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4 hours ago, skynight said:

Wallyj has it correct. Here is some additional information.

-Wifi really means internet connection. Everyone has wifi connection to the on board intranet to be able to see activities and such. Your daughter could use one of your internet sign ons and you two could share with one or the other being on line at a time.

-When you have the plus fare you automatically receive the ability to use the Ocean Now App. This allows you to order food and drink on line, some food items are no charge, some have a charge. Without the plus fare you will be charged $14.99 the first time you use this feature. You can avoid the charge by just going to the bar or a waiter.

-No charge beverages include coffee & tea in the buffet & DRs, morning juices, lemonade and ice tea in the buffet & DRs. Specialty coffees such as lattes have a charge, around $4/$5.

-Without the plus fare your daughter's account will be charged the daily housekeeping/food service gratuity of $16/day for most cabins, $17 for mini suites, $18 for full suites.

-Since you have the plus fare you can request unopened bottled water and cans of soda at any bar. Over time you can stock the cabin fridge.

 

As an opinion I don't think your T.A. did you wrong. I believe what they did was cost effective.  If you wish to include your daughter in the plus fare, $60/day, to purchase a stand alone non alcoholic beverage package, approx $42/day, or the stand alone classic soda package, approx $21/day you can do this when you board on boarding day. There will be crew around the ship selling these packages. If you do the math you will find that the stand alone packages don't make sense. The non alcoholic beverage package + the daily gratuity charge will be $58/day vs a plus fare of $60/day. For $2 extra $ you get unlimited internet.  

 

 

 

You have broken this down for me like no other. This was very helpful. I don't think she did me wrong, I assume when i told her what we wanted and I laid it all out, she knew it applied to all of us. It's like getting a first class ticket and sending her to the back of the plane. We roll as one when we travel is my point. When she sent over the options to me, there was no mention that it only applies to 2 ppl and not the 3rd. We would have not even bothered at that point. So I made the choice from the options and went with the plus package assuming again it will be for all 3. I agree with sharing of the wifi now that most of you have explained what can be done. That is the reason I came on this site (to talk to expert cruisers lol). Clearly we are NOT. You're absolutely right, the stand alone packages makes no sense at all. I already feel like a need a vacation from this cruise and we have not even set foot on the boat smh. I feel quite overwhelmed. Thank you for your explanation, it makes sense and it is very helpful. 

5 hours ago, wallyj said:

When is your sailing? Sorry just reread and see it is in 8 days. Also assuming you booked a triple occupancy cabin? When you have more than 2 in a cabin, the default is Princess will only add the Plus or Premier ‘bundle’(drinks, WiFi, crew appreciation) to passengers1 and 2 and you are only charged for passenger1 and 2. Since your daughter is under 21, she would get the non alcoholic package if you decided to ‘add’ plus to her fare. It will increase your costs by $60/day, which I believe is still less than if your purchased each item separately. Maybe you do not need to add plus and you just buy her drinks as you go and then see if she needs her own internet plan or can share with one of yours?

 

Please go over your invoice with your TA. I do not think you were ‘shortchanged’. Your TA might not have explained when the plus package is added to a triple booking, it is added to only passengers 1 and 2. They have to manually ‘add’ and charge the additional fees if you want your daughter to have the plus package too. This sounds like what your TA has now suggested?

 

Am I on the right track or have I misunderstood your post?

Yes, we booked a triple occupancy cabin. I do not think she short changed me, I am frustrated that I laid out what I wanted from the beginning and yet some how, we are hit with more cost is what annoys me. When I plan for us to travel, I always ensure that it is to the letter and our budget is set aside plus a little extra. After all we have college to pay for coming up. This is suppose to be a fun time, not for more charges to be tact on. I assumed my TA would have gotten all of what i laid out and why we paid in full and not on a payment plan. When the options were sent to me, I made a choice assuming it was for all 3. We are not cruisers by any means. We have only done 1 cruise each (her with her grandparents and hubby and I by ourselves). We are land lovers lol. So I was surprised when I noticed that none of what applied to us did not apply to her.

5 hours ago, JF - retired RRT said:

It sounds like you would have been better off with one of the soda packages and purchase WiFi separately.

Your daughter can access your WiFi. All she has to do is log in with your cabin # and DOB (IIRC). One computer/tablet on the internet at a time for each account. As long as she uses your log in info, there's no problem.

If you feel the need, you can purchase a soda pkg on the ship or pay as you go...meaning for your daughter.

 

It may be too late to cancel the "Plus" pkg now. You could contact your TA ASAP and try...if that is what you want to do.

This is very helpful. Thank you! Yes, I will go ahead and contact the TA to see if we can cancel the plus package, but as you mentioned it may be too late. This is not how I envisioned this go. Now I am filled with anxiety and I am not an anxious person lol. 

Hi,

My family and I decided to book a cruise to celebrate various milestones this year (our daughter HS graduation, her college acceptance, our 20th anniversary, birthdays). We used a TA for our booking. We settled on Princess cruises and our TA priced out various options for us and we decided on the Princess Plus package and realized none of the perks that comes with that package applied to our daughter (wifi & drinks mainly. I am talking juice, water, soda). She is a teenager and the world ends without a little bit of scrolling. The perks only applied to my husband and I (we do not drink alcohol). We leave for our cruise in 8 days. I reached out to our TA and I am still at a lost as she does not suggest something other than should i add it to the card. I am also annoyed and stressed, because when that package as chosen it was for a reason so we did not have to worry about certain things. We never book something and not have it include out daughter and our TA knows this. This is not our first time booking with her. We do not have unlimited funds to toss around truth be told. We are by no means cheap, but when it was booked, I did not think I would be on a Forum asking for advice.

Can you all please shed some light and what are some alternatives? Thank you