lorri111

Android app has just updated, it allows you to tab between cruises under the Profile tab at bottom. Check your dining reservations though, not all of ours were transferred and had to reinput. Correction, now it has thrown me out and I can't log in at all via either password or seperate booking. But my husbands works ok and it does say both ocean ready even though no landside credit card details given. so they do listen apparently. except for me not being able to log in

Yes, I remember that text from previous cruises, but this only says refer to app and I can't find it there.

ACCC consider it would be a misleading practice not to inform consumers ... If you process payments outside of Australia, you should alert your customers before entering into a transaction with them if they are likely to be charged international transaction fees. https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/1651FAC_FX busines guide Disclosure D02.pdf

As someone pointed out, their website is ".com" not ".com.au" so I suspect it is an international set up. I am glad I found out as I would have been annoyed if I had found it out after paying online. I figure I don't need my hand baggage (which is all I am taking) before boarding, so if I keep electronics on me it might be safe to leave with ship drop off.

Is the "to go" option available on Royal?

Will be getting early into Sydney prior to our cruise so looking for possible storage of hand luggage for a few hours. I was looking at Bounce but it seems to be $22 for 2 bags (online bookings only apparently) and reviews from last year indicate it was charging a foreign transaction fee for booking even though local card used. I am bemused by this, does anyone have recent knowledge? Sounds very dodgy to me if so, and not sure it is secure storage, just in cafe? Another option, what time can you drop off bags prior to a cruise, and does this include hand baggage (with tag)?

Good to know, I used to love carrying the Patter around with me with bits highlighted (how old school!)

Which reminds me, I guess they don't do paper Princess Patter anymore? Or is it on the app now?

Good grief. Cocktails it is!

Yep, gotta do Wordle every day!

I remember those De Bortolli casks, that was some ways back! They were great value and I still think their current wines are good value at their price as quaffers!

Yes, I remember that text from previous cruises, but this only says refer to app and I can't find it there.

My travel summary for april cruise doesn't list embarkation time either, just says departure time 4pm

That's interesting as we are booked on Royal in April and were able to do dinner bookings for each night in Allegro - so I guess the Allegro room can't be all anytime dining?

Definitely looking forward to exploring the world of cocktails now!

Many thanks!

This has never come up before for us as we have always absorbed non refundable OBC via excursions and drinks and gratuties, but for next cruise they won't come into play so we will both have OBC which might only be used by one party. We are on the same credit card and I know the accounts will be combined in my name at the end, but I don't think the non refundable OBC is treated this way. If one of us spends above their OBC will it be absorbed by the other party's allowance or will they pay the excess and the other party lose their OBC?

Yes, just got a call from Princess, glitch fixed and all good!

Am coming to that conclusion myself. Now of course since I have decided to upgrade they are having technical problems putting the package on my booking -sigh

Actually here in Australia we seem to get through immediately, it is just the time taken to fix the problem. No reason to think it would be easier doing it on the cruise and that would be time really wasted.

It must be something specific to this booking (which is for April) because I have the option showing ok for doing the same for the Sept cruise. I rang them this morning and no luck so will try again later but it is annoying to wait on phone for 20 mins while they try to sort it out, so wondered if anyone else had encountered this.

Tried to upgrade to Princess Plus on both app and web last night and this morning and it said "something went wrong, try again later". So I rang Princess this morning and after 20 min of waiting she came back with tech problem at her end too. Wondering if this is an overall systems problem or just something specific to my booking.

What happens if you want one of you to go to bar to get drinks for both of us (the other being elsewhere), do you have to take both medallions to buy them or will they both get put on the one account?

Good to know. How do you keep tab of how many drinks you order over a period, does it come up on the app (not that I am likely to get near the limit!)?

Can you use your Princess Plus package to get wine by glass in MDR rather than buy a discounted bottle?