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Does Princess status match with Carnival? If so how to do it?

6 hours ago, MacMadame said:

I have not made my final payment but I have made dining reservations. The new app let me so I did it. Could it be a bug? Possible. But I'm not going to complain about it.

 

I do think some people with certain loyalty levels can do it but this is my first Princess cruise so that isn't why it let me. It just did.

 

I am going to try on the app. Fingers crossed!

10 minutes ago, Host CJSKIDS said:

Welcome to cruising on Princess!

 

I wouldn't be worried about making your dining reservations at all.  Many people don't pay off their cruises until near the due date.  I never book far in advance, the majority of times just a few months prior and I've always had the opportunity to book dining. 

 

 

You were able to book the early times? I was just worried they would all be gone first. 

I booked an Alaskan cruise for 2025. I was surprised to learn that I could not make dining reservations for the main dining room until my cruise was paid in full. I have never experienced this on other lines. I am now concerned that I will miss out on all early dining times as I was not planning on paying off my cruise for some time. I intended to complete my 2024 cruises and then pay off 2025. Am I right to be concerned about this? Thank you to anyone who can provide some insight. 

Thank you! Will do!

Okay I completed the price drop form and tried to submit. It would not take as it now has to be within 48 hours of the original booking. 

Yes we are before final payment date.

The price of our cabin is now half of what we paid. Does RCI even still do price drop to onboard credit these days? It's been a while since we cruise on RCI. I wonder if anyone has called and gotten a cabin upgrade due to price drops? Just wondering. Thanks.

DH and I are sailing for the first time on MSC. We will be staying in a YC cabin on the Seashore. Can anyone tell me where the Muster Station is? Just trying to figure out how many flights of stairs we will have to climb. Thank you for any assistance and/or any other tips you can provide.  

1 hour ago, Jimmym1981 said:

I just want to swing by here and THANK you for this thread. We do a lot of Celebrity cruises (non retreat) and have no interest in Yacht Club on MSC. We enjoy cruising and always book an interior cabin because we are hardly in it and simply like being on the water.

 

We were looking to try other cruise lines as Celebrity has really ramped up their prices for what you get whether Retreat or non Retreat cruiser. We ended up deciding to give MSC a try and booked the SeaScape for November. Of course, all we have read is the "horrible" experiences online that started to make us re-think MSC - mixed in with people who enjoy it. However, after reading this thread, we feel like we have to give MSC at least a shot...especially for the price of 1/2 of what Celebrity is charging for the same thing. 

Glad to see you enjoyed your cruise and thank you for giving a play by play of everything. 

Us too! We have never really considered MSC until now.  We are taking a cruise in May and trying out the Yacht Club as we got a good price. The prices for Royal & Celebrity seem to be climbing. I was concerned about MSC after watching some YouTube videos but am feeling more confident now. Happy sailing! 

Hello all. We are sailing on the Beyond in Nov. I picked the Select Dining for 6pm. I now see there are four main dining restaurants to choose from however, the website will not allow me to pick any. I am very confused. I have an email verifying my 6pm reservations. I read online you can pre-select your restaurant but the button will not activate to choose them.  What am I doing wrong?

On 4/9/2023 at 7:54 PM, Diver2014 said:

Pretty hard to reply to your question without knowing where you are talking about....Fort Lauderdale?   Pt Canaveral?  Miami?

Guess I made a mistake. Fort Lauderdale.

I read a post a while ago about a marina hotel that had a public parking lot within walking distance. The post indicated that you could drop off your bags at the hotel, drive to the car park and easily walk back to the hotel. We would really like to stay at the marina this time but I cannot for the life of me find the post again! We will have our car and have already stayed at many of the hotels with cruise/park packages. Looking for something different this time. Does anyone know what hotel this could possibly be? Is there a cruise park close by the Renaissance perhaps? Thank you in advance for any assistance.

Can you remember what movies were playing on the ship?

5! Just 5! 5 more days! Hooray!

I noticed this today in the planning portion of our cruise. My DH loves the slots but has never tried this. Opinions please, worth the cost? Fun?  

Where does it dock in St Thomas? Close enough to walk into town or is a shuttle required? Thank you.

Thank you for the responses. That is pretty much what I thought.

A travel agent booked a cruise for a friend under this offer. My friend believes she can go into the casino and order a free drink without playing in the casino. She is NOT a gambler so she will use the casino bar as a stop off before going to other events on the ship. Is this the way that works????  I didn't think so but I have never received this offer. 

We have only taken one Celebrity cruise so far.  We agree Celebrity's food was better at least on the Equinox.

I booked a B2B on Mariner of the Seas in Dec. Only one time did the app list both cruises at the same time. I went to my Profile today and hit the, "Select a different cruise" but nothing came up. I then tried to add the second cruise but the app said it was already linked and would not allow me to see it. I am just concerned because of completing the Health Questionaire for the second sailing. Does anyone know if this is just a glitch and the second sailing will show up so I can complete the questionaire. Or will it not show until the first cruise ends? Thank you for any assistance. 

Yes so sorry I did mean the Vista and not the Dream! Thank you for all your assistance.

For the last several years we have only sailed on the larger ships. We are use to booking our shows but are unsure about the process on Mariner.  Do we have to book shows when we board on the app or can we just show up?

Hello to all. We recently booked a Havana cabin on the Mardi Gras expecting it to be the same as on the Dream. Sadly, it wasn't. It was very narrow/small with only a hot tub. I am wondering if any other ships have the same space/layout as the Dream's Havana area? 

I am THRILLED! Cruise Oct 1st on Allure. This really took off a lot of stress!