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The shipping notifications and tracking info for Medallions is ironically unreliable. Sometimes I get notified and can track, other times not. They will show up in the next few days or they won't.

So the cruise "game changer" has noting really to do with the ship or the cruise. Nice.

If you want tons of bottled water in your room, just order a bunch of the water packages. It's $7 for 12 x 12oz bottles. It's a great price and a hell of a lot more convenient than dragging cases of bottled water all over the place. I purchase these even when we have one of the packages. It's cheap.

Bad photo, but gives you an idea of what the raft is like: The river is shallow, but it's cold out there. The nests are large -- 2,000 pounds in the extreme cases.

Agree with Lee on Haines/Skagway Eagle Preserve raft trip. Very hands-on experience as you might imagine. Lots of eagles. This isn't a rafting experience. It's a floating experience. Other must-dos in Skagway are the train (obviously) and those helicopters you'll see there in port. They will fly you up and land you on a glacial ice sheet to get out and explore. Pretty fantastic ride up and over a mountain range. Nat Geo scenes for sure. When I think of all my trips up to Alaska, this is the one that comes to mind the most (and I can't resist sharing a couple pics)...

I really struggle to think what a "game changer" for cruising could actually be. Things like modifying PVSA, return of CTN, truly all-inclusive one-price fare, 4x security/check in staff to eliminate terminal wait altogether? Giant ass ships with literally everything -- 2 decks interior promenades with animated canopies, roller coasters (!) -- none of those are "game changer" for Florida. I mean, we're talking about Princess here -- the same Princess who called the Medallion a game changer. I like the Medallion, but let's not pretend it's nothing more than a cruise card on steroids. Hardly a game changer. That's it! Maybe we're getting new Medallions! Brought to you by Flava Flav!

$50 OBC for Florida residents. Game changer!

I just did. Two, in fact. One of those is the same Hubbard Glacier boat thing. That sells out pretty quick. $1k in excursions for May 2025.

Hang your door decorations on the INSIDE of your door. Everybody wins!

You should file a claim with your travel insurance to recoup the costs of the medical services.

This looks even better

Doesn't look that way to me. It's life or death AND immediate travel. Not "or". https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/get-fast.html

Not quite. Jackie and Shadow abandoned the nest after they determined the eggs were dead. The ravens came to the nest and devoured the eggs. They never hatched. The same thing will eventually happen this year as well.

Do you expect people to take these comments seriously?

Same. DW and I were first and second pax on once. That's a nice story and we don't need to repeat it.

There is no need to notify the State Department regarding an address change after your passport is issued. See #9: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/passport-help/faqs.html#:~:text=My address has changed.,after you received your passport.

Same. Just call the Dine Line. They will take care of it.

Single days are available. You can purchase internet plans through the Princess App once onboard. Connect to the MedallionNet wifi network, log in, then follow the prompts. I want to say it was like $25 for a single device when paying by the day. Something like that.

For those that may not know: you do not need to reserve the suite complimentary speciality dining ahead of time. Make the reso once you get on board. They hold tables for the suites. You will not have a problem getting a table at whatever restaurant you choose.

The row of two-tops is the correct answer. If you go to dinner around the same time every night, you'll usually wind up in the same table (more or less) each night and sitting amongst the same people. The folks directly next to you may change day to day from one table to another as people arrive or don't arrive at various times. It's definitely a shared experience, and toward the end of the cruise, you end up with at least a familiarity with everyone in the section, and more if folks are talkative and social. I wouldn't choose the MDR over RC because you want to socialize. RC can be a social experience if that's your jam. I don't have many good pics of RC dining (it's weird to take pictures of people dining), but this snap is from the Baked Alaska parade they (still) do. You can see these two tops are pretty close and make for good crosstalk between tables. The pic is taken from another row of two-tops that extends along the back wall toward the windows.

This is the correct answer, assuming of course that this "senior staff member" is crew subject to the same fraternization rules as all crew, and not some entertainment dude with different rules. I've heard various takes on whether or not entertainment are actually crew. Not sure about OP's assertion of "grooming tactics". These are adults we're talking about.

It's on the opposite side of whatever side you turn to first when coming down the stairs or exiting the elevator. Always the other way.

It's a corner section of one of the existing MDRs. Da Vinci on my last cruise. Picture one of the dining rooms which you can enter on either the port or starboard side. In the case of Reserve Class, they'll take the port side entrance and call it Reserve Class, put an extra item on the menu, assure you have no wait, and will make every effort to keep other folks from wandering into your dining area.

Hate to rain on your parade, but there aren't really any "unspoken" suite perks. In my opinion, Princess doesn't do enough to distinguish the suite experience from the other cabin classes. Compare to NCL, for example, where you'll find, butler, concierge, exclusive sun deck, pool, lounge, restaurant, and back in the day when such a thing might have mattered, a portable ship phone (!) same as the officers carried. All of these delivered through about a half dozen different suite categories (3 bedroom Garden Villa ftw!). Everything Princess offers for suite guests is pretty well covered. No secrets.

And I have. People are insane.