Muffinz

On our first (and to date only) cruise we just took a large suitcase each... I had a backpack to take on the plane. We had 1 night in a hotel Pre cruise, 13 night cruise and 2 nights in a hotel post cruise. Whet I did though was put a small carry on suitcase in my main case, so on the last night of the cruise I kept that out with my clothes..etc.. for the next day. We will probably do something similar in December on our next cruise (from Sydney)

I prefer the actual menus too... and if the menus on Crown Princess are anything like what you've been posting then we are in for a treat in December! some of those dishes are making me hungry!

I remember getting advice on here for everything, when we did our first cruise (2018) One lady said her and her sister went on a 7 day cruise to the Caribbean and took 34 pairs of shoes between them! I think I took 4 pairs on our cruise....

Good to see Auckland looking fine.... unfortunately is is not supposed to stay that way today - rain with some heavy falls is forecast for this afternoon / evening I'll try to remember to wave out to you about 19:30 as Majestic sails past our house!

My Wife and I don't have many 'overseas' holidays... But when we do go away we want to enjoy ourselves, have fun and relax...etc.... the last thing we want to do is try to add up how much each drink is and make sure we don't spend too much. So the plus package was a no brainer for us - not just for the drinks, but for the Wifi too - would be good to be able to keep in touch with family by e-mail / Facebook.

ok thanks for that - we can look forward to an e-mail from Princess in the near future explaining it all 🙂

We've not received any e-mail from Princess about changes to the dining times or anything... but we can't make dining reservations for the MDR until our cruise is paid in full in September (for December 14 Cruise) - that's what the message on the app tells me "to access dining reservations, your voyage must be paid in full or you must be Platinum, or Elite Captains Circle member or have Full Suite or Mini Club Class Suite"

We've booked our first Princess Cruise and ticked the 'no upgrade' box when booking, because as we've read here on cruise critic sometiumes the upgrade can be in a location or deck you don't want to be in. Lets hope Princess don't upgrade us by accident!

oh ok thanks for that.... one would assume the chef's on Princess cruises wouldn't serve raw or undercooked meat..

I'm curious to know why some dishes on the menu have an asterisk * next to them - like Pan Fried Tilapia with Orange Hollandaise and Rack of Pork with Glazed Artichokes. Do you know what the * means beside these dishes?

thanks for that - very helpful

do we need to sign in to say we've watched it or something? how long does it take to watch?

thanks - yes we've watched dozens of ship tours on YouTube... but thought it would be nice do an actual one do you still have to do a muster drill and report to a Muster station? I think I read (on here probably) that it's now done by the App or stateroom TV?

I would love to do this cruise.... need to win lotto though!

We are on Crown Princess in December 2024 and I was wondering if Princess do a 'ship tour' on embarkation day? I'm not talking about an in-depth tour of the kitchens / laundry...etc... but if they do brief one of the ship showing where the dining rooms / buffet / bars / pools are?