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On 9/11/2019 at 8:22 PM, XBGuy said:

No.

 

Fire hazard

 

Check your passage contract and follow the link to "Prohibited Items."

As others have mentioned, on some sailings, particularly out of the UK, there are kettles in the cabins.

So, apparently, not all kettles are a fire hazard...

These are apparently removed and stored when the ships leave the UK.

So, on other sailings, Princess must have a big pile of kettles in the basement.

It's odd that they won't provide one of those.

16 hours ago, satxdiver said:

 

Some are indeed sincere in their issues while others are not so sincere.  There is a group whose goal is to demean the OM effort any chance they get. 

 

Can you link a 'demeaning' post?

Most of the negative posts I have seen are of two flavors "I don't see this offering any benefit to me.",

and "I don't like the intrusion of princess knowing so much abut me".

Both of those seem to be reasonable opinions for someone to hold.

Personally, I have been truly enjoying the medallion saga.

It take marketing chutzpa to be unable to get a single ship to work, while announcing a roll-out

schedule (by date) for subsequent ships.   Then, failing, and announcing more dates.

I don't think the sky is falling, but maybe it is...

8 hours ago, Oak City Man said:

Way to jump to the conclusion you want to reach.

You wrote: "A few disgruntled posters on CC represent a tiny fraction of the number of people using the app.  And some of these posters obviously do not like the change and are using any and every chance to bash it."

Seems pretty disrespectful to the people who are sincere.

21 hours ago, Oak City Man said:

 

A few disgruntled posters on CC represent a tiny fraction of the number of people using the app.  And some of these posters obviously do not like the change and are using any and every chance to bash it.

 

I had almost no issues downloading and setting up the app.  (There are numerous posts to that effect too.)  Quite frankly, I found the software easy to use.  I will see how it actually works on a ship in a week.

 

Do you think the people posting about difficulties installing / using the App(s) are lying?

That it was easy for you doesn't mean it was easy for everyone.

Personally, I assume they are truthful, and mostly seeking help, rather than complaining.

23 hours ago, AF-1 said:

Hang in there.  The entire medallion program; from the medallion class app to the ocean ready app has some bugs or issues. I know it is frustrating; but rest assure; Princess IT are working overtime; trying to fix the app issues.

How could you know if they are working overtime, or slacking off -- unless you work there or have other intimate knowledge of the developers?

My observation -- the Global Innovators have struggled and struggled; and now they have hired Accenture to

try and bail them out.

My experience with Accenture -- they are  excellent at generating billings.

(I like to post positive comments)

11 hours ago, MissP22 said:

I'm not certain but I would think the mattress's are fireproof. 

Courtesy of Mr. Cool Runnings, the mattresses meet 16 CFR Part 1633.

I will leave it to the gentle readers to look up the code of federal regulations.

The entire post I took the image from is here:

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2377812-new-princess-beds/

On 9/6/2019 at 9:46 AM, GottaLuvCruising said:

Late boarding and departure are disappointing!  I am holding a balcony, but reconsidering because of this factor...basically missing an afternoon on board.

...and if there is bad weather, and the ship has to slow on the crossing...

A few (probably more) Grand arrived in Ft. Lauderdale from a crossing around 2:00pm, rather than 7:00am because of weather.

And, what about Coast Guard inspections when the ship first enters the US?

On 9/6/2019 at 11:35 PM, Outerdog said:

 Anyway, used the robes for blankets and a towel and our hoodies for a pillow with the lounger propped up a bit. It was really nice. Until the window washing rig showed up above us on the bridge windows sometime around 2 or 3 AM, I'm guessing. Lovely surprise.

 

Often when I go out on the balcony first thing in the morning, it is quite salty; and others have had issues with soot.

The window washing would be a benefit, so I don't wake up salty or sooty...

2 hours ago, capriccio said:

For anyone that thinks leaving the balcony door open is a good idea, check out this recent thread: 

Look for the explanations by chengkp75 and Heidi13, posters with management experience on cruise ships of why that shouldn't be done.  Of course there are also some posters who basically say they paid for the cruise, they can do whatever they want!

On the other hands, some ships have a switch which disables the cabin air handler if the balcony door is opened.

If Princess viewed this as an important issue, they could configure their ships this way.

On 9/6/2019 at 11:09 AM, Coral said:

If they put the sofa bed back together before the room steward sees them, they will not find out. But I completely agree - you can easily be charged for it.

If anyone on the bridge sees the mattress on the balcony, you will probably be rousted.

After the Star fire they are pretty strict about leaving anything on the balcony overnight -- swimsuits, towels, etc.

9 hours ago, skynight said:

Early walk off may start as early as 7:00am, wheel your own luggage. You could be at the airport by taxi at 7:40 or so. If you have TSA pre-check you can get through the security line fairly quickly.

The last time I disembarked Royal in Ft, Lauderdale, I drove out of the parking garage at 06:49.

(I have the timestamp)

That was with walk-off luggage, and includes passing through immigration/customs, and paying to exit the garage.

As long as one can walk off with their bags, I would risk an early flight.

Your mileage may vary.  Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.  etc

1 hour ago, MissP22 said:

I will now.

You're welcome for the idea.

I think it would be quite a mess if every poster who was not interested in a topic posted to let us know of

their disinterest.

On 8/24/2019 at 4:29 PM, pms4104 said:

Interesting ...

 

Installed on my 3yr old phone, Android 7.1.1

 

Installed on an old phone I use onlu as MP3 player, Android 6.0.1

 

Playstore says not available for my tablet, Android 8.1.1

 

All Samsung devices

 

So, it's still a work in progress?  Really?

Which size screens to support (handset, tablet, tv, etc) is a developer decision.

That the app doesn't install on a tablet doesn't indicate that it isn't finished, just

that someone decided that it shouldn't...

14 hours ago, MissP22 said:

I really don't have interest in others least favorite ship.

Couldn't you just skip over this thread?

On 8/18/2019 at 6:05 AM, OzKiwiJJ said:

Pincess@Sea doesn't work on walkie talkies, and walkie talkies don't work well on ships (too much steel) plus they annoy the heck out of other passengers,

 

Princess@Sea has a messaging function but you don't get notifications if you have a message, you just have to keep checking. However we find it useful. 

This has been covered before.

Send a message with p@sea.

Scream into your walkie-talkie 'check your messages'!

On 8/9/2019 at 9:01 AM, san diego sue said:

I know on some ships, when balcony doors don't connect it is mentioned on the booking description.We have had balconies that this was the case.

 

My opinion:  if you don't have a notation like the "Special Notes" below, you are good.

On 8/9/2019 at 6:10 PM, Mike45LC said:

 

The casino (whether Vegas or cruise ship) specifies the  payout percentage to the vendor of the machine and the vendor programs that into the machine's chip.  The chip can be switched out to change the payout percentage. 

Exactly.

Ever see a slot-tournament in a land-based casino?

They rope off a block of machines.

In the old days, they would change out a board -- now, I assume they can do it remotely.

The tournament machines pay off like crazy.   This generates lots of excitement for

the observers...

Carnival's Ocean Player's Club runs the casinos onboard carnival corporation ships.

The is a company incorporated in Panama.   Why would they have the slightest

interest in Nevada regulations, or any other location?

I have never seen anything from the Ocean Player's Club that says we follow the rules of _________.

A long time ago, on the old Royal Cruise Line, they followed Atlantic City rules.

They had lots of dealers from AC...

On 8/13/2019 at 7:28 PM, Haboob said:

 

Like the Caribbean Princess was for so very long?  😉

Regal was long before Caribbean.

The global innovators were unable to complete Regal before it left for the summer in europe,

so they carried on innovating on Carribbean.

There are a billion posts here:

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2550311-status-of-ocean-medallion/

Looking back, I'm puzzled what was replaced with ***** in a lot of medallion posts.

Medallion certainly deserves some bad words, but I don't remember any being posted...

On 7/24/2019 at 10:44 AM, cruzrbachoua said:

layout is a bit different from Royal Princess to the Caribbean Princess.  We have stayed in a sideways on Regal and Caribbean. The royal class ships were built with the newer bigger tvs in mind...so they are wall mounted we just did 2 weeks on the Caribbean princess in a sideways R508 and since the smaller tv used to be mounted up on a small shelf above the long counter the newer big screen interactive tv is now taking up that long lovely counter

 

 

That TV mounting is horrible.   

I would never have such a hack in my home.

If would have been simple enough to use a ceiling mount, and have the tv just above the original tube-tv shelf.

...and retain the counter space.

7 hours ago, cr8tiv1 said:

"Your upcoming sailing on Golden Princess^® will be marked by relaxing days at sea and adventures in port. While we had expected that MedallionNet^™ would be available in time
for your cruise, its launch on this ship has been pushed to late 2020.

...looks like medallion net is following the same rollout at medallions...

Here are some date...

Here are some changes to those dates...

Repeat...

15 hours ago, chengkp75 said:

And that device is surge protected, and should not be used in any instance on any ship.

Don't use surge protectors.

Here is the surge protector I use.

100 posts to get back to the same place!

Drums keep pounding a rhythm to my brain...

11 hours ago, cruzrbachoua said:

some don't want to take the time for the full sit down breakfast in the MDR and DH only dresses for dinner

I was suggesting the dining room for the folks who can't figure out how to ask in the lido...

On 8/10/2019 at 10:58 PM, poongie40 said:

Does anyone know where the made to order omelets would be on the Ruby?   We live for those in the mornings!

I know this is devious ... and I even hate to suggest it in a public forum...

But, I suggest you go to the lido during breakfast service, and ask...

There is always a head waiter or supervisor in charge of the area, so you can ask them directly.

On the fourth hand, can't one just get an omelet made to order in the main dining room?

On 8/6/2019 at 4:16 PM, steelers36 said:

Their IT department isn't competent to build an App.  

 

Well, in general posters seem excited about 'their IT department' creating a new app:

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2686541-exciting-ocean-medallion-app-news/

5 hours ago, Outerdog said:

The tripe about how the captain "makes the cruise" is insufferable.

The only one who posted anything like that in this thread is you.