MissP22

I've found that WhatsApp works pretty good with Android phones.

I gave up on the surveys a few years ago as it never seemed to do any good. They got longer & longer without giving me any satisfaction.

Yes, you can purchase the non alcoholic package for only one person but not the Plus package, all adults in the cabin must buy it. (Tips -18% are already included) Unless your a big drinker the alcohol package is questionable.

It really hasn't been much of a secret for many years now.

I only wish I could be that generous.

I always hit the buffet at lunch when they first open. There's no one there at that time. The food is always fresh & people haven't had the time to mess up the place. 😉

Maybe they had many comments that having it located on deck 5, there wasn't any room to sit down?

That might explain a lot since I don't eat sushi or pizza and mostly sail the Caribbean and I'm never in a rush to get off the ship at any port. We'll be sailing on the Ruby this year so I'll be able to experience a smaller ship once again. And no to MSC- I've heard to many so-so comments about them. They sound like the some of the old Costa ships from years ago which we hated.

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I can recall many cabins when we sailed on the older ships that AC problems. We NEVER had an incident on a Royal class ship yet and all our trips have been in the warm Caribbean. I attribute it to each cabin having it's own AC system in addition to the ships central AC.

True, that they have less people but at the same time the they provide services based upon the number of people sailing. It's been so long that we've sailed on anything other than Royal class ships I may have forgotten how it was.

I think a lot of your crowding problems were caused by the fact that it is Alaska's busy season and possible the time of day you arrived at each venue. Even if you were on the Crown, Ruby or Emerald you might have experienced the same delays.

I've never understood the reasoning on providing a heavy duvet in warm climates. Alaska maybe, but not in the Caribbean.

Based on what people are posting here on CC, we definitely are not among the drinking public, even on vacation.

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Many of the stories people read about AC that doesn't work properly are usually on the older class ships. Every since the introduction of the Royal class, the AC problems have been minimal, from the posts I've read.

The package obviously doesn't make sense for everyone. At home I hardly drink anything in between each cruise and find myself forced to drink (alcohol) when it's already paid for. Do people actually drink that much at home?

That's exactly what I did. Why do they make it so hard. 😠

I have my book from over 20 years ago and haven't to date made anything using it. 😄

I just emailed my requests today. We still have our stock in joint names but I'm ready to change it as soon as I hear people have been denied credit. 😉

See above.

I fully agree with skipping the extras. They're just not worth the money.

An easy way to trim the price is eliminating the Plus package & buying exactly what you want when the mood strikes you. Surely you can easily live without 15 drinks a day and reserved seating. If not, then cruising has become just another inflated vacation option.

We've got only 2 future cruises booked & haven't sent in the request for stock OBC yet. Today is the day. Oh, I realize it's easy to put the stock account in my name only but I think I'll wait it out until others have posted their experiences after June 29th. It shouldn't be necessary but you'll never know with Princess.

Many people just can't see the difference.