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2 minutes ago, JimmyVWine said:

Yes.  Just enter the final balance. The card will not zero out and instead will carry the difference which you can use on board by going to Guest Services and have them upload that amount as OBC. Or you can just hold on to the card and use it for a future cruise payment.

Thank you. I will use the remaining balance of that card on the other cruises I need to pay. 

This is the picture I referred to in my last post. 

I logged in to my Princess account and applied my Princess gift cards to pay my final payment.

I entered 9 cards with $500 per card, everything went fine.  After that, I have a remaining balance of $21.87.  Then I applied my 10^th card, card balance is $500.  So, I entered $500 in the “amount” box.  Then I got the message “Amount is required” above the Amount box.  Am I not supposed to enter $500 (the balance on my card)?  Am I supposed to enter just “$21.87”, my remaining balance due?  I didn’t enter $21.87 because I am afraid my $500 card will be zero out after it deducted the $21.87.

Any assistance will be appreciated.

On 4/2/2024 at 8:06 AM, VMax1700 said:

There is a bank just across the road from the Titanic Experience in the centre of town.  Very close to the 'terminal'.  There is no terminal building so you will need to walk a couple of hundred yards 

Thank you for the information!

Anyone knows if there is ATM in/nearby the cruise terminal?    Thank you.

I purchased five $500 Princess cards at 11 a.m. (PT) this morning and now it is 5:30 p.m. and I still haven't received the emails with the e-cards.  I have purchased many Princess cards in the past and have always received the emails within 10 minutes.  For this purchase, I used my new Amex Delta credit card (first time using this card), I wonder if that caused the delay.  I went to my Amex account, and it shows $2,300 has been charged by AARP.  

On 3/15/2024 at 10:56 AM, Fortunate 2 travel said:

We have a cruise this summer and also summer of 2025. They both show up in the new app.  Hopefully you will be able to see all your cruises soon.

Now off ship and able to see all my future cruises on the new app.  Thanks.

Currently on the Discovery. Got 2 new Princess bags and 2 Sun Princess luggage tags. 

Thank you @phabricand @memoak. I am surprised the Internet manager doesn’t know that. He said he will investigate on the issue and he also told me to try tomorrow when we get to port and use my T-Mobile WiFi instead of the Medallion Net. 

I am on Discovery right now. Yesterday when I use the old app, the only choice I had was to upgrade to the new app. So I did. With the new app, I only see my current cruise , and all my future cruises not showing. So I chose “add journey” and put in the booking numbers and all bookings were not found. So this morning I went to OceanFront and the internet manager there tried it on my app and got the same messages. He said he needs to investigate and told me to see him again tomorrow. He thinks maybe because my next cruise won’t be until August. 

3 minutes ago, memoak said:

I have not seen Elite Suite lines at embarkation for quite awhile just green and blue lines. If you are super early and go through blue to get your medallion then you can still go to elite suite lounge until they start boarding. We never show up before noon or one so never worry about it

Thank you.  

We used San Pedro port for embarkation in Nov. 2022 for Discovery Princess, and back then there was a line for Elite and Suite.  Of course, at that time, Medallion was not needed to be in "green".

For Elite members without Medallion on hand and app showing "Blue lane", can the Elite member still go directly to the "Elite and Suite guests lane" or must line up at the "Blue lane"?  We will be boarding at San Pedro tomorrow.  

8 minutes ago, startedwithamouse said:

I don't.  She replaced a male. 

Thank you.  

8 minutes ago, startedwithamouse said:

We got a new hotel GM halfway through our cruise - a lot of crew changed in San Diego. 

Do you know the name of the new hotel GM?   TIA.

On 2/16/2024 at 4:59 PM, Hlitner said:

I love the Princess egg drop but sometimes wonder if the only real eggs are used for that activity 🙂  But seriously, just about all the cruise lines use commercial boxed (like a large milk carton) pasteurized eggs whenever it is possible (which is for just about anything where you do not need an intact yolk).  On one of my recent cruisers I asked the grill man (in their Lido) if he would make me an omelet using the real eggs he had in a bowl.  He bluntly told me that he "would get in trouble" with his boss if he did that.  The real eggs were only for things like over easy, sunny side up. etc. where you really must use a real egg.  Otherwise, it is poured from a carton.  My own appraisal is that the pastuerized egg mix tastes fine, but the texture is "off" when it comes to omelets.  For scrambled it is open to debate.

While on Princess cruises, for breakfast, I always requested omelet with egg white.  Do they use "real" egg for egg white omelet?

Is the International Cafe (the food side with sandwiches, snacks, etc.) opens 24 hours?  Thank you.

6 minutes ago, Astro Flyer said:

This satellite image shows the close proximity of the parking lot to both B92 & B93.

 

Thank you!!

11 minutes ago, HBCcruiser said:

I can’t answer your questions because we live 30 minutes from the port. We just park right at the port close to the ship. $20 a day. 

We also only live about 40 minutes from the port, and do plan to park at the port parking lot for $20 a day.  My questions on how long it took you to drive to the parking lot from the cruise terminal and how long you waited before shuttle available to take you from the parking lot to the terminal were for that $20 parking lot.  I apologize if my questions were not clear.

After seeing the parking lot pictures from KarmaCruisers, my questions were answered.  I didn't know the parking lot is that close to the pier.

Thank you.

4 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Here is a pic of the parking lot

Thank you!!

3 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

There IS a courtesy shuttle that drives around the berth 92/93 parking lot; but the lot is maybe the size parking lot of a super Walmart..so I mean..unless you have mobility issues, the shuttle isn’t really needed.

this is the “port parking” that everyone parks at.

So the parking lot is right at Berth 92/93 and after you park, you can just walk to the check-in area?  I thought it is a structure building close by the berth and shuttle is needed to the check-in area.

On 2/13/2024 at 8:29 AM, HBCcruiser said:

We live really close to the port – about 40 minutes – and plan on leaving our car parked in the lot right by the terminal. It is so easy IMO. 

 

 

Our cruise starts next Saturday, and our plan is to park our car there.  According to info on Princess website, the parking facility is called Parking Concepts, for $20/day, and courtesy shuttle will be provided from parking lot to the cruise terminal.  Is this the same parking facility that you mentioned in your post that is "right by the terminal"? 

Our plan is to have our friend drops us off at Berth 92 because we have quite a few luggage.  Then he will park the car and take the shuttle back to the terminal.  If it is the same parking lot you parked, can you tell me how long it took to drive to the parking lot from the cruise terminal?  Also, how long you waited before shuttle available to take you from the parking lot to the terminal?

Thank you.  

3 minutes ago, KarmaCruisers said:

Here’s mine from my February discovery sailing. Just enough for one 240lb person.

Looks good!  Thanks.

20 minutes ago, insidecabin said:

This set menu for the casual dining is going to reduce its value to us as a package item.

Does not matter how much food if it not what you would order.

 

 

Thank you.  I mainly wanted to know if we can still order a la carte?  I got my answer already from a current Live thread on Discovery.

4 minutes ago, HBCcruiser said:

 

Thank you so much for your time!!  It is nice to know we can still order A la carte.  

@HBCcruiser  If you happen to pass by the Ocean Terrace Seafood Bar and have the time, please kindly take a picture of the food menu (don't need the drink menu).  We would like to know the A la Carte menu, and not the $14.99 set lunch menu.  We will be boarding next Saturday for 3 b2b2b, and if possible, would like to decide before boarding if we want to eat lunch at Ocean Terrace Seafood Bar or the main dining room.  TIA.