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What is the cut off for changing your medallion order to shipping instead of port pick up?  AFAIK you have to cancel the existing order and place a new one.  Is it 2 weeks prior to sailing?  We sail on the 23rd from Seattle and I'm debating if I just want to pay the darn $10.

But then again I'm half afraid to change to change anything this close to sailing, with all the medallion bugs...

1 hour ago, PacnGoNow said:

If you bring Alexa along, that will be an extra $14.99. 😂

Wouldn't Alexa be considered an additional passenger?

10 hours ago, trin880 said:

I don't remember seeing any Lavazza symbol on Royal Princess, neither in the buffet nor in the IC. Not my picture below, but this is the coffee machine that is installed in the buffet on Royal Princess. Coffee was good, strong and non-acidic. 

Thanks for the photo.  How long ago were you on the ship?  I'm sailing in about 3 weeks and very much hoping they have upgraded to Lavazza. 

Is there anyone currently on the Royal who could report if that ship has made the switch to Lavazza?  Thanks 😊 

56 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

You can get to the parking lot in the crater by vehicle, but not to the top. That is only by foot.

Thanks. I did realize that so I guess I’m asking if there’s anything to see driving up as far as the trolley goes. 

We'll be in Honolulu for a day in early October and plan to get tickets for the Waikiki Trolley.  One of the four lines, the Green Line, goes up to Diamond Head and the rest of its route more or less overlaps parts of the Red and Blue lines, which we plan to take.  My husband isn't up for hiking to the top of Diamond Head, so I'm wondering if it's worth taking the Green route that goes up there.  Is there anything to see driving up to Diamond Head without taking the hike?

34 minutes ago, coo359a2 said:

Which cruise is that??

It has been for our 27 day Vancouver to Sydney on the Royal leaving September 25. 

4 hours ago, JohnGc said:

Yes I will be doing the same, only problem is I have had them too long and soon they will be out of date.

Be sure to double check the expiration dates before pitching.  I found that some of mine have had the dated extended more than once and if I hadn't checked (again) I would have discarded tests that were still good.  At-Home OTC COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests | FDA

There's nothing on the Princess site about Covid testing anymore.  It's been removed from the important notices on our cruise(s) as well.  

9 minutes ago, Thrak said:

 

I've been watching and waiting for an update on this. Thank you for posting the link. Hopefully Princess will get the message before we board the end of next month.

Our cruise to Sydney leaves exactly four weeks from today so I was glad to see this as well. I’m pretty confident that Princess will drop the requirement in plenty of time.  I doubt that they want the headache of requiring testing any more than we do. 

Here you go, official word that NSW has scrapped covid protocols for cruises:

NSW sails towards normality with the lifting of COVID cruise ship protocols | NSW Government

Since I'm sure they don't want extra impediments to discourage passengers, cruise lines shouldn't be too far behind.

31 minutes ago, BlerkOne said:

For those who begged for an invitation, was it once on the ship or before the cruise? I'm not too proud to beg. 🙂

 

 

I called and got the invitation prior to boarding. 

I was not in a suite this past March on the Enchanted but called and was extended an invitation. Someone on our roll call posted the phone number from a message they received inviting them, and I figured the worst they could say was no.  I was pretty surprised when she said yes. We enjoyed it immensely. And no, sorry, I no longer have the phone number. 

Looks like things might be changing.  The NSW Premier is talking about scrapping the remaining covid protocols for cruising.  

Leave your mask at home: Minns set to scrap all COVID regulations on NSW cruising - Travel Weekly

2 hours ago, KKB said:

 

Don't expect a free upgrade--upgrade bids have all but eliminated that.

Even "sold out" cruises will find some last minute cancellations, so a few upgrades will happen.

1 hour ago, startedwithamouse said:

Princess is giving nothing away. Everything will be paid for. The upgrades onboard are more than the bidding too.

I’ve received three true upgrades recently. Two were from lower balcony categories to a higher category, like BD to BB. Another was from an IA inside to a BC balcony. So they still do happen. 

I have a random amount that was credited back to one of my gift cards and would like to apply it as obc to one of my upcoming cruises.  But the personalizer only gives me the options of credit card or paypal.  Do I have to call in to apply the gift card or wait until I'm onboard?  Thx.

9 minutes ago, dog said:

Did this come in a new email?

No, I was curious what the new bid options would be after getting the upgrade so I went to the bid to upgrade page on the personalizer.  I haven’t received a new bid email. 

No, we’re not going to bid. This little 2 day is just an add-on to a much longer trip from Vancouver to Sydney and we want to keep it as cheap as possible. For some reason though, it’s priced quite high and not selling well at all.  We’re quite happy with the free upgrade so we’ll stick with our balcony. I just had never seen a “bid sale” before. 

I should add, we’re still about a month out from our flight. 

First time I've seen this - a 40% discount on the normal bid pricing for our upcoming cruise.  This is from a standard balcony cabin on a 2-day cruise, Seattle to Vancouver.  We originally booked an inside and received a free upgrade the other day to a balcony.  Now I guess there is a "sale" on bidding to a minisuite.  Only the minis though, none of the other categories have the 40% discount.  Interesting we can go to a mini for less than to a premium deluxe balcony.   BTW, I moved the offer bar from no offer just to show what the minimum bid is.

So a follow up to my situation...Princess still hasn't owned up to booking us on a basic economy fare and it still shows as a basic saver fare on Alaska Airlines, but miraculously we now have seat assignments.  And although they aren't the exact same seats we originally booked, they are in the same row.

Interesting...I guess all's well that ends well.  

11 hours ago, Musky Ike said:

I got an email that shows the bid amount.

10 hours ago, BamaVol said:

Me too. And I kept it.

Yes, thank you.  As mentioned, I've also received that email and that's what I've been using to access my existing bids.

It would appear from the responses that there is no place on the personalizer to simply see your existing bids, like you can with your payment amounts or obc, etc.  Instead, at this point you have to either use the email link or re-enter your name and booking number.  Maybe it's because the bidding process is handled by Plusgrade and not Princess.  Thanks for confirming. 

1 hour ago, Yowman said:

 

 

If you scroll down on the Summary page in the personalizer you'll see "Bid to upgrade your stateroom".  Click on this and then the "Get Started" button, then use your booking reference and last name and click the "Check Eligibility" button to get to the bidding page. 

1 hour ago, Cruise Raider said:

Yea, there is.  Go into the link where you can place a bid, enter your booking number and your last name.  From there, you can see your previous bid and modify it or cancel it.  

Thanks for the answers. Yeah, I’ve done that too. I just figured there might be a place showing your actual bids without having to enter your info again. 

Apologies if this has been asked and answered already in this thread, but is there anywhere in the cruise personalizer that shows your bids?  In case you want to change, cancel, place another one, etc?  I couldn't find it anywhere so I've just been clicking on the link in the "we got your bid" email.  Can't imagine why it wouldn't be accessible in the personalizer somewhere but it's entirely possible I just missed it.  

Let me start off by saying I have used EZ-Air many times and I am familiar with searching, buying and changing flights.
 

I recently searched, selected, and paid for economy tickets on EZ-Air.   When I went to the airline website afterwards I found that our tickets were actually basic economy and not standard economy. Absolutely nothing on EZ-Air indicated this. I only realized it when I saw that the seat assignments Princess prompted me to make during the booking process didn’t hold. The airline will not allow us to choose seats with this fare type so we either have to wait until check in or purchase expensive upgraded seats. 
 

Princess insists that they don’t sell basic economy, even after I sent them screenshots of our basic economy fare reservation. They either cannot or will not answer the question “if you don’t sell basic economy tickets then how did I wind up with one?”  They keep falling back on the disclaimer that seats assignments aren’t guaranteed, even though my argument with them is about a bait-and-switch fare type, not seat assignments.  It’s within the cancellation period so that’s not an option. 
 

Buyer beware.