Elite cruiser with newbie questions

[Cheesehead123]

Hi!  It has been a long timed since we sailed.  Excited to be cruising again but have so many questions. 
It appears that now we are able to purchase shore excursions in advance. Does princess immediately charge your credit card or wait until you are on board?  What happens if you cancel? Also same questions with specialty venues for dinner.  Looking at the 360 dinner but concerned if I need to cancel I won’t be able to get a refund but I don’t want to miss it by it selling out.  Appreciate anybody’s input thanks!

[EDVM96]

2 minutes ago, Cheesehead123 said:

Does princess immediately charge your credit card or wait until you are on board?

Your credit card will be charged immediately.

 

2 minutes ago, Cheesehead123 said:

 What happens if you cancel?

Money will be refunded to your credit card.

 

 

[mtnesterz]

46 minutes ago, EDVM96 said:

Money will be refunded to your credit card.

They might do things differently in different countries. We prepurchased excursions, then cancelled on the ship. So the money became OBC. The unused portion came back in the form of a check in a very plain looking envelope, 15 days post cruise. Be aware the envelope could easily have been mistaken for junk mail.

Perhaps if we had cancelled pre-cruise it would have gone back to the card.

[EDVM96]

8 minutes ago, mtnesterz said:

Perhaps if we had cancelled pre-cruise it would have gone back to the card.

Yes, I was talking about cancelling pre-cruise.

 

8 minutes ago, mtnesterz said:

They might do things differently in different countries.

Yes, I forgot. We get unused refundable OBC back via bank transfer. No checks here.

 

[JF - retired RRT]

Also, if you have any OBC...it can be applied to your excursions pre-cruise (assuming it shows in your Captain Circle account).

[Kay S]

Is the 360 dinner by invitation only?

[TRLD]

5 hours ago, EDVM96 said:

Your credit card will be charged immediately.

 

Money will be refunded to your credit card.

 

 

If you cancel atleast 5 days before your cruise it will be refunded to your credit card. Approximately 5 days before the cruise the control transfers to the ship  At that point one cannot cancel until they are onboard. Onboard the refund is given as refundable OBC.

[Cheesehead123]

20 minutes ago, Kay S said:

Is the 360 dinner by invitation only?

It was in my app as a specialty dinner option.  No invitation 

Edited May 22 by Cheesehead123

[karatemom2]

44 minutes ago, Kay S said:

Is the 360 dinner by invitation only?

 

Initially that was how it was launched. But now it is available to anyone as a specialty dining option for the cost of $149. It's a great experience and well worth doing at least once IMO.

[memoak]

24 minutes ago, Cheesehead123 said:

It was in my app as a specialty dinner option.  No invitation 

I don’t think you can apply a premier package freebie to the 360. It should be shown as experiential dining as it cost much more than places like the Crown Grille

[Cheesehead123]

47 minutes ago, memoak said:

I don’t think you can apply a premier package freebie to the 360. It should be shown as experiential dining as it cost much more than places like the Crown Grille

We didn’t buy the premier package or any package

[memoak]

11 minutes ago, Cheesehead123 said:

We didn’t buy the premier package or any package

What I was referring to was referring to it a specialty dining could lead people to think it is like Crown Grille at $39 per meal when it is $149 per meal 

[Kay S]

2 hours ago, karatemom2 said:

 

Initially that was how it was launched. But now it is available to anyone as a specialty dining option for the cost of $149. It's a great experience and well worth doing at least once IMO.

Interesting.  I'm glad they are making it available to anyone now.