Rick&Jeannie

While I never go through a TA, I *have* successfully added insurance after original booking.  The TA angle may very well be the issue...but as others have said...call Princess and see.  I can't imagine them turning down "more money".

We were on the Sky last week.  Passenger Services told me there were about 1800 guests.  Capacity is 3400.

1 hour ago, muffin said:

We have an included SD in our fare as a freebie from HAL booking. Do we have to wait til aboard too?  Thx

 

Yes

LOL! Please don't shoot the messenger...just reporting what was being shown! 😄

Just off the Sky last week.  Here's what I can remember for MUTS:

Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Jungle Cruise

F9 Rage

Mumford and Sons concert

Call of the Wild

The Devil Wears Prada (I think...might have been on TV)

>>>I will say this about Princess' website.  For all of its shortcomings (and yes they are plenty), I've always loved the user interface from the first time I signed in. <<<

Agreed...I have an NCL cruise booked coming up.  I was trying to look at their excursions for each port.  It really made me miss the "Princess way" of giving you everything you need to know regarding that excursion, such as the length of time you will be on a bus and how long at each stop.  NCL doesn't seem to give any of that unless it is included in the verbiage.  That's why Princess is our "go to" line.

We just experienced our first club class mini last week on the Sky.  Never had a clue as to what we were missing!

20 hours ago, Bogof1 said:

You need to each order. If one person orders 2 drinks on the app you will be charged for the second…as I found out to my cost. So we always ordered one on the tv under one name and one on the app under the other name. DH didn’t have a smart phone!!

We've been on 3 ships since the restart; this was not the case on any of them.

3 hours ago, We_like_to_cruise said:

However, for an upcoming cruise we could still use the purchased tests (expire 11/22) or now easily have a free rapid test locally.

 

Conflicted on holding onto the home tests - and wasting the money spent - if testing in the future is not needed.  On the other hand, the local testing is free and we do have a few more cruises lined up before the home test expiration dates.

 

Well, it depends on whether you think you may have further cruises before the expiration date.  If not...I think I would go ahead and use the Abbott tests; it's "free" in that you have already paid for them and at least you'll have the feeling that they weren't wasted.

56 minutes ago, ISwing said:

Although I must say that the old guy I saw last week on the Majestic at the Concerto Dining Room really takes the cake, he was wearing what looked like Depends, a PJ top and suspenders holding everything together!

This is one of those situations where you *really* should have snapped a pic! 😄

Well, on my first (and only) NCL air promo we got stuck with a 55 minute connection in Paris (CDG).  Nobody would talk to me because everyone said it was a "valid" connection...therefore NCL accepted it as good.  We ended up spending the night in Paris (on NCL's dime) WITHOUT our luggage.  Yes, those rates look EXTREMELY good, but I'll book my own flights from now on, thank you.

That was the trip that we decided we would never leave home again without a "go" bag!

Happy Birthday @CineGraphic!

This will not be of any help for you now...but we did a full transit just immediately before everything crashed to a stop in January 2020.  It was on the Pacific Princess.  Sadly, Princess chose to sell that ship.  That was the first time we had sailed on her and we had decided that this was to be our favorite ship in the Princess line.  Oh well...I guess we could always go and try Azamara.

It really depends on what your expectation of an "outdoor table area" is...if you mean an extension of one of the regular restaurants then no, as far as I know no actual restaurant has outdoor seating.  On the Lido deck of course there are "snack bar" type eating counters and plenty of tables but I don't consider that "restaurant eating"! 😄

If you are unlike most people who are "glued" to their phones all day long...then *no*, you don't need a package.  If you do have a phone you can connect to the ship's "internal" wifi system to access all of the activity schedules and such...or you can even bypass that by simply reviewing the daily "Patter".  As far as watching movies in the room...you don't need the internet for that at all.  The ship has a fairy extensive online/on demand movie library, though they are somewhat dated.  There's not a lot of really current movies but you're bound to find *something* you'll like if the movie mood hits you.

Once you actually get on board there is next to nothing that *must* be done with the app.  Since you say he is "showing green" then you apparently have dotted all the "Is" and crossed all the "Ts" as far as he is concerned.  He of course, will get his own physical medallion on board to open the cabin door and order items as needed.

Regarding #2 above...Quite a bit of info does NOT carry over from cruise to cruise. (Shame on you Princess!)  So, you end up having to repeat a lot of stuff on subsequent cruises.

Those very basic fares look very enticing...until you start researching what's NOT included. 

I have an upcoming cruise that sails from Rome and ends up in Venice (Trieste).  Of course, I'll be flying into Rome.  How do I fill out the PLF?  You have to choose "Aircraft" or "Cruise Ship".  I assume they initially want to know about us flying in...but do I need to do more?  Do I need to fill out 2 forms?

9 minutes ago, memoak said:

I am hoping this becomes a moot point over the next month or two

Agreed!

21 hours ago, Trish Traveler said:

My husband is gold level like myself, but they listed him as new (first time).  I saw no where to put the number in for him when booking online.  Mine came up automatically.  I called NCL and they said too late, I should have booked over the phone instead of online.  They can't add it to the reservation!  They just automatically gave him a new newbie number.  But now, he will miss out on the perks of gold.  Makes no sense to me.  It is a last minute cruise (8 days out) and edocs are ready.  But it still seems odd.  Anybody know if this sounds legit or should I ask for a supervisor.  I don't have a specific travel planner at NCL.

Sounds like the person you spoke with "couldn't be bothered"!

This is directly from the Princess website:

https://www.princess.com/plan/cruise-with-confidence/cruise-health/frequently-asked-questions/us-cruises/

10 hours ago, MoCruiseFan said:

 

That does not sound random at all.

Yup...pretty specific if you ask me! 😄

I would not depend on replies here regarding any changes of that nature.  NCL will notify you of itinerary changes by email directly.

On 2/16/2022 at 7:26 AM, skynight said:

You usually get the $100 deposit & the accosted OBC the same as if you were booking with FCDs. 

 

LOL! Sometimes I feel accosted when trying to just speak to the Future Cruise people!  Always a line!

On 2/11/2022 at 4:04 PM, mcrcruiser said:

Now we hope that the virus will disappear....

I suspect that it will be a really long time before this "disappears"...if ever.