MissP22

A much better value for those without a Package.

Princess will never get rid of formal nights and perhaps it's a good thing as they always have better menu selections on those evenings. 😃

Sometimes it's just an easier option. 😉

They've priced those packages to make it look appealing to most people. It may work out OK for you on a sea day but on port days it's almost impossible to even break even, no matter what some say on this board. Convenient yes, practical no way.

Is that a deep pool of can you stand on the bottom throughout?

I believe the last time I saw steps was on the Regal?

Those people must have been the Elites who think they get priority boarding.

I'm not sure of the max but I did get 2 Perrier's + 2 waters at once. Unless you have a tray it's difficult to carry much more.

I hear you, although I wound still like to get back everything I send in to wear again the following days on the trip.

Sure, why not? How can you id an article if it becomes lost?

Wow, the number it really getting up there. 😲

So your saying I don't have to keep asking a bartender, correct? Have you been on a ship using the new app yet?

As the ships get older, the more problems arise & some of the older crowd begin to avoid sailing on them.

We've cruised on the same ship with & without Starlink and I honestly couldn't see the difference in the early mornings. Possibly during the busy parts of the day it might be more advantageous.

If it doesn't work you can replace it on the ship after boarding. You'll soon find out.

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Much of the time depends on how many courses you order + how quick you actually eat. We us it involves at least 2 appetizers, soup, salad, main course, coffee & desert. All of which take 1 1/2 hours if the waiter is quick to serve everything.

The main DR's are included in the base price of your cruise but they now include the casual restaurants (2 free with the plus package & unlimited with the premiums package) as an incentive to sell people the more expensive packages. If course you can not buy into the package at all & pay the $14.99 for a casual meal if you feel it's worth the price, we don't. It's just another thing taken away from everyone to make it more appealing to buy their package. We can live without their casual meals very nicely.

I'm not sure of the percentages but there are quite a few who choose to skip it. It's not the best beach day, so why bother when you've got the ship almost to yourself with the same lunch served at the buffet, without the flies.

You've got that right. ✅ A few occurrences such at that would put them out of business. They may have gotten away with it 30 years ago but no longer as people tend to give negative reviews almost the same day.

We had the same discussion with my father in law. He finally agreed to go to Alaska & couldn't stop talking about it when we got home.

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Why not book him a cabin of his own & then you don't need any internet. ☺️

I've read that before. I wonder if it was just offered for a while to get people accustomed to using the laundry?

If Elite, there both free. We use "cleaning" for lots of items like delicate tops, jackets & sweaters and "laundry" for the rest. In the last few years I've been specifying cold wash and cool dry for laundry & have had good success. If you don't dry articles at home in you hot dryer, they'll shrink them on the ship unless you specify otherwise.