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Yes-I saw that as well but we used them in January/February in the Casino-That coupon said one per stateroom but we both were given the credit 🙂

Please excuse the Old Man-I am not all that computer savvy- I think I have successfully added the coupons we used in January/February. Thanks for being patient with me 🙂 Princess coupon 2Princess coupon 2.pdf.pdfPrincess coupons 1.pdfPrincess coupons 1.pdfPrincess coupon 2.pdfPrincess coupon 2.pdfPrincess coupon 2.pdfPrincess coupon 2.pdf

We are looking at the same coupons, and I agree about the wine. Casino $10 after playing $20 worked for us (both) as I look at the coupons, it does say only one casino coupon per stateroom.

On our January and February cruises we used the attached coupons-I am not sure if they were from last year or this, but they were accepted.IMG_2057.heic

Do you happen to remember the Zin? My wife has found that most reds in the plus package are not very good and often pays to upgrade to Sergisio and Chronology. WE will taking relatives on an upcoming cruise to Hawaii and I keep telling my wife to let them make their own decision. As somebody said "Wine is subjective"

We have found that no matter what table one gets assigned, there often is one person(couple) that think telling the officer they are sitting with all the things they have found wrong on the ship. Three or four of our last cruises we were fortunate enough to be sitting with the Captain and one those was a Captain we have known for 14+ years. He came by a couple of nights later to our dinner table (MDR) and we tried to apologize for one VERY loud couple that had been at the luncheon with us. He said that we would be surprised at the number of folks that felt the luncheon was their opportunity to "vent". He told us he would see us in April on a Hawaii cruise; I will find out more then 🙂

Next time any of you get invited to one of these, keep an eye on the Captain. Most of the other officers will not leave before he does, It is always a challenge to try and keep the Captain talking and look around the room to see the others who just might be squirming to get away. 🙂

It looks like there are at least three groups on here 🙂 I was the one who suggested Marco Fortezze would be aboard for our RT Van/Hawaii cruise. Now I am as confused as the rest. When we were on the Sky with him recently, he told us (as he was leaving the ship), he would be seeing us on the Ruby-That he would join in SF on the way to Vancouver. At the time, I thought that was strange as he had been replacing Heiki Laakkonen on the Sky on a regular basis?

My scooter folds into the size of larger suitcase-I found UberX easily handled mine-Driver(s) also happily (?) loaded it for me 🙂

I see some comments suggesting that the bar folks think some folks will steal the good glasses-While I am sure that none of us would, I do think there might be others who would-I saw one lady who had 4 rolls of the ship's toilet paper in her suitcase as she went through customs 🙂 ? On a serious note, we just got off the Emerald Princess after spending two weeks at Vines bar. Interesting to listen to our bar tender, Aldrin, tell us about how hard it was to get the good glasses back. We saw many folks come back with their glasses after "pinkie swearing" to return them.

I gate checked. On outbound flight, my scooter was at the door when I got off plane. On return flight, they had me sit in first class and wait until the Captain saw scooter was off. Since my scooter is not auto unfolding I was afraid to hold up folks. On boarding they sent me down early and I was in my seat before others boarded. On return, I was so comfortable at unfolding it, I was out the door and on my way quicker than most behind me could get their bags down from overhead compartments.

I purchased an EV Transport (there are a couple of choices). Mine weighs around 45 pounds and folds to the size of medium to large suitcase. Mine cost was around $1200-A self folding model weighs slightly more and costs $200 more. After a couple of practice tries, I found it easy to fold. It does have a tendency to "high center" at the peak of the ramps when going ashore/returning at ports. I am able to stand and lift it slightly as I approach those and soon learned how to avoid the problem. I can give you purchaser source if desired.

I just bought my own scooter (airline friendly at 47 pounds) and took it on a recent trip. Flew to FLL and home from LAX with no problems. It fit easily in our standard cabin. Not sure of your needs but I would look into purchasing compared with on board lease.

We were recently with Captain Marco Fortezze on the SKY. He left the same day we did 3 weeks ago and told us he would see us on the Ruby in April. He said he would be joining the ship in SF on the way to Vancouver and he would be Captain for our Hawaii cruise from Vancouver on April 14. I guess time will tell 🙂

Not trying to be to far ahead but, if possible, would one of you PLEASE ask what expected load will be the next two weeks? THANKS. I am guessing that these last couple of cruises have been full (especially with school break), hoping for a slightly smaller crowd. We were recently on an Australian cruise that was so crowded that it took forever to get bar service. Granted it was a short, 4 day booze cruise but even at the bars you could count on a 20-30 minute wait 😞

Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus ?

Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus ?

One of my PAC 10 officiating buddies (recently passed away) had a place at Ocean Shores-We would use any excuse possible to visit him 🙂 Love that area and Washington after moving here from San Francisco , 4 years ago.

Keep the ship safe. We will be joining for our two week B2B cruise next Saturday. Can't wait to get out of the Washington rain 🙂

John. Thank you. From 1964 onward, we sailed quite a bit with P&O UK. When they took over Princess we had gone through many different clubs-I think the first was POSH which included a card including a boarding pass; I think that was followed by the Portunus club from which I have Ruby, Sapphire and one other membership. When P&O took over Princess they introduced a Cruisemasters club for Princess. I don't know if that took the place of levels for P&O,. I do know that I have many cards showing switching between Portunus Club levels and that when Princess introduced Captains Circle, we came in at Elite. Somewhere along the line Princess decided that those days didn't count and we lost almost 500 days for cruises taken on P&O after 2017? For cruises taken out of Australia, they have decided not to count any previous P&O cruises. We always enjoyed PandO but recently felt P&O was just as happy not to have us YANKS aboard 🙂

P&O (UK) also has a "must sail in X years" to maintain status-We have gone up and down may times I feel like I am constantly on a lift 🙂

On a couple of cruises in the past year, we have seen a man on a Seegway, with a white, poodle looking dog in the basket. 🙂

She had the same rate as my credit card-Neither was all that good 😞 We have used the AARP cards as well with close rates. IMHO-I don't think Princess goes out of their way to make these transactions in our favor.

My credit card did get charged the 1.1% but my DW used a debit card and it was not charged.

We were on a series of cruises out of Australia, arriving home on November 20, 2023 after being gone for two months. A couple of things to add. 1. We had quite a bit of OBC and most of it was converted at one to one $US to $AUD so we lost out on the conversion but knew that happened. One thing that surprised us was the $200 pp deposit we paid for the casino cruises was exchanged at the rate for exchange on the ship and we were given over $300 Aud. Pleasant surprise but I was prepared to fight for the exchange as "contract" said $200US. 2. We did not pay daily gratuities even though we had paid our fare in US$. We waited until we got onboard and bought cheaper drink (Plus?) package. It was the equivalent of $47US but wait--Clearly does not include tips and gratuities. Not sure how that works but I am happy 🙂