BamaVol

Is it not possible to inform Princess in advance and meet the DRM your first night at dinner to plan your meals? I do that to prevent them from serving me dairy and it works out very well. In fact, some nights I’m eating better food than the rest of the dining room. I’m not vegan but I order a lot of vegan food because I know it will be dairy free.

Since your cabin is not “loaded” on your medallion, that would not be an impediment to shipping it or moving you to the green lane. But I have no idea why they are doing this, but that’s not the reason. You’ve already PIF? Ive had a guarantee and been green laned.

Yep. Says right here it was the International Dining Room. Deck 6 aft.

I think it was International Dining Room on deck 6. I can look on my patter tomorrow if I kept day 1. I’ll let you know. We did not have lunch in the MDR embarkation day. I think we grabbed a sandwich at the IC. First priority after boarding is a drink.

They had Diet Coke in cans on the Sapphire last week. At least that’s what I was given when I asked for a Diet Coke. Free with Plus.

I do not. It doesn’t show up in any of my pictures. Sharon just referred to it as “your table”. Enter the dining room and turn right as soon as possible. There’s a waiter station nearby. And usually you pass a large table set up for 8 or more for Chefs Table on the way. Deans section seemed to be that entire front right corner (facing aft). He was fantastic. Don’t hold me to it but I feel like it was a low number, like 25 or 26.

We were given a 4 top (for 2) nights 3-7 in Dean’s section in Savoy. We had a window to watch the whales from. It was right beside the Chef’s table. We couldn’t have been more pleased. Sharon was the Savoy host who made it happen.

Do a search and it may turn up. They are not rfid and they do have a battery. I’m not a techie so I didn’t store details in my memory.

There is nothing loaded in them but a code to link to your information on a server. Printed on them is your name, your ship and sailing date. I cannot imagine what anyone in China could do with that information. I guess someone could hack into the server, but your medallion won’t help them do that. Besides, they’re made in Singapore. That’s not China. Not that I’m worried about anyone in China taking an interest in me.

You beat me to the punch. The relationship between cost and price is tenuous, other than the need to make a profit. The relationship between price and demand is much stronger.

I was on Sapphire Princess the first half of your 14 day. I am sorry your experience was not satisfactory. We had a different experience. Our balcony cabin was well maintained and didn’t show its age. We dined in the Savoy every night. Mario, in fact (and Luigi), stopped by our table every night and asked our opinion of the food. Because of a dietary restriction, my meals were prepared special. The DRM took my order and gave me her recommendations, which I sometimes followed. All meals were delivered hot and I enjoyed the flavors. It was not gourmet food, but comparable to any better chain or independent restaurant. On Italian night, the DRM cooked penne with arrabbiata sauce by our table and I thought it was excellent, although I told her I make mine spicier. She said she does at home but gets in trouble if she does that onboard. I generally eat seafood and know better than to order a Princess steak. But, as they say, YMMV and it appears yours certainly did.

Yes. Name, ship, sailing dates. They can be created at embarkation and nothing that’s printed on them controls anything.

If he’s still there, my favorite dining room manager Dejan is in Palm.

As I’ve read here, there is no personal information loaded on the medallion. Just an identifier. The rest is on a server.

When I have difficulty with any customer service rep over the phone, I hang up and dial again. You have a better chance of getting a competent agent. As it sounds, you’re not likely to find one less competent.

Me too. It eliminates one needless possible complication.

I recommend testing it immediately after boarding. Order a drink >$15 and wait to see if anything shows up in your online account.

Based on experiencing two time zone changes so far with Princess, I’d guess they take an aggressive approach. In both cases, they have shifted time zones before we reached the next port, in each case a day earlier than necessary.

I don’t think anyone hears back after it’s been posted. You have to look for it. Or you can be pleasantly surprised later while onboard. But it does seem to be posting in far less than the 21 days.

I have the same general reaction to surveys - I feel like my opinion has value so I want compensation - but in this one instance, I like to think I’m helping myself.

Well, I’m probably 30 to 40 years older than he, so chances are his hearing was superior to mine. But both of us made the effort to lean toward each other. He at least made it look like he was trying. And he eventually came around the desk to speak face to face when he realized I wasn’t leaving without an answer.

Makes a good case for checking their folio daily. Imagine all the charges that could show up when it reverts to Plus mid-cruise! Not the person I want to be standing in line behind at Guest Services!

From his thread or CC? I don’t think we were toooooo harsh.

My one visit to GS last week on our final night was very frustrating. Who designs a ship with guest services facing a Piazza where loud music plays daily? Neither the rep nor I could hear the other. Hmm, maybe that was on purpose.

There were a lot of folks waiting close by to the IC and many sitting in the Good Spirits lounge last week on Sapphire on disembarkation day. It was open and serving. We didn’t get up to leave until about 9:45 so that’s 3:45 of drinking. I do not want to be around anyone who tries to down 15 drinks in that amount of time.