SiliconCruiser

Surely you jest?!

They'll charge it to your medical insurance.

Is the Captain's Cocktail party only for Elite members now? It used to be for Elite and Platinum.

Amateur playing third base, because he/she read "some" book, or these days, viewed some "YouTube video". Learning to read the table is the part that he/she probably didn't/couldn't learn. The rest of it is mechanical, realistically it doesn't even matter if all of the cards (except the hole card) is dealt face-up. That being said, I do not play in cruise-ship casinos, nor at many of the low stakes Nevada gimmick tables.

Best luck I have had at a craps table was when this elderly woman made 23 straight passes. When she finally crapped out, the entire table, including dealers, gave her a round of applause.

That would be Pride of America, the only cruise ship in the world that is registered and assembled in the U.S. of A.

Dementia is not genetic. Just because one or both of your parents may have been afflicted with dementia or Alzheimer's, it is not an indication that you will be affected. As to your advice about not playing on the ship's casinos, you're right on. Learn the games, learn the odds (use Nevada casinos for reference,) and then figure out that the odds on the ship's casino are considerably higher in favor of the house. Then think about whether you really want to spend time there.

I thought Tylenol #3s were by prescription in Canada. But they sell Tylenol #1s over the counter.

2 people buying a one device package is $100 each or $200 total at regular price. A 4 device package is also $200 (and can be shared with others.)

These days, jeans are considered to be part of the wardrobe for "business casual" and full accepted in many professional "white collar" environments. In the last couple of companies that I worked at in the tech industry, the President and/or President/CEO routinely wore jeans. One of them even wore jeans and boots along with the top half of a tuxedo at a formal event. And I've been to a few business formal events where most of the people that were wearing formal wear were the blue-collar workers.

All of the MDRs serve the same food, including the ones for Club Class.

I wonder if someone might be able to describe what their current actual practices might be. Pre-covid, they were pretty loose about what people brought back onto the ship on port days. As a matter of fact, people even brought bottles of alcohol back onto the ship and there was never an issue; unless you declared it, then they would hold it for you until the end of the cruise. I was thinking of picking up soft drinks from markets on port days rather than hauling it, along with luggage, on embarkation.

With the medallion, they can track you all over the ship.

Where is this passage found. I don't see any of this in my travel documents.

Up until mid-2019, I always brought a tuxedo. On our last two cruises in 2019, I brought a business suit. This time, I'm debating on whether or not I should even bring a tie.

I've been offered that a few times, and then when I reminded them that we required an ADA cabin ... crickets.

Hoonah is the name of the city where Icy Strait Point is located. Icy Strait Point is a tourist attraction that is owned and operated by the native peoples of the area.

Given some of the responses, I don't know how accurate Princess' information might be. But they do have the dining options and the "supposed" hours of operation at https://www.princess.com/downloads/pdf/food-and-dining/dining-options.pdf

That was exactly my thought.

Icy Point Strait is not a community, it is a tourist attraction in the city of Hoonah AK.

We took a Baltic cruise in 2019 on the Regal and there were very few people in tuxedos on the formal nights. Though it should also be noted that most of the passengers were not European either.

I'd like to express my appreciation to everyone who posted to this thread. We're booked on the 7/9 sailing. The posts to this thread are probably the closest I'll get unless there are other threads for the Ruby. I did find out that an old friend of mine will be on the Ruby on the trip before us. Many of the postings have painted a reasonably good cruise experience, others have substantiated some of the less than pleasant passenger experiences that have been posted in other social media. I'm aware that the Ruby is an old ship, just like the Grand that it replaced in San Francisco, but we did enjoy the Grand. So far, the only Princess ship that I will never board again is the Island. And it would appear that we probably should not expect the level of service that we previously enjoyed. The only downside is that Princess Customer Service cannot be reached by telephone, and even their sales lines are pretty much non-existent.

The PCR test has to be sent to a lab. The only medical observation necessry is that a trained person observe that you get the sample properly (you do your own swab.)

That happened me on the Regal a little over 3 years ago. I just plain forgot. Not a big deal. Though I can't remember why I was wearing shorts on a Baltic cruise. Though I teased that hostess when we were on the Regal, again, for a Caribbean cruise. "I remember you ... you're the one that threw me out because I was wearing shorts when we were in (whatever port it was.)" She was apologetic, until I assured her I was only teasing. 😁

Can anyone help with trying to reach someone at Princess who can speak English and not be verbally abusive? I'm thinking that the Carnival brands are going down the tubes financially.