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Thanks Chez. We are doing ok thanks, (finally) we are away for 9 weeks altogether. Loving this ship.

Thanks Geoff. Been a long time since We cruised Princess. This is now our favourite ship. It does not have all the “toys” ice skating, dodgem cars, slides etc. But it has so much entertainment, brilliant staff and food options without all the extra cost add on. Also cruising from UK has been fun, everyone we talk to has been to Australia or has a relative here. Everyone talks to everyone. Formal night, the majority was in tuxedo or suit/ bow tie , other nights quite dressy. Eg, did not see any shorts/ t shirts in dining room.

One other thing to think about if deciding about premier plus for yourself is your loyalty level. i am elite so get internet half price. It cost me $105 i think for the 14 nights so we just share that. we get the mini bar and can take on two bottles of wine. The desserts and other things are a non event fir us. They still have the evening Elite drinks in Vista every night, drinks not free but cheaper. We are not big drinkers and have 9 port stops out of 14 days so will not get close to drinking the $1800 usd of drinks Just something to think about.

Sky Princess , 14 days Norway.

We are onboard now. You cannot upgrade once you have sailed.

Our cruise is to and from UK. So looks like they are going to be extra then.

Crew appreciation is about $650 AUD for us or 23 aud pppd It certainly would have been much cheaper to add in the premier package if we had known. Something we did not budget for, but the staff on here are brilliant.

Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where it says crew appreciation tips are included in our fare if booked in Australia. To take out premier package here it does not include tips in the list of additions like it does for USA cruisers. It was also cheaper. This is not a post about paying vs not paying tips. Thank you

It took us only 30 minutes from landing till getting to bus station for the bus to Southampton. so easy.

We came through Heathrow last night. 30 minutes from landing till arriving at bus station. Wendid fly business which probably made baggage collection easy. no wait at all at immigration and straight through customs….

We are also joining you on this wonderful cruise, so look forward to following along. We arrived yesterday from Tokyo, weather quite warm.

Thanks Rick. I have linked in our June 17th cruise. sure they will be useful to many.

We much preferred this new way. just have to remind staff to use it as your diamond drink. can still use diamond lounge for your free snacks and breakfast.

We also booked late, in the last few weeks but managed to find a few things to do. think you are on our cruise as the same itinerary Have you joined the roll call yet.

They do not list them on our Australian site as any cruise booked in Australia automatically includes gratuities.

If you have insurance with 1 cover. Make a claim for missed ports. several cruisers, myself included got money back from when our south pacific cruise turned into a Hobart/sydney cruise. we flew from Sydney to Brisbane to cruise back to sydney.

Now i have looked closer I see my price is in Australian dollars. Which makes your price equal about 95 australian dollars. Maybe cost of the tips? bit confusing.sorry

I can see it is added on here but it does not show up when I access the princess website. i wonder if it is because most cruises booked in Australia have gratuties added at the base price. We dont have added daily tips here. think i need to double check with Princess as it will be more worth it for us if the tips are not already included. PRINCESS PLUS Princess® dining, accommodations and entertainment MedallionClass® experience Plus Beverage Package (drinks up to $22 each) Wi-Fi (1 device per guest) NEW Premium desserts (2 per day) NEW Fitness classes (2 per cruise) NEW Unlimited juice bar Total Value: $164 AUD per day per guest Overall Savings of 60%! Your Cost: $65 AUD per day per guest

I have seen a few say gratuities are included in the plus fare. however I cannot see any mention of it on the Princess site. are they included as that is quite a large amount.

Just got off quantum, virtually no passengers wearing masks. surprisingly quite a few staff were maskless

I think a lot did not get the option as they did not know until they were already onboard. lucky we had over 1100 in our group elsewhere who passed on information. Although some was speculation.

No bonus or refund for us on Quantum, but weather is great, heading for hobart and two days in sydney. some jumped ship so numbers are down onboard.

Not just the flight time cost but extra night in a hotel, shuttle from hotel to ship, shuttle to airport. Shuttle airport home. i can get to OPT for $2.50. ( Seniors) yesterday left home at 10 am and was onboard by 1115 am.

Those luminosa cheapies are very enticing aren't they. Shame we have to get to brisbane to cruise there Doing a quantum cruise with the kids early next month so will see how bad the flying and extra travel affects the experience.

We did 11 nights to NZ last November and had a brilliant time. Slightly different due to personal reasons, but still a wonderful cruise. We have three more booked.