CalTexCruiser

That may be how it's supposed to work, but no one has yet reported on this yet. When we won our bid, we were assigned the new suite even before payment was made; in fact, the upgrade fee shows up as a balance due and the due date was the original final payment date (i.e., a date in the past). I believe you have 48 hours to pay, and if you don't pay, the upgrade is revoked and you are "supposed" to get back your original cabin. But if someone else is upgraded to your now vacated original cabin in the meantime and paid the upgrade charge, then what happens? Maybe they have a system in place to prevent that, but I would not trust Princess IT.

I'm green lane but my DW on same reservation is blue lane (we are within 2 days of sailing). As best I can tell when I log into DW's account on the app, it shows she has not yet ordered her medallion even though both ours have been received. The bar code on my phone shows green lane. So if I go to the green lane, will they kick us out and force us to the blue lane?

so two weeks before our sail date we received 6 rejection emails and 1 acceptance email. it appears everyone else who got upgraded had the same experience...rejection emails sent on all bids except the one that was accepted.

CCL up to $ 7.60 today I already got my $ 100 OBC...should I sell (bought at $ 7 last Friday) and re-purchase later if I book another cruise? I'm thinking this stock may sink under $ 5 at some point. It's a "dog with fleas" as Gordon Gekko would say.

guidelines are in the attached PDF 2021 US Annual Report - Shareholder Benefit - Final.pdf

When CCL dropped to $ 7 per share on Friday 9/30, I purchased 100 shares. On 10/1, I submitted the trade confirmation by email to Princess for my 10/8 sailing. I received the $ 100 shareholder OBC today 10/3. So despite CCL's guidelines stating that the request for OBC should be filed no later than 4 weeks before sailing, I was able to get the OBC even though submitted within a week of sailing.

Me too. I snatched up 100 shares this Friday at $ 7 per gallon for my Oct 8 cruise. Not sure if they'll grant me the $ 100 OBC since this is within a week of sailing, but we shall see.

No wonder my close to minimum upgrade bid for a Window suite was accepted for our upcoming Oct 8 Discovery Princess sailing. We were assigned S108...thanks for the heads up on the smaller size of S108 as I would have been expecting S107 layout based on the youtube videos. As best I can tell, S108 has two less front window panes than S107 in the bedroom. If each window pane is 1.5 ft wide, then we would lose 3 ft. If each window pane is 2 ft wide, then we would lose 4 ft. But I can't complain too much as I get a full suite for probably close to half of what I would have paid for this suite if booked up front. And I'll report back on any noise issues from Sanctuary.

Actually looks great (aside from no balcony). Nice and big--can't beat that. $ 605 pp to upgrade from the lowest mini-suite to the Window suite seems like a great deal. Also like how it's so close to the Retreat Pool.

Interesting question...I did not think I had a choice to decline the upgrade once I won it. I wonder what would have happened had I not paid the upgrade bid amount--it showed as a balance due on my account so I assumed that if I had not paid I would have lost my entire reservation. Seems like they could have just taken my credit card number at the time of bid, and charged it automatically when I won the bid (like Celebrity does) to make the process more seamless. I also think that sending rejection emails to all bids except one is unnecessary--they could have just sent the one email notifying that we won. I had initially just assumed I lost all my bids when I received the 6 rejection emails.

UPDATE: so about 80 minutes after receiving the 6 rejection emails indicating we did not win 6 upgrade bids, we got our 7th email saying we won our bid to the Window Suite. We are booked in an MF mini-suite, and bid close to the minimum $605 pp for the Window suite. Truthfully, I did not expect to win any our bids because I submitted close to minimum bids and our cruise showed unavailable in all the suites (Oct 8 Discovery Princess). I've never stayed in a suite on Princess so not sure whether to jump for joy at getting the Window suite or wonder what the heck am I getting that someone else did not want.

So we submitted bids on 7 upgrades on our Oct 8 cruise: club class mini all the way up to owner's suite. We just received 6 separate messages indicating we did not win our bid. None of the 6 messages indicate which bids were rejected, so I don't know which of the 7 has not yet been rejected.

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Yes I think you are right. It is 1/36 of $ 50, or 1/72 of $ 100 (50 each on pass line and don't pass line).

I'm a big fan of the ship within a ship concept, but I don't feel over riding an elevator ride is right. I don't even feel comfortable with Celebrity's multi-color seapass card system where different cabin levels get different color seapasses. I'd much rather the cruise lines just implement the multi-service levels as unobtrusively as possible to avoid class antagonism.

If pit bosses do not care how you bet just the total amount, wouldn't betting $ 50 on both Pass line and Don't Pass line on each throw of the craps table provide better odds for the player than doing the same on black/read in roulette? The only time the player would lose is if a 12 is thrown on a come out roll.

Is that a picture from a cruise ship or from the local insane asylum?

Thanks. I also wonder if the suites will have butlers. Princess is going to have to up its game to match suite offerings from the likes of Celebrity and NCL.

I can't seem to find information on what the suite areas are like. I assume there will be a restaurant dedicated to the suite passengers, but will there be a lounge and sundeck with pool similar to the Celebrity Retreat on the Edge class ships?

although couched as a question, all 8 of your points are correct. this is identical to Celebrity's Moveup program.

And to answer the OP's question, yes you get free access to the thermal suites in the Edge Villa. We went to the thermal suites everyday when we stayed in the Edge Villa...nice and large and very few people in there on our sailing. There is a circular stairway that leads from deck 15 (where the EVs are) directly to the spa lobby area on deck 14.

I got comped for Mexican Riviera but excludes drinks, Wifi, and tips. Besides, we are already on Princess' newest ship Discovery on a casino deal on the same itinerary. The Princess discounted casino rate with all included (drinks, Wifi, tips called Premium Plus in Princess lingo) came out to be the same if we were to add all included to our "comped" Celebrity cruise.

You can see Luminae's menu with the Celebrity app in the weeks before the sail date (don't look too far ahead as sometimes those early menus are inaccurate). Then when the shoreside concierge contacts you 2 or 3 weeks (sometimes 1 week) before the sail date, you can ask the shoreside concierge to book your first two or three specialty dinners. Then once you are onboard, your Retreat Host (i.e. butler) can make the remaining dinner arrangements, and by that time you can be sure the app will have accurate menus. And yes, for the most part, your Retreat Host or the Retreat Concierge can most likely get you a reservation in a specialty dinner even on short notice--I have never been told no even when booking a specialty dinner on the day of. But of course never say never.

Yes unlimited specialty dining. We first look at Luminae's menu to determine the entrees served each night, and skip those nights that we don't fancy. I think it is good to mix it up a bit. The service provided by Luminae is great and we quite enjoy meals there as well. On one cruise we tried the specialty dining every night and got tired of specialty dining after night 4, and spent the remaining three nights in Luminae.

Good advice above. Edge Villa specific info: 1) the plunge pool is heated when initially filled, but cools down after a few hours. Let your room steward know ahead of time when you want to use, and he/she will fill it up for you. 2) thermal suites access is complimentary and you have easy access down the circular staircase from deck 15 directly to the spa entry area on deck 14 (or you could use the regular stairs next to the elevators) 3) there is a private entry from the hallway outside your suite straight to the Retreat lounge...you don't need to enter through the main entrance of the Retreat lounge... very convenient to grab drinks/h'orduvres. Don't bother with setting up tea time with your butler, as it's more convenient to just pop in the Retreat lounge to grab whatever you want that's not already in your suite fridges (there are two of them) 4) the second floor (the bedroom floor) door to the Retreat sundeck is great and easy for accessing the sundeck, and more importantly, the Retreat sundeck bar where the great bartenders can make cocktails of your choice for you to take back to your suite/private plunge pool to enjoy