CruiserMickey

16 hours ago, karatemom2 said:

I really love my bracelet - I've worn it on three cruises now. It is very comfy and looks nice as well. I purchased the gold, but they come in silver too.

 

I love my bracelet, too! I have it in gold and have used it on two cruises already. I’m considering buying the silver so I can have a different look to wear with silver jewelry. 

45 minutes ago, JDPCruisers said:

That's what we were thinking but my wife still wants the control. Still, might have to try one of these days.

If your wife wants to wait in line for the airline checkin desk to open, more power to her. I’d rather have the day to explore the area before having to go to the airport. FLL is my least favourite airport and the less time I spend there the better. 🤷🏼‍♀️

13 hours ago, LeeW said:

Did Luggage Valet off of Equinox in Fort Everglades last April.  No issues and did not get special customs selection.  Biggest advantage is that the airport doesn't accept luggage until 4 hours before a flight.

We used the luggage valet for exactly the same reason. FLL is definitely an airport where that service is beneficial.

57 minutes ago, Crookshanks said:

Not super stress free so far!  Had severe weather this morning with our tornado sirens blaring.  Kids' buses had to stop so they could shelter in place until the weather authorities cleared travel again. They are all safe now, but it definitely added drama to the day!

Glad to hear you are all safe! Hopefully this will be all the drama you face. Safe travels!

4 hours ago, cjpj said:

The pendant says from $25, the bracelet from $45, the sports bands from $10 and the sustainable bands from $17. I'd suggest just wait until you get on the ship, then go to kiosk where they sell the accessories and you can try them out and get what you like best. Just go early as some do sell out.

It is a good idea to see it in person, however the bracelet was $10 USD more onboard than it was ordering it before you sail.

The necklace is on sale for $25 (formerly $35) probably because of complaints that it is difficult ugly to use.

Just something to think about. Good luck with your decision!

I’ll put in another vote for the bangle bracelet. I much prefer it to a lanyard (reminds me of being at a conference, not on holiday) and it kept my medallion on me without having to have pockets or a purse along to hold it.

Have an amazing cruise! We board the Regal in March, do I will be following closely.

Can you please post about the boarding process and how Princess handles the drinks before you get to international waters?

Bon Voyage!

27 minutes ago, nasa1974 said:

Sorry should have said casual dining.

 

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Casual dining cannot be prebooked. If your son-in-law made a reservation it would be in specialty dining which is not included in the Plus Package.

14 minutes ago, nasa1974 said:

I am cruising with my daughter and her family this April. My daughter and son-in-law plan on purchasing Princess Plus when they get onboard. I just found out that my son-in-law booked a specialty restaurant for my daughter's birthday. Will he get a refund on his credit card? Or cancel and hope to book once onboard?

The Plus package does not include Specialty Dining.

15 minutes ago, Thrak said:

 

I don't know what credit card you use but I am able to check any charges easily online. Transactions made in foreign currency show up on my credit card listing in US dollars - not the foreign currency amount. For instance, we just cruised Australia and New Zealand. I put everything on my credit card. (I have Capital One so I got a text and an email each time telling me a new foreign transaction had been made on my card.) If I charged something for $170 AUD the actual charge that showed up on my credit card was $117 USD. It's quick and easy to check my account online.

Yes, I did check my credit card…which is why a receipt would be helpful. Princess charged in USD, but converted it to CAD *before* posting it to my account. With no receipt I couldn’t check if it was the correct amount charged or not.

The person I talked to insisted that it was $78 CAD, but it was actually $78 USD.

18 minutes ago, dog said:

I order through the Prrsonalizer on my laptop I get an email receipt and can see it in my Travel Summary. 
when I order in the app- specialty dining and internet I do not get a receipt.

My website personalizer would not allow me to book the reservation. It instructed me to book through the app. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Can anyone show me how to access my Travel Summary in the new app? Is that even possible?

I am still using the old app until Princess tells me I can’t. There are still too many glitches and necessities missing or not working.

55 minutes ago, califTraveler said:

Booked Crown Grill prior to our cruise and my credit card has a pending charge. Assuming the credit  card goes thru prior to boarding the ship. Should I have waited to book the specialty restaurant until I get onboard so I can use ship board credit to pay for it?

If you didn’t want the money coming out of pocket, then yes, you should wait to book.

We had used up our OBC for excursions, and wanted to make sure we got a table for six at the time we wanted. I paid to get what I want…but there should be a record of that payment and there is not other than on my credit card bill.

28 minutes ago, Camberley said:

And how utterly utterly crap that Princess do not issue automatic online receipts for paid transactions like this

This is a basic, necessary business practice. Otherwise how do you balance your books?

4 minutes ago, TRLD said:

The information for most of this is available on your cruise summary online. 

There is no record of my purchase of specialty dining in my Travel Summary. It should be there, but it isn’t.

Just now, Steelers36 said:

I agree that Princess is doing a very poor job in this area.  Besides complaining and pointing out to their management that it is standard business practice with online purchases to provide a receipt identifying what was purchased and amount paid.  Our only other recourse is to take a screenshot before the transaction disappears.

I wish I had taken a screen shot. Lesson learned.

12 minutes ago, Rick&Jeannie said:

I have taken to booking excursions just one at a time.  I wait for the email (usually just a couple of minutes at most), print it out and write on it which excursion it's for.  That's the only way that I have been able to try and keep all of my accounting straight.  ESPECIALLY if some is paid with OBC and "mixed" with CC payment!

That’s part of the problem. I didn’t even get an email saying anything was purchased. My only confirmation is in my dining reservations and it shows no dollar amount at all. 🤷🏼‍♀️

8 hours ago, leck57 said:

 

Yes, I agree the procedure is frustrating. Even when you book shore excursions you get an email advising of the payment amount but there is no reference to what you paid for.

In regard to your Speciality Dining at Crown Grill, I booked a dinner at Crown yesterday. Yep, you get nothing sent back re the payment. In my case, I am in Australia and booked the Crown Grill at $39. My credit card showed a larger amount and then I realised the amount shown on the website is in $US so my credit card amount was much higher when converted to Australian currency. I don't know where you are from so not sure if this is your issue.

Those responses you received from Princess are disgraceful and what happens when some functions are outsourced to slave labour companies. 

I guess Princess thinks we’re stupid and don’t want to keep track of what we spend?

If it is a conversion issue, you would think that there should be some way to track that, too. *sigh*
 

I usually sail with Celebrity and have never had this issue. I have receipts for everything I have ordered, be it excursions, wifi, drink packages or specialty dining. 

Today I booked the Crown Grill for a party of six. Two of our party have the Premium package and four do not.

The amount that Princess charged me does not match what the booking screen said would be charged.

After 90 minutes on the chat feature sending screen shots to prove my case, including what was charged on my MasterCard, the answer I got was

- “we don’t give out receipts” (excuse me???)

- “you can check what you were charged in your onboard folio” (in three months!?!)

- “call your bank”

Has anyone else run into this frustration? Any suggestion as to what I should do besides call my credit card company? I have no receipt to prove what the amount should be because Princess won’t give me one!

55 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

On one of my cruises I got that message.   It made not sense as we were traveling with My SIL/BIL from Scotland and we were paying for their fare and all charges were on my U.S. Credit Card.   I contacted my Travel Agent and he was able to fix it in less than 5 minutes. 

I’m glad it worked out for you! Crossing my fingers that all will be fine with our reservations.

1 hour ago, Mr. Click said:

Celebrity's IT still sucks I guess.

Yes…and my husband who worked in IT for 20 years says he would have been fired if any of the myriad of issues Celebrity has weren’t solved pronto. It boggles the mind how screwed up Celebrity IT is.

54 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

With due respect about 80% of the ship have at least Elite Status and it often doesn't do much.

Good to know. Being cruise line agnostic I will never make status anyways, so just thought we’d try.

58 minutes ago, Jim_Iain said:

I had the same dilemma.     The reservations were joined but could not book a reservation for 4.    I ended up booking two reservations for two and then had the Retreat Host call and combine them to a single reservation once on the ship.  

I have emailed Celebrity with our booking numbers and our request. I’m hoping that there is a workaround that can make this happen before we get on the ship. I know we can combine them when we get onboard, but I’d rather not have to go to line up on day one.
 

We are not in a suite, so we have no Retreat host to do this for us, but one member of our party is Elite, so we are hoping his status may have some influence to get our reservations made. We’re going to try, anyways.

24 minutes ago, cruiztime said:

In our experience, even with the reservations linked, due to the two different currencies we were unable to book any dining reservations together, even for Anytime Dining. Just book for approximately same time and then speak with the Maître’d on board. We have never had an issue. 

Thanks...we will do that.  I was just hoping that the glitch had been worked out so we could save some time on Day 1.

Just now, Dinah1230 said:

I’d rather not “just show up.” I thought I had read somewhere that you can make MDR reservations.

You can make MDR reservations in your Cruise Planner. Go to “Dining” and scroll to the bottom (past all the specialty dining) and you will see the link there.