Meet and Greet questions

We will be on the Ocean Princess early this summer and have a very very quiet roll call. There were so few of us and no one wanted to plan a M&G so I suggested we just pick a time to meet at the Club Bar or Tahitian Lounge. Final payment is coming up next week and we have gained a few more people.

1) does one have to notify Princess of your M&G if it exceeds a certain number of people? If so, how many?

2) who do we contact about a M&G ?

We will be on the Ocean Princess early this summer and have a very very quiet roll call. There were so few of us and no one wanted to plan a M&G so I suggested we just pick a time to meet at the Club Bar or Tahitian Lounge. Final payment is coming up next week and we have gained a few more people.

 

1) does one have to notify Princess of your M&G if it exceeds a certain number of people? If so, how many?

 

No need to notify anyone of your gathering. It is no different than having a bunch of friends getting together at a certain place and time. However, if you want to ensure yourself of a decent amount of gathering space, you might want to have Princess set you up with a location and a "No Host" Bar.

 

2) who do we contact about a M&G ?

Not sure if this is up-to- date, but this is the last contact that I had for the Ocean Princess:

Renee Wittwer

rwittwer@princesscruises.com

Hope this helps.

You do not have to notify Princess, but if you don't you will not have space reserved. There may be other activities in the same place.

1) does one have to notify Princess of your M&G if it exceeds a certain number of people? If so, how many?

 

2) who do we contact about a M&G ?

No it is not necessary to notify Princess unless you are wanting a specific area/room in which to meet.

In the past we have always just decided on a bar, lounge or other area as a place to gather.

Mike:)

Thanks everyone. I think we will just keep this informal and suggest a time and place to meet and see who shows up!

Hi There,

You can keep things informal but still let Princess know,

Princess can let you know what bars are rooms are not in use,

we once had a small meet in a bar folks turned up start to chat

it was then we noticed that the GBLT were meeting at the same time.

yours Shogun

Hi There,

 

You can keep things informal but still let Princess know,

 

Princess can let you know what bars are rooms are not in use,

 

we once had a small meet in a bar folks turned up start to chat

 

it was then we noticed that the GBLT were meeting at the same time.

 

yours Shogun

Good point...

You might want to check that social network site that no one can mention. Princess maintains a page for each cruise. You may be able to track down a few more people there and invite them to the roll call on CC.

Hi There,

 

You can keep things informal but still let Princess know,

 

Princess can let you know what bars are rooms are not in use,

 

we once had a small meet in a bar folks turned up start to chat

 

it was then we noticed that the GBLT were meeting at the same time.

 

yours Shogun

I think you mean LGBT and I am sure they were not interested in becoming part of your meeting either.

Mike:)

Hi Paul, Do you happen to know who the cruise coordinator is for the Sun? It looks like you know most of the coordinators:) I'm hoping to contact someone to coordint a M&G in May.

Thanks so much!!

Shawn

Hi bhopal21

The group chatted away, until we worked out we were infact two groups,

we still chatted until the leaders of both groups called things to order

we just split and went to opposite ends of the bar,

yours Shogun

Hi Paul, Do you happen to know who the cruise coordinator is for the Sun? It looks like you know most of the coordinators:) I'm hoping to contact someone to coordint a M&G in May.

 

Thanks so much!!

Shawn

Shawn,

Here is the list I have. It is a year + old.

Berda Davis Grand & Star bdavis@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4451

Berna Grayr Emerald & Pacific bgrayr@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4448

Renee Wittwer Ruby & Sun rwittwer@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4443

Coleen Reyes Crown creyes@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4447

Diana Hall Diamond dhall@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4449

Jan James Golden, Ocean jjames@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4452

Jenny Streeck Sapphire jstreeck@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4444

Liz Williamson Caribbean & Sea ewilliamson@princesscruises.com (661)-284-4442

Stacey Anderson Island & Coral sanderson@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4446

Kelly Ashley *special diets/Place order for distilled water/baby food

kashley@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4450

Have hosted several meet and greets on the small ships and met in a bar or in our aft suite--we will usually have a sail away from Bora Bora party in our cabin and have had some good luck with good food and drink provided by some ship personnel--Bora Bora is usually a formal night--but......we rarely participate any longer..

Nancy:D:D

Thank you so much Paul! I appreciate the info :)

On the CC Home page under Community go to Meet & Mingle, then select Princess, instructions are there.:)

I have been working with Stacey Anderson for our Meet and Greet on the Island Princess cruise for April 15. I emailed her today for a list of the current officers and crew to invite to our Meet and Greet. She replied that Lawrence Andrada has taken over for the Island and the Coral. His email address is landrada@princesscruises.com.

Stacey is now Group Services director for the Royal, Regal, Dawn and Sun. Her email address is sanderson@princesscruises.com

Hope this helps

It all depends on where you want to meet. I was the coordinator for our Golden voyage. We had an informal sail away...just picked a spot and let everyone know. We didn't have any problems and took up two big tables on the lido deck.

For our first Formal Meet and Greet, we met in the Wheelhouse. This was arranged by Princess. When we got there, several passengers were enjoying the lounge off to the side. The Bar Manager politely moved them to another location and put a sign up for us. We had the entire area (which was barely enough space) and had a great time.

Our Farewell Meet and Greet (also by Princess) was up in Skywalkers on a Sunday morning. Very empty, very quiet, and we sat around for about and hour and just chatted.

It is always nice to let Princess know of your plans. It worked out well for our group.

Renee

Shawn,

 

Here is the list I have. It is a year + old.

Berda Davis Grand & Star bdavis@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4451

 

Berna Grayr Emerald & Pacific bgrayr@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4448

 

Renee Wittwer Ruby & Sun rwittwer@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4443

 

Coleen Reyes Crown creyes@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4447

 

Diana Hall Diamond dhall@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4449

 

Jan James Golden, Ocean jjames@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4452

 

Jenny Streeck Sapphire jstreeck@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4444

 

Liz Williamson Caribbean & Sea ewilliamson@princesscruises.com (661)-284-4442

 

Stacey Anderson Island & Coral sanderson@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4446

 

Kelly Ashley *special diets/Place order for distilled water/baby food

kashley@princesscruises.com (661) 284-4450

Renee Wittwer handles the Ruby, Caribbean & Sun now. :)

Kathy

Think we need to update that list again.

Think we need to update that list again.

I will contact them to try for an updated list.

I will contact them to try for an updated list.

That will work.

We hosted the M&G in our Aft Penthouse Suite on the Crown Princess in 2011 for 35 new friends. We told the Cabin Steward we needed 6 ice buckets and 45 Glasses. We brought on board (then not now with the booze issue) 8 bottles of Champaign and 3 Gallons of OJ. We had a large OBC and ordered several Shrimp Appetizers and trimmings. All was delivered 30 minutes before the party and we posted a Cruise Critic M&G Sign on the door to the Suite. It lasted more than an hour just before lunch. The original schedule was in SkyWalkers Lounge, but my DW suggested that we move it into our Suite, I agreed and we had a Grand Time. You just don't know how these things turn out, but each is different and can be a wonderful time together. We might do this again later this year, still planning.....

We hosted the M&G in our Aft Penthouse Suite on the Crown Princess in 2011 for 35 new friends. We told the Cabin Steward we needed 6 ice buckets and 45 Glasses. We brought on board (then not now with the booze issue) 8 bottles of Champaign and 3 Gallons of OJ. We had a large OBC and ordered several Shrimp Appetizers and trimmings. All was delivered 30 minutes before the party and we posted a Cruise Critic M&G Sign on the door to the Suite. It lasted more than an hour just before lunch. The original schedule was in SkyWalkers Lounge, but my DW suggested that we move it into our Suite, I agreed and we had a Grand Time. You just don't know how these things turn out, but each is different and can be a wonderful time together. We might do this again later this year, still planning.....

We have had a few meets in ours/someone elses suite, it works great and is a refreshing change from one of the other venues.

It really depends on how many you expect at your M&G. If it is a small group say 10-15, picking a place on board or in someones suite shouldn't be a problem and notifying Princess would be no big deal. However, something larger than that it would be in your best interest to notify Princess of your intentions.

The last M&G I co-ordinated was over 50 people last October on the Island. This October on the Royal we already have 94 people say that they will attend the M&G. So again it will depend on how many people you expect.

Good luck.

Here is the updated list as of last week: (3/25/13)

Ship Group Service Agent Extension Email

Caribbean Princess Renee Wittwer 44443 rwittwer@princesscruises.com

Coral Princess Lawrence Andrada 44445 landrada@princesscruises.com

Crown Princess Coleen Reyes 44447 creyes@princesscruises.com

Dawn Princess Stacey Anderson 44333 sanderson@princesscruises.com

Diamond Princess Diana Hall 44449 dhall@princesscruises.com

Emerald Princess Berna Grayr 44448 bgrayr@princesscruises.com

Golden Princess Jan James 44452 jjames@princesscruises.com

Grand Princess Jenny Streeck 44444 jstreeck@princesscruises.com

Island Princess Lawrence Andrada 44445 landrada@princesscruises.com

Pacific Princess Berna Grayr 44448 bgrayr@princesscruises.com

Royal Princess Stacey Anderson 44333 sanderson@princesscruises.com

Ruby Princess Renee Wittwer 44443 rwittwer@princesscruises.com

Sapphire Princess Jenny Streeck 44444 jstreeck@princesscruises.com

Sea Princess Renee Wittwer 44443 rwittwer@princesscruises.com

Star Princess Diana Hall 44449 dhall@princesscruises.com

Sun Princess Coleen Reyes 44447 creyes@princesscruises.com

Ocean Princess Jan James 44452 jjames@princesscruises.com