dreaminofcruisin Posted October 3, 2023 #1 Share Posted October 3, 2023 I have a cruise upcoming soon. This morning, I got 8 emails from Princess. Each one was for a different date. The text indicated they were changing my dining venue, but the From: and To: dining venues are the same. The cruise is a B2B each being 7 days. The 8 dates are scattered between the 2 cruises. Quite odd. I appreciate Princess informing me....but it doesn't appear anything changed. Last year on the Ruby which was only 50% booked, they closed one dining room. Of course, it was the one in which I had booked all my dinners. They didn't send any emails and I didn't notice until I got on the ship. I then scrambled to set up new reservations as they changed all my Private tables to Shared. Since I have no idea what they are up to this time.....I'll just remember to check as soon as I board to be sure it appears everything stays intact. Just a heads up to always check your reservations as soon as you board because I can't figure out what Princess is up to this time.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissBennet Posted October 3, 2023 #2 Share Posted October 3, 2023 I’ve got a 12 day cruise in a couple of weeks and also received a bunch of random date emails with the same message you have had. Nothing has changed from my bookings on the app. Had the same earlier this year on another cruise too. Probably some sort of glitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPedantic Posted October 3, 2023 #3 Share Posted October 3, 2023 I got 16 emails the day before our holiday, one for each night of our Island Princess cruise in August. All like yours, no difference in From and To. I wonder if they had simply allocated our table number and it was essentially automatically triggering emails. No issues onboard whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beg3yrs Posted October 3, 2023 #4 Share Posted October 3, 2023 That high-powered high-quality Princess IT Team strikes again! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted October 3, 2023 #5 Share Posted October 3, 2023 36 minutes ago, beg3yrs said: That high-powered high-quality Princess IT Team strikes again! Hallelujah! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katmigordon Posted October 3, 2023 #6 Share Posted October 3, 2023 2 hours ago, dreaminofcruisin said: I then scrambled to set up new reservations as they changed all my Private tables to Shared. I thought all tables with Princess were private? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreaminofcruisin Posted October 3, 2023 Author #7 Share Posted October 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, katmigordon said: I thought all tables with Princess were private? Nope. When you either make a reservation through the app, or go to the dining room without a reservation, you need to pick Shared or Private. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted October 3, 2023 #8 Share Posted October 3, 2023 4 minutes ago, katmigordon said: I thought all tables with Princess were private? No. If you go on the App to DMW (dine my way), click on the reservation line, you’ll see Private table or Shared table to choose from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rick&Jeannie Posted October 3, 2023 #9 Share Posted October 3, 2023 We just got off the CB last week. The week before we embarked I received a number of emails that said they "had to change our dining reservation due to a conflict". NOTHING changed! Same restaurant, same time, same private table status. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare startedwithamouse Posted October 3, 2023 #10 Share Posted October 3, 2023 They're *trying* to be proactive with giving guests a heads up that their dining reservations have changed. In the last 1.5 years of cruising, our dining reservations have been changed each and every time. This is what Princess shore side is doing, providing what they think is a solution. It's just a sad band-aid without fixing the issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BamaVol Posted October 3, 2023 #11 Share Posted October 3, 2023 54 minutes ago, Rick&Jeannie said: We just got off the CB last week. The week before we embarked I received a number of emails that said they "had to change our dining reservation due to a conflict". NOTHING changed! Same restaurant, same time, same private table status. They did the same thing to us on Sapphire last month. 4 out of 7 nights were switched from 6 to 6 and from Savoy to Savoy. Apparently there is a portal to another parallel, identical universe at the entrance to the MDR. Everything was exactly the same. It was eerie. I’m sure most people don’t notice it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted October 3, 2023 #12 Share Posted October 3, 2023 DH was on several B2B cruises last winter when I (at home) started getting emails regarding his dining reservation being changed for that night. And I received them night after night. But he had been on the ship and had the same table and time for several cruises by the time this started. I finally pestered him enough to ask a Restaurant Manager about them. He was clueless, had no idea emails were sent out like that. It changed nothing for him on board. We also always (!) receive an email that our medallion order has been cancelled at our request. And then it arrives as planned a week or two later. Even when something is working as it’s supposed to, Princess IT manages to screw it up. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trvlwrld Posted October 3, 2023 #13 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Getting the same emails again and again and again….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissP22 Posted October 8, 2023 #14 Share Posted October 8, 2023 That would be annoying, especially if you go to rebook your dining time as a private table & they tell you it's all filled up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendy Posted October 9, 2023 #15 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Same happened to us on Enchanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdellachiesa Posted October 9, 2023 #16 Share Posted October 9, 2023 These emails are almost certainly simply a notification being sent out after someone in their department has touched the reservation - actually assigning tables, sections, or planning for special requests, etc. They may be clicking save vs canc for example which then triggers a notification that the reservation may have something changed within it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendy Posted October 9, 2023 #17 Share Posted October 9, 2023 2 hours ago, jdellachiesa said: These emails are almost certainly simply a notification being sent out after someone in their department has touched the reservation - actually assigning tables, sections, or planning for special requests, etc. They may be clicking save vs canc for example which then triggers a notification that the reservation may have something changed within it... I understand how it could happen, but why. Change the programming to stop this useless information being sent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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