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Good to know. Thanks. We had a surprisingly easy time at LAX this past Feb (but we stayed at an LAX hotel with a shuttle, rather than trying to get an Uber and all), so I wasn't as "anti" big airport as I normally would be.

Thanks. We live in the midwest at a small airport, so very little is direct. Also, for this trip, we'll have a companion pass, so Southwest will most likely be the cheapest and all of the surrounding airports when I checked different dates (ours aren't out yet), were within $10 of each other. We do not plan on flying in the day of the cruise. I'm wound a bit too tightly to be able to handle doing that. 🙂 I'm guessing since Long Beach is so much closer, the Uber or whatever transport we take to our hotel will be less expensive too hopefull.

These look like they have square holes and the pictures of the medallion look round. Does the medallion stay secure in this?

If price, airline choice, and route are all about equal, which airport would you choose for heading to San Pedro for a short hotel stay and then a cruise, and why?

When NCL switched from Pepsi to Coke, they included Coke Zero and that made me very happy. I'm debating whether or not to get a soda package on our upcoming Princess cruise because I strongly prefer Coke 0, but can stomach the diet as long as it isn't served in the can. I'm glad we can still carry on sodas and waters on Princess. We'll at a minimum bring diet mt dew for hubby since he doesn't like colas really at all.

I know it was a long time ago, but we stayed at the Doubletree in 2017 and loved it. I was only Gold back then and we were upgraded to a suite on the top floor overlooking the marina. We spent two nights there and enjoyed the overall experience. Service was good, hotel was clean. I'm looking at it again for an upcoming cruise, but we may end up at the Crowne Plaza depending on points and costs. I wiped out my Marriott and Hilton points on our last big vacation.

Do they charge for the shuttle if you are staying there, or is it included in the price?

Please let me know how your rental with Enterprise goes. We did something similar in 2017 and returning the car was a long and hard process. They didn't have anywhere to line the cars up to return, so the employees would go and put one car away before processing the next. What we did was hubby dropped me at the ship with all of the luggage and then he walked from Enterprise to the ship. It is too long of a walk for me, but not for him.

Someone complaining on another cruise lines forum said that with the Princess app, you could see the menus for the whole voyage so that you could pick which nights you would prefer to do specialty dining or the buffet, etc. Is this true or an exaggeration?

Thank you for taking the time to post all of that. It is very helpful.

@XBGuy Do you happen to have a copy of your spreadsheet that you would be willing to share? I tried to look through your older posts, but wasn't able to find it.

I thought on Reserved you would be able to pick different times on different evenings. Way back in 2018, last time we sailed Princess, you could reserve a different time each night. Traditional is same time whole trip, same table, same people, etc. I hope that is what it will be again.

Thanks all. I think we have decided on booking the historical locks. I appreciate all of the info.

I wonder what will happen on ships with only 2 dining rooms, like the Coral Princess?

Thanks. What is DMW? Is that Dining My Way?? If yes, is that different from the previous Any Time Dining?