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$25.96 for a 375ml bottle of Red Label?! I paid less than that for a 1.75L bottle at Costco the other day. 😁

Princess has been milking this Love Boat stuff for over 30 years after the show went into reruns. If the company wants to attract a younger demographic, it might be time for them to hire some fresh marketing people. Otherwise the nostalgia will only attract the boomers and maybe some Gen-Xers.

Mike Holmgren and I went to jr. high and high school together.

Thanks, we had planned on using public transportation. I'm from the Bay Area and BART is sketchy on all of it's routes.We've even taken buses in Seattle.

It wasn't so much the price, just too many horror stories of how unreliable some of the Princess transfers can be (they're all contracted with local companies. And the other thought was that we might want to spend a few days in Seattle before going home. Though most of the hotels near SeaTac have shuttles to/from the airport, it would offer more flexibility if the bus were to have other stops.

I gave up on the Vancouver page after 8 pages of posts going back to 2019, and not finding anything on the subject.

I'm looking for suggestions/recommendations for ground transportation options from Canada Place to SeaTac or that general area, other than Princess transfers.

Okay, if you think he could care less, try jpadgett@princess.com, or padgett@HAGroup.com .

Guest Services represents the face of Princess. Think about it.

In simple terms ... YES, just like your original token. I lost my first token on the our very first medallion cruise. When we got to the dock, I told the "security" person who waved me by. As we approached the dock, there was a desk representative who was walking briskly (okay kinda running) who was bringing a new medallion to me. (she already knew who I was from the pictures that had previously been submitted. It takes a long time for them to make a new medallion for you, ... like maybe a minute, but sometimes 2 if there are issues.

You might find out that the CEO doesn't care what your concerns may be. His objective may only be to increase revenues.

The forward dining room on the 6th floor has been open for lunch on Turnaround day on every cruise that we have been on.

If you're going to the same dining room at about the same time every night, the dining room staff will recognize you and will often have a preferred table waiting for you and usually with the same wait-staff. That happened on our last cruise, even when the head waiters would assign another table, the hostess would interrupt and tell them what table we were supposed to be at. One night we were over an hour late and they still had that table waiting for us. So a lot may have to do with the people who are working in the dining room.

Is this sewage smell just something you've heard or have you experienced it? I ask, because 3 years ago we had that sewage smell on a number floors in the aft cabin area on the Island. At the time, the crew was saying that it had been a problem for at least 2-3 months.

The short response would be "shell game" But the long and short of it is that both people must buy the Plus package at $50 per day. The break-even point is for each person to consume at least 3-4 alcoholic drinks per day. But you can consume up to 15 alcoholic drinks per day or one person could drink up to 30 drinks per day if they drink their cabin-mate's allocation. But they also have daily meetings for friends of Bill W and Dr. Bob on board.

I like the Royal class ships, but the Royal looks like it is headed to Australia after the Alaska season next year. Ruby will winter in Galveston before returning to San Francisco for the Alaska Season and then winter in Ft. Lauderdale. But the Crown and Ruby are both Crown class ships.

Of course they use MSG, it's institutional cooking. And they also use pre-processed and frozen food that may contain MSG.

The only ships that have USB plugs in the lamps beside the bed are the newer Royal class ships.

Was that just this particular dish? We were on the Ruby in July and everything in the buffet was self-serve.

Check here https://www.princess.com/downloads/pdf/food-and-dining/dining-options.pdf for a listing of the dining options on every ship and the up-charge for specialty dining venues.

Your carrier may assess foreign long distance charges if the wi-fi connection is outside of the U.S. But if you're in the U.S. it shouldn't be an issue. In Alaska, I even received a very important call about the extended warranty on my car 😂🤣. For foreign connections, I generally use a Google Voice number to call back to the U.S. (free), as well as for calling numbers in the country that I might be in (their foreign rates are ridiculously low, like about 2¢/minute to call a landline.)

I'll second that, along with the ridiculously soggy interpretation of Duck à l'Orange.

The food served on Princess ships must be created from a central source (probably American,) and it is served across the board on all of the ships. It's been my experience that there is a consistency in the food regardless of the ship, and the food in all the MDRs are the same. In many cases you can even predict what will be on the menu on any particular day of the cruise, including the theme nights (previously known as Italian night and American night.) The line cooks are given a set procedure as to how each dish is to be prepared. Think of it as institutional food served on table cloths. How else can you maintain consistency feeding a population of up to 3600 people. Not surprisingly, one of the Cruise Directors did tell me that the crew usually has a broader variety of food served to them, since they are on the ships for longer periods of time than a passenger on a 10 day cruise. I'm sure there is also greater variety for passengers when they are on trans-oceanic cruises as well.

I equate the new muster drill to the safety briefing on airlines. First-time cruisers will be written off as necessary casualties if the forbidden should occur.

Ask them for compensation for the disruption to your cruise.