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Actually if you go to the Princess booking page and select Alaska and the Ruby for example you will see that the schedule has changed for the rest of the season. Prince Rupert instead of Victoria. Sitka or Icy Straits instead of Skagway and so on. I suspect the Crown will have the same or similar changes. It could be due to operational issues with the ports. It could be changes due to changes in migratory sea mammal patterns. It would be nice if Princess informed the public why they are making the port changes.

https://www.maunaloa.com/products/new-honey-roasted-packs-05oz https://www.maunaloa.com/pages/where-to-buy Mauna Loa also has an Amazon store front.

The prepaid specialty dinner will be listed in the Travel Summary. Login to the Princess.com web site and print out your Travel Summary for the cruise.

Lunch is served in one of the MDRs on turnaround days. That is embarkation day which is not a sea day.

Have your booking marked as 'meta upgrade only'. Upsell department might contact you then.

So is that a big 0?

The email address that the 'Princess Cruises Upsell Department' uses is: UpgradeOffer@princesscruises.com

It is a cruise critic rule not to name agents of any sort.

I think you meant to type FCD in your last sentence.

It could have been a mis-configured email server. Princess was performing system maintenance over the weekend. Try re-sending the email.

I suspect that points accumulation are looked at when dividing up the yearly budget for pay increases and promotions.

Sometimes different parts of the web site become active at different times during the time maintenance is scheduled. Just keep trying the next few hours.

The MDR is open for lunch. Go there and have lunch and place your bag next to you at the table. The staterooms should be open by the time you finish lunch. At terminal 27 they stretch safety nets from the ship's freight doors and the pier to prevent anything falling in the bay.

Meanwhile the actual captain was on the bridge working...

What you describe is why I do not leave payment to the last minute and why I do not leave it to the weekend.

You are ignoring several facts. The supply chain for products including beef is still problematic. There has been consolidation of meat packers who are now concentrating on exporting beef to maximize profit and thus it is not available for sale in the US market place.

I have heard nothing but bad reviews of the food served on HAL ships.

Did you bring up your concerns with the head waiter? Did you mention your concerns in the after cruise survey?

The no cheese on top of the eggplant parmesan was possibly due to the chef attempting to restrict the amount of sodium in the meal.

You do know you do not have to eat everything on the plate and you can tell the waiter you do not want them on your plate.

I saw a video of Rudi Sodamin demonstrating cooking. Everything he produced was burnt and he thought that was great, so I hope there are no menu changes that involve his enthusiasm for burnt food. Regarding the prime rib which ship and out of which port was it sailing?

It would be helpful to state which ship this occurred on and in which month.

I suspect there are several issues involved in the quality of food since the restart. A percentage of the old galley crew have not returned to the fleet and the new replacements are still learning how to prepare the dishes. Some of the Executive Chefs have not returned to the ships. For example it appears that the long time Executive Chef of the Grand Princess is now running his own restaurant in the Philippines. He was considered one of the best in the fleet. The over all head of Princess kitchen service has changed to chef Rudi Sodamin brought in from Holland America Line. This will result in changes in the how dishes are prepared and changes in menu. It is my understanding John Padgett was involved in the decision.

Not necessarily as sense of taste can permanently change if one has been infected by Covid-19.