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Wastegirl

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    Australia
  • Interests
    Crafting, Reading, Touring, Art
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Any its all about the destination
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Anywhere

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  1. Heads up for anyone travelling on Royal Caribbean, currently they are having a Black Friday sale on their drinks package with 35% off. Still pricey but so are the drink prices on board for those who use AUD. Another benefit is that they are also offering early access. We don't have a cruise until after Christmas 2024 and I'm sure that RC prices will go up between now and then.
  2. Yes some people just don’t get it. Picking up breakfast in the buffet this morning to take back to hubby in quarantine an old bloke was stopped by a staff member because he didn’t have a mask on. He was handed one and he grabbed it muttering and cursing and by the time he got it on he was half way round the buffet. You think it would be the young ones being difficult but actually I’ve seen mostly the oldies acting up.
  3. Thanks Julie, I think the anti virals went a long way to fixing me up. Hubby wasn’t on them as he wasn’t as bad but then he’s been infectious longer. It’s interesting though, I’ve been talking to a few couples on my wander round and they’ve all said ‘why did you declare it, there’s been people coughing all over the place and they just haven’t told Princess’. Well that explains why it’s rife in the ship 🙄
  4. Update on how we are going. Room service slow but I suspect with so many Covid cases now it’s getting difficult. We advised Medical on the 22nd we had Covid and when I saw the Doctor on the 23rd he said the 22nd counted as Day 0. So effectively from the 22nd using Princesses calculations Day 5 (or the 6th day of our incarceration) was the 27th. Then we found out that they don’t test until Day 6. Then we further found out that they didn’t start counting until my Doctor visit 😳. I told them vehemently that we notified them the day previous to that visit. I got the run around of a ‘nurse will call you’ but they never did. So finally today the 29th, 7 days after we first reported we were tested at 11.30 am and told we would be advised within approx an hour. So about 45 minutes later I get the call, I’m clear but the Rats shows my husband as still having Covid, so he is being tested again tomorrow morning, Day 8. I’m allowed out but my husband is so depressed I’m worried about him. So to anyone thinking they could do 5 days in a cabin fine, in our case it isn’t 5, it was 7 for me and at least 8 for my husband. He is an active person and has hardly felt sick at all. We have tried letting people know our concerns but we just get the run around, no one returns calls and it’s no use complaining of the terrible treatment and lack of service to the nice young lass from guest services that rings us each day, she listens and is very polite but has no authority to help us. Throughout all of this the most difficult has not been having to clean our own room, or no bed changes but the lack of communication as to what procedures are. A letter from the powers that be just detailing what is happening and what we can expect would have gone a long way to covering our concerns. Everything from the debacle of our embarkation to how my husband literally feels like he’s in a prison is a result of Princess handling the situation very badly. BTW in my first walk around this arvo the ship seems very quiet and a bit empty. I mean there are people around but usually on a coolish sea day you can’t move for people in the Atrium but I could have got a seat anywhere. My advice to anyone still going make sure you don’t get caught in a busy embarkation because that’s when we think we caught it. We were crammed together cheek by jowl. In retrospect we should have waited until everyone was through and waltzed through Station Pier as the last passengers.
  5. Just to let everyone know, Room Service has had a complete turnaround today, everything delivered on time. Also was offered free laundry service. I think someone has had a bomb put under them. I hope I’m not celebrating too soon 😁
  6. Don’t worry I’ve been complaining 😁. Got a message delivered with our menus this morning stating how room service was going to be handled going forward. Seems like I wasn’t the only one complaining. We’ll see if it improves today. Still it took them 90 minutes to deliver breakfast from the time I ordered but considering yesterday’s performance that was blistering fast. Our coffee was piping hot so I can forgive them if they got held up at the coffee machine.
  7. Good heavens Ozwoody, red wine is the only thing that’s keeping my husband sane 😁. Having been on P&O I know their food is lacklustre but also know their room service menu is pitiful. What would have happened if you were positive as well, I shudder to think. At least we’re getting offerings of clean towels etc. I can see people will start booking cruises with lines that give Covid passengers better support.
  8. Had a day in Brisbane recently on our Grand Princess cruise. Having been to Brissie before on cruises expected a shuttle bus to be available. Did not find out til the night before that the shuttle was now called a ‘Brisbane on your own’ tour and cost $39.95 each. Made a last minute booking and nabbed a couple of only a few seats left. The buses were limited and a lot of passengers got caught out and either had to stay on the ship or pay for very expensive taxi rides. We were crammed on the buses, dropped off at 8.00, 8.30 and 9.am respectively and had to be back for our corresponding return all around the 12.30, 1.30 mark. I don’t know how it works on other cruise lines but it had certainly changed from the regular shuttle service going back and forth whenever you wanted that we had previously. Also a lovely elderly single lady, on her own next to me, was very confused as she thought she had booked an actual tour and was quite lost.
  9. From what I’ve read the Coral is a bit different to the other Princess ships, better service all round, have heard good things about it.
  10. No letter or acknowledgment of any kind from Grand Princess and if I hear the Captains twice daily report one more time on how passenger comfort and safety is important to Princess I’ll march up to the bridge and bop him on the nose.
  11. As soon as we have freedom I’m heading down to the services desk and try to get the extra charges removed, especially if we have to live on Pizza for the next few days 😂. We haven’t been getting the value out of our Beverage Package while in iso, you just don’t feel like drinking that much when you’re just sitting around.
  12. I’ll try that tomorrow, we actually have check boxes for ordering and were told to fill it in and leave outside our room. Only worked on quarantine Day 1, your method might work better. They’re still using our Beverage package no free wines for us, if my husband orders a more expensive red he’s still charged the difference. BTW lunch never turned up, but paying for a Pizza to be delivered worked. We only ate half of it in case our dinner doesn’t show up. Wine and drinks I’d ordered through room service never showed up either. Just placed an order on the app and got my fingers crossed.
  13. Yes your beverage package still works with room service but by the time the cocktails get to you they’re melted a bit.
  14. Thank you Eileen, at least we weren’t kicked out of our verandah cabin to an inside as I’ve heard has happened. They would be dealing with my husband having a mental breakdown if they did, it must have been awful for those people.
  15. I’ve yet to try Royal Caribbean though we like Celebrity. I know I could have caught Covid at the pub but at least I’d be isolating at home feeding myself not paying $7000 for the privilege of cleaning my own room and starving. Hopefully Royal Caribbean treats it’s passengers better, I hear other cruise lines are doing a much better job.
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