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18 hours ago, dreaminofcruisin said:

 

Where have you seen this list that has Attems Pinot Grigio?

I haven't seen that on a ship in a long time....

 

We are currently onboard. 

Attems Pinot Grigio is $12 a glass and available to order on the app. 

On 4/29/2024 at 8:13 PM, Hillmom said:

Currently on the Sapphire Princess 24 days into 32. I'm a red wine drinker. Lest you  think Snooty red wine drinker, I'm talking grocery store and Trader Joes. The wine by the glass does not rise to that level. I guess this also applies if you're thinking you can order by the glass without the package. 

  I'm not a big drinker so 15 drinks is ridiculous. There is a Zin at Vines that qualifies under plus, but it is only available there.  Also pours are (generally) VERY .... tight, stingy, small. Also you must arm wrestle for a decent wine glass.  Apparently guests steal them....sigh.

Now I am quite liking the coffees and waters Plus includes, and ymmv...but wine drinkers be advised. 

Currently onboard, never have we had to arm wrestle for a decent wine glass. We are always given the appropriate glasses for wine we are drinking. 

We are in Vines daily, on the same voyage, and see no need to advise anyone of this. 

4 hours ago, JamieLogical said:

 

Yikes! I hope I don't have to wait that long to find out my room assignment... how do you print luggage tags in that case?

You don't. Room numbers are written on luggage tags at the port. 

Did you book using a casino offer?  Those aren't full price cabins. 

In fact, on our current sailing, many casino guests had room numbers assigned at the port. 

10 hours ago, Senga said:

One of our worst cruises was when people circumvented the "rules" and put their teens unsupervised in the cabin next to ours and the parents were a safe distance away.  What a nightmare for us.

As long as one is 16, younger can been in the cabin with them. 

We've heard adults behaving badly.

20 hours ago, ccqueenanne said:

From what I read, if we want two cabins (one for parents, one for 2 15 year-olds), we'll need to book one teen and one parent per room. I understand that when we board, we should be able to get medallions coded to swap one parent and one teen (or give all 4 access to both rooms), right?

 

Does anyone have experience requesting an official swap, so that the parents can purchase Plus, without having to buy it for the teens as well? (Yes, I agree that it would be nice for them to have Plus, but budget is going towards them getting their own cabin instead of sharing with us.)

It won't work, whether you switch cabins when onboard, with your booking number both guests in a cabin, whatever age, must purchase the plus or Premier if you choose to do so. 

We've had first hand experience with this.  

We just purchased plus for all of us.  Now our eldest is 16 and they still both get plus in their own cabin with their own booking number. 

Medallion access has nothing to do with plus. 

5 hours ago, suzyed said:

We have seen salads...pasta salad, fruit salad and soup.

Soup is there and fruit salad in the morning and whole fruits throughout the day. No pasta salads in the past couple of years..

On 4/19/2024 at 4:05 PM, BDevilCruiser said:

Thought I'd check on some possible future cruises.  I'm a solo cruiser.  Went to look, and the pull-down option for "number of guests" has been removed.  The format of the pull-down menu (remaining are "stateroom" "sort" and "region") has changed to space the three options out, where there were four before.

 

Is Princess telling us solo cruisers that they don't want us, and (like Royal and Celebrity) pushing us to NCL as the only mainsteam line that seems to welcome solo cruisers?

Do you have a screen shot?

5 hours ago, MacMadame said:

The younger generation will be 20 years older and sailing on Princess. 😉 

 

 

Bingo!  That's why Princess is focusing on these customers. The future.

13 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

We just received the below notification for our April of 2025 voyage on the 32-day, Sapphire South Pacific cruise.

 

Please be advised that due to operational considerations, Sapphire Princess will no longer call to Lahaina, Hawaii on Monday, April 14, 2025 and will instead call to Kona, Hawaii from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM on this day.

Wow!  A completely different island!  

We just called on Kahului last week, and rented a car to see the island.

"i regret to inform you"?

Princess IS a family brand - our family loves cruising Princess.  There's families who don't want all the roller coasters and mall type cruise ships. Ours is one of them. 

What happens when the older elites pass in 20 or so years?  Princess needs new business. They spend more money, YOLO, instead of the penny pinchers. 

We like Plus for our family because there's no surprises what our final bill will be. 

They're doing quite well in our opinion. 

1. Excellent review!  

We were on the 3 day prior to the eclipse cruise, then jumped over to the Sapphire 32 day since the TSE was sold out. 

Discovery was a hot mess on NYE, and the new hotel GM has really turned things around for the better. 

Cole is such fun as a CD!

12 minutes ago, ChutChut said:

She'll have the Plus package with the zero alcohol drinks package. She'll be charged a bit less for it. My daughter (14) has had it twice. She gets everything but the booze.

Plus doesn't have a kids discount. 

Our kids get charged the $60 pp per day. 

That's just way too much work. 

Stockperks app it takes 30 seconds to apply and a day for the OBC to appear. 

2 hours ago, whitecap said:

Has anyone else noticed that the person pictured next to Carmen Roig is Marsha Patrick, Director of Sales, Western US and Canada?  Western US?  Canada?  Could we be talking about some type of deal with an airline or possibly Amtrak to get people from the western US and Canada to Ft. Lauderdale/Tampa and Port Canaveral?  Guess we'll all find out in a few hours.  

With Amtrak they are gonna need to hold the ship for a few hours or a day with how their cross country trains never run on time.

3 hours ago, damiross said:

So for the sake of maybe 2-3% of the cruising population, 97-98% of the cruising population should not eat peanuts? 

 

I don't think fish should be served onboard because the smell can make me feel sick.    (Same thing as the peanuts allergy)

You're saying you'll die? 

Absolutely not the same at all.

1 minute ago, memoak said:

In your own cabin I doubt the dust will affect anyone else unless you are on your balcony 

The room steward doesn't get every single spec of dust out of the cabin from one cruise to the next. 

For example, eat the nuts, perhaps some spill from the package into a bedside drawer. Person with allergy stores clothing in there. 

Eats peanuts on bed with throw pillow. Do they get changed from cruise to cruise? No. 

Just try not to bring peanuts onboard due to allergies other guests may have.

Even if you consume in your cabin, there's peanut dust. 

54 minutes ago, PensFan1028 said:

I've been looking for the answer to this but haven't found much. Looking at our upcoming cruse we booked through a travel agent, I see the benefits of our Plus package broken down into individual purchases under our "Reservations and Purchase". Also the fitness classes included in the package are showing as "gifts" from our travel agent. Are they getting some kind of benefit out of booking everything under the package separately? We also noticed in the past that our included specialty dining (Premier) showed up as vouchers to our room courtesy of our travel agent as a "gift".

 

If this is truly the case could I benefit by having the things we will never use (ie. $300 in premium desserts and $220 in fitness classes)

 

That's straight from Princess.

Don't shoot the messenger (TA).

20 hours ago, upwarduk said:

It was a invoice ( sent by post) from the TA.

Are the merchant fees less when using a debit card?

Maybe that's why a credit card isn't listed as an option. 

34 minutes ago, sherryf said:

Well, they claim to have Alaskan seafood: 

https://www.princess.com/en-us/news/news-releases/2022/03/princess-cruises-goes-wild-for-alaska-seafood-with-new-menus-and-events-debuting-spring-2022

That was two years ago for the restart when they were trying anything to get customers back due to the covid protocols.

2 hours ago, MacMadame said:

 

Princess has started heavy advertising on my local Alt Rock radio station which appeals mostly to the 18-34 demographic. They seem to actively be going after a younger demographic.

Maybe it's cheap advertising?

We haven't listened to anything other than Sirrus, Spotify or Pandora in years.

47 minutes ago, swomom said:

I am a long time Princess cruiser and it has been my choice and enjoyed every minute. I am, however, bothered by some of the subtle but persistent changes being made. Because I am “elite” I am told I get 50% off internet cost……but….with a caveat. I have to pay the full price and am then given the other 50% in onboard credit. Maybe I’m the only one who feels this is just not cool.  My gratuities are already covered by existing credit and I don’t drink alcohol ( my choice). Why don’t I get to choose how and where I spend my money? Their new marketing phrase is “save on the things you’re gonna do anyway”. Really, Princess? Gonna?

Gonna? Okay, I’m done. You might notice a recurring theme here.  “My Choice” …..Thanks for letting me vent. JN

What is the price for your current booking?

Ours say we pay the 50% off. 

6 minutes ago, azbirdmom said:

Well this new post knocks new ports out of speculation.

 

I'm telling you, they bought those DCL busses! 🚌