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My original January ones were removed.

It is standard at first with10 alcoholic and 10 non alcoholic beverages. Once in the cabin you can call room service and trade. It's one for one alcoholic for different alcoholic or non alcoholic, or one for one non alcoholic for non alcoholic. You can also trade the entire mini bar for a bottle of wine.

This is/was correct. As an elite right now I have January cruises booked. I can not access MDR dining reservations. They are blocked. Assume they will open June 17th.

No specific embarkation times. Embarkation usually begins somewhere around 10:30/11:00. Once it begins it goes fairly quickly. Cabin access available around 1pm. One DR open noon to 1:30. I'm not certain about Boston, but in Ft. Lauderdale the slowest part of the embarkation was passing through security.

Some of these postings are mixing up elite loyalty benefits with plus/premier fare benefits and benefits available at the platinum level. Elite benefits are detailed in the Princess site referenced in my post no. 2. Elite benefits include all those for the gold, ruby and platinum levels plus some 10 additional ones.

If you wait until you board the charge will net against any OBC.

Service and crew appreciation is included. No further tipping necessary. I don't carry cash anywhere around the ship. I do have some cash in the cabin. If you order for cabin delivery you might want to provide a few $$. It's up to you.

The way I understand the current situation you will have to wait until June 17th assuming the program is up and running. Previous to this change certain loyalty levels were allowed to select dining when booked. I have not seen rules for the new dining regarding priority or if priority will even be necessary. Let us see what happens from June 17th forward.

1st night specialty dining. You can choose either the Crown Grill or Sabatini's. There will be space available for full suite passengers. Call the dining line once on board. The mini bar set up includes 10 alcoholic and 10 non alcoholic beverages: 8 x 50ml spirits, 2 beers, 2 x 500ml plain water, 2 bottles Perrier, 2 cans club soda, 2 cans Diet Coke, 2 cans regular Coke. There may be some variations. You can trade any alcoholic or non alcoholic item for any non alcoholic beverage. Yes, you can trade any item for Diet Coke. You can trade the entire 20 items for one bottle of wine. Call room service for trades.

Yes, you have unlimited laundry service. Turn around takes up to 3 days depending on the number of elite members on the cruise. On a recent cruise turn around for me was two days. Not too many elites on board. Full suites have next day turn around. Priority water shuttle is nice. If you are going ashore at a tender port during peak times you don't have to plan very much. Just show up at the designated location and your wait will be short. This benefit is for ship to shore only. Shore to ship you wait in line with everyone else. I guess if you are booking Princess excursions the 10% discount is nice. 10% discount on full price items in the ship's shops also nice if you buy stuff. Mini bar of little use if you have plus or premier fares, but some people like the set up. https://www.princess.com/downloads/pdf/cc/captains-circle-loyalty-benefits.pdf

Very difficult to tell. This is the first time Princess is offering these itineraries from New York. My guess, not too many youth. There are no rock walls, surf pools, etc.

No kiosks. Just visit guest services.

Yes. US$ are accepted by crew.

It happens to me all the time. First & second names are combined by the airline, not EZ Air. Never had a problem.

"If Princess offers it as a single itinerary and you book it this way, you will get 2 credits for sailing solo for the full sailing. " "As above, if you book it as a single itinerary, you will get 2 credits for the entire sailing." Princess awards cruise credits by Princess' voyage number not by booking number. A b2b sailing is two different Princess voyage numbers. In the old cruise card days you could see the voyage number at the bottom of the cruise card. The OP as a solo will receive 2 cruise credits for each Princess voyage or leg of the b2b. How the OP books does not matter.