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First time I've actually seen a sale work for us. We made use of it and re priced our cruise (and upgraded)

Exactly

@Saint Greg That one looks lovely. Hoping it won't be changed because it's part of Lumiere. Just like I don't suspect 360 will change. It's the "generic" chef's tables that will become generic. I liked that it was up to each chef. Those were some of my favorites, and the head chef's loved them too. At least, the ones I attended said they did.

Fingers crossed that it's a slow roll out

I don't like the idea of a generic menu, but oh well. I wish they would treat it more as a tasting menu. They just serve so much darn food!! By the time the main course hits I'm done!!

Curious, does the call come from Santa Clarita or just a random number? I never pick up unknown numbers. lol

Thanks for helping out and giving people a link about it

Being in the green lane should hurt or help you being able to make your reservations. If you can't make dining reservations I would contact Princess for help, especially for a holiday cruise.

There are a lot of taxis at the airport. Just exit customs and go downstairs (to the right of Go Natural). It's not an escalator with stairs, but a ramp (like a people mover) that will take you downstairs. The line goes quickly down there.

My problem is we are leaving early for our cruise. So, we won't be home 10 days before to get the medallions. Will be picking up in the port.

Never seen it for sale on a cruise bar but many many moons ago I've seen it offered in the MDR or Sabatini's as a special

I'm with you there. Old pizza, yuk!

I don't think I would pay the $10.... I think we will just pick ours up at the pier. I think in the US that's probably easy, but I worry that international trips could have a long line for pick up. I just don't want more stuff to possibly forget at home.

Even if you asked your TA to look, or if they were put on a wait list (they should still ask to be put on a wait list), the best thing you can do is become a stalker on the Princess website. Save the cruise on Princess so it's easy to check availability when you log in, and hold the cabin if you see it available because it may go away. Then call immediately to have them book it. The difficulty is that they booked through a big box store and not sure of their (big box store's) willingness to make the change. Good luck We've had luck with cabins opening up after final payment, but we had the wait list with Princess. Every time we've gotten off the wait list, it was because I found the availability..

For those of you struggling with the medallion. Try going through the web link but don't try to "link" your booking. Just look it up via name and booking. That works. When you click on "Try our web version", click the "cancel" button when the screen opens up. Then click on "Use Booking Number" and enter the details there. "Log in with Booking Number" That has worked for me, thanks to @Steelers36 for pointing me in the right direction the other day.

What about asking for fresh lime juice instead of the premixed stuff? A busy bar may not be able to do it all the time, but maybe a slower bar. Finding a good bartender is key on a cruise 🙂 I've cruised with a diabetic (met her on the cruise) who was able to do that, and the bartender she found was always happy to use fresh lime juice in her margaritas.

We ended our cruise in Trieste and took a cruise transfer to the Venice airport. There is a train that I briefly considered. Private transportation seems really expensive. You could try your roll call to see if you can join a group for a transfer to the port.

Thank you @BlerkOne, You've talked me into Specialty dining the first night. lol 🙂

Yeah, as long as I'm on the same wifi as my printer, I can print from my phone, but I'm still too far out for our next cruise on Princess.

Has anyone with Sun Princess bookings been able to book dining? Just wondering if the problem is it's a new ship and dining is not yet set up. I don't want to miss out and my chat was a joke.

I hope it prints correctly! lol. In the past I have had issues depending on the browser used.

Been going to specialty dining since my kids were very young. I had forgotten that they did pay half price for a while! That was a great deal, because we often went to specialty dining!! At 13, the child will pay full price. If your child is a picky eater, maybe have them eat at the buffet (you can go with them) and book specialty dining when the child can go to the kids club? Just a thought. That's a great idea about contacting the restaurant beforehand, but if there are three people there, they will charge you for three.

Yeah, I tried both. I too laughed. I will see what happens. My patience will run out eventually 🙂

@Steelers36, I contacted Princess... 🙂 Patience is a virtue I clearly don't have (not towards you, but towards trying to book DMW and my difficulties doing that). Figured I'd share my update here. There is currently a problem that the IT department is aware of and since my sailing is next summer they aren't worried about it. No ETA, and keep trying. 🙂 This is what I got through chat. Upon checking, there's a system issue at the moment with the Medallion app. Rest assured that our IT department is already trying to fix this and update the app. Since your sailing date is still next year, would it be possible to check from time to time if you can already book your dining reservations? At the moment, there's no update regarding the timeframe, but hopefully it will be resolved in no time.

Thank you, I keep forgetting there is the web version now. Is the ability to make reservations for dining as soon as the deposit is made for Platinum, Elite, or in a Reserve class cabin regardless of how far off the cruise is (next summer) or does it have to be "x" days away. If so, how many days? The web version won't let me in, booking has already been claimed (by me on the app, lol. I'm up for calling Princess, but don't want to call if they need the cruise to be 100 days out or something like that. It would be a long distance call for me currently. Thank you,