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Many of our cruises were/are Casino "free" cruises and do not include the drink package. When we book those, all added costs i.e. upgrades; EZAir; drink packages need to be paid upfront. Some of those cruises were over 6 months out so we did not add the drink package until about a month before sailing. We did add the drink package for a November sailing just before the price increase to get it for $40 a day. In all other cases I found it easy (if I had the time to wait on the phone) and got to keep my money just a little longer 🙂

According to the Loyalty & Events manager, they changed "formal" to "dress to impress" so that the officers would not have to wear their formal uniforms. In our last few cruises, including a recent one on the Discovery, there was not much difference for the passengers

We have taken our own kettle on each of our cruises. Read the fine print "Thermostaically controlled kettles are allowed". It is the power strips that we have had problems with and understand. We no longer take them,

In the "assisted living community: where my MIL lives you wouldn't have to change the questions 🙂 One nice thing about getting older (and fading memory); you are always making new friends 🙂

I was beginning to think the same thing as I had tried for the credit on a cruise that was (at the time) 5 months out and got the return email about 90 days. Last night, while playing on the computer, I decided to try again for the credit-Cruise is four months out. I thought, "What the heck, it is Sunday night and maybe my request will on top Monday morning 🙂 . I got up at 0800 this morning (monday) and credit was already in my folder. Go figure.

10 cruises this year with Medallions- A couple prior to the "forced vacation" from cruising. Pick the answer you would like and I think we can give it to you. We have gotten them mailed to us, sometimes we get only one?. With the Medallion app, it has not been easy to get them ordered many times. Last cruise (two weeks ago) we were gone for three weeks prior to the cruise (different cruise :-)) and when we got to the terminal they would not give us Medallions as "Yours have already been mailed to your home". Told them about being away and they gave us a blue card to use to get aboard. Folks at Customs/Immigration would not recognize the blue card so we were asked to "step aside" while they checked with ????. Half hour later, we were waved through with instructions to go to customer service aboard the ship. Fun! We have 6/7 upcoming cruises and I tried to use app with no success. Went to the chat line and spent an hour with them, only to find that I needed to call Princess. Who has three hours to spend on hold? I will take the hold time with medallions for upcoming cruise (June 19) do not show up in a couple of weeks--otherwise I will just continue to plan for great time.

In Athens I found that I could not beat Princess transfer price. Since I had EZAir and my flight was fairly early I wanted to be sure that there wasn't a way any misconnections could be blamed on me. Being less or equal to, non Princess transfers made the decision easy 🙂

You may find two "formal" or one formal and one "dress to impress". We were told by the Loyalty & Events Manager (Captain's Circle) that they used to "dress to impress" to allow the officers to not have to put on formal gear. We were caught by surprise on our latest cruise on the Discovery Princess 😞

Just checked the Boots site--30 GBP each--Around $40-Must make appointment. I am thinking about taking Princess suggested test with me and take proctored test in hotel. We have done that a couple of times in the last three months but not overseas.

While on the Regal last month (or was it the month before 🙂 ) when mask mandates were reduced but still suggested, on elevators-I also found myself getting out when large groups of non-masked people, got on. Yes I know the mask is of little good but darn, folks are sure inconsiderate 😞

If you happen to be on any of our UK (Southampton) cruises this summer, I would be glad to trade US dollars for pounds. 🙂 I have actually done that on Australia cruises and found that cutting out the middle man saves money.

I wondered if I had just sent my request at the wrong time. For some time there was only one person dealing with all the requests. I almost have the email on speed dial so will try again tomorrow. Funny thing is that it was the one time I got an answer from that department and it was to tell me my request was denied; As others have said, don't seem to get a notification when it gets accepted 🙂

Agree with all that say "Casino will pay their portion". Self assurance when you can get one of the Casino folks (I love Connie) to protect all of your cruises. We will have done 14 this year and 10 have been Casino. I am not sure my TA is still talking with me. I do have a concern that I have been slightly afraid to ask about. I had 4 cruises out of Southampton booked, including EZ air. Two are Casino and two are through TA. Casino made me an offer for a cruise that fit in almost perfectly with the 4 but required changing EZair. When you use EZair with Casino cruise, you pay at the time of booking and by changing EZAir there became a price increase-Casino made the flight changes but has not billed me for additional fares. With Casino record of paying near sailing time, I am wondering if they will realize I need to pay more for my air fare? We will be gone on cruises for almost 2 months prior to the final cruise and would rather not hassle with trying to pay while away from my bank. Should be interesting:-)

For awhile, they were allowing the request to be sent by email for any future cruise ( I had cruises over a year out that were added to my OBC account within days of emailing the request. When I booked my most recent cruise, I emailed the request and was told that they were not accepting them that far out (cruise is in 4 months). What have you folks had as recent experiences- I will email again but the chances are we will be on a cruise during most of the time prior to the noted cruise-We have 6 cruises booked between now and departure

I got a new casino offer today which included free balcony, beverage, gratuity package and wi-fi. The offer was standard with $200 deposit plus port fees needed. In the fine print it says "cannot be combined with other onboard credit". I have taken a few of these in the past and do not remember that part. I have always gotten my military and CCL credit in addition to what was in the offer. Am I overthinking this?? Yes, I know that I will probably have to call Princess Casino Dept. to get answer but I thought others might have the same question?