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We plan to only purchase by the day for use on sea days. Mobile will work in the med for us for WhatsApp calls on 3G/4G and whilst in port. Probably have to have the higher price day rate onboard. Is this a 24 hour rate from time of purchase? Could use over two days if purchase in the afternoon and continue following morning.

We had the Chalk Hill Sauvignon Blanc at the Captain Circle lunch but tried unsuccessfully to get it at any bar. They gave me the regular and tried to charge the additional cost. Makes you feel like the wine police .. asking to see the bottle. 😵‍💫. Whispering Angel Rose was the same. Before long it will just be white or red .. take it or leave it! The casino bar went tho the most effort to try and get named wines but after a couple of days we just gave up.

Princess Plus has been the start of a whole different concept of drinking onboard. Can’t say we enjoyed it and wouldn’t have it again if it was an option.

When I tried to order premier wines by the glass and prepared to pay the difference 3out of 4 were not available. Princess are in a cost cutting exercise right now and sorry but it shows.

On Enchanted there is no Vines … there is the Salty Dog gastropub in its place. No wine flights.

If you have the plus package you will only be offered a red or white wine. White wines come in Chardonnay .. Pinot Grigio .. Sauvignon Blanc Red wines .. Merlot .. Shiraz or Malbec. Gone are the days of a wine menu unless you are purchasing a bottle. You can request a premier named wine and pay extra but a lot are not available. The wine was our biggest disappointment.. tried all the whites and most of the reds there was very little difference in quality all were cheap Italian plonk. The Shiraz got the most votes. We did get very big pours but guess that was just to make less visits to the bar for the waiters.

We had mini suite but only hand soap in dispenser and shower gel and shampoo dispensers in the bath/shower area. No priority boarding. We only made the evening cocktail hour once .. no atmosphere in the Vista Lounge on Enchanted. We did make the most travelled lunch which was excellent. 👍🏻

Received notification from Princess this morning with regard to departure terminal for our sailing on Enchanted 16th August. No mention of the important changes to Covid testing procedure. I wonder when we will find out. Presumably at the terminal when everyone gets out their paperwork. There will be many with unnecessary paid for test certificates. It will be … ‘you can put those away ..we don’t need to see them anymore ‘. Thank you for wasting your money.

I think when they issue an update it is meant to replace preceding information. My issue is the fact that’s it’s been done with no pre warning of change. There will certainly still be passengers paying and booking tests right now. We sail on the 16th and have received no official notification from Princess or TA. We can cancel our DAM screening test but will be charged admin fees. For those that sail sooner there is no refund if cancelled within 48 hours. NCL at least gave their customers some notice of change.

Finally we have an update. Certificates no longer needed for UK sailings. Passengers will be required to self test and attest to a negative result before boarding.

Sorry these links aren’t opening for me. 😕

It says to check requirements of countries visited. I am on a Southampton sailing to Canaries. None of the ports require vaccinated visitors to have proof of Covid test.

I’m sure the testing company would not be able to state the requirements without having checked with the cruise line but I will give them a call to confirm. Quite clearly on the 28 July update Princess states a certificate of negative test is required. It does not add ‘supervised’. If you check out the UK health testing website it shows a sample certificate you receive following uploading your test result. The whole process is a total waste of time and money with no guarantee of being Covid free on the day of boarding. I will just be happy to be wasting the minimum amount of money.

I read it that they now only require a certificate not a supervised test. UK health testing website confirms this. I can purchase a certificate only with my own test kit for £4.95 check out UK health testing https://ukhealthtesting.com/