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Our Discovery Princess cruise end of Feb 23 we had to go to the service desk almost daily to have charges that we didn’t make taken off our account 

There were usually other cruisers there doing the same thing 

I had to be on Discovery Princess before I could see the menus for the MDR

I was on the Discovery Princess end of February and to my happy surprise the washers and dryers were free to use plus they had free laundry soap and dryer sheets 

is this the new normal?

37 minutes ago, GK95 said:

Here’s a menu from one of the MDR on the Sky Princess a few weeks ago. It was a Caribbean cruise, not a transatlantic. 

We had the same menu as this the last night on Discovery a few weeks ago 

We carried our suitcases off at 7:30 a few weeks ago 

we were at the airport by 8:25 

We were on Discovery Princess end of February and the internet was the best of all of my 12 cruises 

I was on the Discovery Princess 12 days ago and I was happily surprised to see washer and dryers were free plus they had free laundry soup and anti static dryer sheets 

18 minutes ago, MissP22 said:

It's avaliable at the IC every morning arriving at 5 AM. They'll heat it for you in the microwave unlike the buffet where sometimes it's barely warm.

At the IC they had it under warming lights 

I saw it on the buffet but thought no thanks 

Discovered Monkey Bread at the Ic last week 

addictively delicious tried to Google the recipe but no such luck 

Does anyone love this bread and perhaps have the recipe?☺️

2 hours ago, cruzin4us said:

if they would have a nice sundae with some hot fudge, good whipped cream, decent vanilla ice cream and a few nuts it would be 10000x better.    
 

I was on the DP last week and DH dragged me down to get a special dessert 

I looked at the ones offered and thought ,”No thanks I’ll get my sugar fix from my 24k margaritas”

I did ask for a vanilla scoop with hot fudge, nuts and real whipped cream ❤️

The poor server almost died 

Apparently this is asked for a lot but they don’t offer it 

I had a vanilla scoop with Hershey chocolate sauce and it was nice 

Dh had the salted caramel and liked it as well 

But meh to the premium desserts choices right now 

The free extremely slow internet was better 😳😆

On 3/4/2023 at 4:56 PM, dsvrn said:

The current soap and lotion don’t have much scent. The closest I have found to the original is Bath and Body Works eucalyptus and mint shower gel and lotion. I have taken it with me on cruises because it reminds me of the old lotion and shower gel. 

Ohhh thank you I loved the old scent and last week on Discovery Princess found the new scent much milder 

I’m so ordering the Bath and Bodywork’s version 

27 minutes ago, Bobbiegentry said:

Did you wear a mask during the cruise?

No mask didn’t see many of them at all during 

if I had been showing symptoms I would have masked up or better yet isolated 

I thought the mild sore throat yesterday was from the AC

Today’s deep hacking cough, 102.3 fever coupled with severe body aches had me testing positive 

4 minutes ago, PacnGoNow said:

Once your off the ship, they’re not involved anymore.

 

I’d call your Dr and ask if you need to take anything.

 

Hope you’re better soon.

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you 

phoning doctors tomorrow 

I wasn’t sure if they were still tallying numbers 

Cruise was great 

13 minutes ago, suekel said:

No reason to contact Princess.  It didn't impact your cruise.  

 

I didn’t imply it did 

I wasn’t sure if they are still tallying numbers 

First time getting COVID 

Woke up yesterday feeling slightly off with mild sore throat but blamed the AC

Off the ship at 7:30 home at 8 pm 

woke up today and looking for the semi truck that ran me over 

Test was positive 

Do I contact Princess to let them know or is it just kinda expected like catching a cold or flu 

Had a great cruise and now it makes sense the last sea day I was so tired and spent most of my day in stateroom watching Love Boat

Update to my question 

we board the Discovery Princess Saturday and the man who took our checked luggage from us and put it on the trolley did it so fast and walked away before we could tip him

Clearly he wasn’t expecting to be tipped 

it literally was a 16 sec interaction 

4 hours ago, californiagirl said:

Thank you Avalon for the passenger count.  If you have a reason to be at the passenger service desk would you please ask what the passenger count is for the cruise beginning Saturday? 

I’m on this cruise with DH

We board this Saturday as well  it’s our first cruise since 2019 (Emerald) 

We were on the Royal when it was full so expecting the same thing next week 

Just looking forward to getting out of the wind, snow and cold 

3 hours ago, SantaFeFan said:

 

Street tacos - also know as traditional Mexican tacos - don't have fried shells. They are tacos that have a soft tortilla that isn't fried. 

 

  

I agree after 20 years of eating tacos from amazing taco stands in Puerto Vallarta 

not a crispy taco shell ever 

1 hour ago, roadster08 said:

When I read this, I gasped. 

Me too and now I want that cake 

I am on Discovery next week and will order it to see if I get cake not pudding 

Thank everyone who responded 

I certainly learnt a lot 

One more week to go before we cruise 

Expecting snow next week so we will certainly happy to be on our first post COVID cruise 

this is my 13 princess cruise and so excited that we are going on a cruise again 

24 K Margarita along with a slice ( or 2😳😊) of pizza poolside 

It is my OMG I’m starting a cruise moment 

Our first cruise since COVID reared it’s nasty head 

Last cruise was Emerald Princess 2019

i think we use to tip $5.00 per suitcase?

What is an appropriate tip 2023?

1 large suitcase, 1 carry-on 

I will keep one carry - on with me with our documents, medication, etc, etc. 

Discovery Princess out of LA Feb 25 

45 minutes ago, f1jon said:

Thanks, but MDR is not typically open for lunch on the first day of cruise.

My last 5 cruises they were indeed open for lunch 

Going on our first cruise since Covid 

It will be our 13 Princess cruise 

Mexico out of LA Feb 25 7 day cruise 

Discovery Princess 

watching several you tube videos it appears that the first night dining in the MDR’s wasn’t great 

should I make a reservation at a specialty restaurant the first night ?

Any updated menus available?

so looking forward to cruising again ❤️