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We did that, never again. Took 3 days and they burned my wifes pants. I'd rather go iron in the laundry room.

The furthest aft balcony cabin is partially covered and you do have the viewing area just around the corner. We really liked the mini on the Caribe deck.

One of our favorite cabins. C731 a "new" mini on the Island. Semi wrap around balcony. Plexiglass balcony wall was great compared to a metal one. Cabin was of the new design with the wall mounted TVs and the separation curtain.

If you go to Packages on the app, there is a bar graph which shows how many drinks you've been charged for the period. I also check my folio daily in the app, this one feature has made it easy to track your account. I just wait for ones that will outwardly affect me, then go to GS to get it fixed.

The Truth Hurts.

They get their money no matter what. Your folio doesn't close out till the end of your cruise, so you can keep paying it down. You won't be able to deposit them via kiosk but will have to take them to GS desk to do it. Think positive, after 1st 5k you'll hit it big and keep 10k for next comp cruise😀 I used to live in Las Vegas and when people asked me if I gambled, I say "Yes I got married a second time and Saturday makes 36yrs and I'm still trying to figure out if I won or lost".

This is what we do. Next cruise we'll wait till the onboard currency changes from AUD to USD to apply our GCs

Not exactly correct. I've had it both ways depending on type of Gift Card used. The only time I've had money returned to gift cards was refunds on AARP bought cards during Covid for full cruise refund. I've gotten checks for gift cards I've deposited for OBC that came from Barclays Princess card.

How about a beer list Please!! We'll be on the Majestic for 40 days with 15 port stops, that leaves a lot of time for Beer drinking😀 Mahalo

I use several that you can easily input every filter you'd like. Of course they can't be mentioned. Start with a Google search of Online Cruise Planner Cruise Industry Online Search Engine Best online Cruise search engine. You'll run through a few till you find one that delivers all you ask. My Mom used to love to get her Cruise Atlas and start lining things up. Just like a kid at Christmas with the Sears Catalog. I don't ever add any personal info, when asked I close and go to the next

We use the adapter that is pictured above. It allows you to plug the lamp on and an extension cord. We plug a small cord into the adapter and branch it off so both sides have a power plug for devices.

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I'll get grief for this and it was a long time ago.Not a word was said about this at the time. They were secured to upside down table and we took them down when not outside. This is how we covered our balcony on a Panama Canal cruise where only mini suites available were uncovered. Learned to book early to get covered Emerald Deck Mini's.

What you can also do is have a friend or even a very friendly mail person, It's amazing what a yearly Christmas gift to them will do, put in a second hold slip. Our Mailwoman used to do this for my Mom every year. I commute and am all over the place and have found a valuable service is the USPS mail notification service, with this service you get a preview of what's in your daily mail delivery. I designed my mailbox at my Hawaii home so my mail goes through a slot into my garage closet and into a large kitchen garbage can. I can have a friend check anything I might have questions about. After a $2 pipe caused a 57K renovation in our LAS home, I've installed water shutoffs on my homes. It's a "T" handle we close on our way out. The outside water for sprinklers and pool fill still work, only no inside water. I carry my laptop and use a VPN to do anything I need secure on my laptop, or use cellular data in port to do any financial transactions. Facetime has gotten pretty good on board to be able to talk to the kids and grandkids.

I was able to pay for our Queensland cruise as well as the TP from Sydney to YVR. What I was unable to do was pay for excursions in Aus with gift cards due to the conversion to AUD. Otherwise very easy.

Could just be another one of Princess's IT departments failures. Just try again later, hopefully not all sold out.

We spent a day with them last March. Great day! Did you stop for coffee and muffins up in the hills? I wanted to go swimming in the trench but after the big lunch I didn't think I'd make it back up the ladder. Did get in and swim at the seminary school. Trudy was awesome in bargaining down the price of shirts for our Grandsons. Great People, can't recommend enough.

After reading one of your reviews we are rethinking our tour with Mr Sumai. Not really tour people, wife likes to shop for Grandkids and I like Thai Food and Beer. We have a day tour planned for our arrival on 10/19 on the Coral Princess. I think we'd rather take a taxi to Fishermans Village, then hit a beach for lunch and drinks on the way back to the ship. Any idea on approx taxi costs and where would you recommend we stop o way back to the ship?

That's kinda of what I was looking for. I have ship tour already booked, It's Sold Out now, but was looking for longer at Sanctuary. Guess we'll ride Da Bus. Mahalo Glad I pre booked the Koala holding and pictures for my wife.

Mahalo for all the ideas.

We really hate going on cruise ship bus tours and always look for alternatives. In Brisbane we'd like to go to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary. From what I've read, taxis are expensive and Ubers can go to surge pricing. Figure the best way to go is to pre book and Uber. Any thoughts?

I always book excursions I REALLY want early from the ship and then research and determine what way I want to go. I know that's why you now have to pay up front for the excursions. I've got on the waitlist before once aboard for a last minute excursion we wanted to do and too lazy to research, and have always cleared. I'd rather skip going somewhere than do a LONG big bus excursion. Mount St Michel was the LAST one I'll do. Folks are always saying that the ship will add extra buses, etc if full. What's the difference between Waitlist vs Sold Out. Is it the number of cruisers on the Waitlist? Was asked and I couldn't answer.

We usually catch a Pulmonia to Pino Suarez Market, then head to ferry to Stone Island for beers. Great pics!

We've been able to connect our phones and laptops to TV's on a few ships. Think I've seen where you can still do it on the Majestic. Going to try a Firestick on our next cruise as my wife can only take so much CNBC news. Would be nice to get local news. Have been able to use YouTube TV but you also need to use VPN. As for connecting it, the Royal Class ship Tv's are wall mounted and it's a tight fit to get HDMI cord attached. I bring a long cord that I can leave plugged in so only have to do it once. Your children will have no problem getting their arms behind the TV. When there's a will, there's a way. Do a search on how to connect and access HDMI menu.

Or Lyft. I check both and take better fare. There will be a lot available.