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Princess bus Anchorage to Denali on Wed. Had 1/2 hr. Delay on Parks Hwy. No smoke north of fire zone. National park TWT yesterday was great.

We went from Anchorage to Denali Princess Lodge on Wed. 1/2 hr. delay on Parks Hwy. Many burned trees, some bldgs. & cars too. No smoke north of fire zone.

TWT 8 hr. tour into Nat. Park yesterday was great & good weather, minimal rain. We were lucky and saw lots of moose, caribou & 4 grizzlies. 2 caribou & 1 grizzly 20 yds. from bus. Camera with optical zoom helpful. Bus video great too.

Royal P. A230 is a regular mini-suite, hence my confusion. Club class dining has now disappeared! Darn, I thought that I was getting a nice dinning upgrade.😂

15 hours ago, steelers36 said:

Another Princess IT dept wonder.

What???

What does that mean?

We are in Mini-Suite Stateroom A230, Category MB

Anytime Dining requested

Anytime Dining is confirmed

.....but it also has:

We've booked a helicopter glacier excursion. Our 2nd choice would be a whale watching excursion. My concern is that if the helicopter excursion is cancelled, would there be much of a problem booking a whale watch while ashore?

I bought 100 shares CCL yesterday. Faxed info & copy of transaction today. $100 OBC showed up this afternoon.

Princess fax: 661 753 0180

Thanks Haboob. Yea. The way that I figure...If I take a 7-14 day cruise each year, it would be like getting an additional ~2+% yield.

I have already booked & paid for an August 2019 Royal Princess cruise. If I were to purchase 100 CCL shares, would I still be able to get OBC for this cruise?

We are going southbound from Whittier to Vancouver on the Royal Princess "Voyage of the Glaciers" cruise.

The Royal Afternoon Tea ($10 surcharge) sounds interesting. I do not mean the regular afternoon tea. This would be a skip lunch day. If it is on a formal night, this would be problematic. I think that northbound that it may indeed be on a formal night. Southbound ???

It has been a few years since we sailed with Princess. We will be on Royal in August. In the past we would always share a coffee card.

Question #1. It looks like if we prepay for the coffee package, payment will be included with cruise balance. I would prefer to use my OBC. Can I/should I just wait and buy onboard?

#2. If I buy one package, and want to bring back 2 coffees to cabin from IC... is it a problem? I get up early, while DW likes to sleep in. We will not drink enough specialty coffees to justify the purchase of 2 packages. I am confused about sharing policy.

It has been a few years since we sailed with Princess. We would always share a coffee card.

Question #1. It looks like if we prepay for the coffee package, payment will be included with cruise balance. I would prefer to use my OBC. Should I just wait and buy onboard?

#2. If I buy one package, and want to bring back 2 coffees to cabin from IC... is it a problem? DW likes to sleep in. We will not drink enough specialty coffees to justify the purchase of 2 packages. I am confused about sharing policy.

RSSC selected seats. Aldo at RSSC has been excellent and maybe he had something to do with it?? My first Regency cruise & I don't know what usually happens. Cruise is 4/12, < 6 weeks.

We received our seat assignments.

AA from USA & UAL on return.

All seats are business or 1st class. Thank you RSSC.

We are frugal types and have only flown economy in the past. Then again the longest leg of any previous flight has only been maybe 3-4 hrs.

Sleeping while crossing the Atlantic now seems possible!:D

Thanks for your responses. I've started scanning the RSSC boards. Someone has recommended the Aussie shiraz. ;p

I'm making a cheat sheet and will post my findings.

We are seasoned mainstream Caribbean cruisers and this will be our first Regent Seven Seas cruise. It is also our first European (Western Med.)cruise. Extended flight time is also something that we have not experienced. (MCO-JFK-HRW-Nice, France). We live in FL and just usually drive to the ports.

We have pre-booked our excursions and initial restaurant reservations.

Any tips, advice or Explorer "secrets" would be appreciated.

Thanks

I really enjoyed Bert Stratton on 2 previous cruises.

Cruise in Oct. 2010 had "Barty" Brown. If you were 70+ and British, you'd love him. I'm not & could not stand him. Only had 1 martini in Crooner's as a result.

I'm waiting to hear from Princess entertainment who will be the entertainers for the 10/19/11 Emerald Princess cruise & will post here & on the roll call.