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Does anyone know if Skype phone call service (not the video) where you can buy unlimited international calls for about $14 a month work on Princess Wifi? The service appears to allow you to call anyone with a phone such as my mother who does not have a computer.

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I just installed Google Voice on my laptop which allows me to make free calls over my laptop computer...at least in the US.

Does anyone know if Google Voice works when in international waters on Princess Wifi system to make calls back to the US? If so, is there a charge to make calls and if so, how much?

We are going on the 28 day Crown Princess cruise of Hawaii and South Pacific..and it would be great to use Google Voice if it works on the ships Wifi system.

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Were you able to see the results of the May Dry Dock of the Crown Princess such as new carpets in the public area or in the rooms?

We have been reading that this year may experience a big El Nino season in the Pacific. We are scheduled for the 28 day round trip Hawaii/ South Pacific Crown Princess Cruise out of LA in mid October, 2015. Does anyone know how cruise ships avoid hurricanes on a route such as this? Are they able to sail around them or do go through storms in order to stay on schedule? Anyone have experience with this route during an "El Nino season"?

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Does anyone know the details of what type of refurbishing was done on the Crown Princess during its recent 2 week dry dock?

For example, were new carpets put in the common rooms and staterooms as the current carpets were looking a little worn.

An Open Posting to Princess Cruises- The lack of a walkable promenade deck on the Royal Princess will result in us cancelling our scheduled December cruise.

As background, my wife and I have been on 14 Princess Cruises over the last 20 years all over the world (Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Panama, Norway and elsewhere). Regardless of our itinerary, one of the most important things to us to do on every Princess cruise was our daily exercise walks on the covered promenade deck.

I was very disappointed to learn that the Royal Princess does not have a walker friendly promenade deck for people like us. I understand that it is cut off in the front and back of the ship and is too narrow in parts to do exercise walks. For us, the jogging trail at the top of the ship does not work due to my wife's sun sensitivity plus it not being the same quiet ambience of a promenade deck.

As a result of this Royal Princess design feature, we will for the first time in years start looking at other cruise lines. We may continuing to go on some of the older Princess Ships, but that fleet is aging. Our hearts are broken over this as we were one cruise away from Elite Status. We were looking forward to the other innovations of the Royal Princess class of ships. However, for us, this promenade issue is a deal breaker as it is a very important part of our cruise we thought would never be taken away.