Jean C

I definitely typed RATs, pesky autocorrect!!

Aaw, shame, it doesn't seem fair for you. To be honest, RAT aren't automatically free here, just if you have symptoms. My daughter has 4 kids so whenever she requested RAT when one or another had symptoms they would ask how many people in the family and automatically dispense 6 boxes. So she was able to spare a box for me 🙂

Fair enough and you will be doing the gold standard test 🙂 I am fortunate to have free RAT tests so no cost for me 💰

Oh dear, mine is my status colour (platinum). I'm sure it will all work out for you correctly on the day 👍

When you tap on your profile picture to log out of the app you should see the Princess logo beside your picture, in the colour of your status 😀

The picture of the Princess medallion in the app will be the colour of your status, ie black for elite rather than blue, burgundy or grey/platinum 🙂

And when you get to green QR code, take a screen shot (or photo) of it to email and save on your older phone, or print out as hard copy 🤔

An out of the box thought - do you have close family who have newer phones who could help? If app downloaded successfully on a newer phone info can be accessed using just the cruise reference, your name and birthdate (no need for passwords). Family could add all the various bits and pieces on your behalf.

Yip, had already found it thanks 🤗 💕

Histopath at Bris international Airport do them while you wait, for a fee (traveller's test). Why get a PCR when all that's required is a cheaper and quicker RAT, bearing in mind you can also do your own self test?

I daren't log out, this thread is THE place to be, hehehe. Thanks again Irene for caring enough about the rest of us to keep informing us, and for building our excitement in the process 😷 🤗 Sadly I won't be able to meet any of you, our cruise is 22 July and I've lurked on this site hungry for info. Thanks again everyone and Irene. Keep the updates coming 💕

On a very positive note, there's an item in today's NZ Herald saying that pre departure testing to enter NZ is likely to be scrapped as early as next week with an announcement expected tomorrow. I can't say how happy I am, I've been worrying at the back of my mind, what if I test positive on disembarkation, even without symptoms, and have all the hassles of not being able to get home as planned. Fingers crossed pre departure tests DO get scrapped, yay, yay, yay 😷 🙃

We were very happy with our experience with Princess cancellations. We had just paid in full for our cruise when it was cancelled. We opted for the full refund with 25% bonus FCC. Money came through about a month later. Can't say the same about our experience with our Air NZ flight from LA to Auckland. Air NZ said no refund as flight was booked in NZ so US rules didn't apply and some other excuse. I queried it with the relevant US authority, got an apology from Air NZ and a refund. Their covid cancellation advice now clearly and correctly says refunds apply in that particular scenario.

Aha, so you can't do the health questionnaire without first uploading something to the covid field. What a bunch of wallies, I guess they aren't aware of the stress it could cause to their more senior and less tech savvy passengers 🥴

My two cents worth - for Australia app, says PCR 72 hrs, RAT 24 hrs. I think confusion is all to do with Princess' sloppy drafting and not consistently tailoring ALL relevant info to the Aussie sailings. I don't suspect we need to upload a photo of RAT test despite what a Princess rep says. Protocols on Princess site for cruise sailings from Sydney and Brisbane clearly says attest to negative result. Nevertheless, for the sake of keeping the app happy I had decided that I'd probably take a photo of the negative test (for what it's worth - being nil) just so I could upload something 😀

Isle of Pines 🌞

Lovely story, you're very blessed 🙂

Even my young grandkids (6-12 years) have sturdier wrists than me [sigh] 😢, but I've never broken one, touch wood 😇

Thanks 😊 I will also check out accessories on board. I like the pendant chain but not the price! I'll also check the watch straps - I have embarrassingly skinny wrists so fit would be a consideration. Shame the rest of me doesn't have the same skinny gene, hehe 🙁

Hi, a question for Irene please. We've ordered the included lanyard and medallion. I see that the medallion goes inside an oblong hard clear plastic case. Often that sort of plastic has sharp bits from the moulding process so I'm wondering if that's going to be a problem for my delicate tops 🤔 Not to worry if you've invested in upcharge accessories so don't know 😀

I can't imagine bottles of sanitiser would be a problem. For anyone getting ideas re sneaking alcohol in via sanitiser bottles, keep in mind that you should only decant into food grade plastic 🙂 Hate to imagine what your favourite tipple would taste like from a sanitiser bottle combined with whatever smells leach from the plastic 🤔

Good chance it's complementary, it shows soft serve machines 🍦😋

Aha, that explains it. Had soft serve on Carnival and it wasn't too bad, better than Mr Whippy soft serve 🍦

Not very helpful as I can't remember which Princess ship, but there was free ice-cream just along from the pool on one of the ships. It may have been Diamond Princess but the grey matter is too jumbled and confused for me to be sure. It was hard scoop ice-cream in very limited flavors, vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and served in kiddie cones. Hopefully Coral has this too 🤞

Absolutely. Also on NCL we sat a couple of times close to the MDR entry and it was entertaining to watch why people were turned away (too casual). However, being from NZ our eye was drawn to a guy who had been let in, no doubt for having a collated shirt, only shirt was an All Black's pole shirt. They definitely need to clarify dress code with their staff!