kentishfred

Queen Anne 14 nights 3rd November 2024 5th Black and White 12th Masquerade 15th Roaring 20's Rest Smart Attire

Totally understand that, we got caught with this when they introduced Premier as a better package than Plus. If you have paid your balance then I think you should get what you paid for.

Hi Neil That is strange, on our recent Sky cruise we had Green lane and also already allocated Green lane for our Regal cruise in September. For information both times with have had the premium package. We picked up our medallion when we checked in.

Not read all the posts but a voice of reason abive. For a start the perks are not free as you actually pay for them in your package. Carnival have made huge losses over the last few years due to Covid. How do think they will recover these? They have to put up the cost of cruising or else they will go bankrupt. If you want to continue cruising then all of us will have to get used to being charged more for our cruising. This is Princess's way of increasing the spend per client and hence increase profitability. Profit seems to be a dirty word but without profits companies will not survive. There are many other cruise lines around, so you can use them instead of Princess. Having been on a couple of other cruise lines recently,.in my opinion, Princess offer a excellent product at a reasonable price. Not the cheapest but you get what you pay for.

Hi Princess has confirmed that the cruise will count towards Captains Circle tier

Yes no problem. Our cruise ends 8th October 2023 so will let you know then. I might ask the lady who booked it for us in the meantime to see if I can get the answer quicker

I had the premier package so was automatically entered into what is basically a lottery. You get entered into this lottery when you open/unlock your door. However it is only available when the casino is open. I assume this is to do with gambling rules. We were lucky enough to win the "7 day cruise in a balcony cabin". So the big prizes do exist. You can upgrade to a longer cruise and/or a better cabin which we have done. So you get credited what a 7 day cruise in a balcony cabin on your chosen cruise theoretically would cost, then pay for the extra days and then the cost of an upgrade to your required cabin. Our prize came out as giving us a discount of roughly £1,400 on the 10 day cruise we booked. The booking is done directly with Princess and in our case it was done very efficiently and we were able to choose which cruise to use it on with no restriction.

Queen Victoria 6th December 2023 Smart 7th Smart 8th Black and White 9th and 10th Smart

Further thought regarding restaurant experience. In Luminae you do not have an allocated table although you do tend to have the same waiter most evenings. This means there is an opportunity to sit at one of the window seats on occassons unlike a Grill restaurant. Obviously if you are in a Q1 or Q2 in Queens Grill you would expect, as would I, to get special treatment. Sadly that experience is beyond my finances.