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Bubbeh

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  • Location
    Mandurah Western Australia
  • Interests
    family, holidaying, music,sport, good times with friends
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Princess
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Asia

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  1. That works out about $365 per night, a lot less than many hotel rooms and includes all your meals, entertainment etc. I'd be grabbing it with both hands. Compared to a Coral Coast Cruise we're doing in September on Princess, where we're paying around $3200 each for 10 days in an ordinary balcony cabin, I think it's a good deal. Mind you, I don't know your personal circumstances and I acknowledge that. As suggested by others, you can always manipulate the system.
  2. From one organised person to another, we're booked on a Coral Coast Cruise with Princess in September and I'm not even going to try the App. I'm simply gonna rock up at Fremantle with all the documentation and passports in hand and let them sort it out. From what I'm reading and hearing, it seems to me the new boarding protocols are more bother than they're worth. I'm absolutely convinced we won't be denied boarding because we 'refused to play the game'. In addition, if I get any superior than thou attitude from any of the check in staff at the port, I'll play the nice little old lady not good with technology card.
  3. Just out of interest, where are you coming from? it doesn't sound as if you've been to Sydney before and I'd hazard a guess that an awful lot of travelling Aussies have had at least one visit. Simply curiosity, if I was a cat I would probably be on my last life.
  4. I see that @possum52 has responded to your question. If it helps to compare I can tell you that I retired 10 years ago and I was on professional salary of $130k per annum at that time. My replacement earns around $175k now. I can also tell you that the only tip I ever got was to be kind to my mother and look both ways before I crossed the road.
  5. While I take you point, I never met anyone who went to work with the intention of doing a bad job. I may be naive, but this has honestly been my experience. Poor service is more often a result of poor management practices and frequently stems from lack of training, insufficient staff recognition and (non financial) reward. Good bosses will attract good staff.
  6. That's a very good way of looking at it. We pay our people a living wage for a reason.
  7. Doesn't seem to matter how many times you ask tourists not to tip, some of them persist. I'm not sure it it's just culturally embedded or just being rude; as if our culture has less importance than theirs. By way of making my point; whenever I visit another country, I do my utmost to adhere to their cultural norms. For example, when in an Asian country I would never touch a child's head but at home there's barely a moment when a grandchild or friends grandchild passes me when I don't ruffle their hair or bend down to kiss their little foreheads.
  8. This entire thread reminds me of the Scared Weird Little Guys 'Come to Australia'. Really hope this links works - .
  9. Look I don't want to sound like a wowser but you seriously need to consider a high sun protection factor sunscreen. Your excitement level will certainly be significantly affected if you spend days in pain nursing sunburn and and blisters or, heavens forbid, in hospital. Not to mention, latent problems of possible skin cancer. As others have stated, the sun here is fearsome and has no respect for anybody's skin dark or light but, it is especially cruel to fair skinned people. Please, wear a hat, cover up wherever you can and use a sunscreen with a high (50+) SPF.
  10. 'er indoors, hey? I've occasionally heard my Grumpy refer to me as 'she who must be obeyed'. Both quotes come from Pommie tv shows if I'm not mistaken
  11. Point taken, Having accepted that, I would suggest that 2 cold beers does not really make the package cost effective.
  12. There's not many people who enjoy a drink more than me and Grumpy (wine / beer /whiskey) . When we first started cruising I priced the drinks package and realised that it was extremely expensive for what we drink. Very occasionally I might have a Brandy Alexander but on a 50 day cruise you could count those times on one hand. These packages rely on you drinking the same amount day after day and to actually make on the deal you have to be drinking a hell of a lot! Imagine for a moment that you've come back from a shore excursion, you may be hot and sweaty and even somewhat tired, are you really going to sit around and drink your whatever many cocktails that day? Remember you're not getting a refund for what you don't use. We had lunch with a couple one day in the buffet and they both ordered a couple of drinks each, I have no issue with a glass or seven of wine with lunch in company. However, she said to me that they never normally drink before dinner but they'd bought the drinks package and felt they were being ripped off unless they drank their money's worth. She also complained to me that her hubby kept missing afternoon events as he needed to have a nap after a couple of drinks at lunch. LOL!
  13. I always get a letter from the Dr stating what medications are prescribed and how many milligrams in each tablet. Once filled I've always found the the pharmacist keeps hold of the script.
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