PTMary

I don't as well. But I don't criticize the cruise line for providing those activities for passengers who do. Tolerant people don't find those activities as something worth complaining about. There are so many other activities onboard that we ARE interested in that we have no need to complain about those we aren't. We simply avoid them and go about our lives.

Sure it does. Cruise businesses are for entertainment, not for essential transportation services. The entire concept of a cruise business is to provide entertainment to vacationers. This includes production shows in the main theatre, comedians in smaller club like environments, shore excursions, trivia and other games, swimming pools and water games, movies under the stars, etc.

We booked this cruise 11 months ago. Hawaii RT from SFO Mar 12, 2023. Category ME. Today the price is $9,224 for other cabins in this category. Princess had it listed at $9,349 when we booked it. We are paying $7,299. There. I have given you all the ammunition you need to try to prove that I am making this up. 😈 BTW: We always choose the stateroom next door to the next highest priced category room. That way we are just a door further than rooms that cost hundreds more. When we booked this the room next door, A220, was several hundred dollars more. Even today it's $9,816, almost $500 more than the room we are in per Princess prices, and about $2,500 more than we are actually paying.

Yes, always logged on as a Princess customer to ensure any loyalty benefits or specials will be factored in. The discounts we have received have also been with other cruise lines as well as Princess. I sometimes wonder why the TA's prices are so good, but don't question the results. I prefer not to "look a gift horse in the mouth". Or maybe "rock the boat" is a better saying? 😉 BTW: We are paying $7299 for a cabin that Princess listed as $9349. I calculated that as a 24.63% savings. That may have been our best deal yet, but others have been close. For instance, a 14 day Mediterranean cruise on Celebrity Reflection several years ago was pretty close in savings percentage. We're not wealthy, so these savings allow us to afford a higher category room than we would otherwise feel comfortable booking.

They are possible. We use a TA that routinely provides around a 25% discount on the exact same cabin, ship and itinerary as the cruise line's posted price shown during a mock booking. The TA provides no other benefits, such as vouchers for specialty dining, bottles of wine, trinkets, etc. Just a discount, which is much better than unused gifts. Plus, they are very responsive to questions and requests for changes. You don't have to believe it. I still enjoy that discount whether you believe it or not. 😇

I've been accessing their website through Chrome on a daily basis checking prices by doing mock bookings and have not had any issues.

On Princess ships, there is the International Café midships in the Piazza. That is where I go for snacks (AKA: medical treatments for my sweet tooth). 😁

But being forward means you are closer to half the ship, just like being aft means you are closer to half the ship. It's different halves, but both require a person to walk the length of the ship occasionally - the aft to the theatre, the bow to the buffet. Midships require a similar amount of walking, but sometimes forward and sometimes aft. Unless a person stays in one spot the entire cruise, no cabin is close to everything. We also prefer to be near the front of the ship, both for the motion, which we like to fall asleep to, and the wonderful sounds of the waves crashing against the bow of the ship. I never tire of that sound.

We were able to upload images of the electronic vaccine cards that our state offers months ago. Did not have a problem and they are still visible on the Medallion app. We don't bring the original cards. We have the electronic cards on our phones and we just display them when needed. The electronic cards have a bar code that can be scanned to verify the authenticity if needed.

Here is comment by a CC member that discusses what they had to do to get this problem resolved: I called Princess customer service several times about this and was always told "wait a few more days for the app to update". It never did. Two months later and the app was still incorrect and useless. Only the Medallion app department can help. It took several calls but I finally contacted a supervisor in that department who eventually got the problem resolved. Her name is Den Sombellion, or something similar (I should have asked her to spell it). She admitted that they know of these problems with incorrect ship and itinerary showing on the app and she promised to personally make sure my issue got resolved by the tech support people. A few days later she called and told me it had been resolved. All is well know. The customer service people you first talk to can't help, so ask to talk to a supervisor in the app department. Make sure you are transferred to the Medallion app department before asking for a supervisor. When I tried to contact Den a couple of days after she started to help me, the customer service person in the reservation department rudely hung up on me after claiming there was no such person at Princess and I insisted there was. I called back, explained who and where I wanted to be transferred to, and got transferred and was connected with Den.

When I cruise, I do it for my convenience, not for the convenience of the staff or even other passengers. I'll reject a table if it is unsuitable, and report the staff member who rolled their eyes if I caught them doing that.