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I keep track of it on my iPad in my account. I take screenshots regularly. Then I print it the last day from the kiosk, and screenshot the next morning before we disembark. Sometimes we don't get the email.

Same for tree nuts. Not just peanuts. Our daughter has a tree nut allergy. She is elite on Princess but her allergy has progressed to air borne. Unfortunately she will not be able to cruise anymore due to all the nuts on board.

Is it just for Florida residents or could we possibly fly into Orlando and use the train to get to Ft Lauderdale? We'd consider adding a couple days in Orlando to the vacation.....

I've been watching quite a few spring 2024 Caribbean cruises as we have been hoping for a last minute getaway, dependent on family member's ongoing recovery from a health issue. We need to book 2-3 weeks out. Approx 4-5 weeks prior to the cruise, I'm observing that the cruise moves from a few cabins available in most categories, to some categories selling out, to the entire ship marked "sold out" - all within a few days. I'm guessing that the bids for upgrades are being processed, causing some categories to sell out. I'm wondering if Princess is doing any last minute sales, possibly for regional close to port residents (mostly Florida is what I've been monitoring) thus selling out whatever is remaining. Good for those folks getting a cruise, but frustrating for us as there really are no last minute options available anymore!

https://www.princess.com/en-us/faq/onboard-experience#onboard-experience under "stateroom services": Mini-suites include a welcome glass of sparkling wine, two televisions, a sitting area and a spacious closet, while full suites offer all of these premiums plus complimentary laundry, and use of the Lotus Spa® Thermal Suite (on select ships, excluding Discovery Princess℠, Sky Princess®, Enchanted Princess®, Royal Princess®, Regal Princess®, Majestic Princess®, and Grand Princess®), one-time free mini-bar setup and use of our Disembarkation Lounge.

This doesn't work for me. No matter what I click, what cabin type I choose, only standard price appears.

Same. I've been watching a particular cruise for the past few weeks. As of a couple days ago, the page with the pricing selection ( 3 charts with standard / plus / premier ) has disappeared. The selection page is just gone. The cabin selection paged showed "1 left" but when I clicked thru to the locations and deck plans to choose the cabin, there were more than 1 to choose from. So that is just wrong too. I tried what another poster suggested - selecting Plus when I search cruises. That showed Plus on the search page but when I clicked all the way thru one cruise, it reverted to standard. The Princess IT gremlins at work again! 🙄

We did this quite a few years ago in the Caribbean. It was very much like this experience. But it was fun and something different!

I was looking at the list of Suite benefits - it used to be that on Grand class ships, full suites got a pass to the Thermal Suite. Is that gone? Thanks

Just a note - Sky Princess is a Royal class ship - its spa has the Enclave - it includes the heated pool. Thermal suites are only located on Grand class ships - they do not have the pool. There is a big difference on the older ships! Yes usually spots are available on the first day. Go down and take a tour and book your pass. Enjoy!

Deck 17 aft is "coming soon" on the deck plans. I guess this is what they contracted to do. I hope the area is open to use during the day when it is not an open restaurant so that there is an aft indoor space for passenger use (like Skywalkers). If it were not, that would be disappointing to me because I enjoy the wake view with a coffee and a book mid afternoon. The deck plans don't show any other high deck indoor public space (not suites only) at the aft, that I could see. At that price, I doubt we will participate.

Grand class ships (the older smaller ones) have a "Thermal Suite" - heated loungers, steam rooms. Royal class ships (larger ones) have the "Enclave" which has heated loungers, steam rooms PLUS a hot pool. So, Full Suites on Grand Class ships included access to the "Thermal Suite" within the spa (not other spa services). When they built the newer ships, they added the pool and decided that full suites would not get access to the new Enclave. You can purchase a cruise long pass on both classes of ship. If you do a search, there are lots of threads about this - most date back to when Royal and Regal first came out so go back a few years.

You don't need both medallions. Last couple of cruises we've been on the bartenders ask for our cabin number. They see both of us have the drink package, and allocate one per. It was quite surprising that they completely ignored the medallion tablet and preferred cabin number!

We buy the Princess insurance. We get the platinum plan as we are elite. We've been buying it for a long time because of the CFAR part. We have elderly parents, and other issues that might require a change in plans, and with CFAR we are protected. Last year we had to cancel due to one of our travelling party becoming ill. We were in the 50% penalty period. Princess refunded the 50% to my credit card within 48 hours of our call to cancel. AON took about 10 weeks, but they eventually mailed us a cheque for the other 50%. They didn't want more info, they were just s l o w. We were covered under the "medical cancellation" so we got cash instead of FCC. For us, the Princess CFAR is worth it.