"Live" Majestic Princess, 33-Days, Apr 10th to May 12th, Sydney to Seattle (+6 Nights Sydney Pre-Cruise)

[LACruiser88]

 

 

[EDVM96]

On 4/28/2024 at 12:52 AM, EDVM96 said:

I hope I will be there in April 25 (on the Royal). It's booked, and I just need to get to AKL. Sitting on tons of air miles (MM and LM), but no availability in Biz. 😩

Finally, I could book a nice flight award MUC-SIN-AKL for next year.
So the course is set to the South Pacific. 😎

[LACruiser88]

Sea Day #2 and Cruise Day #26.  Weather continues to be windy and it has definitely become cooler.  Seas are "bumpy" with occasional big bumps!

 

We have the MTG luncheon tomorrow at noon in the Harmony Restaurant.  We are not impressed with the Loyalty and Events Host.

 

Two nights ago, she called our cabin asking if we were attending the luncheon as we had not provided a RSVP.  We informed her that we never received an invitation and had stopped by her office several times inquiring as to when the invitations were to be delivered.

 

And, she originally told us that the luncheon was to be held on May 6th, now the date was May 5th.  Last night we met up with friends (they are #2 most traveled on this cruise) and they too did not receive an invitation.

 

I think they are too consumed with selling cruises and not that interested in their most loyal customers.  Oh well, I know first world problems!  🤣

 

 

[Astro Flyer]

I’ve read posts from other ships that are having the same MTG notification issues…I miss the Captain’s Circle staff who were so much more reliable than the ONE staff.

 

Edited May 4 by Astro Flyer

[Astro Flyer]

33 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

Sea Day #2 and Cruise Day #26.  Weather continues to be windy and it has definitely become cooler.  Seas are "bumpy" with occasional big bumps!

It appears that this advisory is affecting more than “small craft”. ☺️

 

 

[hpeabody]

36 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

 

I think they are too consumed with selling cruises and not that interested in their most loyal customers.  Oh well, I know first world problems!  🤣

 

FYI, if you did not already know this.  The on board loyalty person is not employed by Princess any longer.  They outsourced it to O.N.E. (I believe) and combined the position with Future Sales, which they had previously outsourced. I have read other negative comments from other ships also.  It seems nearly everything is outsourced with Princess. 

[LACruiser88]

1 hour ago, hpeabody said:

FYI, if you did not already know this.  The on board loyalty person is not employed by Princess any longer.  They outsourced it to O.N.E. (I believe) and combined the position with Future Sales, which they had previously outsourced. I have read other negative comments from other ships also.  It seems nearly everything is outsourced with Princess. 

Yes, we were aware of the change. 

 

We definitely preferred having the dedicated Princess employee handling the Loyalty program onboard.  We have discussed this now with several HGM's.  They have advised us that the concerns have been passed up their chain of command with no changes expected in the near future.

 

We keep mentioning our concerns in our post cruise surveys.  🤷‍♂️

[CPs4591]

46 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

Sea Day #2 and Cruise Day #26.  Weather continues to be windy and it has definitely become cooler.  Seas are "bumpy" with occasional big bumps!

 

We have the MTG luncheon tomorrow at noon in the Harmony Restaurant.  We are not impressed with the Loyalty and Events Host.

 

Two nights ago, she called our cabin asking if we were attending the luncheon as we had not provided a RSVP.  We informed her that we never received an invitation and had stopped by her office several times inquiring as to when the invitations were to be delivered.

 

And, she originally told us that the luncheon was to be held on May 6th, now the date was May 5th.  Last night we met up with friends (they are #2 most traveled on this cruise) and they too did not receive an invitation.

 

I think they are too consumed with selling cruises and not that interested in their most loyal customers.  Oh well, I know first world problems!  🤣

 

 

Well at one time you were a newbie too?  

[EDVM96]

24 minutes ago, hpeabody said:

It seems nearly everything is outsourced with Princess. 

Hey, just like Boeing! 😲
 

[hpeabody]

30 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

Yes, we were aware of the change. 

 

We definitely preferred having the dedicated Princess employee handling the Loyalty program onboard.  We have discussed this now with several HGM's.  They have advised us that the concerns have been passed up their chain of command with no changes expected in the near future.

 

We keep mentioning our concerns in our post cruise surveys.  🤷‍♂️

I agree!

[LACruiser88]

Special lunch menu today in the MDR.

 

 

 

 

[LACruiser88]

[LACruiser88]

 

 

[LACruiser88]

Good morning Sea Day #3 and Cruise Day #27.

 

Finally, calm seas!  And a bit cooler outside.

 

Lots of ship traffic on the west coast!

 

[LACruiser88]

We attended the MTG Luncheon today, it was amazing!  We sat with Oggy, the Customer Service Director.  Extremely friendly and happy guy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[hpeabody]

Yummmm.  The MTG lunch looks good.  I am thinking on a 1 week Alaska cruise I may make the MTG Lunch at around 700 days.  I did on a past Discovery cruise.  I was pleasntly surprised.  I think I am getting excited for MY cruise on Majestic.

[LACruiser88]

The extra dish in the Reserve Dining Room tonight was Lamb Chops.

 

 

 

Tonight's wine was the best so far of the wines we purchased in Sydney.  We rated it a solid 94 points!  Highly recommend! 🍷🍷🍷

 

[LACruiser88]

 

 

[LACruiser88]

 

Good morning Sea Day #4 and Cruise Day #28!  Woke up to a cool and rainy day.  Hopefully, the weather will improve.  🤷‍♂️

 

We are going back to The Catch tonight!

 

 

[WNCtourist]

@LACruiser88 Thank you for posting the MDR dinner menus when you dine there -- it's great to see up-to-date menus so I can develop my dinner plans! And thanks for sharing your wonderful photos. I have enjoyed following along with your cruise.

[LACruiser88]

Tonight we had our 3rd dinner at The Catch.  It was delicious!!!

 

We started with the "Fantastic Journey."  It was truly FANTASTIC!!!

 

The view was not bad either!

 

For our main we had the King Salmon with Parmesan Fries.

 

Dessert was again the Chantilly Lace (Ice cream and Chantilly Creme filled Profiteroles).  Wow!!!

[LACruiser88]

 

 

[LACruiser88]

[CruzeQueen2]

58 minutes ago, LACruiser88 said:

@LACruiser88  I thought that the aft dining room aft on deck 6 was the Allegro! The restaurant listing on the memo says Concerto...deck 6 aft. Oops!

Edited May 7 by CruzeQueen2
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[c-boy]

7 hours ago, LACruiser88 said:

Tonight we had our 3rd dinner at The Catch.  It was delicious!!!

 

We started with the "Fantastic Journey."  It was truly FANTASTIC!!!

 

The view was not bad either!

 

For our main we had the King Salmon with Parmesan Fries.

 

Dessert was again the Chantilly Lace (Ice cream and Chantilly Creme filled Profiteroles).  Wow!!!

                  

                  you ate all that !

Edited May 7 by c-boy