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1 hour ago, Steelers36 said:

Princess has described booking the same time for entire cruise as TD.  Besides that, they have continually claimed to maintain TD (same table and wait-staff each night). 

 

When I have had access to DMW, I only see one DR presented for each time slot.  But I know others with near-term cruises have seen as many as all three.  

 

It's not clear how they are preserving TD, unless the MD intervenes when assigning tables (DMW doesn't give you a table number pre-cruise and not clear to me if it does on board).

 

A key missing element is lack of table-size selection in MC App.  Part of this is due to Covid protocols, but it seems on board, they are mixing people at tables.  

 

It seems more and more to me that DMW is an Anytime reservation system and is failed thus far to replicate TD.  (Of course AT diners like to have table-size choice as well).

 

(I know I am a dog on a bone on this, but DMW still needs attention).

 

I did notice in DMW that it will offer me tables for 2, 4 or 6 people depending on what's available for each time frame I choose.  (We are a party of two) 

I booked both ways a blanket same time, same dining room each night and I individually picked times and DR based around excursion return times.

17 minutes ago, mcclane said:

We decided that Princess Plus was not for us, but we'd like to sign up for Wi-Fi. I've searched the website and cannot find out how to sign up prior to boarding the ship. Is there a way to do this that I am missing or do we have to wait until we board to sign up? Was hoping to save a little bit by signing up early. Thanks!

You have to call princess  to add Wifi on to your account, if you do it prior to boarding it's at a discount compared to the on board price. 

At least that's what was just reported in the current " live from" thread

12 minutes ago, tillys mom said:

We are trying to reserve dining for our November 3 TA on Regal but keep getting the not available yet reply. The weird thing is we booked dining for our October 23 and October 30 cruises on Regal before the TA. We have also booked dining for our cruise in January and our b2b in March. Any suggestions?

I had dining issues that were recently worked out with the new App update.  Double check that you are using the latest version. 

I would also double check all the dining days individually. I had requested a dining time and table for my entire sailing and it assigned me what I requested for the first day only and an entirely different table selection for each day following.  

Worth double checking

2 minutes ago, BoatsandTrains said:

Planning on my first Princess cruise next year (Emerald Princess).  I am wondering what is typically available for fitness classes.   How is the gym?  Is there a pool to swim laps?

 

thanks

In regular time the gym classes that were offered were fee based, the specific ones I am familiar with are 

Yoga in the AM

Spin Class

Pilates Class

The gym is nice but I always equate it to an Ant under a magnifying glass, lots of windows so the view is great but the gym is always HOT!

Plenty of treadmills, Precors and weight machines. 

I suggest  visiting  the fitness center on your first day  and taking a walk around, they have sign up sheets  for specific classes w/prices. 

They gym does have opening and closing times so it's not 24hours

15 minutes ago, cruisinnorth said:

Hi All, Can anyone tell me whether or not the main dining room menus can be found on Princess apps or on the cabin TV? Or, is it still necessary to a dining room and read the menu on the sign board?

Thanks, Dave and Susan

If you follow the current "Live From" they have reported that they are on the TV

Is there a room service breakfast menu or an equivalent of how we did it before w/hanging the card on the door? 

5 minutes ago, MX-Drew said:

I’m boarding tomorrow (03/08/21) and I have just realised I have no idea or can find on any documents I have received the terminal in Southampton that Princess sails from.

https://www.southamptonvts.co.uk//Live_Information/Shipping_Movements_and_Cruise_Ship_Schedule/Cruise_Ship_Schedule/

1 hour ago, macandlucy said:

We recently got our first casino offer from Princess, a free inside, with Princess Plus, and so we booked a cabin for next year. We paid the taxes and port fees up front, along with the non-refundable deposit (which will be returned to us in OBC), So far, great!

 

When I looked at our invoice, I saw that it showed an outstanding balance. I asked the Casino booking agent about that and he said, not to worry, we will pay off that balance. But I forgot to ask when that would happen! Could anyone tell me when they pay off the balance, approximately? 30 days after booking; 30 days before sailing? Some other time?

***Also read the fine print, most offers are valid to be used on 3 different bookings.

You may  lose the Casino Free Play after the first but the rest of the perks stay.

Happy Sailing!

33 minutes ago, seeyouinthesun said:

I can get Medalion to work on my iPad 4 but not fully on my iPhone 7. For some reason I get different information on both of these. I get asked a return airport in case of emergency return on my phone but not iPad. On iPad I can take pics but not on my iPhone.  

Check your operating systems for both and make sure they are fully updated.

The compatibility for the App is 13.0 or later, if you have an older operating system on either that could explain why it's not fully compatible.

***Also make sure you have the latest version of the App on both 3.1.4

10 minutes ago, Rather be golfing said:

Three quick questions from someone sailing in 2 weeks:

1- I have been trying to book at Crown Grill but there has been no availability on line for my party of 6 and I am hoping to book once onboard, has anyone of you had this situation this week and had luck booking?

2 - are the self service laundries open with the precautions going on?

3- my son has the drink package but is only 20 and it says milk shakes are included where available - does anyone know if and where we can get some on the ship?

Thanks for the help and enjoy your cruise!

*** #3, Apologies for jumping in but from what I have read/researched about this,  it seems that Milkshakes are only available on Grand Class Ships. He may be better off with virgin frozen drinks 🙂 

I booked this transfer service in the past.

Picked you up at the end of the port

https://www.tripadvisor.com/AttractionProductReview-g188676-d11469875-Round_Trip_Shuttle_Service_from_Zeebrugge_to_Bruges-Zeebrugge_West_Flanders_Provin.html

35 minutes ago, Musky Ike said:

My understanding is that Seattle express only picks up at SEA-TAC area hotels? Not directly from airport or downtown hotels to the cruise pier?

I was researching how the pick up times work and it's listed in the FAQ that they don't pick up from the airport 

https://seattleexpress.com/frequently-asked-questions/

Very Excited To Hear This!!

Enjoy your vacation and I look forward to following along on your blog.

Question: Has anyone ever received an offer through email and when you call to book they

tell you that particular sailing  isn't on "The List" even though it shows as available in your filtered casino offer results?

Just had a very frustrating experience and there  doesn't seem to be a way to escalate it through to a dept head. I sent a very detailed email with screen grabs, the offer and fine print to the generic casino inquiry email address because when I asked for something more I was shut down. 

1 minute ago, geoherb said:

 

August 22. I just booked it this week, though, so I had a late start at trying to get things working.

The DMW didn't work for me for months and then on the last update it started. I would just keep checking back and hopefully the same will happen for you. 

As for arrival time maybe someone who has had success can let you know how far out that is available? 

The App has been a headache all around but at least you were able to get the majority of it back up and working. Enjoy Your Cruise! 🙂

Just now, Pootimer said:

Lucky Jade 13! We received the usual Casino email offer (% off cabin categories), plus Princess Plus, NOT including Princess Plus. You still had to pay extra for the Plus package.

That's no fun!

I know they have different levels of offers and  I was hopeful that they were offering more PP options to everyone. 

23 minutes ago, geoherb said:

 

Thanks. I deleted the old app with a little bit of trepidation and installed the new version. It worked well enough to get me into the green lane. It's still not allowing me to select my arrival group. And I can't get into Dine My Way. 

 

That's a start 🙂  

Is your trip soon?  

4 minutes ago, Amoorhouse said:

Did you remove app or just redownload it.  Also I have 2 devices iphone and ipad. do I need to do with both?

I deleated on phone and it wants to download from cloud.  Do I need to delete on both devices?

I would delete both and re DL them both directly from the App Store, just to get the most up to date version. Normally you could just update but since you are already having issues I would just 

delete the App off both and DL the updated version from the App Store.

2 minutes ago, Amoorhouse said:

ok I did that. but when I to to Personal Information and Dcuments he is not there

He is on the other cruises, just not on the one I changed yesterday.

I had this happen,  I ended up just downloading  the App again and it synced back up. 

You can also logoff yourself and log back in as your spouse and fill out the forms there. (Obviously that's a work around and not ideal but it does work)

If you haven't updated the App recently (This week)  they did fix some bugs so it's worth updating.

9 minutes ago, Amoorhouse said:

Sorry to barge in....But does anyone here use apple device for Medallion Class app.?  I changed booking on next cruise and the app. deleted spouse on that cruise.  How do I get him back so I can finish getting ready to go.

🙂 Hope this helps

On the main page, scroll down to the Travel Companions (Click)

On the next page in the top right corner Add Guests (Click)

Add the Booking Number and hit search 

Noticed some new casino offers yesterday including sailings for 2023.

It is Worth checking your account,

Free Cabin, Princess Plus and $$

💰🎰

22 minutes ago, geoherb said:

 

Updating the app is one of my problems. When I try to install it on my phone (Samsung Galaxy s10), it gives me a message: "Can't install MedallionClass." I'm not even sure how it's on my phone. I had OceanReady on it for a previous cruise but don't remember having the medallion app. The version on my phone is 3.0.91422 and apparently the latest is 3.0.93251. 

 

To make things even more frustrating, I just tried calling Princess. I was on hold for 26 minutes before someone came on the line to tell me that the hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time and that he couldn't help me. It was probably around 5:05 that I called, thinking they were open after being put on hold. It seems so simple to play a recording telling people to call back between those hours rather than letting people hold.

The Samsung Galaxy 10 has a 9.0 operating system and the App works on 8.0 or higher so that's not the issue. 

The issue could be that your phone doesn't have enough space to hold the App.

I don't want to say delete the old App to create space on your phone which may allow for the new one if that's not 100% the issue.

I have an iphone and not an Android but the App is 395M

(according to Google Play Store)

If you know where to look on your phone that shows storage space, I would start there. 

Maybe someone better versed with  an Android phone  could jump in with a way to troubleshoot as well. 

I found this article that may be of help or at least a starting point.

https://www.alphr.com/android-wont-download-install-apps/

18 minutes ago, geoherb said:

I don't know what's going on with the medallion app on my phone. I had the old OceanReady app on the phone from our cruise in the fall of 2019. When I tried to open it, it said I needed to update to the MedallionClass app. I was on the phone with Princess for over an hour. I finally got the app to open while waiting for a transfer to the department that would have taken my info over the phone.

 

The app shows me with a check on the 3rd button and says "Blue Lane" above circles 4 and 5. When I click on "Travel Checklist" and then "Personel Information & Documents," I see green checks by everything except "Passage Contract & Covid-19 Risk Accepance." That has an orange circle with an exclamation point in it. I can't see how to accept it. None of the links are live on that page. 

 

If I go back and click on "Next Step," it just brings me back to that page again and the links still don't go anywhere.

Did you end up updating the App?  When was the last time you reinstalled it?

I went through the steps above as you described and obviously you should be able to click on all those items and they should open so you can accept the passenger contract.  If you are using an older version of the App you need to update it, the app went through a significant debugging this week. 

9 minutes ago, Pink-belle said:

Wouldn’t visitors from the USA need some official proof of vaccine.  I’m not following the latest on these stories, but from a while back I thought a number of states weren’t willing to adopt/develop official vaccine documents suitable for travel.

 

I’m curious how this would work, it seems to me, we can say we’re open, but if you don’t have the correct documentation that means nothing.  

We all have the same paper card from the CDC. That's what we use for all travel that is open. Some states have created other options as well for digital but the majority of travelers will just have the paper card which is the "Official" Vax Proof

Updated: Starting August 2nd, No Quarantine for vaccinated Americans

https://thepointsguy.com/news/uk-allow-fully-vaccinated-us-eu/?utm_source=TPG Daily Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2650692&utm_usr=596f3f7f344178a9af2d932c4379983d58503fd6e24a77ea6a9a9d7e0c680b2d&utm_msg=9b048c076c5a4d1d88f7cf3037579cba&utm_date=2021-07-28