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You can also eat breakfast in Reserve Class if you're in a suite, but why would you want to? The suite breakfast is not always available on disembarkation morning; if it isn't, then you would eat in Reserve Class that morning.

You and DH can own the stock jointly. You don't have to be the sole owner. DW and I now own the stock jointly, and there was no problem getting her the OBC.

I think these two replies answer the main problem with giving your kids (of whatever age) access to your cabin - as long as you remember to lock the dead bolt whenever you don't want to be interrupted.

That's only true if two Premier guests are sharing it with each other. But they certainly won't let a Premier guest share with someone who doesn't also have Premier. And setting different rules for Plus and Premier would be difficult to explain and to enforce. If they allow a Plus guest to share with someone else but don't allow a Premier guest to do so, then they are offering something to Plus that is not included in Premier. Premier is supposed to be an upgrade to Plus that includes everything in Plus and more. I suppose they could let a Premier guest share two casual dining meals but not more than two, but they would really complicate things.

What happens if the ship misses the port in Hilo because of weather conditions? Then you would be stuck in Hawaii and the ship would be sailing back to the west coast without you. I'm also not sure how the PVSA would apply. If you are off the ship for one night, would it count as two one-way cruises - both illegal under the PVSA?

@deltahogdidn't say how old his kid was. If a cabin is occupied by your adult child, then you would definitely need permission - even if you paid for the cabin. Also, I just said what he could do - I didn't recommend that he do it. I would certainly recommend that a parent get access to a minor child's room. If the parents have a balcony and the children are in an inside, they may want to give the children access to the balcony (depending on their age and maturity). No one else can decide for them.

I don't know what you mean by "there is no reservation at Princess yet." Do you mean that you can't find it on the app or that you can't find it on the Cruise Personalizer? By "booked third party", do you mean you booked through a travel agent? The cruise may not be associated with your login, but you should be able to claim it by using your name, date of birth, and booking id. It it's not there, then you need to talk with your "third party" to verify if they have actually booked your cruise.

I am a veteran and my wife is not. I just transferred Carnival stock out of my Roth IRA to a joint account with my wife. Unfortunately, I can't take a tax loss, since the stock was in an IRA, but at least I didn't have to pay tax on the cash dividends I received. After transferring the stock to joint ownership, I sent an email from my wife to Princess asking for the shareholder benefit on three future cruises I had booked after the change. The OBC was added within a day of the email. This change does not affect all veterans, since shareholder OBC has always been one per cabin. It affects veteran singles (who can no longer get both OBCs) and dual veteran couples (who can no longer get three OBCs). It is only an administrative inconvenience to couples with only one veteran (since we still get the same two OBCs). Considering the relatively small number of people it would affect, in my opinion the cost savings to Princess are insignificant compared to the bad publicity.

If you have Premier, then it is unlimited. That's why I don't care how many they charge me for. But that's also why they can't really let me share it with others.

This is really only a restriction if you have the Plus package - not the Premier package. If DW and I have the Premier package and want to share a pizza, I don't think there would be any problem. They are welcome to charge us for two of the set menus even if we eat only one pizza between us.

I don't know about the UK, but FCDs are not always refundable in the US. If you book a cruise with a non-refundable deposit using a FCD, then the FCD becomes non-refundable. An advantage of booking the non-refundable deposit cruise with a FCD is that you only lose $100 per person instead of a potentially much larger deposit.

They can program a medallion to open another room. To get your medallion programmed, you need to go to Guest Services with someone booked into that other room.

Yes.

If you booked all of your excursions using a credit card, then you will get a refund on your credit card. If you booked using a combination of credit card and OBC, you will receive a credit card refund only if the total credit card payment is larger than the remaining excursion booking balance. Example: Suppose you booked two excursions - one for $200 and one for $100, and suppose you had $125 OBC. Then they would have charged your credit card for $175. Then the $100 excursion was cancelled. Since you still have a $200 excursion and you paid only $175 by credit card, they would not refund anything to your credit card. When you get on the ship, your folio will show a charge for $100 for the excursion and a refundable credit of $175 for the credit card payment.

@Guindalf was eating breakfast in Sabatini's for suite guests - see the extract of his post that I copied above. The breakfast menu in the suite dining room is completely different from the one in the standard and Reserve MDR.

Before the cruise: Log in to your cruise on the Cruise Personalizer. Select "Check-in" on the top of the page. Under Guest Check-in Status for the specific passenger, select "Dietary Requests". Fill in the information and then select "SEND DIETARY RESTRICTION". When you are on the ship, speak to a head waiter at your first lunch or dinner in the MDR. Explain your dietary restrictions to him. You will not order from a waiter - you will order from a head waiter. Each evening, the head waiter will come to you with the next day's dinner menu (and lunch menu if it's a sea day). You will place the order with him. The head waiters are trained to deal with dietary restrictions - they waiters aren't. The head waiter will tell you what you can order that fits your specific restrictions. Since you are ordering a day in advance, they will be able to modify some items to fit. For example, a sauce that is not gluten-free can be modified to be gluten-free - it will not have the same consistency and possibly not quite the same taste. You can eat any time in any MDR dining room. You can make reservations or just show up like anyone else. Even though you can eat in any dining room, I recommend you always eat in the same one for dinner. That way, you can work with the same head waiter every day to place your order. It is not important to get the same waiter, as long as you tell the waiter that you ordered in advance with the head waiter. They don't normally work with separate menus, since many items on the menu can be modified with the advance notice. If you are eating breakfast in the MDR, order from the head waiter. Lunch in the MDR on sea days is ordered in advance like dinner. I don't recommend the buffet unless the MDR isn't available. If in the buffet, ask to speak with the manager or chef. Don't rely on labels on the buffet. Don't rely on just any server. They will know what fits within your restrictions. Depending on your restrictions, there may be a problem with cross-contamination in the buffet, since passengers may switch serving utensils from one item to another. If your restriction is serious enough that cross-contamination would be a problem, they can serve your plate from the kitchen avoiding any. If you are going to eat in a specialty restaurant, tell your head waiter the day before when he comes for your order. Go to the specialty restaurant the day before to speak with the head waiter there about your dietary restrictions. They can work better with the advance notice. Also you will tell the MDR head waiter where you will be eating, since you won't be placing an MDR order for that day - he may also offer to speak to the specialty restaurant head waiter. If you do eat dinner in a specialty restaurant, don't forget to go by the MDR that evening to place your next day's orders with the head waiter. I don't have any experience with special orders for the platinum/elite/suite lounger. I recommend asking your MDR head waiter for advice on this. Neither DW or I have dietary restrictions. However, I have traveled with a sister-in-law who requires gluten-free. My comments are based on her experiences and on observing others at my table with dietary restrictions.

But no promenade.☹️

Princess does not transfer shareholder or military OBC from USD to AUD. As stated in the description of shareholder military OBC, the amount of OBC is dependent on the onboard currency. They give us exactly what they say. For some reason, they provide smaller amounts of shareholder and military OBC on AUD cruises.

Does your plan include Canada? If not, you may want to leave airplane mode on in Vancouver.

Instead of relying on other people's answers, you can check it out at home. Put your phone in airplane mode and then connect to your home wifi. Try out voice calls, texting, hotspots, and anything else you want to try. If it doesn't work at home with airplane mode and home wifi, then it won't work on the ship. If it works at home, then it will "probably" work on the ship.

That's one reason I prefer the Grand class ships. I can walk around the ship on the promenade. I do have to take stairs to Deck 8 at the bow, but I can walk completely around the ship. I have no idea why they call Deck 7 on the Enchanted the Promenade deck. It does not have a promenade. They should rename it to somthing else.

They still have a parade - not the parade. Without traditional dining, it isn't at the right time for many diners. And they don't actually parade baked Alaska - they march around with some fake demo stuff. And it definitely isn't flaming. In the old days, they actually fed us the baked Alaska that they marched with.

I really miss the baked Alaska from the old days. The junior waiters would march around the room at the end of dinner with the flaming baked Alaska. They would then take it to our table and put out the flame. No one ordered baked Alaska - it was taken to the table for everyone without ordering it. It was messy and delicious - not like the ones they have today. That was back in the day when everyone was ready for desert at the same time (traditional dining) and before the safety people forbid flames on the ship. Oh, I miss the good old days.😀

Princess Cancel for Any Reason (CFAR) returns a Future Cruise Credit good for travel until the end of the next year after the cancellation (75% or 100% of the cancellation penalty - not including the cost of the insurance). A third-party CFAR would give you a refund (some percent), but third-party CFAR policies may be more expensive. Third-party medical and evacuation coverage may be better than Princess Vacation Protection (PVP). As you stated, this probably doesn't matter on an Alaska cruise. Medicare and supplement may not pay for treatment on the ship or for treatment in Vancouver, but the PVP should be enough for these costs. This analysis could be different for a cruise in some other part of the world. One big difference is that the cost of PVP is not age rated. The cost for third-party insurance is. This can lead to a significant cost difference for some of us who aren't as young as we used to be. PVP provides secondary coverage for medical expenses. Third-party insurance may provide primary or secondary coverage. With secondary coverage, you have to apply to the primary insurance first and then they pay the difference. In the past, I haven't had to apply to Medicare first for treatment outside of the US; the insurance company knows they don't provide coverage. Your Medicare supplement may or may not provide coverage outside of the US. My Tricare for Life does, but some supplements do not. But my Tricare for Life is secondary to travel insurance - even secondary travel insurance, and I usually don't need to file a claim with them first.

No, that's backwards. If the condition is treated with medication and the diagnosis and medication has not changed in the 60 days prior to purchase (payment - not selection), then it is covered. You can purchase it anytime between deposit and final payment. I wait until DW and I have 60 days with no medical changes and then purchase it. I don't wait until final payment, because one of us may have a changed condition just prior to that.