BamaVol

Did I miss it, or did you share which ship this was?

It took me about six weeks after knee replacement surgery to be fully recovered. I would think you’ll be fine at 11 weeks.

Apparently Princess ships are full of people who were formerly loyal to some other line that cut back. The thing is, if you keep changing who you cruise with, you will never realize how good it used to be. I’m new to Princess, therefor I’m pleased. Maybe others would be too if you just looked at each cruise as if it was your first time.

I applied through Stockperks Monday. OBC was posted Thursday night. I didn’t check, but I did get confirmation the next morning from my TA.

I downloaded the Stockperks app to my iPhone 11 yesterday. It took a couple tries to link to my bank brokerage. I did not like giving them access to my bank accounts as well but could not proceed without doing so. I supplied the cruise data and got an email confirmation. I will know by next Monday if it worked.

If you read the footnotes from the 2022 CCL financial statements, they indicate that they allocate between elements of a package. So my interpretation is the more you drink on your Plus or Premier package, the less they allocate to crew appreciation.

Semantics. Princess pays the staff wages. You give Princess the means to pay staff wages by paying CA (or Plus/Premier). This is how cruise pricing is structured. Stop paying CA and all you are doing is hastening the failure of CCL. The game will continue to be played because baking the wages into base fares scares away too many passengers lured in by artificially low base fares, it’s the same reason we pay tips to restaurant servers. If all the menu prices rose by 20% overnight, some would stop dining out even though the bottom line hasn’t changed.

What portion of a Plus package is CA?

This is how they are paid. The industry doesn’t want to mark up the basic cruise prices and scare away business. Just like restaurants don’t want to advertise yesterdays $30 steak as now costing $36. Has the tipping culture been reversed in other countries or did all of them start out the way they are?

That’s a cynical reaction and not justified. Clearly the ball was dropped, at multiple levels. You have no cause to speculate on the reason. You have every reason to be disappointed. And nothing can erase the experience. So, I hope you get at least a written apology. And if I were the one writing it, it would come with compensation in some form.

Look about a week before you sail. I’m not sure why they bother adding activities piecemeal. But they do.and just so you know, there are no reservations for any activities even though it looks like you are signing up for them.

They don’t seem worried about you posting a complaint here. i’d love to see Princess’s written response. You should write them.

I don’t eat dessert, but I can see someone taking one for later. My impression is that they are on the large side. But I’ve never been served an entree that I couldn’t finish. Some of them have been quite miniature. I sometimes leave the dining room still hungry. But the feeling goes away after my second Manhattan in the Wheelhouse after dinner.

That’s what I was picturing. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t order what’s in that photo.

We had no problems with DMW in March on CB. I had reservations for a private table for two at 6 each night despite booking less than 90 days before sailing. We never had to wait more than 5 minutes. It was a similar experience on Sapphire Princess in September. We next sail in June on Enchanted Princess. I just finished making 5 PM reservations for a table of 6. Much bigger ship, so we shall see.

Shhh. Next thing you know, they’ll reduce the number for shorter cruises. That’s fair, but not what you’d like to see.

We tried the omelet station at the buffet once and waited as long as we would have in the MDR, if not longer. Part of that wait is due to someone walking around the seating area looking for you while your food cools on the plate. I wonder why they don’t use the medallion to locate you. Plus the noise. Lord, the noise. If I can get there before the MDR closes, it’s no contest.

Princess has recently announced a change in pricing policy. They intend to start low and raise prices as the departure date nears. It’s too soon to tell how successful this strategy will be. But, if it works the way they want, you are wise to book early. And as others have pointed out, monitor for price drops up until final payment.

You are extrapolating from complaints on an IBB. Who knows what feedback Princess has actually received? My surveys reflect my satisfaction with DMW. I’m not interested in a return to TD. Princess may monitor CC, but I’m sure they discount what they read here. And the ships are full.

I sailed on CB in March and ran into a broken token dispenser on my deck, but just went up a deck and found one in working condition.

Token machine was working on the Sapphire Princess in September.

Yes, the fitness classes have sign up sheets. You print your name and cabin number.

You can order two at a time with no problems. Generally that means they will both be charged to your medallion, as if you were drinking both. Without a package, it wont matter. With a package, it might not matter unless your total drinks exceed 15 and they were all charged to one of you.

No need to worry. None of us is steering the ship.

I’ve never seen wild game on a cruise ship menu. I doubt there is sufficient demand. But there are plenty of restaurants onshore where you can try them. Use google to find one near you.