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It will be brilliant! Well done on taking the leap xx

I've spent more time than can be considered reasonable for a responsible adult approaching the wrong door on cruises 🤦I've been turned around multiple times by our various cabin stewards. Door decorations would have been a brilliant idea 😂 Editing to add, because the conversation took quite a turn, I don't have any mental health or cognitive issues, just a lifelong poor sense of direction! My brother used to mock me for "never going directly anywhere, just circling it a few times before taking it by suprise" Sat nav is my favourite technology.

Everybody is very tetchy today! We all need a lovely cruise ⛴️ 😘

Speaking as a European, I'm horrified by that! Ugh, that could be my deal breaker, I can't bear the smell of cigarette smoke. This seems like a very poor decision.

At this point it's unclear why anyone would want to 🤷

We got "upgraded" on Diamond last year. I caught it fairly quickly and called our TA...the upgrade placed us underneath a noisy venue. We weren't able to get our original carefully chosen room back but we got one close by. I dread to think how it would have gone if I'd not spent so much time checking details, it's not good that this is a normal thing Princess will do. Where is the care for their paying customers in all of this?

My first ever Princess cruise was post COVID in 2021, and nothing was self service. It worked brilliantly, presumably a lot of extra staff were needed though. So as long as the staff numbers are high, I'm in favour of this.

What a lovely skill and hobby to have!

Yeah mine is wrong. It's showing Premier when I know I only purchased Plus, and nothing at all where I purchased Premier. I'm choosing to trust that it won't matter once I'm onboard.

Much better with this update but I'm not sure if I have a glitch. When I click on Packages, on both my upcoming cruises it shows me just the Premier details. I have Premier booked for one of them, but just Plus for the other, so I'm not sure what exactly the packages tab is telling me?

Same.... 🤔 Still got crappy premium desserts though 🙄

Can I buy a FCD for a person not currently on the cruise with me? I'm sailing with my daughter in a couple of months but would like to get FCD for myself and my partner ideally 🤔

It isn't working for me currently. I'm trying to make final payment, and it keeps telling me my session has expired and booting me out 🤷

A UK TA has £1 deposits today.

Is it because of the promotion, pay the same for Premier as Plus, thus some of the benefits have been removed? Very dishonest if so....

That looks painful! I'm on Sky in a few weeks so will be on my guard. I'm on blood thinners so it would be very messy if I got an injury like that! Thanks for the warning.

I was told by my vacation planner yesterday that they are having problems with Gmail accounts not receiving emails, and sure enough my confirmation email hasn't come through but my booking is all good on the website so I'm not too concerned.

Sounds like Britannia wins then! Thank you x

I'm looking for a European cruise next year and one of the options is on Iona, the other is Brittania. I'm nervous of the sheer size of Iona, but also I've just read on another thread that there was no ballroom dancing...one of our favourite things to do! Does anyone know whether there is ballroom dancing on Brittania? And any other pros or cons of each?

I've been using it on android since 2021, including right now. No problems here. I declined to update the app midcruise though...possibly for the best.

Heard in the dining room on Diamond last night..."is the chicken frozen?" "Not once they've cooked it sir" 😂😂😂

On Diamond now. Only this morning I made a purchase and was handed it in a bag.

I got an email regarding the same cruise, we bought plus in May 2022 so it literally is just WiFi, gratuities and drinks. I can't see any value in upgrading from that package for us, especially as Diamond Princess doesn't even most of the casual dining venues. To be honest I wish Princess had kept Plus at that level, I was perfect for us at that price point and level of benefit.

You are probably gambling with the risk of a price increase, other than that no downside.

I'm genuinely happy with good old fashioned dishes just as much as more modern choices, as long as they are well cooked. P&O now have my opinion on the food, for all the good it will do. I encouraged the many other people complaining around the ship to make P&O aware too. The more people point out there's a problem, the more likely they are to address it. Maybe. And there ends my P&O experience. Sad it's over in spite of the food. Looking forward to jumping back on Princess next month!