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Snaxmuppet

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  1. That was a positioning trip across the Atlantic wasn't it? not a cruise. The maiden cruise, the first trip with paying customers, was from Miami. Don't forget, the ship had undergone two months of sea trials beforehand. None of those were considered the maiden voyage.
  2. Finland. Her official maiden voyage began on 27 January out of Port of Miami! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon_of_the_Seas
  3. There are but I am not convinced that any of them are much better in this regard.
  4. Yet another reason our cruise in November will be our last with Princess. Having said that, not sure if any of the other lines are any better. Maybe time to stop cruising perhaps... we will see how we feel later in the year after out April Norway trip on Sky.
  5. Because they screwed up by promising us the mini-suite prior to departure and they then gave it to someone else they did the full suite at what the mini-suite was going to be. Can't remember the exact figure tbh but we had the full suite benefits so it was great. It was a window suite that clearly was not sold.
  6. This was a strange one... I went to guest services immediately on boarding to see if I could get an upgrade from balcony to mini-suite... I was told that there was a mini-suite available but I would have to return after the ship had sailed as they couldn't do anything while in port. I went to GS once we were under way only to be told that the mini-suite had gone to someone else. Needless to say, I wasn't happy. However, they did say that a suite was now available and would we like that instead... hell YES! It was our first suite experience and predictably we booked a suite for our next cruise. So it worked out in the end but just be aware that whatever you are told at GS isn't necessarily what will happen later. 🙂
  7. One appetizer, one main, one dessert all from the predefined list of items. If you want anything else... extra courses or something not on the pre-defined, fixed price, menu, then you pay. It is all rather silly if you ask me.
  8. Is that a typical price? I am on Sky at the end of April on a Norway Fjords cruise. At that price I'd do it 🙂
  9. In the UK tipping in EUR is not done and tbh I suspect wouldn't be much appreciated as there is no easy way to convert to GBP in small amounts and even with larger amounts it is expensive. Having said that, perhaps in ports where there are a large number of people passing through that might tip in EUR that it isn't a problem.
  10. What is this word "puffery"? I have never heard it before! OK, I know what you mean by it but I would strongly disagree that much of the non-alcohol items are that. Perhaps the prem desserts and 4 x wifi... most can easily do with one. The rest I feel does give value over buying them individually and I for one would buy most of them individually if I were on standard fare so the package does represent a genuine saving for me. Now... are the individual items over-priced? You know what the answer to that is likely to be but that is a completely different ball of wax and perhaps off-topic so saving for another day 🙂 🙂 🙂
  11. I do think sites like YouTube have a part to play when forming an opinion and just because you haven't done something in person it doesn't mean you cannot then have an opinion. For example... take the recent post by YT cruisers "Cruise with Ben and David" regarding the appalling treatment they received from MSC on their last cruise (If you haven't seen it then it is worth a viewing - it is quite staggering!)... I have never sailed with MSC but their experience has made my mind up never to do so. Does that make my assessment invalid just because I have never sailed with MSC myself? I think not. The danger is to make YT and online sources your primary source of info on something and we should all try to avoid that but often it is difficult.
  12. I am all for justice and stopping abuse of the law but really... I can't help feeling this is just an invention by a lawyer to generate income. It is rather sad that the world has come to this IMO.
  13. I just want to say that although I find the shows on Princess incredibly dull I still feel that we should all give credit to the cast and crew of all of them. They didn't choose to put on that program and clearly they all do their best to make it entertaining. I have done a lot of amateur theatre over the years and I can differentiate the efforts of the cast from those of the management and believe me when I say that the show might not be to my taste but the cast are simply superb in what they are asked to do. Very talented IMO.
  14. No story, No entertainment IMO. They could do so much better. We never do the evening shows.
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