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  1. I booked the Sun Princess while on the Diamond Princess. Although I have my booking information, can't open the booking in my personalizer, It says Error code.On Medallion appl, it isn't showing and when I put in booking number says it doesn;t exist. The Future Cruise person on board said there is an issue for bookings startingDec 14th and it is an IT problem. I will not call Princess and be on hold for hours. Will cancel before doing that. Funny that others that booked the same ship have had no problem. Only some of us.
  2. We ate in Pacific Moon dining room (deck 6 midship). There were 6 of us. had the same table and time the whole cruise. We could have eaten in Club class dining room , tried it a couple of times but since with friends preferred eating with them instead.
  3. We were in C755, aft facing . No plumbing issues at all but our neighbor in C757 had a no flushing toilet for a few hours. Library (someone asked) is fully stocked with great brand new books. Lots of mysteries.Library is on deck 5 midship.
  4. There will be approx 300 children on the next cruise.That is a low figure for Christmas cruise. We are loving our aft suite. We bid up from a Mini suite . Totally spoiled. Although food is subjective , we are finding it very good. We haven't been going to Club class dining because we have friends in regular dining room. We did try it to see if it is worth it and maybe if the ship were fully occupied it would be an asset. Breakfast in Sabatinis however (for suite guests) has been wonderful.
  5. Yes it is easy if you know what needs to be done. For every new cruise, it does pick up old information from previous information except the credit card information.The application is getting better with each update.I always put my credit card in and add my husband to my card. Last few cruises his being added disappears once on board and I have to go to passenger services to add it. What I like on board using my cell phone is the ability to check our bill without having to go to passenger services. We are currently on the diamond Princess and the machines are also back to check your bill.
  6. The last time we were on the Diamond was 2012. It was for 35 days and we loved the ship. We were traveling with 4 other couples.Part of cruising is who you are with and the fun times experienced with our friends. So even with the negative comments , I know our cruise coming up will be lots of fun.We are going to be traveling with three other couples (one of whom we met for the first time on the Diamond in 2012 and have been cruising with them ever since.). Since cruising started again, we have been on 6 cruises. yes, we noticed cutbacks on food , but we aren't foodies so not a big deal for us. Elite benefits have been cut but that isn't why we cruise Princess . Won't be doing a live from the ship but if the internet allows , will come back here and comment.Last few cruises I had trouble posting on Cruise Critic.
  7. First thing he will say is How much did it cost? Many years ago I booked a cruise and it had a huge cabin(an old ocean liner). When he walked in he asked me if he was dying. He had just had a physical and the Dr. was a good friend of mine. He was only in his 30's then.
  8. We are boarding the ship on Sunday. Also have a suite and ours is aft facing on Caribe deck. Hope not the same one that the person that gave us that very thorough review has. Didn't know that the suites had names so don't know what ours is called.toilet issues or lack of hot water (or cold) will be a big deal for us. Our cruise is 20 days and better be in working order. This is a big deal as it is a surprise for my husband (thinks we are in a mini suite which is still a splurge) and our wedding anniversary. Also he had a big birthday this year and we hadn't celebrated it yet.
  9. The people on the cruise Nov 20(today) are posting. Go to their roll call and read the last couple of pages.
  10. bid on a aft suite . Did it on a Thursday night and by next morning it was accepted. I had a mini suite and bid the minimum bid for the Aft facing Suite.Will experience the Suite Life next week.
  11. anyone know how far up on starboard side aft the cigarette smoke can be smelled? We just moved from Emerald deck aft to Caribe starboard aft because we heard about the crew smoking area.I am sure the wind can be a factor too. Anyone know?
  12. Bring your own test kits along with you. Since the cruise line doesn't test after the isolation, I would do my own testing to make sure I am really over it. Also if there seems to be lots of coughing happening on the ship , but I have no symptoms, I will test ourselves to make sure we aren't asymptomatic. We have had all the shots including the latest one. My husband got really sick a couple of days after getting home from a Princess ship last April. Several people from our Roll Call reported the same thing. Tested negative for Covid but whatever he got became pneumonia.He was very sick for three weeks and still weak for another three weeks. He wore a mask everywhere except when eating in dining room.
  13. Thanks for the recommendation . I got it and am almost finished reading the well written book.We, as well as the rest of the world were following along your quarantine journey as it happened. With Gay's daily schedule of talking to News people, I am surprised we never saw her even once on TV while it happened.We watched daily the British couple who was on live every day talking about their experience. I believe it was on Utube and possible Facebook.Gay just mentioned once in her book there was a British couple. Of course she never had any contact with them. I would havethought she would later made contact and included them somewhere . Or possibly others , with a bit of how they survived it.Still, enjoyed her book and the experience you and the other two couples all survived it.
  14. Does HAL have guest lecturers on their longer cruises with lots of Sea Days? We are going to be on a 17 day Panama Canal cruise in the spring. We like Trivia but want more than that on Sea days.
  15. Thank you for all your responses. When I try to book it on the Appl. it says I need to check back closer to sailing date. We will be on the Diamond Princess end of this month. Since it will be the second sailing since the shutdown, don't know how organized the staff on the ship will be . Right now we still can't even select arrival times.Ship will be sailing from San Diego, another first for Princess in many years. The Port handles everything differently than San Pedro as well. I don't even want to call Princess on any items because our answers will be different every time we call. My Appl. shows my husband and I as Blue card instead of Elite. have been trying to fix this for many months. Started out correct, then mine was blue, then both of us. We have been Elite members since 2011. Princess has us correct on their web site and the Medallions have been coming to us Elite. However, with each booking we remain first time cruisers on the Medallion.
  16. Thank you. I would think that if it is a suite benefit, will have no problem getting in.
  17. I tried that but said can't book till closer to the cruise. Don't know how much closer we can get , our cruise is in three weeks.
  18. Thanks for the information. We will go to the venue and book .
  19. We just bid up to a Suite, something we never book normally. Question: We will be able to have free dining in a Specialty Restaurant the first night of our cruise. Doesn't look like we can book in advance of cruise. How is this handled? Do we get a notification once on board? We are traveling with another couple who also will be in a suite and we want to eat together.
  20. We are three weeks from cruising and still can't select boarding times.
  21. I got my offer to bid about three weeks ago. I ignored it.Wasn't going to do it. I had a mini suite and liked the location.Usually we book balcony cabins. So then one of my friends just got notification her suite bid was accepted. I decided maybe I wanted one too. Never did "the Suite life" . Put in a minimum bid for a Vista aft suite and didn't think I would get it. Since I was 3 weeks late in my bid and my friend had just gotten hers already, thought probably too late. I put in bid Wednesday night , and last night (Thursday) the accepted bid email came through. It is a 20 day cruise.
  22. I worried for nothing. The Medallion updated my cabin information this morning. All good.
  23. I had my cabin changed this evening. It is correct on the personalizer but the medallion appl. hasn't made the change. Do I need to call Princess on this? I logged out and then logged back in but still didn't change. Should I just do nothing and once on board will it change automatically on the appl?Anyone know?
  24. Diamond Princess doesn't start cruising until Nov20th. I am on Nov 27 cruise. I have checked with my travel agent who has some very good connections at Princess. She has been told it will sail . Before Sapphire Princess started up again recently it also was hanging out near Long Beach anchored. We have seen the Diamond Princess in Puerto Vallarta. Don't know where the Poster got information that cruisers in Japan said the ship is in bad shape. The Diamond hasn't sailed with passengers since the start of Covid .
  25. Did you buy Insurance? With your concerns , should have done so.We also worried before our first cruise back (Oct 2021). Once on board, we just enjoyed ourselves and glad we cruised. We have since cruised 5 cruises. Yes we are concerned, yes my husband came home sick after one of the cruises but that could happen even before the pandemic. Lots of germs always circulating on board ships.
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