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We received mail today that as members of Texas Farm Bureau we can receive up to 60% discount on several cruiselines, including Princess. We've been members for 3 yrs & this is the 1st I've heard of this. I've emailed my cvp to look into it. Just wondering if anyone else knows anything about this. Tia. 😊

Is steak available in the mdr under the always available items? Tia.  

We've cruised the BI several times. The answer is formal nights are what you want them to be. Some dress ultra formal, some smart casual, some very relaxed. There will be tuxes & gowns, nice jeans, & everything in between. My DH wears slacks, collared polo shirt, a sport coat if it's chilly. I wear slacks & dressy top. We travel with carryon only so no room for formal wear. We've never, ever had a problem. 

My bathroom is decorated with a travel motif. My medallions hang on the door into my closet. Seeing them & my collection of blue Princess tote bags makes me happy every day. 

1 minute ago, IUSteve said:

 

Thanks.  I'm still not quite understanding.  Are these people employed by Princess?  Or are they more like independent travel agents? 

They are Princess employees.

3 minutes ago, startedwithamouse said:

It would have been charged when you ordered it. 

Thank you. 😊 

4 minutes ago, startedwithamouse said:

$15 per person per day, half of that if you're platinum/elite.

Thanks. Was it charged to my cc at time of purchase, meaning it will.be refunded, or was the charge to be added when we boarded? I can't remember how it's done. 

I had to cancel an Oct. cruise yesterday. I had added the wifi pkg a few months ago just before the price increased, but I can't remember if it was charged to our credit card at that time. Just wanting to know the total amount of refund to look for. Tia.

We're using the Princess transfer. $64 pp. 

In the old app there was Journey View which allowed us to see each day's activities in upcoming cruises. I don't see it in the new app. Is it there & I just don't know where to look? Tia.

Same here. We want to add our daughter & sil as our companions like we did on the old app. I was told we have to wait until we're onboard, unlike the old app where they could be added well before the cruise. 

My DH & I get free wine tasting on our cruises. If DH doesn't want to attend can our daughter go in his place?

When I get to the payment part of the booking process I'm asked if I wish to use our obc. I booked several this week. 

22 minutes ago, startedwithamouse said:

The arcade is nowhere near Gigis on Discovery. 

Arcade is deck 6 forward. 

Gigis is deck 7 midship.

Lol. I was talking about a pizza place in Cleburne, TX, not Gigi's. But I do appreciate the info. 😊

I wonder if there will be noise from the arcade. We had lunch at pizza place last week. They have a wall of arcade games & the noise was was pretty unpleasant. 

We were waitlisted for an excursion in NYC a few yrs ago. I don't remember how long it took but we were notified we were on that excursion eventually. More recently our daughter & sil were waitlisted for an excursion to Stonehenge & Salisbury. I think 2 weeks or so later they were notified they are now on that excursion. Hope it works out for you. 😊

1 hour ago, mtnesterz said:

What if you were on excursion in Japan or Singapore or other country where tipping is not the custom, if not officially frowned upon, would you still follow Princess' recommendations?

I suggest you travel internationally. When you do, you see how crazy (your word) the American tipping thing is. It's a gratuity, not a service charge. Large, small or none, it's your choice. 

 

 

This American totally agrees with you. 

27 minutes ago, sailing canary said:

Yes that does help, thank you. I think it's quite difficult for some cruisers from a tipping culture to understand just how uncomfortable tipping is from those of us from a non-tipping culture. As far as I can see, having already paid the automatic gratuities, why would I pay someone extra for doing their job?

Thanks again

 

PS - is your other half called Alistair???

This American agrees whole heartedly with you. 

In Oct. we fly into Quebec from Dallas to begin Canada/Colonial America cruise. Does Canada require anything other than a passport to enter their country? We began a cruise in Vancover in 2021 & had to jump through a bunch of hopps, but most were covid related. I'm hoping things are easier now. Tia. 😊

Congrats! I love hearing that. I check obsessively but have never gotten a great deal like that. I know you'll love it. 😊

I've looked & LOOKED! Where is that little heart I can tap to put an excursion on my wish list? I've done it in the past but can no longer find it. Tia. 

If an excursion fills up 4 months prior to departure, with a waitlist, might another excursion departure be added? Tia.

3 minutes ago, Jemnibabe02 said:

May I ask how you paid for the wifi? Was it done on the app or did you have to call Princess?TIA

I'm not the jadn 13 but I can tell you I pre paid for my medallion net on the app this morning. 

1 hour ago, TNTLAMB said:

Not so sure that's correct.  Speaking of numbers We do a 14 day cruise with carry on. That's a $320.00 savings from what we used to do. Due to an accident we are raising 2 granddaughters. That's little more difficult as they are entering teen years but they do understand what $640.00 can do when the 4 of us cruise.

 

I do wear my sport coat when boarding, and the girls have to suffer with shipboard shampoos etc. and we do consider where the laundry room is when selecting a cabin... BUT I love getting home and not having wife staring at 8 suitcases of dirty laundry.

 

 

 

We also are carryon only travelers. We get free laundry now, but were carryon only travelers even when we had to do laundry. For us it makes traveling much easier.  

I can't find on the new app the place to list the friends & their cabin number.