Perks of booking another cruise while on board? [Archive]

Jolimont

May 3rd, 2004, 09:11 AM

What are the perks? Because I might select my next destination right now and book while on the Diamond later this month. Thanks!

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May 31, 2003 Carnival Triumph to Western Caribbean.

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 09:15 AM

Bascially the perks are money.

You get between $25 and $150 pp in onboard credit for the cruise you select depending on cabin location (inside-outside-balcony) and duration. 7-15 days.

You can still use your own TA and have up to 4 years to use an open booking. Also rather than having to put 50% down it is $100 per person.

The other HUGE advantage is that you can know as they drag you off the ship at disembarkation that you are not looking at a an unending dry spell.

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

coiran

May 3rd, 2004, 09:51 AM

You don't have to have a particular cruise to book - you can make a deposit (only $100 pp) on an open booking and transfer it to your TA at time of finalizing the cruise. Plus you get cabin credits based on length of cruise and type of room.

NCL PRIDE OF AMERICA Oct. 2004
SUN PRINCESS 2004 Caribbean
REGAL PRINCESS 2003 Europe
GOLDEN PRINCESS 2002 Canada New England
SUN PRINCESS 2002 Panama Canal
SUN PRINCESS 2002 Mexico
DAWN PRINCESS 2001 Caribbean
DAWN PRINCESS 2001 Caribbean
SEA PRINCESS 2001 Alaska
REGAL PRINCESS 2000 Mexico
REGAL PRINCESS 1999 Panama Canal
PACIFIC PRINCESS 1999 Europe
SUN PRINCESS 1998 Caribbean
ROYAL PRINCESS 1996 Panama Canal

Jolimont

May 3rd, 2004, 11:54 AM

So if I understand corerctly, an open booking is where you put an advance towards another cruise but you don't specify the ship or date?

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May 31, 2003 Carnival Triumph to Western Caribbean.

sue d. miller

May 3rd, 2004, 11:57 AM

That's right. And you have 4 yrs to use it. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Sue
7 days on Star Princess 10/24

May 3rd, 2004, 12:13 PM

I know you have to put $100 down per person while on board for future cruises, but do you also have to put $100 down for the third person. Can you add the third person on later when you deside where and when you are going. Thank you
Delores

5/6 Regal Princess/ San Francisco
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sue d. miller

May 3rd, 2004, 12:16 PM

Only $100 pp for the first two. Not 3rd or 4th. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Sue
7 days on Star Princess 10/24

sue d. miller

May 3rd, 2004, 12:20 PM

Yes because you don't have to pick a date, ship, cabin. If you already know what you want, and want to book everything on board you can book a quad, and it is $100 pp for the first two.$200 total to book.

Sue
7 days on Star Princess 10/24

May 3rd, 2004, 12:58 PM

Thanks Sue for your information. I only have three days to go have started packing but I am not sure if I am going to have room in my suitcases so may have to revise it a bit. Like take something out.
Delores

5/6 Regal Princess/ San Francisco
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sue d. miller

May 3rd, 2004, 01:18 PM

Lol. Have a wonderful cruise. Wish I were going!!! http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

Sue
7 days on Star Princess 10/24

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 02:55 PM

Sue... you are caught in a rare oversight, you don't have to put $200 down, you can put $100 down for ONE NAME only and add the SECOND at time of booking.

I got two open bookings for $200 less than 10 days ago and have used one exactly that way already.

Gotta know how to make those cruise $$$'s work. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

sue d. miller

May 3rd, 2004, 03:03 PM

Wow!! Is that true? What if you add 3 others after?

Sue
7 days on Star Princess 10/24

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 03:04 PM

Works like a charm. Infact we added the other name AND two couples to TWO other cabins using the "share the wealth" option.

Total of six people, three cabins, $100 on the credit card... it pays to be cheap and nosy.

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

ahracer

May 3rd, 2004, 03:04 PM

Has anyone else noticed the onboard consultants aren't exactly a wealth of information?

I'm sure there are some good ones but I either get incorrect information or realize I'm more familar with Princess than they are.

Perhaps I spend too much time on here reading about Princess http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Scott

sue d. miller

May 3rd, 2004, 03:08 PM

I noticed that too, Scott. Even when I knew what I wanted, I booked an open booking, then handed it over to my TA, when I got home.

Sue
7 days on Star Princess 10/24

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 03:12 PM

The kid on Diamond was pretty knoledgeable, smart enough to just listen and type when we were telling him what we wanted. Seemed very young but then again so does everyone now.

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

sue d. miller

May 3rd, 2004, 03:18 PM

Steve, please Explain the Share the wealth program. Can they be a 3rd or 4th in your cabin, or book a cabin of their own?

Sue
7 days on Star Princess 10/24

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 03:28 PM

Sue,

I can't say definitively on the third/fourth in a cabin, I can only assume that has the same terms as the first two.

Share the wealth is intended to invite friends or family along with you on a cruise and share in the same benefits, including the low deposit figure. We have used it to secure 2 other cabins for family, friends at the same terms. You have to use the same TA, and have have the bookings cross referenced. There is normally a coupon that accompanies the booking you get from the future cruise guy/gal/kid.

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

sue d. miller

May 3rd, 2004, 03:41 PM

I know I am a pain in the b***, but if i have a cruise booked now and another daughter wants to go too, would that work or only at the original booking? http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Sue
7 days on Star Princess 10/24

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 03:44 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by sue d. miller:
I know I am a pain in the b***, but if i have a cruise booked now and another daughter wants to go too, would that work or only at the original booking? http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Sue
7 days on Star Princess 10/24

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Try it and see, did you book thru TA or Princess? Whichever, make it their problem.

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

sue d. miller

May 3rd, 2004, 03:46 PM

Thank you, Steve. I am truly grateful!! http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif I will leave you alone now. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Sue
7 days on Star Princess 10/24

CruiseFever

May 3rd, 2004, 03:50 PM

Sue- we did the same thing on our Golden cruise a couple months ago.

I was traveling with one daughter and wanted to cruise again in the future with the other daughter and my wife.

I bought future cruise credit of $100 for each of us onboard at the time and got Share The Wealth coupons to use enable me to get the same deal for the other family members who had not yet sailed Princess.

To go a little further than noted above, the Share the Wealth program is basically a referral program. In addition, through the Captains Circle website you can invite friends to cruise Princess and when they do both you and the friend will receive an onboard credit varying in amount using the same criteria noted above.

So with all that in hand, when I got home I booked the Caribbean Princess for June, The Star Princess for October and the Diamond Princess for December, all falling under the $100 pp deposit/$50 pp cabin credit deal.

Next cruise I plan on stocking up on those $100 pp credits toward future cruises that qualify for the deposit amount again; I'll use them in the manner Steve described above.

Also, I'd bet they let you do what you want on adding an additional daughter....is that our Star cruise?

Happy Cruising

Chris

www.LifeIsCruising.com (http://www.LifeIsCruising.com)

Next up:
Caribbean Princess 06/26/04
Star Princess 10/24/04
Diamond Princess 12/22/04
Carnival Miracle 03/13/05

sue d. miller

May 3rd, 2004, 04:03 PM

Hi Chris. Yes!! Kim is going to fly down here and rip my throat out!! I am making her crazy on this cruise. I cancelled the little guys, got rid of one cabin, kept the quad, Dick is mad cause he thought he had his own cabin, http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif, so now there are three of us in the quad. Another daughter chimed in, and thought she would like to go. Sooooooo I thought maybe it might work if we booked her into the 4th bed.? If it doesn't work, maybe you can help me figure it out when I book onboard in Oct. for the next one.Lol. If I don't lose my mind on this one. I have already told all of them to leave me alone and go have fun!!!! I have more of them around now than I did when I was raising them!! http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

Sue
7 days on Star Princess 10/24

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 04:50 PM

Sue,

How can you wait for October?... I am going nuts with one in the hopper and thinking about another before that.. you are as patient as you are fun.

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

sue d. miller

May 3rd, 2004, 05:03 PM

Steve, you are so fortunate to be able to cruise so often. Some day!!!! It isn't the money that is stopping me, it is the responsibilities that I have. So my once a year getaway is very special for me. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Now if I could just get rid of all the kids and DH, I would be one happy little cruiser. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

Sue
7 days on Star Princess 10/24

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 05:04 PM

Responsibilities?... That must be it, we just push the shopping cart up to the dock, grab the top three trash bags (checking for formal wear) and jump aboard.

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

coiran

May 3rd, 2004, 05:34 PM

If you only book one for $100 and add others later you will be the only ONE getting cabin credit!

NCL PRIDE OF AMERICA Oct. 2004
SUN PRINCESS 2004 Caribbean
REGAL PRINCESS 2003 Europe
GOLDEN PRINCESS 2002 Canada New England
SUN PRINCESS 2002 Panama Canal
SUN PRINCESS 2002 Mexico
DAWN PRINCESS 2001 Caribbean
DAWN PRINCESS 2001 Caribbean
SEA PRINCESS 2001 Alaska
REGAL PRINCESS 2000 Mexico
REGAL PRINCESS 1999 Panama Canal
PACIFIC PRINCESS 1999 Europe
SUN PRINCESS 1998 Caribbean
ROYAL PRINCESS 1996 Panama Canal

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 05:56 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by coiran:
If you only book one for $100 and add others later you will be the only ONE getting cabin credit!
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Not according to the booking I made on Friday. I got that in writing from Princess.

NCL PRIDE OF AMERICA Oct. 2004
SUN PRINCESS 2004 Caribbean
REGAL PRINCESS 2003 Europe
GOLDEN PRINCESS 2002 Canada New England
SUN PRINCESS 2002 Panama Canal
SUN PRINCESS 2002 Mexico
DAWN PRINCESS 2001 Caribbean
DAWN PRINCESS 2001 Caribbean
SEA PRINCESS 2001 Alaska
REGAL PRINCESS 2000 Mexico
REGAL PRINCESS 1999 Panama Canal
PACIFIC PRINCESS 1999 Europe
SUN PRINCESS 1998 Caribbean
ROYAL PRINCESS 1996 Panama Canal

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

skarletohara

May 3rd, 2004, 06:13 PM

So help me here, if I'm understanding this correctly. My mom and I are going on the Diamond if September. However, I can do an
open booking by putting a $100 deposit down for both my husband AND myself for a future cruise or is it $100 for me and $100 for my husband? That's where I'm a bit confused. Someone said I could just put down my name and
add a name later, but I already know that I want to take my husband on a future cruise in February.
Also, what is the shipboard credit? Is it $50 per cabin for inside and $100 for an outside cabin? Or is that shipboard credit per person

Carnival Holiday 6/92
RCCL Monarch of the Seas 6/94
Celebrity Infinity 6/28/01
Star Princess 2/08/03
Golden Princess 12/06/03
Diamond Princess 9/25/04

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 06:22 PM

Yes, you can put $100 down for you and hold the booking, you have an option to put the other $100 down for him, I know who I was taking to but didn't put the money down untill I booked. Got more bang for the buck that way.
Works out in the end as you have to pay 100% 75 days prior just like everyone else.

As to the cabin credit, that is a present from Princess for booking while aboard. It is a folio credit and you start you sailing with a positive balance rather than a zero. The size depends on what you book and for how long, $50 for a 7 day inside cabin, $300 for a 15 day balcony.

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

bostongal

May 3rd, 2004, 07:30 PM

We did an open booking on the Diamond Princess for 3. We put down the deposit amount $200 for this booking (didn't know that you could do it any other way!). We used it to book our February cruise.

Steve - my question is this - did you have to pay the other $100 when you added the second person to your booking or no? I want to make sure I have this straight when we cruise in November because I will be doing open bookings then.

Also where did you get the "Share the Wealth" coupons - onboard?

Meg (who completely missed the boat this time around but will get it right next time!)

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do then by the ones you did. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 07:34 PM

Yes the second hundred was charged at the time the second name was added. We did not get the coupons but knowing of their existence called Princess and had them note in the file that we were bringing others along and they told us to make sure the TA cross references the two or three bookings together. I figure I will "open" two more on the 22nd, leaving me with three.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by bostongal:
We did an open booking on the Diamond Princess for 3. We put down the deposit amount $200 for this booking (didn't know that you could do it any other way!). We used it to book our February cruise.

Steve - my question is this - did you have to pay the other $100 when you added the second person to your booking or no? I want to make sure I have this straight when we cruise in November because I will be doing open bookings then.

Also where did you get the "Share the Wealth" coupons - onboard?

Meg (who completely missed the boat this time around but will get it right next time!)

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do then by the ones you did. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

bostongal

May 3rd, 2004, 07:39 PM

thanks!

Meg

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do then by the ones you did. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

mimi2

May 3rd, 2004, 08:27 PM

I always pre book onboard, but have always made a deposit of $100 per person. If I only made one $100 deposit, came home and book a cruise, will my husband's deposit be only $100 or the usual deposit amount?

skarletohara

May 3rd, 2004, 08:41 PM

Let me just add this. I just e-mailed my
TA and asked about a future booking for March '05. My mom and I are traveling on the Diamond in September, but I already think I'm
going in March again because my husband's friends are going, so I e-mailed my TA and she
says that I can book now, put down the regular
$250 per person deposit, but she'll give me a cabin credit of $100. AND she said then I can
do an "open" booking when I sail, but I'd have
to come up with the $100 per person open-booking fee, but could apply it to this future sailing AND I can also get the $100 ADDITIONAL
cabin credit. So, therefore, $350 per person
deposit it was it actually comes down to,
BUT $200 cabin credit! That's not a bad deal
either. It's a creative way of getting more
cabin credit!
Has anyone ever heard of that?

Carnival Holiday 6/92
RCCL Monarch of the Seas 6/94
Celebrity Infinity 6/28/01
Star Princess 2/08/03
Golden Princess 12/06/03
Diamond Princess 9/25/04

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 09:15 PM

Only the $100, same as you, not the "usual" amount. That is why it makes sense.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by mimi2:
I always pre book onboard, but have always made a deposit of $100 per person. If I only made one $100 deposit, came home and book a cruise, will my husband's deposit be only $100 or the usual deposit amount?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 09:18 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by skarletohara:
Let me just add this. I just e-mailed my
TA and asked about a future booking for March '05. My mom and I are traveling on the Diamond in September, but I already think I'm
going in March again because my husband's friends are going, so I e-mailed my TA and she
says that I can book now, put down the regular
$250 per person deposit, but she'll give me a cabin credit of $100. AND she said then I can
do an "open" booking when I sail, but I'd have
to come up with the $100 per person open-booking fee, but could apply it to this future sailing AND I can also get the $100 ADDITIONAL
cabin credit. So, therefore, $350 per person
deposit it was it actually comes down to,
BUT $200 cabin credit! That's not a bad deal
either. It's a creative way of getting more
cabin credit!
Has anyone ever heard of that?
My TA routinely has cabin credits, I did it backwards, did the $100 deposit on the ship, got the cabin credit from Princess, called the TA when home and asked for a date thats she had cabin credits. I got $200 in credits with $100 down for deposit.

Carnival Holiday 6/92
RCCL Monarch of the Seas 6/94
Celebrity Infinity 6/28/01
Star Princess 2/08/03
Golden Princess 12/06/03
Diamond Princess 9/25/04<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

Lynda90

May 3rd, 2004, 09:23 PM

srphnx:

Thanks for the great info. Are you using someone begining with "K" for your booking?

Lynda

srphnx

May 3rd, 2004, 09:28 PM

NO, I have compared with that person from time to time and have found my agency and my gal at it to be as good or better by a few pennies.

I don't want to be specific, but not for the usual reasons, she is hard enough to get through to on the phone now. http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

roe2ship

May 4th, 2004, 09:10 AM

Don't know if I am repeating the same question here again (a bit confused with the number of cabins and people) This July, only DH and myself with be on board. Can we book 2 cabins (one for the children even if they are not with us at this sailing)Is this where the share the wealth coupons come in? If yes, do I use my name for one cabin with $100 deposit and DH name for the second cabin with another $100 deposit? Or is it $200.00 PER cabin? Thank you.

Caribbean Princess 7/03/04
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srphnx

May 4th, 2004, 09:14 AM

Yes it is the same question, but ok.. you can reserve a cabin with ONLY $100 down on ONLY one name. When you book the cruise as opposed to reserve it, you add the other name and the other $100(s) to the booking. The share the wealth is for people you bring NOT in your cabin at least usually not in your cabin.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by roe2ship:
Don't know if I am repeating the same question here again (a bit confused with the number of cabins and people) This July, only DH and myself with be on board. Can we book 2 cabins (one for the children even if they are not with us at this sailing)Is this where the share the wealth coupons come in? If yes, do I use my name for one cabin with $100 deposit and DH name for the second cabin with another $100 deposit? Or is it $200.00 PER cabin? Thank you.

Caribbean Princess 7/03/04
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<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

roe2ship

May 4th, 2004, 09:21 AM

So I can put $100 my name for a double cabin? Hubby $100 his name for a triple cabin (even if the kids are not with us at the time, right) Does everybody receive a shipboard credit?

Caribbean Princess 7/03/04
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srphnx

May 4th, 2004, 09:41 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote">quote:<HR>Originally posted by roe2ship:
So I can put $100 my name for a double cabin? Hubby $100 his name for a triple cabin (even if the kids are not with us at the time, right) Does everybody receive a shipboard credit?

Haven't tried it on a triple, but you aren't booking a cabin, you are booking an open booking. When you book the cabin back at home thru your own TA, you add the other people and their deposits, and yes all get the cabin credits.

Caribbean Princess 7/03/04
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One open Princess booking
Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96

IScubaSlo

May 5th, 2004, 07:33 AM

I booked when on the TP last year . Two weeks ago I booked a 10 day cruise on the Dawn , February 18, 2005 Cat. BB Balcony for $1070.33.....

Because I booked on the TP last year I was guaranteed $200.00 on board credit. But I also received from my TA another $250.00 for a total of $450.00 on board credit and also 2 coupone books worth $120.00 each. Which I think is pretty good......

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Dawn Princess 2/2005
Tahitian Princess 2/2003
Grand Princess 3/2002
Windstar 12/2000
Dawn Princess 12/1998
Dawn Princess 11/1998
Nordic Empress 2/1998
Splendor of the Seas 12/1997
Windward 12/1996
Windward 12/1995
Starward 12/1994

srphnx

May 5th, 2004, 07:55 AM

The cabin credit is VERY good, the coupon books are pretty useless. We managed about $30 in value out of two of them perhaps someone could get more out of it than we did. It was a two-fer on this and 10% off $100 worth of that. We did use the match play in the casino with some good result and the $5 off internet usage was good but otherwise.. not so much.

Alaska
Diamond Princess 05/04 ~~ Mercury 06/02
Rhapsody o.t. Seas 05/98 ~~ Legend o.t. Seas 09/95
Mexican Riviera
Diamond Princess 12/04
Diamond Princess 11/04 ~~ Diamond Princess 04/04
Sea Princess 01/02 ~~ Vision o.t. Seas 04/02
West Coast-Baja Mexico
Ecstacy 09/01
Eastern Carribean
Century 12/97
Western Carribean
Century 9/96