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We always book for the itinerary, and have been on the same ship multiple times.  Have never been disappointed!

This has never happened to us.  Another couple has just decided to book the same cruise with us.  They are new to Princess but not new to cruising.  I was wondering if we will be able to bring them to the evening cocktail lounge as our guests?

Has anyone else done this?

We just finished a cruise on the Pacific Princess which has a cozy love seat in balcony cabins.  While on board we met with the future cruise consultant and booked a future cruise on Caribbean Princess.  We decided to move up to a mini suite after she confirmed the removal of the barrel chairs was across the entire fleet.

RESOLVED!!!!

We were moved three cabins from we originally were from mid-aft to midship and saved money from re-pricing.  Now flagged no upgrade.  So we are happy.

18 minutes ago, JF - retired RRT said:

Why doesn't she want to be at "one end of the ship"?

That's our preferred location: less foot traffic = less noise from walkers in the area, as noted elevators may be faster.

Bigger cabin, balcony, 2 TVs, sofa, tub shower instead of a shower "coffin". What's not to like?

She is afraid of sea sickness.

Last time we cruised we were offered an up-sell from the same Caribe cabin to a mini at the back which we turned down.  A few days later we were offered an up-sell again to a mini all the way in the front which we turned down.  Than five days before sailing they offered again an up-sell to a club class for the same price they offered for the first two.  We grabbed that one.

Thanks for all the comments.

Yes it is an upgrade, but the wife is afraid of being at one end of the ship.  I can’t say I fully agree with her, but this is a battle I won’t win.  She is so upset she is threatening cancelling.  Hopefully something will be worked out to make her happy.

This will be our 15th Princess Cruise making us elite after this.

We have a booking on the Caribbean Princess in December which we booked in April.  We booked C506 a mid aft (B2) balcony just aft of mid ship.  Princess just “Upgraded” us to D722 (MD) mini suite all the way in the back.  This cabin is opposite the self service laundry.  It’s certainly not what we consider an upgrade.

At the moment our TA is fighting with Princess to get our old cabin back.

On 6/10/2019 at 8:58 PM, Astro Flyer said:

Here’s my experience on a Royal Princess cruise last month for a MedallionNet plan which was best by waiting until boarding the ship.

 

In advance anyone could purchase an unlimited plan for 14 days...$120.  Onboard as an elite level passenger here were my options...$90 unlimited or 250 free minutes.  I have no way to know if there was a lower price on the ship for passengers not eligible for the free minutes.

 

If my experience is standard fleetwide then for passengers eligible for free minutes (platinum/elite) waiting to purchase onboard was 25% cheaper.  Thus for my cruise it was best to purchase onboard & to pay with OBC.

 

My wife and I are both Platinum.  Do you know if one of us purchases the four device plan if we can use multiple devices at the same time?  We would have two I-Phones and two I-Pads with us.

I would like to know as well?

We took the Stonehenge tour and they assigned different busses depending on which terminal your flight was departing from.  So each bus dropped off at only one terminal.

On an Alaska cruise ending in Vancouver we bought a Princess post cruise hotel package that included a transfer, and was assigned a 10:00 departure time.  We had breakfast in the DR and than went to the lounge around 9:00.  They were in the process of closing up, and the host told us they were running early and we should disembark right now.  When we got to our luggage they indeed were not ready for us, and we hung around the luggage area for 45 minutes.  Would have been more comfortable straying in the lounge till the proper time.

Keep in mind there is only one laundry room on each deck with two washers and two dryers.  On our last cruise we opted to pay for laundry service to avoid the hassle.  If all goes according to plan we will be elite at the end of the year.  Looking forward to free laundry service!

Its a full two weeks which is a long time.  We are all wondering what is being done?

Not a float plane we did a Princess excursion during a land tour.  The flight was from Fairbanks to Cold Foot, and back.  Very exciting and I would do it again.

Got an upsell offer on the Crown from a Deluxe Balcony to a Club Class Mini on an 11 day cruise for $179 a person.  We took it in a heartbeat.,

On 10/4/2018 at 9:49 AM, fishin' musician said:

FWIW, the Caribbean Princess was taken out of service (unscheduled) in the spring of 2012 in order to correct/repair propulsion issues. It was based in San Juan at that time and we were scheduled on the first subsequent sailing and were not 100% certain it would be fixed for us. We ended up having a great cruise!

We were on the cruise when the engine broke down.  Spent most of the cruise tied to the dock in San Juan since we could not change our flight home.,

Thanks for the updates.  I guess we will know in June.

Does anyone know??

I see a hole in her schedule from 5/27 to 6/12.  Doing a search for her drydock schedule I find nothing.  I figure the only two possibilities are Dry Dock, or a private charter.

Does anyone know if a drydock is scheduled, and if so what will be worked on?

We signed up two times, and enjoyed the dinner two times.

Does anyone know why the self service laundries on the passenger cabin decks of the Caribbean Princess have been reduced in size by half? The deck plans used to show the full width laundries with entrances on both the port and starboard passageways. What use is being made of the space once occupied by the starboard half of the laundries? Could it be something to do with the Ocean Medallion?

Same on the Crown after the recent dry dock. We did not bother trying to use the half in service. We decided to pay for laundry service. Two more cruises and we get free laundry.

FWIW' date=' the Caribbean Princess was taken out of service (unscheduled) in the spring of 2012 in order to correct/repair propulsion issues. It was based in San Juan at that time and we were scheduled on the first subsequent sailing and were not 100% certain it would be fixed for us. We ended up having a great cruise![/quote']

 

I was unlucky enough to be on the cruise when the problem developed. We left San Juan on a Sunday night and got to our first port mid afternoon the next day instead of in the morning. We stayed overnight while they tried to fix the problem and limped back to San Juan. All other ports were cancelled, but hotel services continued and they allowed us to stay on board tied to the dock in San Juan till the scheduled end of the cruise. For our trouble they refunded our entire cruise fare, plus issued a future cruise credit which we took advantage of.

I believe it will be during a dry dock scheduled to start on May 4, 2019..

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