Knickearth

Our last cruise without the package my hubby paid for internet for entire cruise. I had my iPad and could not use it. Then we noticed on the app that I could switch usersfrom his phone to my iPad. Don’t know about your ability to do fitness classes as wherever you go, the medallion shows your picture as well as having a package.

Yes there is a fridge. We recently cruised without a package. We had $1150. In shipboard credit. We are not really drinkers, but a few evenings we did have a glass of wine. In a blink of an eye ourshipboard credit was gone. Hubby paid for an excursion and got the thermal spa. With all the daily gratuities which I believe are now $16. Each daily. Plus I needed to see doc onboard. You can imagine. Another warning is we constantly checked the folio at the kiosk and found drinks we never ordered. So be sure to check regularly..

We were able to reach elite with about 12 cruises as we take longer cruises, so 150 plus days got us there early. Are you counting your days

Having recently gotten off the Emerald, depending on where and what time, it could take 45 mins or more on ocean now. Many times certain bars were closed even with a lot of people in the lounge so ocean now had to go the other end of the ship. If there is a wait staff available use it.

If you don’t really want the casino, how about considering the enclave?

on a different issue - my NY friends cannot buy Princess coverage. It isn’t allowed in NY. Anyone know why?

Since I make all the reservations as primary passenger, the folio reads my charges and my husbands charges and the combined totals. My husband can only see his charges. Further, I always bring onboard a copy of the travel summary to prove what I have coming.

That’s how we always felt. Aging makes one more cautious.

Ezair covers getting to ship and home. The airlines don’t cover hotel etc for delay of trip IF due to weather. But the platinum insurance does cover delay of trip. I have filed, so we shall see.

Not for me, but I have been on 2 ships where a helicopter had to land on the ship while at sea. You just never know.

No they were not. It was due to delay of flight and cancellation of connecting flight. The cruise portion was done.

After 6 hour flight delay and cancellation of our connecting flight - told by airlines since it was weather delay they take no responsibility for Two nights in a hotel, meals etc. because weather is an Act of God. So I went on line to read what the platinum insurance package covered and it covers hotel, meals, transportation due to delays. So today I sent in all the paperwork and fingers crossed that one day the reimbursement will arrive. lol

Sorry, the cruise port is at the bottom of Las Ramblas which is a main road. We have always had to grab a cab to get there. Years ago if you walked to bottom of las Ramblas the ship was right there. Now Princess built a docking area approx. 2 miles from las Ramblas at the dock.

Interesting because our friends on cruise we finished last Sat. Had the drink package and decided to never order same drink twice.

Another thing is that after approx. 12 days onboard the battery seems to be dying. You have to walk up to the cabin door and put medallion up to screen to unlock. Learnt the hard way.

But do they really need to know when or if we go to the bathroom? lol. It is literally Big Brother at its best. Found it annoying that if I went to a bar two days in a row the greeting was, oh would you like another martini,

We were on it 3 times in the past. Just ok. This past Sat. Got off it after 15 days in Panama Canal. The buffet area since its refurbishment looks wonderful. Certain areas were ignored and therefore very noticeable on the ship.

Have to add that we all boarded the early flight but after an hour an announcement was made about something wrong with plane. We were told the whole plane had to exit. We got sent to the other end of Dallas airport and another plane was sent in. Finally landed in sac. Only to learn two of our 3 bags went to San Diego? Last night after midnight the luggage was delivered. Will think long and hard about American Airlines. Their customer service sucks. They don’t control the weather so I don’t hold them responsible for the delays.

Congrats. It is 6:40 am Monday and we are at the gate in Dallas awaiting an 8:14 flight. Can’t wait to get home.

Two things to know. Get to theatre early as seats get taken every show. If you enjoy trivia, that too you need to get to early. Many days people had no where to sit.

I looked up the plat. Insurance coverage we purchased from princess. Looks like we might get monies we spent because of delay of flight. I will send in info to see what happens tomorrow.

So sorry. We were starving when we got to Dallas so ate dinner in airport. Lady next to us recommended the Hilton homewood suites which is only ten mins from airport and provides free shuttle service. Today shuttle will take us to pharmacy to purchase basics. Wearing same clothes for 3 days is disagreeable. We finally got that 8 am flight tomorrow. The homewood suites is reasonable and included breakfast.

We did ezair to return home. I believe ezair would cover getting you to ship as well as home. we got a very delayed flight from ft. L yesterday and American Airlines cancelled our connecting flight home. All this due to poor weather in Dallas. There were no flights available Sunday, we we are scheduled for Monday. Two nights in a hotel in Dallas. Our luggage is in sac. does ez air help? thanks.