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We've postponed our Alaskan cruise from September 2020 until September 2021.   We will reassess over the next year.   We've been staying at home, social distancing when out,  washing out hands and wearing mask when out in public.  

My first Princess cruise was on the Fair Princess 2001, Alaska 

Thank you for a wonderful, beautiful review/blog.

Hallelujah!!!

Just read Princess Cruise Line Answer booklet regarding service dogs

Please contact us or ask your travel agent to notify us before your voyage of your wheelchair usage, mobility or special needs and/or requests to sail with a service animal such as seeing-eye dogs and hearing-assistance dogs. Emotional support animals are not recognized by the Department of Justice and therefore are not permitted on Princess ships or our lodges.

Three so far :P

OMG yes yes yes

I agree. I hate seeing plates on floor. Good answer:D

$1,000 for the comfort dogs and $75 dollar fine for trays on the floor.

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I confronted the manager of our local grocery store regarding a woman in the store with two dogs, sitting on pillows in the food section of a shopping cart. :( :( The manager told the woman her dogs needed to be on a leash on the floor. :(

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I second, for dress codes.

Had a run in with a questionable "support" dog in a Harris Teeter three days ago. Man puts his invaluable dog (with the online certification collar) in the fold out area of a cart where parents seat their children. I'd had enough. I confronted him and was quite loud hoping to get the attention of all around (I did). I asked what he thought he was doing placing the dog's bare anus and genitals in a shopping cart. A young assistant manager walked up at this time. The dog owner responded that it was none of my business and I couldn't ask. I told him it was definitely my business since I might be using that cart another day and that I didn't want to to place my groceries or granddaughter in a space where the dog's bare bottom had been. I was expecting the "dog's are cleaner than people" bull defense, but it didn't come. I raised my voice even more to remind him that I could ask him anything I want, that I was not restricted by ADA. The assistant manager was in an uncomfortable position. I reminded him that this wasn't a challenge of ADA rights since the dog wasn't restricted from coming into the store. I confronted the ADA "expert" clarifying that ADA gets his darling dog in the door; it isn't a free pass into a shopping cart.

He didn't have an answer for that. He quietly said to the manager that he would carry the dog "to get him off the hook." That set me off again. I bellowed that the dog belonged on a leash, not in a cart, and that this was not a one time challenge. I made it clear that any time I would see him in the store with a dog in a cart, I would follow right behind him and would very loudly and continuously protest.

 

The phonies use ADA as weapon to scare proprietors away from challenges. They make a mockery of those with legitimate service animal needs. ADA doesn't apply to passengers adversely affected by the erstwhile service dogs. Time for us to strike back. A dog relieves itself inappropriately on a ship, raise a very loud protest. Do everything you can to focus attention on the defecator. Someone puts little Bootsie on her lap at the dinner table, start yelling, yes yelling, for the maitre d. I think you will find that this will empower others who have had enough. It's time for RCCL and other proprietors to know that pacifying the one is not worth the uproar of the majority.

I agree. I confronted and reported a person who had a dog sitting in the grocery store cart. The dog was seated in the secton of the cart where people put their childern and/or food in. This is a health and safety issue, the dog;s bare bottom on the cart. The manager of the store instructed the dog owner that the dog needed to remain on the floor never in the food cart. I have noticed that several stores display signs that read "No pets allowed in the store, service dogs only." If I see a dog or any other aminal in the cart I will report it. I think it is nasty to allow a dog to ride in a food cart.

Very nice....I want one!