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Thank goodness just put the phone down. I imagined the people standing in the hall outside their cabin waiting for delivery so they could save $5.😁

Sounds like Princess might just end the standard rate at some point, but they need it for low lead in pricing.

You are dam right. Not sure why I included HAL, I was thinking Norwegian.

And Carnival, Holland America, Viking etc. Now that I think about it, Princess is sort of an exception.

Not on the website. For some Princess is a title. Too much Disney influence I guess.

Hardly a start to the day on Carnival.

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, drinking is considered to be in the moderate or low-risk range for women at no more than three drinks in any one day and no more than seven drinks per week. For men, it is no more than four drinks a day and no more than 14 drinks per week

Just show up early. You can still check in, find a seat in the elite lounge and be in the first boarding group as far as I can tell. A couple of minutes less of sitting in the lounge is not so bad.

When is the cruise? Bidding starts 5 days after the final payment date.

Exactly, not only that, but your shipmate (if you have one) can go to any of the kiosks with theirs and locate it. Pretty dumb criminal to use something in the commission of a crime that can be tracked directly to you in real time. Plus you can't escape unless you want to jump overboard.

In the olden days it was a card in a holder by the door. Easy to remove by the passenger. They were kind of nice to take home for the scrapbook.

On the other hand. I am betting not many will go to guest services to get a missing charge added to their account.

We use that term also, just with a different pronunciation.

No brat onboard could stand up next to those around a Northwoods campfire and everyone knows brats pair better with beer. Old fashions are for the upper crust badgers.

Tough topic coming from Wisconsin where talking cheese is like talking politics, at some point we agree to disagree. I will say that I have found both good and not as good options onboard in the Horizon Court. I will agree that the cheese plate on the MDR dessert menu is ho-hum, but still lighter and better than the super sweet dessert options IMHO. Of course for us here, cheese is part of every meal and in-between snacks.

Yup, been there ,done that. My earlier comment was more of an observation than any complaint. So new cruisers are aware. However, I do mention to Princess that it shows the demand is there earlier and maybe they should reconsider the hours of alternate coffee venues. Also they could separate the food and drink lines at the IC. Sometimes they intertwine and folks stand in the wrong one or both. First world issues for sure.

The coffee line at the IC at 7:00 or even earlier can be very long.

However, not open 24 hrs. like the IC. Not an option for the real early risers.

Make sure both onboard accounts are combined under your name and credit card. You can check at passenger services once onboard if you are not sure. You should see both accounts itemized as well as the joint balance/deficit when you check your account.

I talked with our TA about that as I feared them not going to the folks that need them. I was told that Mobility access reservations would be handled separately and cabins assigned at booking. Since there are so few DF I presume we will be put in a "better" category but some of those DF's on deck 16 look huge, even though when you click on it, it states 0 sq. ft. 😄 I think it is a work in progress.

Quite possibly, but in the past it was always it was always reverse alphabetically so it would be DA as the "preferred" down to DF. We reserved a deluxe and were assigned DF. Cove should have been a separate category IMHO as well Premium deluxe on the other end. I would not like it if we get an "upgrade" to a cove.

On the Sun, the lowest category for deluxe balcony is DF. They are all both third person and wheelchair accessible. But everybody who books a guarantee deluxe balcony is initially assigned to that category regardless of their needs. For our cruise there was no other option than a guarantee. I would not be surprised if this is the new normal. Guarantee only, you choose the category and Princess chooses the cabin or "above".

It comes from their moonshine still. 😉

Same here. We made a booking for next year and am now more convinced it was a good idea. There is still a lot to be know and possible changes but I am anxious to hear the first hand reports and to be onboard and explore for myself after she comes over to this side of the pond.

Your TA may or may not have cabin availability that is not on the website. However some pricing offers are also now "Princess chooses" only. Booking directly online is not as easy as it used to be if you want to select your cabin. I only use the website now find a voyage we like and to check the Princess price before calling my TA so I know what a deal I am getting. I booked a cruise for Nov 2024 last week and had no choice but a guarantee cabin in order to get the best deal. The one before that, the Princess website showed available cabins that did not show on the polar site for the TA. Who knows what the next time will bring.