Sea Hag

Yes, that and the avocado shrimp appetizer.

In my experience, they will track you down with your order. But how hard do you want to make their lives? We waited over two hours and then gave up and went to the buffet. They found us there, just as we were finishing eating. So, about 2 1/2 hours from time of order. I don't really feel bad about giving up on the order.

I checked right after I got off the phone with Princess, and my status had gone from new cruiser to elite. The color in the medallion had gone from blue to black. I wasn't sure how long it would take for them to get it corrected, but as it turned out it was pretty much immediately.

I was also surprised that they were able to fix mine! Will wonders never cease?

Does your status show correctly in the app? Mine didn't. It showed blue, new cruiser. Should have been black, elite. I had to call in and get it fixed.

Just throwing this out here. From my point of view, the specialties have always been pre fixe, with some add-ons. It's been one cover charge for appetizer, main, and dessert. Sounds like pre fixe to me. I'll be surprised if they put out a separate menu for this. Definition from the wisdom of the internet: A prix fixe (a French term meaning “fixed price”) is a menu that offers a full meal at a set rate. Typically, that means diners get three courses consisting of an appetizer, entrée, and dessert. Diners choose from multiple options for each of the three courses, but the price remains the same no matter the selection.

Okay, then it's further evidence that I'm nuts. Not sure any further evidence was needed, but I'll roll with it. 🤣

Wow! You're right about that. I could have sworn that it wasn't like that in the past. Did they change it or is this further evidence that I'm nuts? 😂

They sell two levels of insurance, regular and platinum. You have to have platinum to get the cancel for any reason coverage. If you're platinum or elite loyalty level, you get upgraded to the higher plan for the same cost as the lower one.

I got it done. One less thing to think about. 🙂

One other thing you should know. There's a slight delay in the back and forth on wifi calling. My son called me on the ship on my birthday recently and we went to saying something then saying "over" to indicate to the other person that we'd finished and it was time for them to talk. It wasn't a huge delay, but it was noticable.

I don't doubt that this is true, and in fact I hadn't put a "no upgrade" on our August cruise because of that thinking. But we got a great surprise upgrade, going from an obstructed OV to a mini on Emerald deck. I doubt that'll ever happen to us again!

In my experience, it's been very good for several years. No problems at all in any of our cabins.

You should do that. We did one once. And it's going to be only once for us. We loved parts of it. Great cabin with split bathroom. We really liked the traveling to different dining rooms each night with the tablemates and wait staff going along with us. The little Disney passenger princesses in their little Disney princess dresses were so charming - for the first couple of days. My DH caught a bad cold, probably from all the charming little princesses. I'm really glad we did one, but I can't see us ever doing it again.

Good to know. We have two of those coming up. If they assign us to late seatings, my DH isn't going to want to go. He's a stickler about eating early.

I'm also a big fan of this update that shows which dining room is which. Oddly enough, I decided to go ahead and order the medallions for a February 2025 sailing. Payment method is fine. But I only get the option to pick them up at the port, which is not my first choice. Is anybody else hitting this? Never mind on this. I just noticed that it tells me to complete all check info to enable all shipping options. I'll leave the above in case anybody else is confused on this.

I stock up on fives and ones when we travel so I'll have these handy for porters, room service or whatever.

Sprinkle. Sprinkle. That's some fairy dust for you. 😁

A few weeks ago, I booked us on a cruisetour in September 2026. After it showed up in the app, I looked at dining reservations, since I wanted early traditional. Not surprisingly at more than two years out, those weren't available yet. So, I just stuck a post-it note in the back of my head to circle back around every few weeks and try again. I looked the other day, and we were booked at private table for two at 5:00, which is exactly what I would have set up. I did not do this. It wasn't possible. I figured my CVP set it up, since she knows what I like. Today, I had another item I wanted to talk to her about, so I emailed her about that item and also thanked her for setting up the dining reservations. She didn't do it either! So, neither of us set up those reservations, but there they are. She said maybe it was something in my account settings, but if so I surely can't find it. We recently got visited by the upgrade fairy and now the dining reservations fairy? 🤣😂

That would work fine for me too. Breakfast then one meal in that timeframe. I don't think I could sell my DH on this, but it would work for me.

True. And it might vary wildly from ship to ship.

I booked the April 24 eclipse cruise on elite booking day and was surprised that it wasn't more expensive. I told my husband at the time that I thought somebody at Princess had dropped the ball badly on that. I guess they're making up for it now!

Wow! That's some price increase.

I've used a stainless-steel water bottle for many years, and I've found that I can definitely know how much water is left just by the weight. This wasn't something I thought about or tried to do; it was just something that evolved on its own.

We might have! We were on the sailing of 8/7, which was nice since I got to visit Hubbard Glacier for my birthday. At the lunch we were seated with Yolandi, and she was very nice. The captain was really nice too.