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Probably a silly questions, but.............   Did you order your Binax home covid test kit from Princess or a drug store.  I see two tests come in one box, so I would assume we can each use one.  How do you connect with a certified guide?  Is it by phone (facetime?) or computer or did you have to download an app to your phone.  We are cruising in early January.  Thanks for any help.

Rhonda

I am having trouble with DMW.  I'm in the section in the app of DMW:  I choose reserve for same time each day: then pick evening: then choose our companions: then pick a time: (nowhere does it say confirm reservations or next.  It makes me back out of all the info I just put in.  Does anyone know what I may be doing wrong.  We have chosen Tradition Dining early when we booked 1 1/2 years ago.  Another (stupid) question.  Can I only download the Medallion app to get my husband and myself boarded or does he also need to download the app.  Thank you for any help I can get.

Rhonda

When we cruised on the Crown it was a few years ago and the TV was up on the little bar area.  I'll look for pictures but I doubt I have any.  We have had a balcony the past few years so I don't know if they have changed all of the TV's on the ships.  We are scheduled in January in a sideways cabin on the SKY so I guess I find out if I've lost my tabletop.  Sure hope not!!!

We have stayed in R507 and R515 on the Crown (the sideways cabins)  We absolutely love these cabins.  They are always our first pick and cry if they are already taken.  The rooms have 182 square feet vs 162 square feet per cabin.  The closets have doors on them.  We have never been bothered by noise from above.    Book one and enjoy.

In our experiences, we ordered different pizzas than were on the menu and they accommodated our requests.

Scottca075:  Thank you for your information.  It's just what I needed.

Rhonda

Has anyone heard of or been on the PaiPai Ecotourism Park tour where you can interact with lemurs, and baby tigers or lions through Ensanadatours.com?

Thanks for any input.

Rhonda

We stayed there once through Princess.  It was nice.  We have stayed the last three times at the Best Western Plus Oceanside Inn.  It is right behind the B Ocean Resort.  We love the Best Western.  Beautiful rooms, close to the beach, great breakfast,  comfortable beds, and right at the head of the boardwalk.  You do have to take a taxi or Uber from airport to hotel and hotel to cruise port.  Taxi runs about $20.00  Hotel will order a shuttle for you for about $8.oo per person.  Price is a lot lower.

We will be boarding the Crown next week.  Can you tell me if the MDR menus have some of the Crown Grill items for an extra charge?  Thank you.

We have stayed in R507. We are booked in November in R515 for 10 days. We love the sideways inside cabins. They are larger than regular inside cabins. I am disappointed if I can't book a sideways cabin. We love the extra space and have never been bothered with noise. Enjoy!

You can fly down one day early and still us EZ-air. That is what we always do to take out the stress.

http://www.beyondships2.com/uploads/8/2/4/5/8245255/rp-alfredos_pizzeria-23-may-13.pdf

Hopefully this link works to get you to the menu at Alfredos. The pasta dish "Agnolotti Gratinati alla Piemontese" was the best thing ever. Cheesy and creamy!

We are on the Crown on the November 27th sailing. We are in Cabin R515, which is under the pool. We have stayed in these sideways rooms before and have never heard noise. The sideways rooms are arranged differently and are a bit larger. We love them. Noise has never been a problem for us. We like walking to back of the ship and wallah! pool area right there with buffet one level up.. Enjoy your cruise

https://www.princess.com/downloads/pdf/Onboard_Experience/Sterling-Steakhouse-Menu-Sample.pdf

Hopefully this link will work. Here is the menu for Sterling Steakhouse. $29.00 per person

We absolutely love the "sideway" inside cabins. We have been in R507 and have booked R515 for our next cruise. I always book these if I can. The rooms is 182 square feet vs 162 square feet. We love the bigger cabin. Also, the design is different. You will not be sorry you booked this cabin. Some people don't like where you enter the room but we don't mind it at all. There have been boards and pictures on the sideways cabin.

We stayed there once through Princess. I'm not sure what you mean by package, but we got the transfer from airport to hotel and then hotel to ship. We stayed in the building across the street but there was a skywalk to that building. Nice hotel. We now stay at Best Western Plus Oceanside that is right next door. We find the price to be better and they serve a very nice complimentary breakfast. You do need to take a taxi from airport (about $20.00) and a taxi to ship (about $20.00). Both hotels are on the boardwalk and within a 10-15 minute walk is shopping and restaurants.. St Bart's cafe has great breakfasts. Hope this helps

If I get a chance I always book the sideways cabins. We then mark "no upgrade" because if we can book the room, we don't want to lose it We like the layout, the extra space and never have been bothered by the noise. We usually book a 14 day cruise and really like the extra space. We have stayed in two of the rooms you mentioned. We don't spend a lot of time in the cabin..

If I did this right, here are the links for the patters and menu from the Coral Princess 10 day Panana Canal cruise last October 2016.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxjjrP34jFzuclFiTVZsWGZWSWs/view

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxjjrP34jFzubG9zMjV3U2RWZVpyZGdUWTlManJrV3BlUV9B/view

We have been on a couple different ships with the sideways room under the pool area. We are early to bed people and we never were bothered with noise from up above. The rooms were bigger and always our first choice.

Thanks for the great information. I just booked with DORA for our cruise at the end of March. This will be the first time I have booked a private tour instead of booking through Princess.

Thanks guys. Great suggestions. Now I just have to choose from the crab shack or crown grill.

I haven't eaten at either and will only be choosing one.

We love the Crown Grill. They also have prawns, shrimp, and lobster along with their steaks. You can get the best of both worlds. Here is the link for the menu

http://www.princess.com/downloads/pdf/Onboard_Experience/Crown-Grill-Menu-Sample.pdf

We were on the Regal this January from the 10 to 24th. On our personalizer it said we had 6:00 confirmed traditional dining. When we checked in, our cruise card said 5:45. Doors opened at 5:30 and everyone was heading in at that time. The first night we got there around 5:55 (thinking the doors would open at 6:00) and felt like we were late.