Itchy&Scratchy

I don't think it was mass mailed to ALL. We didn't get it.

I just want to say that sometimes these buttons are not very obvious or not obvious at all, and one really has to look for them.

what if we are in the same class (Fantastica), but my parents won't have the drink package? First, they don't drink. Second, for us the drink package is $60 pp, but for some odd reason for them it's $250 pp. Paying an extra $500 for the drink package they won't even use just so that we can sit together during dinner is an overkill.

I found it funny how we posted almost identical opinions at the same time. 🙂

very. yes, lots of kids if your kids are interested in company, but nowhere near RCI's levels. Gotta book soon, though, they have a limit on how many kids of a certain age they accept. In 2016 we couldn't join our friends on Regal, because Princess no longer took any kids aged 4-8 onboard. So, we went on Caribbean Princess, and while the ship itself was underwhelming, we got to discover ABC island itinerary, which is magical. a great kid's club if your kids are into it. Soft serve ice cream. Hot tubs and pools. A Piazza party for kids. We loved it! Our now 11 yo does not do kid's club, so he just tags along to everything. And this year we got him a soda and mocktails package and it was a definite hit! He loves cruising even more now. 🙂 He always has. you can check in your profile online. We never got to go because of covid in 2020, but they extended my status from 2019 to the end of 2023. I hear MSC is not premium if you are not buying YC, but we are going to try it out on 2023 Thanksgiving school break - the price was right - $2,300 for the 3 of us in a regular balcony with drinks and wifi included. up until this year it was just standard old and tired stuff, but since you've never seen it - it's not bad. It's not RCI, but not too bad. This year we tried Enchanted Princess and they had all new entertainment, which in our eyes (mid-40s with an 11 yo child) it was quite a step up from "older people entertainment".

no, it's a 3 story main dining room, according to Princess. https://www.princess.com/ships-and-experience/ships/su-sun-princess/?cid=dm_email_promo_internal_na_otherpromotional_rf2eu012_221215_na&eccn=S3BE62NKQDUAURZKBF4YF37YXI&rrid=8579111726&mi_u=8579111726&custId=S3BE62NKQDUAURZKBF4YF37YXI&mi_ecmp=RF2EU012 Dining with a side of “wow!” You’re gonna love Horizons Dining Room, three stories high (a first for us!) with first-class wake views, tons of natural light and an attention-commanding sculpture that stretches from Deck 6 to 8. Wow indeed. Introducing a three-story dining room (a first for us)! This newly imagined space is open and flexible, featuring dining options to suit every mood. Stunning wake views and natural light highlight a decorative sculpture that stretches from deck 6 to deck 8. Each level offers a different dining experience — you’ll want to try them all!

Enchanted is pretty identical to them.

plenty to read about in this giant thread:

I got an email from Princess yesterday - indeed, a 3 story dining room. Gorgeous!

but it answered OP's question - whether NEWER ships have free brewed coffee.

we've used our phones in both PR and St Thomas (ATT) to call and send texts without incurring any extra charges, since they are US territories. Including the times on the ship while still in port. We turn the airplane mode on before the ship leaves the port, though.

well, yes, you don't get charged for regular coffee if you buy the coffee card. I must not have realized that you meant getting regular coffee with the coffee card. They only punch for specialty coffees, you are correct. I was talking about being charged for brewed coffee if you didn't purchase a coffee card.

at IC you get charged for regular brewed coffee and fancy tea. But you may have had a package or the barista may have assumed that you have one. Regular brewed coffee is free at the buffet.

plenty of successful lowest bids, including ours, in this massive thread.

yes, they most definitely were. But we don't like them.

People were always lined up to use it on Enchanted on our Nov cruise.

I'd just bring my own tazo tea - so much cheaper to use free hot water to make tea.

took one day last week to do a status match for my husband. Platinum on RCI to MCI's Silver. It looks like we are going to have to call them because that field is empty for my DH.

MSC has just raised their AI package price overnight, no warning.

he is not asking about routing or cancellation. He is asking about not getting the refund as cash.

we went on Jade in 2018 on a 10 day Southern caribbean itinerary. On day 3 Jade broke down and we had to go home. We'll never go on an old ship again. Ever. Also, NCL's food was bad.

awesome show, but it wasn't on the Allure in June 2022.

we found their regular (MDR and buffet) coffee completely undrinkable (on both Harmony and Allure). We brought our own instant Nestle instead. We are not even coffee connoiseurrs. So, I expect Oasis' non-specialty coffee to be undrinkable as well next April. I didn't quite like the iced coffee they made for me on the Allure (we have 2 coupons of 50% off for specialty coffee) - it was bitter and didn't have enough cream in it. I did like the same iced coffee on Harmony. It's called Mocha CreamIce. Maybe, they had better coffee.

Park Cafe on Allure had specialty coffees.

if you cruise multiple times a year and can forgo one beach day - sure, have at it. But we only cruise twice a year if that, so skipping a beautiful beach day just because "it's worse than some other beaches" doesn't seem like such a good idea.