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I did not need my QR Code to enter SF terminal 4/16/23 so I doubt it is mandatory.

Well my cruises for the balance through 2023-2024 is just Europe, UK, then Australia to Japan so I won't run into DCC until 2025. And yeah, charging someone an extra 10% to use an ATM isn't fair

Oh!! Good thing to watch out for! Because my bank has branches in the UK & Europe I was only charged a withdrawal fee which was refunded a few days later. That said, I will look for the dreaded DCC when I pull out 100€ in November. Is DCC in Australia? I forget if I was charged more than an ATM fee there.

I will look for that but the ATMs I've used (including at 7-11 in Korea & Japan) just give me the option to withdraw local currency. Then they charge me a fee which my bank refunds. So I get local currency at current rate. Dbl check your bank as it might be the same as USAA (& Schwab -- used that once) @jennmaybe just as suggestion as saving every penny might help.

You can also use the OBC (refundable & nonrefundable) to upgrade from Standard to Plus

Why not use an ATM there?? So much more convenient. Figure out what you need + 10%.

Wow this is going down a rabbit hole!!

@ldtr I've noticed 1 more change: Elites can now ask for free laundry tokens. So either I can do my laundry or the ship can .... I do most myself as I can use cool or warm water instead of hot. Takes 1 hr total. Got more tokens on 1st 1/2 of B2B

Sorry. I saw it when getting off but I had just found out about my dtr so I was just focused on getting home ASAP

@Happiest when cruising I apologize. I thought we were on the same ship.

I switched the light off on the Emerald Princess last week with the switch next to the bed. Hope that works on the Royal Class ships (especially Enchanted and Royal). I like the light, like it even more when I can turn it off after getting back to hed

Fair enough. I was on the Emerald Princess and used the tender to Lahaina Maui on June 9, 2023 at 9:30 am. Staff walked all 12 of us (only 12 waiting) down to the front of the line to fill out a tender filled with those on excursions. Worked great for us!

Martin Stenzel retired Saturday 6/17/23 after 49 yrs!! (Emerald Princess)

Elite go to a predetermined waiting room and have preferred boarding initially back filling excursions, no tickets needed. Everyone else waits .... and waits ... and waits with a ticket to get off And yes they checked when staff walked us down Effective: 6/9/23

Emerald Princess has 6 flavors available in IC. 3 scoops for $4 & choice of 2-3 toppings. Thats enough for me

I need to step it up for my next cruise. Ugh. But I'll make it work (got off Emerald Princess today)

You would not have enjoyed Lahaina this April. For sure people were waiting a very long time in the waiting/holding area. I repeat ... ELITE WAITING ROOM WAS MICHAELANGELO MDR AND THE WAIT WAS LESS THAN 10 MINUTES WHEN I GOT OFF!! Where were you waiting? Please come back and state what time you went to the Elite waiting room. (I agree that non-Elite wait times were really long)

Let me restate: its exactly as it has been since pre-pandemic. I think they just went to the general ticket line not the elite waiting area. Only 'certain people' (ones with appropriate tickets & ones escorted by crew) were permitted access to Deck 4 where the tenders were waiting once the tenders were waiting. My elite group had space for 14 and 12 were ready. We all got on the next shuttle (and per spreadsheet I'm on the same ship .... Emerald Princess tender in Maui)

I realize this thread was from last year, but soon I'll sail Princess for the first time and am making plans about how much cash to take with me. On other lines I've transferred money from my cabin account to a machine, played a bit and cashed out. In your opinion if I do this one time for everything I need, do you think I'll run into any complications? Thank you I transfer funds to the slots, play some, cash out some, play more & more, take final amount out the 2nd to last day on every cruise. Seems to work right now / 2023 if the interim withdrawal is less than 1/2. Once it's all out I'm blocked. Anyhow that's how it is today ... tomorrow might vary.

Although I cannot jump the line by myself (and I haven't been able to for a few years) I was able to go to Michaelangelo MDR when I wanted to go into Maui yesterday and was put on the next water taxi. @Princess Chatterer I'm surprised that your experience was different. We're both on the same ship aren't we? I'm on the Emerald Princess

@chamima the red × is what I ordered. Having the smoothie tonight .... still puzzled as to how it can be vegan but supposed to be. Maybe it'll just be the cold soup @TravelingBeyondBoundaries this is the 2nd ship I've found them on and also only the 2nd ship since I asked for them

Ask me later if the Strawberry Smoothie works:

If buying it for ice cream then compare it to what it is on the Emerald Princess today:

Wow! Unbelievable! Forgot to add 200 for hotel but I'm not stupid. Not asking for / accepting a price increase (Added hotel)

Yeah M.R. retired but my new one is good enough for me (reassigned one worse than useless). Ask at your next M&G. That's how I got mine