Shelly97060

Having the birthdate correct is important. You always want your exact name and birthdate to match your travel documents (ie passports). If you haven’t already done so you should confirm the information is correct. If you used a TA have them go into the booking and correct the birthdate if necessary. if you booked through Princess contact them asap and ask that they confirm the birthdates are correct in the bookings.

Yes, the correct policy is that booking can be transferred anytime between when you booked the cruise up to 60 days from date you booked it as long as the booking is outside of final payment or has not otherwise already been paid in full.

Yes

Yes they do.

It depends on when you arrive at the terminal. If you arrive at a busy time then it will add more time to your boarding due to more people checking in. If you plan to arrive later in the boarding process (after noon for example) then it likely won’t add more than 5 minutes. The $10 shipping covers shipping for both medallions.

If you don’t want to download the app here is a link to the web based version https://oceanready-personalinfo-ui.prod.ocean.com/ prior to your cruise if you enter your information into the app or via the web and order your medallions to be shipped to your home it can speed up your boarding process. Rest assured though, if you don’t do any data entry or order medallions you can get everything take care of at the cruise terminal by going through the Blue Lane with your passport and credit card ( I also recommend bringing a copy of your Travel Summary but that’s just me 😄).

Great review! We also were on the TSE cruise and agree with you, it was fantastic! So happy to have experienced it! Thank you for taking the time to write the review!

The 18% is the tip 😄

The tip is automatically added to the folio so you would only give cash if you wanted to tip over the 18%.

I haven’t had Premier ( only Plus) but given that the cover charges and associated gratuities for casual meals or speciality desserts covered by Plus don’t show on your folio as debits and credits I would imagine that Premier meals covered similarly wouldn’t show up in the folio. As a side note you can look in the app under packages and see what you have used.

I just returned from Discovery Princess yesterday so my info is current. Prior to sailing I made reservations for Crown Grill and The Catch by Rudi. The cost was $39 per person, paid in advance, for each venue. We also made reservations for Sabatini which was $35 pp. The day after we dined in each of the venues the 18% gratuity was added to our folio (listed as cover charge). The 360 was booked on the ship at $149 pp and it included the gratuity. We had the Plus package. Plus covers 2 casual meals and associated gratuity at places like Alfredo’s and Salty Dog Gastropub but does not include any specialty dining so if you have Plus or Standard you will be charged the 18% gratuity. The Premier package includes 2 Specialty dining meals. If you have Premier you would not be charged the 18% for the 2 included meals. Hopefully this helps answer your question.

if you booked flexible air and did not request early ticketing there should not be a change fee if you are more than 45 days out. However, the air prices could have gone up since your original flights were booked. If you accidentally selected restricted air then you are stuck. To get a true understanding of flight cost and availability go to Princess.com and click on “find a cruise” and find the cruise you are on and then you can pull up flight quotes to see what the air you want to change to would cost today. If you like the price normally I would suggest using Cruise Personalizer “manage Flights” to change the flights but it sounds like you might have some issue going on ( or you got a bad rep). I would call Princess and tell them you want to change your flights, if they give you a different price than what you see on Princess or tell you there’s a change fee because it’s been ticketed ask to be connected to the air department for assistance since you booked flexible air ( or just start with EZair dept). The air dept should be able to see when or why the ticket was issued. I have read this thread and see where you selected seats and think that could be the problem… if the airline allows seat selection within EZair then that does not trigger early ticketing or change your air from Flexible to Restricted. If you asked for early ticketing so you could use miles to upgrade or for other reasons then that would be a different matter.

I used it when disembarking in Fort Lauderdale 3 months ago.

Yes, your current medallions will work.

you can spend it on: Specialty Dining onboard, Surf and Turf or Filets nightly in the dining room, photos, spa treatments, excursions, jewelry, items from the shops, cameras, go pros, binoculars, flowers for your cabin, the difference in higher cost of beverages not in Plus packages… that OBC will be gone before you know it!