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On 5/21/2024 at 11:18 PM, EDVM96 said:

There has never been free king or snow crab on any Princess ship. At least not in the past 15 years. What free crab are you talking about?

 

Back when we started cruising on Princess in 2004 and few years after they used to have King Crab split open in the buffet one day. It was awesome. My husband and I was just talking about how we missed those days. 

Any hotels near Seatac airport that are within walking distance to any stores to buy beer or wine. Thanks 

13 minutes ago, sdear said:

Our flight was for 1:30 and got bumped to 12:30.  I think we are still ok.  

 

thanks for your input

You are correct anytime from 12 and on is perfect. 

On 5/17/2024 at 5:02 AM, sdear said:

I just signed up too and i marked exempt .  We have free bags as we are flying first class.  It showed a zero balance at checkout, so i hope that holds up.    

I am a Delta member with free bags also. Yes I have used the service a few times and they will not charge you once you let them know. The cruiselines will print out your tickets and such and they will know if you do get the free bags. So if anyone just tries to mark exempt and they aren't then they will know and charge you accordingly. It truly is a wonderful service out of Seattle. But you also has to have flights after noon time and anything before that will not work.

2 minutes ago, FamilyAtSea.travel said:

If you read through this post, you'd see this had literally nothing to do with our TA or the room change. 

 

My lesson was learned though - I got this issue resolved on my own without needing to bother our TA.

 

 

That's great to hear. If you don't want to ask TA for help why book with them? Unless you are getting a discount or obc from  then I get that. 

On 5/16/2024 at 2:21 PM, FamilyAtSea.travel said:

The issue had nothing to do with the TA or me having Princess change my room number, which Princess already acknowledged (the price was changed before I changed our room #, that was just how I discovered the change). They made a mistake and a VP from Princess called me to apologize and resolved the issue. 

 

For what it's worth - we cruise a lot (6-8 times/year) and I've yet to ever be told the cruise lines are unwilling or unable to do something basic like change a room #. There are things I would need to go to my TA for, but as we saw here, Princess had no issue changing our stateroom number (had we been changing the category, I would have contacted our TA).

Lesson learned. If you book thru a TA then stick to them for any changes small or large. They get a commission so let them work for you. Less stress on your part. 

On 3/17/2024 at 9:15 PM, DallasGuy75219 said:

No.  FTTF lets you check in and pick your arrival time 2 days before people without priority.  Officially, Diamond/Platinum/Suites/FTTF who show up earlier than their scheduled arrival time will have to wait until that time.  It varies from port to port, ship to ship, and sometimes even sailing to sailing whether this is actually enforced, but you if you show up early you're taking a chance on not being allowed to check in until your assigned time.

We have never been allowed to pick arrival time 2 days ahead of people without priority. Fttf this past Feb and every time I have used it we have been allowed to check in for arrival time the same day  as no priority people. 

16 hours ago, YWW said:

So are you saying the new price reflected the 30% discount? If no old price was shown, how did you know you were given a discount?

Because we booked excursions months ago and I check often for price drops . One excursion was 95.00 pp and when I checked couple weeks ago it dropped to 65.00 . So we cancelled and rebooked it. So the new price definitely reflected 30 percent discount. And few days later received the credit on my credit card.

Yes our group rebooked some excursions as they had a 30 percent discount on our stuff. But it didn't show old price just the new price. So we all cancelled and rebooked them all. And the over pay was put on our credit card in a few days. 

On 1/27/2024 at 9:34 PM, csoud68 said:

Would love a large order of fish n chips..

Excellent clam chowder and excellent calamari. 

11 minutes ago, DallasGuy75219 said:

John Heald does not make Carnival policy and has been known to post inaccurate info before.  

 

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1374/kw/faster to the fun

Priority Check-in
Upon arrival to the terminal (during your arrival appointment), look for the Priority line to check-in. 

 

Yes, often this is not enforced, and FTTF and priority pax are to check in whenever they arrive, but this is not guaranteed.  Particularly when the ship arrived into port late and/or boarding started late, the port agents enforce check-in appointment times more strictly.

Correct John Heald does not make policy . He went to higher ups and they confirmed. We had no problem in Feb even though our time was 1 and we got there at 1030. Just saying.

On 4/2/2024 at 1:06 PM, mz-s said:

 

Not sure where you got this verbiage, but Carnival's Help page clearly states you must arrive during your arrival appointment.

 

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1374/~/faster-to-the-fun-(fttf)

 

But as I mentioned this does not seem to be enforced at this time. Take that for what you will.

Actually John Heald posted months ago that FTTF can actually show up when you like even if you have a late arrival time for check in. 

We had it and our friends had it also on Horizon last month. We went straight to room to drop off with no problems. Our friends on another deck tried and they would not let them in even though they told him and showed him the FTTF on the paper. And they didn't push the issue either as I would have pushed the issue. That is part of the FTTF. 

4 hours ago, TRLD said:

Just something one needs to be aware of if they select a 3 or 4 person room for 2 people, when 2 person capacity rooms are available in the class.

 

 

Exactly, that is why I make sure we book our cabin for the amount of people in it as this has been happening for years. Unfortunately this is not new. 

59 minutes ago, bronzey214 said:

No. The Majestic does not have a pizza bar near the main swimming pool. Pool pizza is still free.

But I thought they said Majestic does not have a pizza unless it is from Alfredos?

20 hours ago, cruiserbrianj said:

Possibly an unpopular opinion on here, but I/my family tip as we would on land and that's for those are are directly serving us. We do remove the auto gratuities and then tip accordingly. Room stewards get more. Sometimes the bar service folks get more (than the auto 18%). When we dine in the MDR, steakhouse or other specialty restaurants, they get more. If others behind the scenes don't get something, I'd argue that their salary should be more and it's not up to me to supplement that. I tip as I do in the US and that's for those that are directly servicing us. If they (cruise lines) decide to include it in the price, then fine, but until then...I'll tip as I normally do.

No the room stewards do not get more. Since you remove the tips then they are required to share the tips just like the bar service and everyone else. It is all pooled. 

1 hour ago, iscruisingdunzo said:

These are just a myth. Never seen one on two separate accounts...

Just checked my Platinum and Hilton cards once more and there is no sign of RCI.

Not a myth its a fact for some people . I have received the offer actually twice on 2 seperate cards. Not everyone gets the offer. 

4 minutes ago, Rdclfamily said:

You're right. If spending $7000-8000+ on a one week vacation for mediocre food, a pool I would never swim in + an indoor cabin + ports where you can barely find a decent beach or an excursion is what I can expect from further carnival cruises, then it may not be for me.  Last I checked though, that wasn't a Burger King budget.  

Just need to do your homework about the ships and cabins and ports and the time you go really makes a difference in cost and such. 

On 12/3/2023 at 8:37 AM, Rdclfamily said:

Drinks are part of vacation.  I can't think of any other vacation where I tip $1000+ through the course of a week.  That's why I feel like with the addition of all of the pay-for restaurants, the way we tip may need to change.  I didn't do anything different this time around, but I think I would tip individually next time.  The cruise lines have changed the game, not us.  The way they pay their people may need to change as well.  Cruises used to be entirely free plus drinks and we used to all eat in the same place.  That isn't the case now. 

Sounds like cruising is not for you.

We did this cruise on Crown Princess last April. And yes the ship for the days going and coming back were extremely rough for our sailing but we knew that would happen from reading what others have said. We were on the Grand almost 10 years ago and unless they did revamp it our group would not go on it again as it was aging back then. I would try to see if they had a newer ship going there with a few more things on it if I was bringing my kids. Just my opinion. But regardless the crew has always been top notch on all Princess ships that we have been on. 

We always get the drink package and then use our 4 daily drinks to stock up on beer to put in our cabin so if we want to hang out on the balcony then we are all set. 

On 7/21/2023 at 11:40 AM, pierces said:

After spending thousands of dollars on a cruise to Alaska to see the glaciers and all the wonderful sights, we discovered that the Quantum of the Seas does not get within a mile of any glacier. It dips its toe into the fjord, turns around and runs away. On asking why , we were told that the ship is too large to safely approach the glacier. So if you see an ad that says voyage of the glaciers keep in mind that on the Quantum of the Seas, it's the voyage to see part of a fjord. Very disappointed. Not necessarily at the crew but very disappointed at Royal Caribbean marketing that failed to mention this glaring omission. 

6 hours ago, ChinaShrek said:

To be honest, we would have put the beds back in the "proper configuration" if the attendant had been nice about it. One more question. Should the bed sheets be changed during a 7 day cruise? They were definitely not changed at all. I saw a chocolate stain on mine for most of the week.

No they should not have been changed unless they had gotten something on them. 

On 7/4/2023 at 7:54 PM, Coral said:

They gave me $10 off. Not 10%.

 

I didn't ask for the $10. Someone thought it was a refund for shipping of the medallion. 

 

I doubt they are giving any discounts. This is not something Princess does with things compared to other lines (discounts on dinners, etc..).

Refund for the shipping  of the medallion

is what that was for.

So actually no real news as most people showed up regardless of the time they should have. lol