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You can use one FCD for each passenger. Although you can use more than one in your name, you only receive OBC for one for each passenger. If all three of you are going to be sailing with Princess, then you need to purchase FCDs for each of you. Buy enough to cover any cruises you will book until your next cruise (when you can buy more if you need them). You should be able to use them to book online. You enter the passenger information for each passenger when you make the booking before you pay the deposit. If everything is working the way it should, the system recognizes each passenger's Captain's Circle account and recognizes that each passenger has a FCD. It then asks you if you want to use the FCDs.

I have Princess Vacation Protection, Medicare, and Tricare for Life. DW and I both got COVID. She stayed overnight in ship's infirmary and had over $3,000 in onboard medical expenses. I had no symptoms and had a little over $100 medical expenses. Princess Vacation Protection covered all of the medical expenses without requiring me to submit to Medicare or Tricare first. They knew Medicare did not provide coverage outside the US, so they did not require a denial. Since, according to US law, Tricare for Life is secondary to any other medical insurance - even secondary travel insurance, they did not require a denial from them either. We were both in isolation in our cabin for three days of the 12-day cruise (1/4 of the cruise). Princess Vacation Protection reimbursed 1/4 of the cruise fare and port fees, even though we were still getting food and beverages delivered to our room.

Ask to look at the wine menu in the MDR. It may have something you like. Glasses of wine in the MDR (and anywhere else on the ship) are part of the Premier package. Even if they have one you like in the MDR, you may still want to carry one in so you don't have to wait for them to serve you. On the ship, you can buy a drink at any bar or dining room and carry it almost anywhere on the ship. The only restriction is you are not supposed to take a glass container onto the pool deck. If you have a glass when you enter the pool deck, go directly to the nearest bar and ask them to pour it into a plastic one.

1. No problem in the MDR. Tell the head waiter (or dining room manager or whatever he's called these days). You will order your meals from him (not your waiter) a day in advance. They can modify dishes to make them gluten free. Explain to him exactly what your restriction is and is not. I recommend eating in the same dining room every evening (not necessarily at the same table or with the same waiter), because then the head waiter will know your restrictions. Buffet or International Cafe are not so easy. You will need to ask. 2. Probably easiest to grab from the buffet and put it in the frig in your room. You can also check what's available at that time at the International Cafe. Since I've never been up that early, I have no idea. 3. You will probably have no problem, but you probably don't need to. The problem generally is taking food across international borders or taking it off the ship. 4. The Premier package gives you a discount of 25% off any bottle of wine. You don't need to drink the full bottle - they will save it for you and bring it out at the next meal even if it's in a different dining room. However you are losing a lot of the benefit of the Premier package if you are buying bottles of wine. The package includes up to 15 alcoholic drinks per day up to $20 each if you buy by the glass, and you only pay the difference plus 18% of the difference if a glass costs more than $20. Unless you can't find an acceptable wine by the glass available, there is no reason to purchase a bottle. Depending on the ship, you may find a better selection at Vines than in the MDR. I will often order a double pour in Vines before dinner and take it with me into the MDR.

But the real Love Boat did have separate beds. DW and I sailed on the original Pacific Princess in 2002 (her last year sailing with Princess). Our cabin had two twin beds that could not be moved.☹️ The cabin was a little smaller than the ones in the TV show.😉

You're still out of luck. On most Princess cruises, an 18-year-old cannot order alcohol.☹️

I doubt the Princess transfers stop at Bellingham. In any case, Alaska and American have a lot of nonstop flights from Seattle - not from Bellingham.

My Princess Travel Summary says "Passengers making their own air arrangements out of Seattle must depart no earlier than 4:00 P.M." After booking the Princess transfer, EZAir allowed me to select flights after 4:00 pm. I have a 6:07 pm flight so I should be OK.

I just booked the Princess transfer from the ship in Vancouver to Seattle airport. The description in the Travel Summary says it's a five-hour bus ride and I should book a flight departing no earlier than 4:00 pm. I'm booked on a 6:07 pm domestic flight from Seattle. I made the change because the time for my flight from Vancouver changed two hours earlier - to early to reliably make the flight from the ship and there were no later nonstop flights available. The total cost of flight and transfer was less than the cost of a flight from Vancouver. Has anyone taken this transfer? How was it? How comfortable was the bus? Does the bus have toilet facilities? What time did the bus leave the ship and what time did it arrive at the Seattle airport?

I've changed my plans completely. I booked the Princess transfer from the ship to SEA and a flight leaving SEA at 6:07 pm. The information on the Princess Travel Summary on TRANSFER VANCOUVER TO SEATTLE AIRPORT says "Passengers making their own arrangements out of Seattle must depart no earlier than 4:00 P.M." so I should be OK with a 6:07 pm domestic flight. The total cost of the flight and transfer is less than the cost of a flight from Vancouver. We do have a five hour bus ride however.

Refunding to the original credit card would not always work well. When an excursion is cancelled onboard, the refund goes on your cruise folio. The credit card payment goes on your cruise folio. You may have multiple sources of refundable OBC that came from different places. They just have a total amount of refundable OBC being refunded - it is not any specific refundable OBC so it's not from any specific credit card payment. Also once you are onboard, the payment belongs to the passenger - not to the payer. If you pay for another passenger's excursion which is then cancelled, the refund goes to the passenger with the cancelled excursion - not to the person who purchased it. This is very clear in Princess's terms. Example: Suppose a passenger has two excursions for $100 each purchased on two different credit cards owned by two different people. Both cancelled onboard for $200 refundable OBC. Then passenger purchases another excursion onboard spending $100 of the OBC. Leaving $100 refundable. Who should get the refund? With Princess's current policy, there is no question - the passenger gets the refund. With the suggestion of the original credit card, which credit card should be refunded? How would they decide? It wouldn't work.

Do all three have the same itinerary? If not, the itinerary differences may be more important than the ship differences. They probably have the same three ports, but they may not have the same glaciers. I would definitely recommend Glacier Bay National Park if you haven't already been there. It's not just the difference in the glaciers. National Park Rangers come onboard and give a commentary while in the Park. They will have a naturalist giving commentary at the other glaciers, but I think the best commentary is the one in the National Park from the Rangers.

I had the same change on my nonstop flight from 1:42 pm to 11:40 am. Unfortunately, all of the later flights have connections. I can book a flight leaving at 1:30 pm but it has a connection, and we don't arrive at our final airport until about midnight. We will be flying on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. I checked the list posted earlier, and there4 will be four ships in Vancouver that day, but they are small ships - Grand Princess (my ship) (1,432 passengers), Zaandam (Holland America) (1,432 passengers), Seven Seas Explorer (746 passengers), and Fridtjog Nansen (Hurtigruten) (530 passengers). My wife has some mobility issues and we will have luggage, so we won't be able to take the train to the airport. For the earlier flight, we would probably need to take a taxi (faster than cruise transfer bus). We could probably not do self disembarkation, but we would be in the earliest assisted disembarkation group. We won't have as many cruise passengers on Wednesday as on a weekend, but we will have early morning weekday rush hour traffic. I know we will need to get to the airport in time to go through US immigration and customs before boarding the flight. Should we just take the later flight and not try to make the earlier one? Any advice on how long it should take to get from the cruise terminal to the airport in a taxi on Wednesday morning?

You need to be very careful if you leave anything on the balcony. Read paragraph 13. COMPLIANCE WITH CARRIER'S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY in your Passage Contract (which you can find under Additional Forms & Documents after clicking "Luggage Tag & Travel Summary" on your Cruise Personalizer when looking at a cruise. Loss of any item, including personal items, into the ocean is strictly prohibited. Any negligent act of releasing or not preventing any unauthorized item overboard may result in a fine and other penalties. If the wind blows any of your clothing overboard, Princess may consider that a negligent act.

You may keep the wheelchair in your cabin. It may be crowded, but you should be able to handle a collapsible one. You may not store it outside your cabin. You may not be able to use it through the door of the cabin. You - or someone with you - may need to carry it into the hall before you sit on it. As long as you are mobile inside the cabin, you should not need an accessible cabin. If you have any tender ports, you may take a light collapsible wheelchair on the tender - as long as it is light enough for one person to lift and you can go up and down a few steps without the chair.

If you purchase it onboard, you do not pay part with OBC and part with your card when you buy it. The entire cost is charged to your onboard folio. OBC is subtracted from the balance on your folio, and the remainder (if any) is charged to your card at the end of the cruise. Note that nonrefundable OBC is charged first before refundable OBC, so you could get a refund if you have any refundable OBC left. Onboard, anything you purchase is charged to your onboard folio (with the exception of Future Cruise Deposits). Nothing (other than Future Cruise Deposits) is charged directly to a credit card until your folio is resolved at the end of the cruise. If the two passengers in a cabin use the same credit card, then all OBC for both passengers is used before charging the difference to a credit card. If you use different credit cards, then each passengers folio is settled separately and one does not use leftover OBC from the other.

Vines has better glasses that they don't want you to take out. If you want to leave, just ask them for a to-go glass and they will pour your wine into a normal glass like the other bars use. If you are just picking up a glass to take to dinner, tell them when you order and they will give you one of the other glasses. Note: My response is based on experience on other ships - not on the Sun.

A sold out ship does not necessarily mean that all of the cabins are sold. Each muster station has a maximum number of people it can handle. If a lot of cabins have three or four passengers, they may be sold out even with empty cabins. In this case, they can still accept bids for upgrades because this would increase revenue without increasing the total number of passengers.

Anyone can reach the limit on embarkation day. The real test is to reach the limit on disembarkation day between 6 am and when you leave the ship.😉

No, you cannot order a glass of tap water with OceanNow. It is not on the menu. A free glass of tap water is available at any bar. You can also ask any roving server for a glass of water at no charge.

Some people like to tip up front "to guarantee good service". I've always found that not necessary. I find I get excellent service, particularly at a bar where the bartender gets to know me. You have already tipped 18% when you purchased your package, so you don't have any obligation to tip more. I don't carry around cash either, so I don't tip each time. I usually spend most of the cruise at the same bar once I find one I like. In that case, I will leave a cash tip on the last night of the cruise.

You need to swap out the entire mini-bar (non-alcohol as well as alcohol) to get the bottle of wine. The mini-bar should include 20 bottles (including water and soft drinks as well as beer and liquor).

It's not complicated to get a refund for an excursion booked with OBC. The OBC is immediately available as soon as you cancel. What is complicated is if you book with a combination of OBC and credit card. Then they refund the OBC (immediately) instead of the credit card. Not a problem if you are going to book another excursion or if you don't mind waiting for the cruise to get your credit card payment back. You can only use OBC that shows on your Cruise Personalizer to book in advance. Some OBC doesn't show until you're onboard. Also booking with Shareholder OBC is now a problem, since Princess no longer posts it way in advance. When booking online, the OBC for the two passengers in a cabin are not combined. They charge a credit card for one passenger even if the other one has remaining OBC. Onboard, it is combined if you use the same credit card. You can use one passenger's OBC to book a cabin mate's excursion in advance by calling Princess but not online.

Don't rely on the bartender always volunteering the information about the price - you may need to ask. Instead of exploring every bar, you may be better off finding one that has most of what you want. Then tell the bartender that you are looking for the best options that are within the package. He may have some specific recommendations. I've found that a bartender who knows me can give better service than one who doesn't.

It should be listed in the summary for the land portion - not the cruise portion. It normally had (B), (L), and/or (D) at the end of the listing for each day. Please relook at your summary and see if these are listed.