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oh ok... they post it to you manually? you don't get it given to you at check in?? that would be great if they did that.... when we checked in with Celebrity we had to get our photo taken at check in that that was loaded against our account / see pass card

Food can be subjective.... we did our first (and only) cruise on Celebrity Solstice 2018, and we didn't choose the cruise because of the food.... but it was one of the highlights of the cruise - fantastic in every respect. What made me laugh though was I did a review of the cruise here on CC and mentioned that the food was outstanding..... then I read another review someone did for the exact same cruise and they criticized the food saying (words to the effect of) there wasn't much variety and it was bland / tasteless... blah blah I couldn't have disagreed more! I'm just reading some of the reviews for Majestic Princess and most are positive....

Will the medallion fit / clip onto a standard Lanyard?? I'd rather put it on a Lanyard than try and clip onto my clothes somehow

perhaps people need to learn how to open and close draws quietly? 😉

Great - thanks for sharing that

great - thanks for sharing that photo... looks like there is more than enough hangers for my wifes clothes! are there any draws for your 'smalls' or are they part of the closet next to it?

Thanks for that.... almost identical layout to the stateroom we had on our celebrity cruise in 2018

Forgive me if this has already been posted somewhere, but I couldn't find it when searching for stateroom info Does anyone know the exact layout of stateroom E432 on Majestic Princess? e.g. when lying in bed are your feet facing forward? is the bed near the balcony? the photos / illustrations on their website are just a guide and not exact I'm just curious that's all

great thanks for that - very helpful!

ok thanks for that.. on Celebrity we had a card we wore on a lanyard and we used that for everything from getting into our room, getting a drink or buying something at the shops onboard If I tell my wife the closets are huge that will give her an excuse to bring more clothes!! can you store your suitcases in the closet or under the bed?

ok thanks for that but what is your medallion?? - is that your ship pass / card you wear on your lanyard? also not heard of dryer sheets before... they must be a Nth American / Canadian thing? but if as redtop101 says there's a retractable line in the shower then that will probably be fine for us, but it's good to know how the laundry works just in case we do need to use it

oh ok thanks.... we'll soon see

really? - that's great! means one less thing to pack

ok thanks for that.... I guess we could set a string line or something up in the bathroom to wash and dry some smalls?

I think with all the new covid variants going around you will still need to test... as you might have had covid and recovered, but you might get it again - albeit a new variant

ok another quick question - I see Princess have guest laundries on nearly every floor - this is something that Celebrity don't have How does it work? - do you just insert US$ into the machine and do your laundry? do you have to wait for an hour until it's finished or something? - I'm just curious that's all on our last cruise we would occasionally wash out socks / knickers / bras in the bathroom sink in the stateroom and I had some plastic clips that could loop around the chairs on the balcony and would hang then to dry.... and as the cruise was in the summer they dried relatively quickly. is this something we could do on Princess, or do they frown upon things like this?

you won't really have much time to do a lot in Waiheke in that short time I'd recommend taking the ferry over to Devonport - it's only a 15-20 minute ferry ride it's a lovely place with a 'village' feel to it - this website should help you https://devonport.co.nz/

Does anyone know if the Brisbane cruise terminal has moved? We did a cruise in 2018 and the cruise (Celebrity Solstice) docked near where the imported card get unloaded - and it was miles away from anywhere from memory We are on another cruise in Feb 2023 (Majestic Princess) that also docks in Brisbane, but looking at Google Maps it looks like the cruise terminal is right by the Airport - is this correct? We just want to know because we're interested in going to the DFO shopping center that's near the Airport any help would be appreciated

thanks - I'm not fussed on the type of bacon... just as long as it is cooked well 😃

while researching for our first cruise in 2018 on cruise critic, someone said they went on a 7 day cruise with their sister and between them they had 37 pairs of shoes! I think I took 3-4 pairs for our 13 night cruise in 2018

nothing wrong with 16 strips of bacon... unless it comes with 16 fried eggs, 16 hash browns.... LOL!

by the time I've figured out what to buttons to press on the app in order to get a drink - it would probably be quicker for me to actually go to the bar and order it!

ok thanks - I'll look more into it.... I remember on Celebrity we just got a welcome aboard card in our room on embarkation day that said our dining time was 8:30pm.... as we were totally newbies to cruising I don't think we'd requested a specific dining time

I'll download the Princess app.... I assume there is just 1 app for Princess cruises? (don't want to download the wrong one if there's more than one) also if I download it on my phone and wife does on her phone will they 'sync' with each other? (we both have iPhones)

ok thanks for that... so it's probably fine to have dinner at say 7:30pm and make the 10pm show? we won't be making any reservations until closer to the time, but we'd probably like the same table / waiters each night