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I love this idea!!! Will try this on my next trip.

I also make it a habit to wash my hands as I enter the buffet but more importantly after taking my plate to the table I salt, pepper everything then return to rewash my hands before eating anything. I won't even touch the sugar containers..they are always sticky as well!

My friend and I just returned from a cruise on the Emerald Princess. It was WONDERFUL! Ship was in great shape, crew was extremely friendly and in both of our opinions the food in the buffet was much better than on Celebrity. However I do have 1 issue.... PLEASE STOP LICKING YOUR FINGERS AT THE BUFFET THEN TOUCHING THE NEXT SERVING SPOON!! Also eating samples from your plate as you are still in line. You can't possibly be that hungry that you can't wait to sit down to eat. I have never seen so many people doing this as I did on this trip. I know that I could have gone to the main dining room instead of eating at the buffet but I'm not a fan of taking almost 1 1/2 hours to eat dinner. I'm sure that people do this subconsciously but please next time think before you lick!!

THANKS for this info! This is what we are going to do!

And doing that 60.00 on the 1st day on board you get wi-fi gratituties casual meals with that too....correct?

Thank you so much for all the replies. So let me be sure that I totally understand this. 1. If I wait to purchase this plus package on board all I get is the drinks no Wi-Fi or gratuities included for $60. Total will be 1600.00 for 2 people. 2. If I add the plus package 3 days before departure it is still $60 but I will get the wi-fi and Gratuities and the drink package. Total will be 1600.00 for 2 people. But I will also need to increase my insurance coverage Because then it becomes part of the cruise fare. This is becoming so confusing and unfortunately the Reps at Princess don't tell you the whole story.

My friend and I will be on the Emerald in a few weeks and I need some information about the Princess Plus Package. I was on the phone tonight with a Princess rep for almost 1 hour with a few questions about cost and never got a confirmed answer so I will ask the experts here. Hopefully someone that just got off a cruise can help me here. Here are the questions I ask the rep. 1. It shows on the Princess web site that the cost for the Plus package is 60.00 a day. Which is 1200.00 for 2 people. Do you have to pay an additional 18% fee on top of that? Or is the total cost 1200.00. (Under the terms and conditions it states an 18% fee is added to the I package) 2. Is that 60.00 cost a special deal that we have to purchase before boarding? 3. If we purchase the package before boarding and for some unknown reason we have to cancel at the last minute do we get a total refund on the package? (Rep told me if I purchase it now it goes into the total cost of my trip and no refund of package if we cancel. Never heard of that before) 4. Rep told me that if we wait to purchase the Plus package on embarkation day it will still be 60.00 and no 18%fee. I'm not sure I believe that because he was so unsure of everything he was telling me. Hopefully someone out here who has just gotten off a cruise can clarify this. Reason I would like to purchase this package onboard is because we have some credits coming but they can only be used onboard the ship, can't use them before boarding. Please help

Can anyone please tell me what restaurants you can choose from on the Emerald for the casual dining perk. Also any menus would be very helpful as well.

Thanks so much. How long does it take to get there? Do shuttles to the island run all day or just at certain times?

How did you get to French Key and are the beaches nice there?

My friend and I will be cruising on the Emerald and we are thinking about bidding on a suite. The problem is we need twin beds in the room. On the deck plan it states that some of the rooms can't be changed to twin beds but it doesn't show which ones. I called Princess to ask if there was a way to tell exactly which rooms these would be and they had no idea. Told me if we got assigned one that one of us could sleep on the pull out couch! That's not an option for either of us. Does anyone know how to get this cabin bed information please?

Back in 2015 we sailed on the Regal. At that time the buffet was AMAZING. I'm a shrimp lover and there were several dishes that had shrimp to choose from each night. I'm going to assume that after all the cutbacks there is a major difference in the buffet food now. Would like to hear anyone's experience lately in the buffet. My husband is a meat and taters guy so typically he prefers the buffet too.

THANKS so much for taking the time to check on this for me. Love your review.

Can you get Miller lite beer at any of the bars on the ship?

Ok thanks..I typically cruise on Celebrity and in the past almost every night they had a free slot tournament that was free and they would give out little prizes