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I prefer any with impeccable service and the ability to right things like rationing butter and warm cookies. Less than 3000 PAX.

My experience with the pushy people was when we would sait for our turn for an elevator and my wife was in a scooter. some people tried to push me out of the way to get on but I weigh 210 and am 6 ft and don't push. Some people are very rude to wheel chair occupants Yup! People bump into you but with 3000 on a ship they are bound to. We eat real late and leave the venues last to avoid the pushing. Works quite well. I remember our first Cruise and our Last, the other 50 are a blur. If someone gets up from a lounge chair and is gone very long I tell people they left. LOL

I lost a card on a Cruise. Luckily they let me back on board with no ID. There was a US Resident Officer at the Gangway who escorted me aboard and told me to get to the Pursers desk. I wear a lanyard with my card and coffee cards in a plastic sleeve and loop it through a belt loop and then put it in my pocket. Haven't lost one since. Don't care what people think or say. Think it's funny that Mr TruckherderDave brought up the fact this thread was over a year old and he still had to answer! BWAHAHA! You're not gonna believe this but...............................

look on your Cruise Planner on NCL. It will tell you when to be there. Princess boards by a numbering system, the higher the deck, the later they want you to be there. Not sure how NCl does it.

Doesn't matter if your name isn't Mitchell.

Pack according to carry on rules. We have always used the Steward the night before and found our luggage quickly, right next to the cabs and vans. Never had one problem. We use frequent flyer Credit Cards and miles then pay to update to business class. We flew to China from IAD biz class for $149 on UAL, Iad to New Delhi for $100 biz class on Lufthansa, and from IAD to PTY-Santiago Chile business Class and I'm not sure how much the upgrade was. They are all UAL Alliance partners.

You're welcome. If you read this thread it has the info.

HMMMM! My experience on Crown was at Sabitinis we had Olive Oil and Basalmic Vinegar to dip our bread in which is appropriate in Italy. My wife is Italian so she doesn't care if she has butter. It seems like since I started cruising with Princess they had cut service and if you asked for more butter no one had time to get it. Why do they have a whole bowl of it in Horizon? No body knows do you?:D We did get travel Logs from Crown on Jan 4th in Rio. Kind of neat to have. There was only 1 8 year old on the Ship and he didn't like Cookies.

Mine was Marcel on Crown Princess who took care of the invitations. She is the Officer in Charge of Customer Relations aboard Crown December 22 2016.

When you get aboard you can just ask the Purser, (Not an Assistant) to invite Officers and they can do it Via their onboard email. Easy Peasy!

I like USAA except for the fact they send a boat load of trash to my mailbox every other day and ads to my email every day. I don't think its is all that necessary.

They cut warm cookies and milk from evening MUTS and have now changed wording to daytime wqarm cookies and milk. Who wants them in the afternoon? I agree with the beef issue also. I'd compare it to the Railroads who hire College Grads to cut costs. They have no experience with Cruising, quality or how people feel. They cut back on the number of Employees. It's Nickle and Dime people to death. I've had my last Cruise with Princess. I want what I pay for. I should get Impeccable Service, the quality of Food from 1980s, and what they promise. Instead It's all Upsell, You want a Coke with that? That will be $2.50 extra, Rolls will be $1.00, You want Butter? BWAHAHAHAHAH:eek:

You can order anything you want in MDR anyway. Our friend was on a Salt Free diet and they gave her a special menu to order a day ahead. The Head waiter said you can have anything you'd like, just order it. I ordered Hot and Cold Blondes, Brunettes and Redheads but they sent me to the Theater. Hah! On Crown they never prepared anything that I saw tableside. They did Bananas in caramel in the MDR but away from the tables.

Mitchell, My statement was to the lady who said her son was Autistic and rode the elevators for comfort. I simply asked her a question if she had read a book. Why is that an infraction on Cruise Critic or do you just hand out infractions for the fun of it? Did you give her an infraction for saying she read it?

Jagsfan, Just start a sheet with everyones name and cabin number and keep reminding them. Lot of people don't listen or think they know it all on these forums. Go to your ships name, date of sailing and set up a Roll Call if there isn't one. Some people wait til the day before sailng and ask you to remind them of date and time so be patient.

I was informed by The Officer On Duty on Crown who was in charge at the Pursers desk on Dec 21 2017 not to put it in the Patter so you could be wrong this time. Her statement was,'So many uninvited guests showed up we had to ID and turn people away who weren't on the list so they now ask for names and Cabin # for ea invited guest.

Also

Current position of M/S Grand Princess: Under way from Lahaina (Maui, Hawaii) to Ensenada

• Departure was 1 d 22 hrs 5 min ago. (at 18:00 h local time)
  
• Arrival will be in 2 d 21 hrs 55 min. (at 16:00 h local time)
  
• Traveled distance since Lahaina (Maui, Hawaii): 894.60 nm (1,656.81 km)
  
• Remaining distance to Ensenada: 1,359.58 nm (2,517.94 km)
  
• Traveled distance since San Francisco (CA): 3,378.21 nm (6,256.44 km)
  

• Speed: 20.7 kn (38.3 km/h)
  
• Course: 82°
  
• maybe from a different source than AIS!
  

Just figure about double and then be surprised if it's not. Our vacation, 21 days, a trip around the Horn for 14 days cost around 10K.

Then in that case, no! Can't recommend a shuttle It is 127 miles and you may have to use Port Shuttle Service and it ain't free so I can't say it's great. Probably over $200 for 2. There are no trains, no bus service so it's Uber, Taxi or Shuttle Service.

We don't worry but try to pay cash, don't use Iphones or ezpass out of the country and pay cash. Funny thing about cash, everyone likes it.

You can buy a Sim card for your phone and have it changed for you in the airport. Pretty sure PTY had them as they had everything else, you may or may not be able to use the same Sim card in Nicaragua.

http://prepaid-data-sim-card.wikia.com/wiki/Panama

Princess Ships roll up the carpet at 9 PM.:eek:

GOSH! It only took 40 people to give you a 1 line answer. Amazing!:D

Oops!

'buon compleanno!' At least you know and are doing something about it. I don't as I hate casinos. Basically we lost $.75 in a slot leaving Vegas and never looked back. Hope they aren't too mad at us as the trip was free.

We just came back from S Am. and winds were 50 knots 2nd day and 75 the 3rd day. They wouldn't allow anyone on deck fearing they'd become human kites. A 900 ft long ship isn't going to notice 40 knot winds except to heel over some if it's from the side.

Bring your own thermostat? If something happens and you cause a problem you'd be in a mess of troubles!