jennybenny

Brave!! I’ve definitely taken wine that made it safely. I like all the packaging you did! That likely helped. I’m never that careful when traveling with wine, probably should be. I usually wrap it in clothes. Going to Mexico next month and want to take a couple of bottles. I need to get bubble wrap!

And the prince will Continue to climb! Grrrr!!

Yes, bubbles in a suitcase sound like a disaster!!

Looks like encouraging Suites to also book with Plus or Premier 🤷🏻‍♀️

So, while it “might” be spring break for some kids, most kids get a week off. So the weeklong cruise will definitely have more kids but the 10 day will have less. Most parent won’t take the kids out of school an extra half week, at least we wouldn’t have. Love the itinerary @trbarton!! We really enjoy Cabo so DH would jump on that cruise, but we are already doing something for spring break with the kid! Lol can’t do two vacations in the same month. Oh, and that work thing keeps getting in the way!

No, technically it will still be one adult per room even though the kids and adults can get access to all doors. We used to do this when the kids were young as well. All 4 need package if the adults want it

Yep! Use it or lose it!! I’m sure you will find something!

I'd love a canvas bag!! Hope Princess upgrades and brings back a canvas bag

That was fast!! 😲

You don't have to tip extra, it's a personal choice. Not required. It sounds like you require nothing extra on a cruise, and given the preferences you've mentioned there doesn't appear to be the opportunity for a crew member to do do anything extra for you. You've already prepaid gratuities with the fare, so you are good. Should you feel that some crew member went out of their way to make your cruise more meaningful, leave a comment card on ship with GS, if they still do those, and fill out the guest survey and mention them within 3 days of your cruise. THAT helps them immensely.

First off, this absolutely SUCKS for everyone booked on the February 8th cruise. I am so disappointed and feel for everyone. I can only imagine the disappointment, the difficulties in cancelling and rescheduling travel plans, and the chaos that comes with that. We were originally booked on the Sun Princess Inaugural cruise, but we rescheduled because I was worried about this exact thing happening.... and weather in Europe in the winter.. cold. We did the delayed inaugural cruise for Oceania Vista last year, meaning, it wasn't the original date and it was cold in May! I'm so sorry for everyone on the cancelled sailing, and I hope there aren't more cancelled. 😞

But hopefully includes room & board?

I would say when you are doing something like this, order at the bar, not from a server. It's likely covered. They will charge you the zacapa, not the mojito.

The OBC gets applied to anything for your on board folio. So, if you buy something in the shop, extra dining, shore excursion on board, spa.... the OBC is subtracted from the total you owe. It's possible you won't spend anything on board, and then they keep it, unless it's refundable OBC. You could also go to the casino, play in a slot machine and then cash out, if that still works

We normally book holiday cruises as soon as the schedules are released, and then I watch prices regularly. We have repriced each cruise, at least once, up to 3 times per cruise. This was all prior to the restart (covid) so things may have changed. Our next cruise, booked for the summer, has only gone up in price, but I still watch for price changes. I book my Princess cruises with a PVP because with all my price checking, I felt it was annoying to my TA. I book non Princess cruises with a TA, because as far as I know, you cannot refare all cruise lines.

Tips are always controversial and people are very passionate on both sides. Tipping is personal. In my opinion, tipping in the USA is out of control, but needed to survive, I support USA tipping. In Europe, tipping is not expected, people round up, and that's acceptable, I support that too. I try to follow local customs. 🙂 People working on Princess ships are likely hopeful for American tipping culture, especially when cruising in the US. We have always given our bar staff a tip at the end of the cruise. Extra tip for room steward, sometimes. We don't see our wait staff often enough to feel connected enough to tip extra, but we always leave our tips in place. Nowadays, with the plus and premier packages those are included, otherwise we used to always pre pay because we wanted to have as many extra expenses paid for ahead of time. The main thing to remember is that you are not required to tip extra, but when you do, it is appreciated.

Buy one on your first port and bring it on. Maybe they won't take it there?

Your PVP may be on vacation, given you have not received a response, yet. I would call, not enter the extension and when someone answers ask if your PVP is available. If they are out, they will tell you and offer to send you to someone who can help.

Has anyone been able to book dining? I don't think they have??? We haven't been able to book any for our Sun Cruise in August.

Thanks, we are using Bob's limos. We used the on our last cruise. Someone else on the roll call booked them, and they kept adding people and we super patient about it. Plus, we forgot our passports at the hotel and they went back and didn't charge us more. So, we tipped in appreciation, and apologized to our van mates, and now we are booking them again. 🙂

Thank you Hank, very valid points. I just added fast track to our booking. I might change the pick up to 8 AM too

We too have considered not making Princess our first choice. We have high expectations of our Sun Princess cruise in August. We have cruised Oceania recently and absolutely loved it. Loved the specialty dining, the service, the crew, the people, the ship (Vista). Price wise, it’s more expensive but we used to cruise mostly holidays (with kids) and so we were used to a slightly inflated price point at Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Years. I wouldn’t say we will ditch Princess forever, but we are considering looking elsewhere first. Our children are older now, one in college, one in High School, and they have not cruised Oceania with us, but in a few years, I think they will like it. I liked our last Oceania cruise more than our Princess cruises, I didn’t feel nickel and dimed, I loved the service, the ship, and the people on board. Maybe doing a European cruise was the difference, but it was enough to make use want to book Oceania. Our August cruise will be telling. Looking forward to it.

Thank you!! I wasn't sure just how early you could get off. I think 8 AM would work just fine, even offer a buffer. Thank you. I'm going to book my transfer now 🙂

Oh, I get it. What @voljeep recommends is what is best, take a drink into the MDR, and then when you are seated, order your drink from the waiter. Hopefully it's not something that will water down. THAT is how you don't go thirsty (alcohol wise) 😁 We have noticed drink service is slow in the MDR, but that's because your waiter/asst waiter are managing food and drinks for their area. It's a lot

Thank you @CruiserBruce and @cruisemom42!! I appreciate that. I will request a private transfer. Do you think I can request pick up at 8 AM or is that too early? 8:30 more reasonable? I only have experience arriving to this port, not leaving from it.