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And aside from there being no light in the mirror, the lighting in the bathroom is not the greatest, so I would suggest that if you rely on a lighted magnifying mirror (as I do) bring your own.

Actually, since he is paid in full, he can no longer transfer to a TA.

We'll be joining you on the 10th. Looking forward to your take on the beginning part of your trip.

The bathroom in the Cheeky Corner suite is much larger than the standard cruise ship bathroom (which do not have the outlets on Virgin). Not that I actually measured, but I wouldn't be surprised if that covered standard outlet was 3 feet from the sink.

That depends on which restaurant you are looking at. Each is prepared slightly differently. Plus, I am not certain how far from Thanksgiving they will be using those special menus.

60 days is only for Rockstars and Mega Rockstars. Everyone else is 45 days for dining reservations.

The only reason I remember is that for the first time ever, I was able to plug in the charger for my electric toothbrush in the bathroom instead of somewhere in the room itself. Otherwise, I might not have noticed either.

That is not true. We had outlets in our Cheeky Corner Suite bathroom. There was a plate on the wall above the counter that lifted up to expose standard American outlets.

I tried that. I changed it online and still got the same error on the app.

I know I need to get a new phone and I'm hoping that is the only issue here. It's an S8 and it is running Android 9, but can no longer be updated any further. I don't have an NCL cruise until 2025, so I guess that will be my goal for next year to get a new(er) phone.

I don't have any problems logging into the website. It's the app that is giving me problems.

And if you want to book the Sanctuary, that is the first place you must go upon embarkation. You cannot book until you are onboard and it does book up fast. Send the fastest person to go immediately there ASAP.

I have sailed both (Princess 5 times/MSC once but about to be twice). Mini suites don't come with a lot of extras other than a larger room and usually a tub/shower combo. The reserve collection comes with priority embarkation/debarkation, a one time wine set up, evening canapes upon request and a special section of the dining room with added menu items. I think the M + a number is the reserve collection and the M + letter are the regular mini suites. Only differences in the various types are cabin location. All dining on Princess is anytime. You can make reservations in the app or just show up whenever you want. How busy it is will depend on when you go, although if you have the reserve collection there is rarely much of a wait. At a later hour you should have no problems just showing up and requesting a table for two. Personally, I have no problems travelling on any of the Princess fleet, new or old. I think they do a good job of keeping up their ships, but that is a personal preference. The Sanctuary has a cost. $20 for half day, $40 for full day and $30 per day if you book for the whole voyage. I would say on a longer repositioning cruise, the ages of your fellow passengers will skew older with very few if any children. That tends to make most of the ship fairly peaceful.

I don't know if anyone has any bright ideas, but I am unable to login to the app (on an older Samsung phone). I have no problems logging into the website, but when I use the same info on the app, it tells me that there is an "incorrect username or password".

Interestingly, on our Thanksgiving cruise, they did not use the facial recognition system even though it was there. Not sure why. We also had a delay supposedly due to CBP.

While I agree that the Princess app isn't the best (and I have a VERY old Samsung phone), it is far from the worst app. If you want to see some bad apps, try MSC or Virgin. Yikes!!!

However, the Spice H2O on most ships only has hot tubs and a "water feature" and no actual pools. Plus, there is often very little shade if that matters to you.

You can buy the casual dining without the package, I think it is $14.99 if you do the pre-fixe meal or you can go a la carte. And as for the rest, from Princess website: Are third and fourth guests required to purchase the same package (Princess Plus or Princess Premier)? Third and fourth guests are not required to purchase or defaulted to the selected package of first and second guests in a stateroom. Should 3rd and 4th guests want to opt in to purchase a package, you will need to contact Princess or your Travel Advisor to have it applied to the booking. Can items in Princess Plus or Princess Premier be shared across guests in the stateroom, even if 3rd and 4th guests don’t have these packages? For the Princess Premier package the following items can be shared across all guests: Wi-Fi for 4 devices per guest, the digital photo portion of the Photo Package and reserved theater seating. Free shipping for Medallion® devices and accessories can also be shared across all guests in the stateroom when shipped at once to the same address. Casual Dining or Specialty Dining meals cannot be shared with the 3rd and 4th guests in the stateroom.

MSC does do a lot of slightly odd things. Our friends ordered a sausage pizza to their cabin and got a pizza with sliced hot dogs on it. I do agree, however, fried pickles should be dill, but maybe that is just the way they do it.

We have found that the cocktails vary greatly depending on the bartenders who happen to be on the ship and to some degree what is in stock at the bars. We have had drinks that taste like rubbing alcohol and others that are supremely tasty. In general, we find the pool bars to usually be the worst and so far the best ever was the Good Spirits at Sea.

We did this back in February and I think we linked up with the other cabin on the app. If I recall correctly, we needed their booking number. I am a bit fuzzy on exactly what I did, but it is possible and I know it happened on the app.

VV does a lot of things differently than the "official" policy. 🙃

All dining reservations are made on the app (or your TA can do it for you as well). Rockstars can make reservations 60 prior to sailing as opposed to 45 days for everyone else. You can also get your Rockstar agent to help you with your dining reservations once you are onboard, but I recommend making reservations at the 60 day mark and then using your agent if you need to change anything around once onboard.

Actually, with VV (unlike most other cruise lines), you can generally transfer at any time prior to being paid in full.

At the bottom of the app, hit the messenger button, then hit contacts. That should be where you see anyone linked to your reservation.