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It is published statement by a publicly trade corporation. They are absolutely not treated the same as other sources. Two examples- if a cruise is cancelled or someone cancels a cruise the appropriate funds have to be refunded from the appropriate buckets. If someone upgrades from one package to another, the difference still has to be properly accounted for. The employees will be paid their salary whether or not a cruise occurs. Monies such as cruise deposits, crew appreciation, etc are liabilities until the cruise occurs. The actual dollars can all be in the same account but not the same accounting entry.

Gratuities are not wages but are part of total compensation. Princess is transparent with their policy, which is more than I can say for any other cruise line. https://www.princess.com/html/global/disclaimers/crew-appreciation/

Other than GAAP and a few other reasons requiring proper accounting of financial matters. If Princess were to use the funds to pay salaries then Princess would be required to declare the gratuities as income to Princess which they are not. In addition, you should assume that the gratuities are kept in a separate account from general revenue. Princess isn't a Mom and Pop business where anything goes.

Throughout the year could be monthly. or even weekly. AFAIK, Princess is by far the most transparent, though. There are no facts to indicate Princess pays salaries from auto grats.

That's why the whole thing is laughable. One way or another the customer pays. The cruise line is a business and isn't going to subsidize the customer. Trying to blame America or the cruise line only reflects poorly on the complainer

As an observation, the water bottle filling station(s) are sometimes down for maintenance. You might still need a backup if drinking tap water is not an option for you.

Including American. Paying separate gratuities has always been part of mass market cruising. If you want gratuities baked into the price you pay, opt for Princess Plus or above . Problem solved.

Whatever they do, the crew deserves it.

Port and Debarkation stuff Misc.pdf

PitterPatters from the cruise Pitterpatters.pdf

Yet some on CC brag about how little they it actually gamble and get offers. At the end of the day, just about every cruiser overvalues themselve. Nobody is irreplaceable.

Perhaps waste cutting. Many shops around the world charge for bags. If Princess did, fewer bags would be needed.

Not worth it.

There is a non-smoking annex, albeit small, and some smoke might creep in.

True. The next time I get a free or almost free cabin on Carnival will be the first time.

Some final night pics

Ship builder plate

Ensenada still has a huge flag

Subtle hints everywhere about survey rating suggestion

The finished product

I often will attend the cooking demonstration. They all have a common theme and are good for a laugh. This time nobody was trying to sell me a cookbook during the galley tour.

We like Hotel Gaudi in Barcelona and will be staying there again next year. I'll have to look up who we used for transfers last time.

Sounds like the live trip report people are very discerning. I know I enjoyed my 2 weeks+ on Venezia and didn't experience anything like the OP did.

as someone noted above, a cigarette *could* start a fire. No need for a security officer to injure him/herself, but certainly no need for one passenger to confront another passenger more likely resulting in harm. The security officer is trained for such encounters.

which scenario do you think is more likely to be ignored? Either should be promptly investigated. People smoke all kinds of things, legal and illegal. OF course, if someone were to report someone might be smoking weed next door, that would give security probable cause to enter.