Rick&Jeannie

@Pangea59...thanks for that in-depth posting about using the BBB.

Also...welcome to Cruise Critic!

But would you have to pay extra on Thursday for a single drink today....? (We need to check the fine print here...)

I feel certain they will *gladly* take as many deposits as you would like to make....

LOL! @Wishing on a star beat me to it while I was typing...

I may be way off base...but I've never heard of those classifications.  I need to preface that with the fact that I've never booked through a warehouse club site.  This sounds like something unique to that site/club.

Note that as long as you did not book via a TA then you can easily add a GC to your fare payment yourself. I have done so many times. 

12 hours ago, Cruisepurl said:

We'll be boarding the Island Princess on Tuesday and will probably want to do laundry while we're away.  Are there specific opening hours for the self-service laundry rooms?

Looks like we will be cruising together!

Your travel docs will give you an exact time.

1 hour ago, skynight said:

Yes. The bathroom entrance has a step over. It is around 6 inches. 

Minor point...(I'm sure this is probably what you meant...) but it's a "step up"...not a "step over" except as others have stated in the case of an accessible cabin.

We have *always* just used the same credit card and it has always worked out in the end.

@sophieora, I see that you're fairly new to the board.  First let me say "Welcome to Cruise Critic!"

You've received a couple of good tips above...I don't really have anything to add to them.  However, as a future posting tip, try to give your posts a more meaningful title (other than your screen name) so that others can see what your posting is about.  In that way, only the people who have a real interest in that topic will jump into the thread.

1 minute ago, cr8tiv1 said:

From past experience (not recent):

 

If you were "upgraded" for free, you do not receive the double suite cruise credits.

 

If $$$ were involved due to a bid or upgrade offer,  you WERE given the credit.

 

This may have changed.

Well that's what I would have thought! As I stated in the OP, I bid for and won a suite upgrade. I guess I'll just have to wait and see how they mark it...

Well, I guess I'm not surprised...but that just seems like another item that Princess is "taking away" from us...even though it may very well not have been a valid perk.

1 hour ago, Ombud said:

Got it too. I guess if we miss a port now we won't get port fees refunded as OBC?

Hah! Good point!

What are the rules in regards to winning an upgrade into a suite? Do you get the normal 2 cruise credits?

LOL! The Coral Sea was a WW2 aircraft carrier! 

Regardless...welcome to Cruise Critic!

Now they do this...just as I'm about to make Elite!

I would consider myself lucky if I only got dinged $5!  I see much higher increases all the time!

I know this has been done before but it's been awhile since I recall seeing it here on CC.  We were discussing how medallions were "replaced" in another thread when you lose one or it stops working.  There was speculation as to whether they actually change batteries or just give you a different one.  The consensus was that you are given a new one; programmed as the old one was.  I think I can pretty well confirm that now that I decided to butcher one of my old ones.  I pretty well destroyed it just trying to get it open...no way in the world (that I could tell anyway) that they are ever intended to be opened up after they are assembled.  As you can see in the last pic, there's a bit of technology involved!

And now we know...!

We lucked up.  On our upcoming cruise we had a mini-suite (which is what we typically book) but decided..."What the heck...let's see what happens with a somewhat lowball bid".  Well...we ended up with a Vista suite.  First time ever to cruise in a suite.  Looking forward to it!

23 hours ago, Jadn13 said:

Day pass is now $12 

https://www.att.com/international/#s

Bummer...though not really unexpected. I've been using that plan for several years at $10.

I've always wondered what exactly they do in GS when it comes to medallions with dead batteries. If I had paid closer attention with my instance I would have noticed whether or not what they gave me back had my name and ship as they normally do, or whether it was "plain" which would indicate that I had received a different (but re-programed) medallion. If it had my name then that would mean they actually replace the batteries on board. Anybody noticed with a "new" medallion?

@brockmom...I would assume that your TA would be able to handle this.  Have you discussed it with him/her?