Roberto256

On 10/20/2023 at 8:23 PM, beg3yrs said:

Yes the website, princessluxurybed.com is still live but they've been sold out for quite some time now. We bought a full king set for our place in Florida and a year later decided it was time to replace our king in Arizona. No such luck. 🤔

This thread from a few years ago identifies the manufacturer of the princess luxury bed as sherwood.

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2377812-new-princess-beds/#comment-51140922

There was also a poster who went to a sherwood dealer, and got a mattress with the same specs (but no princess name) and was happy.

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2591224-princess-bedding/

Sleeping, like tipping, is a very personal matter.

On 2/14/2024 at 9:50 AM, h20skibum said:

Feb 18 was canceled last night, hence my question.

The whole day ?!?!?

I'm glad I read this.   February with / without a 29 is hard enough!

🙂  <-- for the humor impaired

But seriously ... princess has announced and missed dozens of dates with regard to medallion / app / ships ready, etc.

3 hours ago, coloradocruisers101 said:

The plastic bag that was with my purchase of the biodegradable urn said it was dissolving plastic.

The funeral home that did the cremation put the ashes in the bag within the urn for me.

When the environmental officer saw the pastic ... it looked like plastic to me, too.

Plus, not a time to argue.   My only thought was how can I get through this and not start crying,

18 hours ago, coloradocruisers101 said:

Good day fellow Cruisecritics family.

 

I have researched this topic, but just wondering if anybody had a recent experience.  Will be on the Discovery next month and currently setting up a burial at sea for my Mom.  I purchased a biodegradable turtle (her favorite) urn and am bringing her death certificate and cremation info.

 

This went badly in two ways for us ... so I hope you can avoid.

During boarding, security insisted on opening the urn.   I am not kidding.

They finally found some supervisor who was able to read the email from princess approving me bringing it on board.

They had the environmental officer supervise the whole thing for us.

A surprise to us: the ashes were in a plastic bag, which was inside the biodegradeable urn.

No go.

We had to smash the urn, dump the ashes from the plastic bag, and then discard the bag in the trash.

Tossing the urn?   Dealers's choice.

Not the fault of princess.  Who would expect plastic in a bio-degradeable urn?

What's the advantage to the passenger of using the medallion for on-shore purchases?

Any elite 10% discount?  (which is probably gone even on ships...)

19 hours ago, kamelia said:

he immediately jumped to defense mode, saying that too many people were using the app to change their dining reservations and it messed up the booking system

Sounds like a great design.

14 hours ago, Hermitogo said:

Got all checked in on the new app and went to the "Journey" tab and it has us boarding a week early! It even has the daily schedule. So I called and the CSR assured me that we are boarding the following week and the APP IS WRONG!

I think it's great that so many customers have 'volunteered' to test the app for the global innovators.

Very gracious of y'all.

21 hours ago, sparky321 said:

Just a thought for anyone that wants to leave a credit card for shore side purchases, you can buy a say $20 master card (gift card) and use that. they look and work just like a credit card and have all the required info like a security code and expiry date. This is what I did and it works for me and if it's a scam it only costs $20.

For software developers who develop applications...

There are semi-fake credit card numbers.

These have the correct check digits, etc. that an app usually verifies the card.

Has anyone tried one of these?

I am asking just for science, not suggesting that anyone do so.

20 minutes ago, MacMadame said:

What if we don't have a return airport? (Our cruise ends in our local area; no flight needed.)

Did you read the post you quoted?

Just now, cajuncruisecouple said:

We don't arrive at 5am - We leave our house at 5am to arrive at the port between 10-10:30am.  Haven't cruised Princess lately, but have been cruising with Celebrity, and our timing seems perfect.  We drop off luggage, park, check in and walk on the ship with very little wait.  

Ah.  Thank you.

8 hours ago, cajuncruisecouple said:

We leave the house and drive to the port about 5am on the day of embarkation.

What do you do for the 5+ hours before boarding starts?

On of the strangest things I have seen...

One couple brought lawn chairs, and sat down outside the entry door around 09:00,

so they would be 'first'.

I don't know what you then do with your lawn chair...

On 12/22/2023 at 4:45 PM, Thrak said:

My phone - Samsung S10e - can't make a mobile hotspot using only WiFi. It has to have Data enabled. Definitely a no-go on the ship.

It looks like it was added in Android-10.   Also, if you have a carrier locked phone, the carrier can decide if you can create a hotspot at all.

This page has a nice description, and a nice picture.

https://tunecomp.net/wi-fi-sharing-on-samsung-galaxy/

58 minutes ago, Moondogy said:

Maybe the new app that was suppose to come out the first part of 12/23 won't even have it when and if it ever comes out 🤣I just looked on the app store and read the info for the medallion app and it say the old app would even be downloadable anymore.

Finally, some honesty from Princess.

Coming soon?   Nothing.

18 hours ago, 1025cruise said:

Yes, but the wifi itself is open. You can connect to the wifi network itself and not do anything without being required to enter a password. Most public guest wifi acts this way. The OP's IT department is probably using this restriction to prevent people from using their work laptops at coffee shops.

I'm assuming the poster wants to connect using a laptop...

A travel router or a phone hotspot can solve this this.

Connect the travel router to princess wifi, and do the princess login.

Have the travel router act as a hotspot.   

Configure the hotspot to be password protected.

Connect the laptop to the travel router hot spot.

This connection will be to a password protected hotspot ... because that's what you set up.

That is all the laptop can see.

The laptop will never know what kind of network connection the travel router has.

12 hours ago, 1025cruise said:

The restriction is connecting to an open wifi, period. If the Wifi doesn't have a password to connect to it, even if additional information is required to get on the internet, the policy won't allow you to get that far.

I think the easiest way to get around this would be with a mobile hotspot /travel router.

Connect travel router to ship wifi, and do princess login so that internet data is available at the router.

Set up your travel router to host a hotspot, sharing the internet connection.

When you set up the travel router, require a password to connect.

Whatever your final device is ...

laptop, tablet, another phone.

...those devices think they are connected to secure wifi, which requires a password.

(because the travel router is presenting secure wifi, requiring a password).

14 hours ago, Thrak said:

My phone - Samsung S10e - can't make a mobile hotspot using only WiFi.

Your service provider can set whether you can create a mobile hotspot, if they wish.

"Some phones can share Wi-Fi connection by tethering."

... from this document:

https://support.google.com/android/answer/9059108?hl=en

I'm pretty sure I can share wifi with Samsung S8, S8+ and Note 10.

I also have pretty high end google pixel.  I don't kow if it can share a wifi connection.

I might have to investigate.

Mrs. Roberto is super had of hearing, and the pixel has the best live captioning.

...so she can caption phone calls, or even room convesation.

5 hours ago, Rick&amp;Jeannie said:

As a retired network manager who also handled network security...it would be a glaring hole in security policy to allow connection to any wired network while at the same time disallowing connection to an "open" wifi.

A couple summers ago, I stayed for a few weeks at a common international brand hotel.

Although internet access was free for me at my loyalty level, down loading movies was really slow in my room.

Borrowing the printer network cable in the business center gave downloads that were about 10x as fast.

I just needed a ethernet adapter, so I could download directly to my tablet.

1 hour ago, MacMadame said:

Using cellular at sea can be quite expensive though. I'd check the cell phone plan first to see what kind of roaming charges there are..

Many current phones have the ability to share their wifi connection.

Turn off mobile data.

Connect to wifi.

Create mobile hotspot with password.

In the old days, most phones could only share their mobile data connection.

1 hour ago, MacMadame said:

I am not sure from what people are saying if the onboard intranet doesn't have a password or if the internet that you pay for doesn't. I don't see how the internet that you pay for wouldn't have a password. If it doesn't, then anyone could use it without paying for it. The intranet (LAN) won't work for connecting to work anyway. It has to be internet to connect to anything off-ship.

Two different things.

Does the wifi require a password simply to connect?   I think that is what the requirement you refer to is talking about.

Once you connect to wifi, you may be able to do free things, as well as things with cost.

For instance, in a hotel, once you connect to their wifi, you may be able to access their reservation system for free.

But, to connect to the internet, you may need an additional password.

13 hours ago, Iwork2trav said:

is the wifi in the internet cafe on princess password protected? I can't use my work laptop unless it is a password protected wifi, which cabins are not  but is the internet cafe?  On the Discovery princess now and I have a work emergency that I cannot resolve

Maybe you can scrounge around and find a hard-wired connection.

At 2:00, check the printers and manager's PC in the internet cafe.

As you are already onboard, it's too late, but a travel router might solve this the next time..

If you have a phone that can host a mobile hotspot which connected to wifi, that might work, too.

mobile hotspot can also be called one of my favorite oxymorons: wireless tethering

14 minutes ago, Roberto256 said:

He and Alistair Greener left Princess and went to P&O around the same time.

 

After thinking about it, Barty (Barrington) Brown went to P&O at about the same time, too.

I think he has passed away.   May he rest in peace.

On 1/15/2023 at 9:33 AM, gunnywife said:

Does the Regal Princess carry Coke Zero or should we carry a 12 pack on the ship?

https://www.princess.com/html/global/personalizer/ssv/beverages/coffee-and-soda-package-disclaimer/

• Excludes beverages offered via vending machines, but includes Coke Freestyle machines where available (coming soon).

As I would have said in my formative, sarcastic years ... true ... for large values of soon.

The freestyle announcement was more than 5 years ago, with no Freestyle machines spotted yet.

But, check back 'soon'!

I drink a lot of soda ... but $23 / day ?!?!?!

40 minutes ago, Coral said:

Thanks for confirming. Captain Warner - I remember him a long time ago!

He and Alistair Greener left Princess and went to P&O around the same time.

5 hours ago, Joanne G. said:

and the technicians in the shop had quite a chuckle over this picture.

Extra points for each OSHA violation you can find!

On 12/19/2023 at 8:06 PM, Coral said:

This was a long time ago - I am pretty sure it was on Princess Cays. The water was very rough and they deemed it too dangers for the tenders to take the rest of the passengers back to the ship. So crew went on the tenders and got medication for the passengers and the passengers spent the night on the beach. They then returned the following day when the seas calmed down.

We were at princess cay, and fortunately came back to the ship at lunch time.

There was a severe storm forecast for the afternoon.

Even by the time we got back, they were running the thrusters full-tilt boogie to try and maintain a lee.

We went up to the lido, and every plate there was rattling from the thrusters.

Anyway, about 1:30 they had to stop tendering, because it was too rough to get people off the tenders and onto the ship.

Somewhere, I have a picture of the pontoon completely awash.

After about a 2-hour delay they resumed tendering, and we left a little late for ft. lauderdale.

That was when we heard about people being left behind on princess cay.   Same situation ... too tough to get the people safely onboard.

They landed blankets and food for the people still ashore...

And, despite the endless posts that they ship will never leave you behind on a ship sponsored tour...

The ship left.

Bernie Warner was driving, just before he left for P&O...

On 12/19/2023 at 11:26 AM, t18c97 said:

MCO to Port Canaveral is about 50 miles. IAH, the furthest from Galveston, is about 65 miles. So IMHO the distance from an airport can't be that much of a factor since Port Canaveral at times is the busiest cruise port in the US. 

I don't want to malign houston + galvaston...

But orlando get more than 74 million visitors per year...

So, only a tiny percentage have to go to port Canaveral. 

I don't think houston gets quite as many visitors...