What are you willing to do without?

[Tennant]

cut the junk mail, save a tree.

[flvol77]

Times are really tough for everyone, including Princess. What is one thing you are willing to do without and what one thing can't you live without on a Princess cruise.

I really hope Princess reads this post!!!

For me, I can't live without the seafood buffet on SAILAWAY night.

I can live without chocolate on my pillow every night.

 

Seafood buffet in the Caribbean is a must! Honestly I would rather just pay more for my cruise and not do with out anything...If I wanted to do without something I would go on RCI who seems to be cutting all kinds of things out or Carnival who just doesn't offer the same experience that Princess does but it usually 15% cheaper.

[hubofhockey]

All I need is an Ok breafast, a nice lunch and a wonderful dinner. A Reggae band by the pool, music in the lounge and afternoon tea.

 

I like the reggae band by the pool too. Unfortunately, on my last Carnival cruise, they seem to believe that passengers would rather hear and see the cruise director broadcasting his am/pm "zoo" style show on the big jumbotron (muts) in the pool area. :mad: I hope I don't find this on Princess. It drove me insane. I had to put on my iPod and turn the volume up to block the idiot show out. It was one bad experience that forced me to my balcony and maybe forced me off Carnival (along with congestion the pool area and substandard breakfast and lunch buffets).

 

As for chocolates on the pillow, it's a low cost item that many of like. :cool:

 

I like upcharge items and don't mind paying for specialty restaurants. The art auctions make money for cruiselines. To the extent that they are subsidizing the rest of us, I hope the cruiselines keep them going. I could do without casinos. But that's another thing that keeps the prices for the rest of us down. Keep gambling fellow passengers.

[helpmesailaway]

I have given this careful consideration - and I want it all!! Don't even think about removing the night time chocolate - it is the last lovely touch at the end of a wonderful Princess cruise day.

 

Yes - I must have it all!!!!:D

[cpj]

This is a dangerous thread. Let's not give Princess any ideas that some additional cuts would be accepted. I don't know what gives people the idea that Princess is hurting. They are the only cruise line that have sold out their remaining caribbean sailings. I also didn't see any deep discounting when I booked the cruise either. It's interesting to see Celebrity having a hard time filling their ships. Even offering deep discounts on the brand new solstice to try to fill her.

Celebrity has made some bad businees decisions lately. One example is there knew smokeing policy. Im a non smoker but business is business and I do not see all the non smokers flocking to there line. I know our group of 30 people this year went on the Emerald Princess this year instead of Celebrity constillation all because of the smoking policy. Princess is a smart company not willing to turn off 20 percent of the cruisers. This is not trying to start a smokeing thread but one of the reasons princess is doing better. Bottom line including me price is the most important aspect of why people book cruises and if Princess is cheaper the non smokers will go there, and they will forget about the smoking policy of Celebrity. Believe me Price matters to most people more then smoking policies

[yapmom]

Nothing, this will be our first cruise and I'm looking forward to the whole experience from planning our days with the patter to the chocolate on the pillow....I'll probably try to talk dh out of his if it's dark chocolate :)

[kooljamming]

I like the reggae band by the pool too. Unfortunately, on my last Carnival cruise, they seem to believe that passengers would rather hear and see the cruise director broadcasting his am/pm "zoo" style show on the big jumbotron (muts) in the pool area. :mad: I hope I don't find this on Princess. It drove me insane. I had to put on my iPod and turn the volume up to block the idiot show out. It was one bad experience that forced me to my balcony and maybe forced me off Carnival (along with congestion the pool area and substandard breakfast and lunch buffets).

 

As for chocolates on the pillow, it's a low cost item that many of like. :cool:

 

I like upcharge items and don't mind paying for specialty restaurants. The art auctions make money for cruiselines. To the extent that they are subsidizing the rest of us, I hope the cruiselines keep them going. I could do without casinos. But that's another thing that keeps the prices for the rest of us down. Keep gambling fellow passengers.

 

Sorry, you won't find the Reggae band on Princess either. It's one extremely to the other. On Carnival you just want a moment of quiet but on Princess it's hoping for someone to pump up the volume in the afternoon. For my age, I enjoyed the live bands and theme disco on Princess. I started out dancing until way past 1 am, but by the end I was so tired I was ready to crash right after dinner. I am hoping for the right vibe and crowd to do this again for our Alaska cruise. Nothing like 70 disco and some soulful R&B.

[kendon]

I agree with the poster above regarding all the printed material in my mailbox. Also, I could do without looking at all the same photographs night after night and too few buying them. All the waste irks me.

[Lilly'sMom]

I wouldn't want to give up the pizza - it's my all time favorite!:o

[1 HappyCruiser]

I wouldn't want to give up the pizza - it's my all time favorite!:o

 

The only pizza I've ever eaten on a cruise ship was years ago on RCI- lobster pizza.

[Lilly'sMom]

The only pizza I've ever eaten on a cruise ship was years ago on RCI- lobster pizza.

 

 

You'll have to try it! They have a different kind each day - plus the normal plain or pepperoni. It's wonderful!

[1 HappyCruiser]

You'll have to try it! They have a different kind each day - plus the normal plain or pepperoni. It's wonderful!

 

At my age I'll stick with the "normal heather" foods & be happy I can stick with them without having to take a tums afterward. ;);)

[melodyina]

Times are really tough for everyone, including Princess. What is one thing you are willing to do without and what one thing can't you live without on a Princess cruise.

I really hope Princess reads this post!!!

For me, I can't live without the seafood buffet on SAILAWAY night.

I can live without chocolate on my pillow every night.

 

From a platnium status level, I can do without the annual mailing of 'atlas' of cruises, we are already focused and know how to find these cruises, especially on-line or from our TA. I can do without the daily handouts of tracts for shopping and other promo's in your door mailbox i'd rather see them promo'd on your TV channel like want-ads instead of shore excursion port talking reruns, you are only promoting littering at the ports and in your own garbage can with these flyers. I can't do without my fabulous steward keeping my ice bucket full. thank you..:)

[readytogo2]

From a platnium status level, I can do without the annual mailing of 'atlas' of cruises, we are already focused and know how to find these cruises, especially on-line or from our TA. I can do without the daily handouts of tracts for shopping and other promo's in your door mailbox i'd rather see them promo'd on your TV channel like want-ads instead of shore excursion port talking reruns, you are only promoting littering at the ports and in your own garbage can with these flyers. I can't do without my fabulous steward keeping my ice bucket full. thank you..:)

While some would call it litter...I'm sure Princess calls it a gold mine. They know we will at least glance at the handouts we get in our stateroom mailbox but who would watch infomercials while on a cruise?

[rdsqrl]

I could do without:

 

The Champagne Waterfall

The carving displays

The Lifeboat muster

Too much food - maybe limit to one serving

Pizza, Hamburgers, Tea Time

Swimming Pools/Hot tubs

 

I couldn't do without:

The gym

detoxification lectures

Wow, cruising with you must be a barrel of laughs . . . !!

No, no, not the cruise atlas! I love the cruise atlas -- I've discovered many itineraries that otherwise I never would have known about. You just can't "browse" online the same way you can in a printed brochure.

 

And as far as I'm concerned, the pillow chocolates are an essential companion for an evening's perusal of the next day's Patter before bed! Plus any unconsumed ones (unlikely as it seems that any would escape!) make nice little gifts for surprising people back home. The professor I was TAing for last year was quite touched when I brought him back a handful of them after spring break. Cheap and easy way to make someone smile.

[kooljamming]

I could do without:

 

The Champagne Waterfall

The carving displays

The Lifeboat muster

Too much food - maybe limit to one serving

Pizza, Hamburgers, Tea Time

Swimming Pools/Hot tubs

 

I couldn't do without:

The gym

detoxification lectures

 

Those are the things I would pay extra for. There is a gym on-board :-)

[readytogo2]

Those are the things I would pay extra for. There is a gym on-board :-)

:D:D:D Pauline,Thanks I needed that

[kooljamming]

I could do without:

 

Tea Time

 

 

I couldn't do without:

The gym

detoxification lectures

 

Afternoon Tea, that's a MUST for a crusie to be considerd Princess:p

[tip]

Things I Could Do Without

• Neighbors who smoke on the balcony (I can avoid all other smoking areas)
  
• All public address announcements except the one made daily by the captain (I am quite capable of reading the Patter).
  
• "The Clothes Police"
  
• Having to get off the last day and fly home!
  

Things That I Would Really Miss

• Having a balcony (spent the first fifteen of seventeen cruises without one)
  
• Sea Days (what a great opportunity to relax, read, and watch the sea go by)
  
• My wife of 36 years (I could never cruise without her!)