likely end up with 2 "Formal" nights and 1 "Dress to Impress" night. On our recent 63 day (6 cruise) trip we found that pretty much nobody but us was aware of the "Dress to Impress" nights. To us it was "odd" that nobody seemed to have a clue. We got asked, "Is it a Formal Night or something?" multiple times. Perhaps it was the region - Australia/New Zealand - but we have never seen so few people who "dressed" for the specialty nights. Also, we have never seen people in the main dining rooms in such an "under dressed" fashion - not only on the "Formal" or "Dress to Impress" nights but also on regular nights. We have never seen people in such ratty and tacky clothing in a Princess dining room. Ratty shirts and shorts and flip flops in the Main Dining Rooms didn't use to be allowed.

 

Yes, all of the "It's MY cruise so bite me!" people can shake their heads at the uptight old fart but... Cruising used to be more dignified and people seemed to have more dignity and self respect. While the dress of others didn't "ruin our cruise" it certainly was sad to see such a tacky display of "The People of Walmart" dress.

Pretty soon people will wear their painting clothes & farm mucking boots to dinner. After All "it is their cruise." As my Mother always said "Class will tell."

We both applied for GE renewal in June of 2023. I received my card in about 3 weeks. We are STILL waiting for my hubbies approval 7 months later.

Since we now must use our medallion for slot play, how does a slot tournament work? Can people still put in their own $15 & play/ I need help from someone who has recently done a Princess slot tournament

Yes. I made the early payment while flight was 4 1/2 months away

We took early payment for our air fare May 4 to London. Yesterday I found a lower price by nearly $500 & changed our flight. My question is: what will happen with the nearly $500 we saved? This is nearly 4 months away still. The Princess EZ it website let me make the change. Now what happens?

Just got off the Celebrity Constellation today. Some old, same old every day for breakfast. Menu no more extensive than Princess. We felt the menu & food quality is much better on Princess.

On 12/3/2023 at 11:27 AM, coaster said:

Loving your reports. We board after your cruise. Did same ship and itinerary in March and had to do it again. Nice part it is for 12 nights and not 11 like last time. Thinking it gives the ship some extra time to get back in case of fog. Not to jinx it...

 

Is Colon still on for tomorrow? Ships have not stopped there the past few weeks due to the mining protests in Panama.

Hi Neighbor:

We board as well on Dec. 10. Can't wait.

On 8/5/2023 at 4:44 AM, possum52 said:

It may be out of many cruisers' budget as it is quite pricey. It's certainly in a great position and very convenient to ferries and other public transport as well as cafes and restaurants.

Literally the best hotel we have ever stayed in.

On 11/7/2023 at 8:29 AM, Saint Greg said:

I think they’re still working out the kinks in this schedule.

 

You are so lucky Carlos Oscar is an absolute riot.

My vote is for the Moxey Hotel. We stay there every time we sail out of Southampton/

OMG! Yes. We just got off the Caribbean Princess. No strip steak on the daily available. Formal night: no steak, no prime rib, no lobster. The best thing on the menu was orange duck, a very small piece & quite dry. I never thought I would see the day there was meatloaf on an "upscale" cruise line, but I did this sailing. We feel the quality of food has gone way down hill since Covid, and sadly we are paying more to cruise.

The ship was short staffed and it took a minimum of 10 minutes to get a beverage. There were 2 times we never got our drink.

We have very few problems with the Princess app, and prefer Princess over all as our cruise line.

21 minutes ago, Esjung1 said:

Waterloo train was awesome, about $16pp and it took 1 hr 15 minutes to Southampton.  The train drops you about 1.5 miles from the cruise dock, we took a taxi as it was too far to walk with luggage. That cost an additional $10 for all 4 of us. We stayed in London 2 nights prior to getting on the Regal and our hotel was literally right outside the Waterloo train station so this was super convenient.  We also took the Elizabeth line/Northern Line from Heathrow into London and had no issues, much cheaper than an uber. 

What hotel did you stay at?

I watched the Power up video two weeks ago & still have not gotten my 30 points. Did I watch the video too late.

I just checked our one way flight from London to Tampa. Our same exact flight by the airline is $5899. We are booked with an EZ air flexible flight for $1949.96. If the price goes down (which it has a few times) we merely cancel the existing booking & book at the new lower price.

For international travel we always use EZ air.

1 hour ago, Luvcrusn said:

I agree wholeheartedly. The spin put on this by LHB had me dizzy...in fact still does. Three PUPS won't come close to curing my equilibrium.

Another in total agreement!