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In simple terms ... YES, just like your original token. I lost my first token on the our very first medallion cruise. When we got to the dock, I told the "security" person who waved me by. As we approached the dock, there was a desk representative who was walking briskly (okay kinda running) who was bringing a new medallion to me. (she already knew who I was from the pictures that had previously been submitted. It takes a long time for them to make a new medallion for you, ... like maybe a minute, but sometimes 2 if there are issues.

You might find out that the CEO doesn't care what your concerns may be. His objective may only be to increase revenues.

The forward dining room on the 6th floor has been open for lunch on Turnaround day on every cruise that we have been on.

If you're going to the same dining room at about the same time every night, the dining room staff will recognize you and will often have a preferred table waiting for you and usually with the same wait-staff. That happened on our last cruise, even when the head waiters would assign another table, the hostess would interrupt and tell them what table we were supposed to be at. One night we were over an hour late and they still had that table waiting for us. So a lot may have to do with the people who are working in the dining room.

Is this sewage smell just something you've heard or have you experienced it? I ask, because 3 years ago we had that sewage smell on a number floors in the aft cabin area on the Island. At the time, the crew was saying that it had been a problem for at least 2-3 months.

The short response would be "shell game" But the long and short of it is that both people must buy the Plus package at $50 per day. The break-even point is for each person to consume at least 3-4 alcoholic drinks per day. But you can consume up to 15 alcoholic drinks per day or one person could drink up to 30 drinks per day if they drink their cabin-mate's allocation. But they also have daily meetings for friends of Bill W and Dr. Bob on board.

I like the Royal class ships, but the Royal looks like it is headed to Australia after the Alaska season next year. Ruby will winter in Galveston before returning to San Francisco for the Alaska Season and then winter in Ft. Lauderdale. But the Crown and Ruby are both Crown class ships.

Of course they use MSG, it's institutional cooking. And they also use pre-processed and frozen food that may contain MSG.

The only ships that have USB plugs in the lamps beside the bed are the newer Royal class ships.

Was that just this particular dish? We were on the Ruby in July and everything in the buffet was self-serve.

Check here https://www.princess.com/downloads/pdf/food-and-dining/dining-options.pdf for a listing of the dining options on every ship and the up-charge for specialty dining venues.

Your carrier may assess foreign long distance charges if the wi-fi connection is outside of the U.S. But if you're in the U.S. it shouldn't be an issue. In Alaska, I even received a very important call about the extended warranty on my car 😂🤣. For foreign connections, I generally use a Google Voice number to call back to the U.S. (free), as well as for calling numbers in the country that I might be in (their foreign rates are ridiculously low, like about 2¢/minute to call a landline.)

I'll second that, along with the ridiculously soggy interpretation of Duck à l'Orange.

The food served on Princess ships must be created from a central source (probably American,) and it is served across the board on all of the ships. It's been my experience that there is a consistency in the food regardless of the ship, and the food in all the MDRs are the same. In many cases you can even predict what will be on the menu on any particular day of the cruise, including the theme nights (previously known as Italian night and American night.) The line cooks are given a set procedure as to how each dish is to be prepared. Think of it as institutional food served on table cloths. How else can you maintain consistency feeding a population of up to 3600 people. Not surprisingly, one of the Cruise Directors did tell me that the crew usually has a broader variety of food served to them, since they are on the ships for longer periods of time than a passenger on a 10 day cruise. I'm sure there is also greater variety for passengers when they are on trans-oceanic cruises as well.

I equate the new muster drill to the safety briefing on airlines. First-time cruisers will be written off as necessary casualties if the forbidden should occur.

Ask them for compensation for the disruption to your cruise.

Canned sodas cost too much to be included in the drinks package. Only 3¢ fountain drinks are included and you don't even want to know how much the alcoholic beverages cost them when they are dispensed from the duty free bar bottles. But you can bring back soda (and usually beer) cans from port calls. Most of the time, you can even bring back bottles of wine and liquor to your cabin from port calls if you don't declare then when entering the ship if you aren't blatantly displaying them . If you don't see the liquor desk at the security checkpoint, you'll probably even be able to bring back liquor in their store bags with the gift wrapping.

Princess never puts anything on sale. They just re-arrange the sales pitch, just as you might experience at a car dealership. They're gambling on a gullible marketplace. But of late, they seem to be focusing on an even more gullible marketplace; the generation following the demographic that was their primary focus. i.e. they think your kids are even more susceptible than you are. Bear in mind, as we express our farewells to the Greatest generation, the Boomer generation has to step up to the plate and protect our issue.

Thanks neighbor! Guess they wised up. The last time we tried that (pre-epidmic) we were told that we would go into a "guarantee" status and may end up in a regular cabin (per both Princess and our TAs) It would appear that they are saying that ADA would only go to ADA, but given Princess' track record for veracity and the fact that it is on Facebook would suggest that it should be approached with caution. We once made the mistake of booking a regular cabin (the price was attractive,) and it was for a 15 day Hawaiian cruise. After 4 miserable days in a cabin with little space for the wheelchair, having to fold the wheelchair to get it through the door, we were fortunate enough to have been able to access (beg) for a cabin that was being vacated since the couple had decided to catch a plane in Honolulu and go home. We were only made aware of it because the couple told us (their friends and neighbors traveling with them in the adjoining ADA cabin knew a couple that I had attended grammar and high school with.) Even then, Princess was reluctant to move us to the ADA cabin.

We used Michelangelo because we had a Plaza level cabin right off the Piazza, it was a simple walk from our cabin to the dining room, but we had to use Da Vinci for lunch or breakfast. Actually we seldom got up early enough, so we usually had breakfast up in the buffet.

They have crew that will take people on and off the ship, but that is all. Once you're on the ship, you'll have to get out of the wheelchair, when you leave the ship, you'll have to make your way to the gangway and they'll transport you out. But on some port calls, you will exit from the 4th or 5th floor with a short gangway and there will be no wheelchairs available but they will have people to ensure that you are able to walk the short distance safely.

If you bid, you go into a guaranteed status, there's no guarantee of an ADA cabin. There aren't many ADA cabins on any of the ships. Even on one of the Royal class ships, like the Majestic, there are only about 34-35 ADA cabins. And very few for those who seek Interior cabins. ADA cabins on some of the more popular cruise routes may be booked up a 6-9 months in advance. That being said, we did manage to get a "Drop & Go" fare in an ADA cabin to Alaska this year (dumb luck!).

$999 for 15 days comes out to 66.60 per person per day. There were lower rates earlier in the season. Presuming that a balcony is the minimum cabin that can be booked is presumptuous and misleading.

They once tried to give us an upgrade and it was not to an ADA cabin and when Princess was contacted, the phone agent couldn't figure out why it should make a difference. Please note that this was pre-pandemic. These days it might be met with "who cares".

I wondered about that. Since we require an ADA cabin, I suspect none of this upsell business would be beneficial to us.