MEET & MINGLE on Princess?

[lakeguy]

Can someone familar with Princess Cruise Line and Cruise Critic please tell me if Princess sponcers a meet & mingle and if so why isn't there a location on the roll call page to register.

Pleaase excuse me if this is dumb, but I just don't understand why Royal Caribbean , Celebrity etc have easy access to a meet & mingle registration and if it is there I can not find it. Lou

[KreinKrunker]

Can someone familar with Princess Cruise Line and Cruise Critic please tell me if Princess sponcers a meet & mingle and if so why isn't there a location on the roll call page to register.

 

At one time Royal Caribbean and Celebrity advertised(paid) their Meet & Mingle on Cruise Critic.(they may still do this) They were the first ones to have a gathering for Cruise Critic members. Princess now does the same, but you have to find out about it on your individual 'roll call' for your cruise. Sometimes it is advertised in the shipboard Patter.

[Cruisin' Chick]

There isn't the same relationship between CC and Princess (or Carnival or Holland) as there is for RC/Celebrity. But that said, one person from your roll call can volunteer to contact through email the CD on your cruiseship. On one cruise I did this and the CD left me a message as to when and where the meet and greet would be. Someone on his staff showed up with champagne. The CD did put a listing in the Patters for a Cruise Critic meeting for "registered members."

 

Someone did this for my last cruise, but I didn't see the listing in the Patters until after I came back from working out in the gym -- when it was most likely over. So I just heard about it second hand.

 

On both this cruises, members of the roll calls came up with a couple of meetings on their own too.

[paul929207]

While Princess does not sponsor a M&G, they do provide a place if requested. If invited and available, the Captain and other officers will attend.

[Bonnie J.]

We will be on the Crown Princess at the end of the month. Go to the Roll Call here on cruisecrtitic. Roll Call memebers set up the meet & greets. Go to your cruise line, then ship, then date of cruse.

On my Roll Call there are 46 couples signed up for one meet & greet! We are having one right after muster and the main one next day - at sea. We have invited officers to our meet & greet.

All so set up is a slot pull and a few other activities on board. 24 of us have set up a private tour together on Roatan.

 

But, we have been on some Roll Calls where no one shows up for the meet & greet.

[lakeguy]

Thanks everyone, I guess that I thought that a M&G was the same throughout, naive on my part. not new to cruising but new to cruise critic.

anyhow I have emailed the CD and am awaiting a response. Lou

[paul929207]

There is a group at Princess headquarters that handles the arrangements for things like the M&G. Below is the last list I have seen posted. Just tell them it is a cruise critic group. They know us well.

 

This list is current as of 16 Mar 2010:

 

Berda Davis

Star, Grand

(661) 284-4451

bdavis@princesscruises.com

 

Diana Hall

Diamond

(661) 284-4449

dhall@princesscruises.com

 

Jenny Streeck

Sapphire

(661) 284-4444

jstreeck@princesscruises.com

 

Berna Grayr

Emerald, Pacific

(661) 284-4448

bgrayr@princesscruises.com

 

Stacey Anderson

Island & Coral

(661) 284-4446

sanderson@princesscruises.com

 

Coleen Reyes

Crown

(661) 284-4447

creyes@princesscruises.com

 

Renee Wittwer

Ruby & Ocean (formally the Tahitian)

(661) 284-4443

rwittwer@princesscruises.com

 

Elizabeth Williamson

Caribbean, Sea

(661) 284-4442

ewilliamson@princesscruises.com

 

Jan James

Royal, Golden

(661) 284-4452

jjames@princesscruises.com

[lakeguy]

Thanks Paul, this is good info that I will be sure and save. Lou

[Paul Paint Rock]

While Princess does not sponsor a M&G, they do provide a place if requested. If invited and available, the Captain and other officers will attend.

 

Does the Princess sailing on 8/25/2012 from Southampton to NYC on the Caribbean Princess offer a meet and mingle? Please advise. Thank you.

Paul Paint Rock

[agabbymama]

Does the Princess sailing on 8/25/2012 from Southampton to NYC on the Caribbean Princess offer a meet and mingle? Please advise. Thank you.

Paul Paint Rock

 

Go to your Roll Call and ask if anyone has set anything up??? Quite an active Roll Call found here

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1520364

 

RCI & Celebrity are the only two lines that actually host the CC and actually pay for everything, if you get 25 people signed up. Not only drinks and goodies, but they have the photographer come and take a group photo, and officers that can, drop by. It was an agreement set up years ago.

 

The other cruiselines have started accommodating CC meet & greets, but the don't usually host them. Princess did the least of any of my cruises. They provided the corner of the bar with a server and put up a sign that it was a private function. HAL was about the same. NCL actually outdid RCI & Celebrity, providing the space, coffee, tea & punch, about 3 flavors of pound cake, cookies, servers for the bar, as well for the set up of the goodies. And we had about 10 officers show up. Then we all signed up with cabin numbers & names, and some were invited to dinner with the Captain, some were invited to a Bridge tour. I had 65 signed up for the Meet & Greet, but only about 58 actually showed.

 

Then we did a gift exchange (small gift from local area), a slot pull, a cabin crawl (with a poker draw), shared a couple of tours, and a specialty dinner at Cagney's Steakhouse to celebrate some birthdays. By far, the best CC group of any of our cruises.

 

But it is solely arranged by the folks on the Roll Call. Not official from the ship.

[firstAlaskancruise]

We will be on the Crown Princess at the end of the month. Go to the Roll Call here on cruisecrtitic. Roll Call memebers set up the meet & greets. Go to your cruise line, then ship, then date of cruse.

On my Roll Call there are 46 couples signed up for one meet & greet! We are having one right after muster and the main one next day - at sea. We have invited officers to our meet & greet.

All so set up is a slot pull and a few other activities on board. 24 of us have set up a private tour together on Roatan.

 

But, we have been on some Roll Calls where no one shows up for the meet & greet.

 

 

Thanks for the info.. we are cruising on Diamond Princess in less than 3 weeks.. and I've volunteered to coordinate the Casino Pull.. can you outline how it works so I will know??? many thanks..

[Bonnie J.]

Sorry, have no idea. Ask on your roll call. Thiswas our 4th and last princess cruise. We areinout late 60's and felt we were the youngest ***** the ship. Amonh other things, a violyn, chello and piano every night in the atrium, trioleaving for their dinner at &:15 when we wanted to dance. listen to live music before our 8:15 dinner, getting tender ticket #78 at 10am and they were needed until 12:30, last tender back at 2pm - didn't bother to go, etc.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Does the Princess sailing on 8/25/2012 from Southampton to NYC on the Caribbean Princess offer a meet and mingle? Please advise. Thank you.

Paul Paint Rock

 

Welcome to Cruise Critic.

[agabbymama]

Thanks for the info.. we are cruising on Diamond Princess in less than 3 weeks.. and I've volunteered to coordinate the Casino Pull.. can you outline how it works so I will know??? many thanks..

 

 

I was able to pull up our old thread form October 2011, and here is what we did

 

"Well, John and I just went thru all the 'slot pull' info on all the threads and decided that we will put in $15.00 on a 'Wheel of Fortune' machine and each person will get 3 pulls. We will split the money at the end evenly and all extras will be given to someone i.e. bartender who helped us or casino employee or ????....we will determine that when we are getting closer to the end of the pull. If the Wheel of Fortune machine is a $2.00 pull then we will figure something else out at that time.

 

I will be contacting the casino manager as soon as I can to figure out a time and machine where and when we can have this. In reading other stories some people have it on a sea day. Some have it after the cabin crawl. Some have it on the second sea day, just to spread the fun out.

 

If anyone has anything else to add I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks and can't wait to meet everyone on Saturday. Neta (Plumber22)"

 

We had a blast, ended up with 20 of us doing the slot pull, but as we ooohed and aaaaahed, a lot of folks in the casino came over to watch what was going on. We weren't winners, we but in $15 and ended up with $12, but it was great fun. Then the house bought us all a drink.

 

Have fun!

[kpofusa]

At one time Royal Caribbean and Celebrity advertised(paid) their Meet & Mingle on Cruise Critic.(they may still do this) They were the first ones to have a gathering for Cruise Critic members. Princess now does the same, but you have to find out about it on your individual 'roll call' for your cruise. Sometimes it is advertised in the shipboard Patter.

 

we're the Pauls from the Orlando area ......will be going on the Island Princess cabin C618 and looking forward to an adventurous trip . My husband is retired from military and other endeavors and I'm an RN ....mostly retired

 

We are anytime dining . we're looking to share excursions to defray costs and meet some interesting people.

contact me if you want at suezqofusa@yahoo.com anytime.

Sue and Ken Paul

we're heading back on the QM 2 from UK to NY on the 27th or the 3rd ...not sure. :)glad to meet you

[ontheweb]

I don't think they list it in the Patter. At least they did not for our very well attended Meet and Greet on the Ocean Princess last summer in the British Isles.

[Essiesmom]

we're the Pauls from the Orlando area ......will be going on the Island Princess cabin C618 and looking forward to an adventurous trip . My husband is retired from military and other endeavors and I'm an RN ....mostly retired

 

We are anytime dining . we're looking to share excursions to defray costs and meet some interesting people.

contact me if you want at suezqofusa@yahoo.com anytime.

Sue and Ken Paul

we're heading back on the QM 2 from UK to NY on the 27th or the 3rd ...not sure. :)glad to meet you

 

Welcome to Cruise Critic. You have posted on a thread that is four years old, and the title of it has nothing to do with the subject of your post. therefore, probably few to whom it would apply will see it. Also, perhaps you missed the sticky at the top of the page about tour shares, which are only arranged on your roll call.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1835016

[Durran]

I have the same questioner.registering can anyone e help ? DURRAN

[Clarea]

I have the same questioner.registering can anyone e help ? DURRAN

Welcome to Cruise Critic.

 

What exactly do you want to register for?

[Durran]

Durran and Mildura are looking forward to Meet and Mingle during our cruise

[Clarea]

Durran and Mildura are looking forward to Meet and Mingle during our cruise

Which cruise line?

[Durran]

Sea Princess from Sydney on 10th April :)

[Clarea]

Sea Princess from Sydney on 10th April :)

OK, that helps.

 

Post your question about the Meet & Mingle here. This is the forum that is dedicated to Princess cruises, and can help with general questions about the cruise line:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=197

 

 

Here is your Roll Call:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2063130

 

The Roll Call is where the folks on your specific sailing are conversing and getting to know each other.

 

 

Good luck, and Bon Voyage.

[Keith1010]

This question is best asked on the Princess Board.

Keith

[Clarea]

Sea Princess from Sydney on 10th April :)

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