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2 hours ago, MacMadame said:

Yes to all of this. Including the sleeve! LOL

I love buffets because I can have a bite of everything and don't have to pick one thing. This almost always requires serving myself as servers just don't understand what "a tiny bit" or "just a bite" means.

I agree with this.  There have been times when I saw something I'd never had before.  I want a small bit so I don't waste it if I don't like it.

2 hours ago, Bemidji Ty said:

Changes I would make are: 1. Service in buffet would be cafeteria style where you hold your plate and staff serves the food.  

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2. Teach the staff to read their audience.

No.  I go to the buffet so I can have the quantity of food I want and the part of the food I want.  For the latter, I'll give an example.  Let's say there's a meat dish that contains the meat, carrots, and mushrooms.  I would want to service myself the meat and carrots portion of the dish.  If I got the mushrooms, they would be wasted because I wouldn't eat them.

I agree with your point 2.

5 minutes ago, DonEllen said:

Also, are breakfast and lunch just walkup service?

yes

This bidding for an upgrade is silly if they don't tell what cabin you are bidding on. 

What is also funny is that Princess says the Crown this weekend (20 Apr) is fully booked but it still allowed me to start the process of bidding. (Didn't complete the process.  What Princess and I call great cabins are two different things.)

39 minutes ago, DonEllen said:

Why are people having to make reservations in order to have a meal? Why can't people just go to the buffet or MDR and get seated?

You can walk up to the MDR and eat.  However, most people do make reservations.  Also, the turnover in the MDR is slower than the buffet. 

11 hours ago, MsSoCalCruiser said:

What’s wrong with Cali? 

"Cali" is a city in Colombia and the name of my mom's cat. 

The sound of "Cali" when referring to the state ranks right up there with fingernails on a chalkboard.

What is causing tree nut/peanut allergy?  When I was a kid (1950s to 1970s), no one had allergies to nuts.

2 hours ago, suzyed said:

Leave it to Southwest!  Always the jokesters!

Note a joke.  There is an actual, serious warning.  If you look, you can see the same time of warning on other "peanut free" snacks.

Southwest proudly serves a non-peanut snack.  What's funny is that the package says the snack was made in a factory that also made peanut snacks.

Airliners are "reborn" every few years when they go in for major maintenance.  Same thing with ships. When they go into dry dock, they come out as a somewhat different ship.  After multiple dry docks over 26 years, it's doubtful much of the original ship is there

8 hours ago, startedwithamouse said:

Just try not to bring peanuts onboard due to allergies other guests may have.

 

Even if you consume in your cabin, there's peanut dust. 

So for the sake of maybe 2-3% of the cruising population, 97-98% of the cruising population should not eat peanuts? 

I don't think fish should be served onboard because the smell can make me feel sick.    (Same thing as the peanuts allergy)

On 4/2/2024 at 6:30 PM, MsSoCalCruiser said:

My wish would be…

 

That they would make the Casino smoke free. Yea, smokers are slime and should not be allowed on ships (I'm not a smoker.  I quit many years ago  But I think smokers should be able to smoker in at least one place inside.)

 

That they would make Dairy Free items like chocolate cake. If I can purchase Vegan cupcakes at Whole Foods why can’t I find one on a Princess cruise? You need to make your request known to Princess.

That all ships had signs in the international café and the buffet listing allergens. I have seen photos of signs on, I believe it was the Sky Princess but I have never seen signs on any of my cruises. You can always ask the server behind the counter.

 

That they had Dole Whip on the Lido deck so I could have a cone too instead of me watching my family and friends eat all of the good stuff.  ??? You mean you want a Dole Whip Cone?

 

I know that I have a lot of food wishes but it totally stinks to be told that I can’t eat until the next day when the MDR opens. That has actually happened to me on more than one occasion. Stupid dairy allergy. 

 

 

11 hours ago, beshears said:

... the Princess paper (yes I can see it on the TV as well as the app, but I prefer the OLD fashion way.) ,,,

    Agree.  It is hard to highlight the TV or app.

6 hours ago, 555 said:

It's easier for some people to complain about the subject. 

Or maybe it's only to boast they count so they can look important. 

.Perhaps even to boost their count?  (Sorry - the grammar *** took over when I read your post.  Also, I wanted to boost by count.

Don't forget - the robe is one size fits all, er, most, er, some, er a teeny tiny guy named All Most Some.

16 hours ago, Snaxmuppet said:

This is funny. Who cares what it is called. I am taking it. It has proven very useful in the past. 🙂 

 

BTW I have better things to do with my valuable time than research the history of duck/duct tape thank you very much 🙂 

I can't think of a better use of my time than learning about things.  Really helps in trivia contests.

2 hours ago, EDVM96 said:

 

It's actually speed tape in this case,

10 minutes ago, ArizonaStorm said:

Lock it and burn it!  Get a life!

Or just skip the topic when you see it.  The topic may not interest you but it might interest others.

2 hours ago, taxmantoo said:

Just curious... why would anyone need this onboard? 

I started carrying either a multi-tool or a Swiss Army Knife all the time a few months ago.  I don't use them all the time but it is nice to have when I do need a pair of pliers, scissors, screwdriver, etc.

On 3/30/2024 at 11:12 AM, beg3yrs said:

Yes, you need to contact AARP.

 

Emails are NOT the gift cards. My emails look like this:

That order number is part of your gift card number but isn't complete. Nor does it have a PIN. You must go through to "Get your reward" for the complete information you can print/save to a file and so on.

I understand that,  I was posting what the email shows and what happens when I press "get your reward" now that it has been over 6 month since I bought the last card. 

It honestly never occurred to me I would need more than just the gift card number and PIN in order to use the gift card onboard,

I know what the list of prohibited items says on the Princess page.  But, it's probably up to security to interpret the rules.

Princess says no knives with a blade of 2.5 inches.  The Gerber Dime's blade length is 1.38 inches.

Has anyone had any problem getting the Dime on board?  Although the blade length is less than 2.5 inches, I'm just wondering if security might consider the length of the blade plus the length of the tool's body to exceed the maximum length.

51 minutes ago, KKB said:

 

Odd. Just bought 2 this week from AARP....when you open the gift card from the email, the gift card is on it.

I have just given my phone w/ the screenshot of the gift card to the rep at guest services; no one ever needed a printed copy.

This is what I have in my emails:  

When I click "get your reward", I get this:

10 minutes ago, beg3yrs said:

You should have received an email from AARP for each card you purchased. Each email has a link to the associated card. That link takes you to a webpage with your card number and PIN on it. On that same page is a link to "Print" the page. I always save to a PDF which is usually an option under the Print but may be on the same page. Anyway, you can print from the card page or print the PDF file you've saved.

 

I once tried to give customer service a simple list of card numbers and pins. They would not accept that. They wanted printed pages. I had to go to the Internet Cafe and go through my emails (again) and print the cards onboard.

I either didn't see or ignored the print option. I still have the emails from July-September 2023 but the links on all of the emails have expired.  The emails I have do not have the gift card numbers.

How can you print out the card?  I have the card numbers.  I plan on bringing the list of them to customer service to get OBC.  I was thinking that having something that looks like a card might be better than just a list of numbers and their PINs.

11 hours ago, Abercrombie2019 said:

We were given the Princess bags on Enchanted Princess in February.  Two beach towels and two small bottles of water and the handle ripped off the bag.  I can't imagine using the current bags for groceries. 

The bags we have we got back when Princess actually thought passengers were something good.