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My standard list I give to people that ask me.

We booked Mr Koh Samui through Viator with a discount price of $165.00 USD. Private tour for my wife and I. Might have to look at Getyourgide to compare.

Is your room steward "allowed" to accept the items from the minibar set ups as a gift. Previously we've given bottles to friends but on the next upcoming B2B cruises we"re not sailing with anyone to give them to. Thought I'd offer them to room steward if acceptable. I drink the beer and my wife drinks the bubbly waters, rest we don't care about.

Great explanation ^^^^^^^^^^^^ I print mine out and take them to GS and have them added to my account as OBC. The balance is refunded to you in a check.

Haven"t had to deal with this and hope Barclays will correct. What I do is redeem my points for Princess Digital gift cards. That way I can deposit once on board. I'd keep calling Barclays until you get someone that will give you the letter Princess wants.

The point I was making was that BOTH apps continue to work with all the mainframe data. Previous posters have reported that when they transitioned to the new app, that certain data points were erased, such as dining times.

I have both apps downloaded on my phone, and both work. Figured I might as well figure out the new one. Downloading transferred all info without erasing anything from old app.

This is what happened to us. Covid cancelled cruises credited back to cards. All other times the balance on ship account used as OBC was returned by check.

I was able to stream YouTube in the South Pacific and also through Europe and on the TA. Crown and then Regal.

One of my first try's on bedside power station.

Sure beats the cord on the floor technique. Found painters tape better than duct tape.

This was a game changer for us. I used to use tape and an extension cord but now use this method. Mahalo for the information! We plug in a small plug bar to the adapter and run an extension cord to each side of the bed. From the bathroom side of the bed, we run a taped extension cord around the corner into the closet so my wife has power in the bathroom for her water pic. I have power for my Bipap. We pull out the bed to insert plug.

We cruised on the Crown for 28days in the South Pacific. Besides the bed we had, YMMV, it was an awesome time. No sewage smell, no big problems.

So many reviews for Xuan, we booked him also.

These are the only choices I've seen on tap. These are the only choices I've seen on board. Hoping for better selection on Sydney cruise.

Mahalo for the tip. Just pre booked our Uber to and from. That way we can be there when the Sanctuary opens and book a few of the encounters. Platinum tour looks great, just a little too much of a day for us.

We were able to get tender tickets for Moorea the night before. Meeting place was at Captains Circle Desk. I believe time was 5pm. I got there a 1/2hr before and was #1 in line. This was on the Crown last April.

Tender tickets were handed out the night before for Moorea last March. We were on the Crown. Info was posted in the Patter.

We booked this through Princess and I've booked through the Sanctuary the "Hold a Koala" picture option. After reading posts about the taxi cost and the upcharging on Ubers, we went with the ship tour. How was the crowds with the Princess excursion, is it worth gambling with an Uber? We will be visiting in April so was thinking it might be off season.

Mahalo, just the advice I was looking for! Have used your blogs for port experiences many time.

Had to prepay in AUD. Had gift cards and was unable to use them and had to use CC.

We will be on a B2B cruise starting with a 10day Queensland, followed by a 30day Transpacific that ends in Vancouver. When does the folio switch from AUD to USD? I'll have Princess gift cards to put onto my account and would like to have them credited in USD. I know I can just wait till long gone from Australia/NZ and I'm sure folio will be in USD. Any idea if folio will close out after first cruise due to conversion to USD on the second? We're covered in that our CC doesn't charge for international fees.

Our hotel has a $62aud pre pay taxi fare available. Please post what you find. After a 15hr flight might be a little fuzzy and a pre planned pick up might be a good thing.

If you have one of the 2 packages, you can order from the Oceans Now menu on the app. You can google "Oceans Now Menu" to get an idea of what's available. We've had leftover OBC and ordered items from the Crown Grill to see how it would be delivered. As stated above, the food arrived warm but not hot. If you don't have a package, then it's a $5 charge to order from "room service" over the phone. I have no idea what that menu is.

Ha, my wife uses that excuse to have me do the laundry. I get up to walk and exercise early and the laundry fits into breaks in that schedule. She gets a load of warm laundry dumped on her as her wake up call.😀