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We can't mention TA names, but there is a big box TA that will let you book 2 cabins at once. I think you'll still need to have the deck plan open on Princess' website so you'll know which cabins are connecting. It is a tedious process trying to find 2 connecting that are available.

Are you sure Future Cruise Agents make commission? When the Future Cruise Agent was interviewed on the Wake Show, she was encouraging everyone to book onboard by telling them their bookings would/could be transferred to their preferred TA or CVP. Seems odd she would be broadcasting that if they would lose their commission, no? When I emailed my CVP and asked if I should book onboard or let her book 2 cabins, she replied with the following: “The onboard team should be able to assist you and I believe they have a promotion running which should include this voyage. Please, just let them know you would like it to be booked under me so that when you return I can take a look at things for you. I would be more than happy to assist in setting something up but I do believe the promotion onboard is a really great deal.” ETA: To clarify, I have no idea whether they do or don't make commission on onboard reservations. I assumed they don’t because of what I mentioned above. I'm wonder if you are just assuming they do, or if you know they do.

They gave us a $10 per person credit. This was our 1st cruise since they started using medallions, so I'm not sure what they charge if they ship them to the same address.

Same here. No additional taxes. I asked at the front desk and was told they gave the $10 credit because they didn’t have to ship the medallion.

Yes it can definitely be used on the first day of the cruise. I used OBC to purchase Premier while onboard Sky Princeess in June 2023. I don't know about day 2.

@negn & @roxievegas Thank you both for confirming how the offers should work between my husband and I. In our case, we need 2 rooms (family of 5) but glad to know we would both get our offers if we choose to do a parents-only cruise again. @WoolworthAdventures any idea how they decide which partner gets the free cabin? I joked with my husband and told him it is because he lost money and I won!

I don't know how they calculate points, but maybe this will give you an idea. My husband and I both played 3 card poker 12 out of 14 nights (Sky Princess June 2023). We bet the table minimum ($5, I think) along with the Pair Plus and Bonus. Occasionally we would play the Prime bonus. Every night we each cashed in $200 at the table and played until the casino closed or we lost enough that it hurt. This probably averaged 2-3 hrs/night. On most nights one of us would win and one would lose, so as a couple we were breaking even. (I consider that a WIN!) By the end of the cruise, I won enough to cover hubby's losses plus $200. Even though we cashed in the same amount of money and played the same amount of time w/ the same bets, our Come Back offers were different. Hubby was offered a free interior cabin and $250 OBC. I was offered $250 OBC. Trying to book this offer has been a major pain! The folks at the toll-free number can't find our offers. There is another thread where others are having similar issues.

I had D730 on Sky last month cruising Norway & Iceland. You will not be disappointed! It was my first time in an aft facing balcony and I loved it!

I was onboard in June and booked a Califonia Coast cruise for Dec 19-23. The announcement said 50% off cruises sailing by August, but this particular December cruise was available for 50% off too. Although my future cruise agent dropped the ball, I would still book with them again. (Well, hopefully not HIM, but one of the other agents!) Next time, I will sit there until the booking is complete so I can catch any errors on the spot. Anyone in line is just gonna have to wait for me the same as I did for the folks in front of me. It was very stressful finding a non-refundable, paid-in-full charge on my credit card with no way to "fix" the problem the night before disembarkation. We stayed in England an extra night and by the time I got home I had Covid, so several more days passed before I felt well enough to email Princess. My CVP originally canceled it and rebooked with just FCD but then said that half-off rate was only good if paid in full upon booking. Fortunately, this was a "cheap" cruise so full payment was still under $800. Good thing it wasn't $8000! I was told the opposite of you. I was told the FCD would be refundable until the final payment was due in Oct and that 4 of the 5 of us could get OBC by using the FCD. (They can be used for all the passengers but the OBC is only for the first 2 in a cabin.) What we got was one OBC in the half-off cabin and 3 OBC in the full-fare cabin. Not sure the logic behind that but since hubby and I pay the bill for all 5 of us, I don't care which cabin gets credit. Princess is definitely inconsistent!

On my cruise, the 50% off deal was not available for American guests. We were offered 50% off the standard fare of select cruises. The upgrade to plus/premier was at the current $60 or $80 pppd.

This is what we did last month. Hubby and I were on the cruise and the kids were back home. We booked 2 cabins with hubby in one and me in the other. We split our kids between the two rooms. The kid in my room got the 1/2 off fare. No one got the 1/2 off fare in the room with 3 because the 1/2 off deal is only good for double (& maybe solo) occupancy. Our kids have never cruised. They generated Captain Circle numbers for them so we could purchase FCD in their names to use on the cruise. A word of caution for @CruiserMickey, if your brother books your cruise while onboard make sure he double/triple checks everything. The agent that helped us onboard Sky Princess got a lot of things wrong. We confirmed we were purchasing 4 FCD which would be used for our deposits. The cruise is in December so the final payment wouldn't be due until Oct and we could still cancel without penalty. After discussing these details, giving him the kids' DOB and putting a hold on the cabins, the agent asked if he could process everything later and email us the confirmation. I didn't see a problem with this because there were 3-4 people waiting in line behind us. When I got the confirmation late that night I noticed he charged the full fare of one cabin to my credit card and it was listed as non-refundable. He had my 10-year-old daughter listed as "adult" instead of showing her age. The pricing/deposit on the other cabin was as we discussed but one son's age was incorrect. This was the last night of the cruise and the Future Cruise office was closed. Fortunately, a CVP was able to correct my daughter's age. She explained that the 1/2 off deals must be paid-in-full regardless of the final payment timeline for the itinerary. It was a great deal and I would have purchased it anyway, but irritating for an agent to charge more to my credit card than we agreed especially when the terms went from refundable to non-refundable.

I don't know if it is available to purchase on the app. Try logging into the Princess website. From there, go to "my account" and find your next cruise. Select "manage this booking". From there click "Onboard Services" and scroll down until you see "beverage packages". Click "view options". You should find "Stateroom bottled water package" at the bottom of the list. Looks like it is $7.08 for 12 bottles (500ml).

I can answer part of your questions....Natural Spring Water is $2.50 (500 ml) or $5.00 (1.5 lt) if you don't have a package. If you want bottled water, the cheaper option is to order it pre-cruise and they'll deliver it to your cabin all at once. Sodas are $2.50 for cans or $2.00 for fountain drinks. I'm not positive about milk. I think it is free at breakfast. The only time we ordered it was with breakfast room service. You can always order extra for later in the day and store it in your mini-fridge. The prices I listed were current on Sky Princess June 2023.

How do you get through to Arizona? Do you keep calling the 800 number and escalating? The cruise is only $250 pp, so I’m not sure I’m going to put much effort into this. I do need to make a decision because we booked the cruise while on the ship to save our cabin and they booked them with the wrong ages on 2 kids. My CVP cancelled/rebooked one cabin to fix my daughter’s age. I didn’t want to ask her to update the my son’s age if we were going to cancel and book through the casino. I’m afraid if I sit too long I’ll forget to get his aged corrected until it is too late or costs $$.

I’m not suggesting anyone should work for free! It seems half the folks on these boards say CVP can book casino rates and the other half suggest they can’t. I was merely suggesting maybe some of us who are being told they can’t book the casino rates are speaking with the same CVP. Same holds true for those saying they can book them. Maybe there is one CVP who is booking casino rates to foster relationships with clients in hopes they come back and use them on cruises they purchase. 🙂

Thank you! That is where I’ve been looking but I only see my FCD. Same with my husbands account. My husband asked the casino dept to escalate the issue, but I’ll not hold my breath. The cruise we want is so cheap, it probably won’t be worth the headache. Do you know if casino rates are allowed on cabins with 3 people?

I wonder if @JGmf have the same CVP, because my CVP told me she couldn’t book casino offers. She said I need to go through the casino dept. I thought that weird since the invite has an offer code on it.

We were on Sky June 3rd and got this same offer. My husband tried to book something today and was told this offer isn't in the system. How did you finally get them "find" your offer? Although after reading your story, maybe I'll skip the headache and just pay cash! And for anyone else following this thread that mentioned booking casino rates online in the USA...how do you do this? I don't see anywhere to put in a promo code and I don't see any discounted rates between mine and hubby's accounts. He got the free cabin offer and I only got an OBC offer.

We purchased Premier on day 1 and we each got $10 off the price of the package, not 10%. I asked about the $10 discount and was told it was a refund since they didn't have to ship the medallion.

I posted some pictures of the drink menus in another thread. These were the menus being used on Sky Princess last month. As someone pointed out in that thread, either the menus haven't been updated to reflect that Plus now includes drinks up to $15, or the price of drinks hasn't been raised yet. Read through that thread for more details on that. I'll try to link to it here....

It must vary amongst the ships. I prefer fountain drinks and I had to specifically request a fountain drink when I ordered coke or half the time they would bring a can. Both fountain & cans were available in Ocean Now and they didn’t charge for me for either.

Same here! 😂

It was the same when I ordered cans of coke.

I thought that was the case too, but they included them on my cruise. This photo shows where they deducted the price of a can of ginger ale. The same was true for can coke when I ordered it.

I found these to be true on my cruise on Sky Princess June 2023. Discounts were also available if you dropped in for one of their complimentary 10 min neck massages. I believe it was 10% off if you booked before you left. They also had "Spa Tours" throughout the cruise where you could "win discounts". They didn't really give a tour. They put you in the waiting room (it has a fancier name, but I can't think of it 😉) and talked about the services they offer. It was 5-10 minutes long and they drew for prices at the end. I think there were 8 people in attendance and 5 winners. I won $75 off a spa service, but it couldn't be used on existing bookings & had to be used on port days. We did a couple's massage w/ hot stones which I loved. We also did some type of couple's seaweed wrap massage which was ok. They cover you in a seaweed goop; wrap you in foil for x minutes; you shower; they wrap you in a dry wrap; and follow with a massage. I wouldn't want to do that by myself. There is no way I could have gotten all that seaweed off my back without my husband's help. We skipped the dry wrap portion and opted for a longer massage.