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I could see trying these only if I could request “hold the candy / garbage on the top”. Otherwise, zero interest. Might try a cake slice or two. So disappointed in Princess’s famous chocolate cake on my last cruise. Perhaps the new cakes will taste better 🤷🏼‍♂️

Even best wifi is a joke, and internet was terrible. There were simple, non-bandwidth intensive tasks that I could not do for days. This was Majestic Princess to Fiji on February 11th. Latest iPhones also routinely lost wifi connections completely for no reason (meaning not even the Princess app worked). A few times it was a considerable amount of time before we could even reconnect. These Wi-Fi failures would happen in the middle of usage. Best Wi-Fi at sea? What a joke!

We have had some, but very little. Barely noticeable. One evening the wind was not keeping the exhaust away as much as usual. However none of these things would stop us from rebooking this suite.

We are in D726 on Majestic heading back to Sydney at the moment. We have had D726 booked for a long time and shortly before our cruise were offered a chance to pay for an upgrade to the Owner’s Suite. Checked it out and decided against the move. Glad we did. Loving D726. The expansive balcony is fantastic. My thoughts before the cruise were this: I didn’t see the need for a bigger cabin. Also, didn’t like the idea of the smaller balcony (all for more $$$). Then I always look for cabins with other cabins above and below. Figure that’s a good chance for the least amount of noise. Owners suite is above the Vista Lounge and they often show movies late in there. Maybe we wouldn’t hear a thing, but 🤷🏼‍♂️ When we look down on the Owner’s Suite balcony, the furniture is all there, but seems so close to the railing / edge of the balcony. Our balcony is huge and has a nice mix of covered and wide open spaces. I would book this Penthouse Suite again in a heartbeat!! Hope this helps!!

On Majestic now. Internet is soooooo slow. Running the Speedtest app, it somehow seems to suggest upload speeds are decent. 🤣 They are not! Much worse than download speeds. I cannot backup my iPhone or sync any photos / videos to iCloud or my One Drive account. If I lose my phone I lose everything from this cruise.

Please read the end of this thread. Guest services clarified. The app has the wrong info. Small bottles are included. Just says clearly they are not. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Have never had a drinks package. No idea what was previously included. Small bottles of water including San Pellegrino are specifically shown in the app exactly the same as large bottles. NOT included. Finally found out the app is wrong. They are included. I don’t know why they have the incorrect info in the app.

Okay, stand down red alert. Spoke with guest services and despite the app claiming small bottles of water are NOT included: The app does discount the order: We didn’t bother ordering the small bottles because it was a better buy to get the bigger bottle. I don’t understand why this is all so complicated. Why the mixed messages? Is this a change that’s coming? Still, I will never understand what’s so special about Diet Coke. But whatever.

Majestic Princess. Left February 11th from Sydney. Sailed to Fiji. Returning February 24th to Sydney.

Sorry, this is incorrect. Not special mineral water. It’s regular bottled water. Nothing special about it other than being excluded from the plan.

Nope. The app is not different. We have ordered many drinks to our cabin. Many an order for up to $58 all free since we have the plan. As long as each drink was $16 aud or below, the app has correctly deducted all charges as expected under our plan. We just hit a petty brick wall with bottled water or Diet Coke. It’s bizarre.

We did. And I cannot fault them for this. Was all in the cabin from the start rather than 2 each day, but added up to that. It just seems so stupid that it’s now only available at cost less 25% - just seems so petty.

They have cake. Just seemingly very little. Slice thinner than a fork, but it is cake. Called room service directly. Explained what I got last night. “Oh that’s the chocolate mousse.” “Yes. I didn’t order the chocolate mousse.” 16 oz coffee was more like 8 oz… 🤷🏼‍♂️

🤷🏼‍♂️ cans of Coke Zero are no problem for the mini bar swap. The answer on Diet Coke has always been there’s none on board. Turns out it is, just have to pay. Why can’t they be up front about this. It is was it is and we would have paid from the start. Told it’s unavailable. Why the secrecy. We also understood bottled water could be ordered under our plan. Turns out that’s false. Hopefully that changes for future cruises, but bottled water was not excluded when we bought the plan (same time we booked the cruise). The problem is a cheapened experience with nickle and diming. We are in a full suite and platinum. Paid a lot for our cabin and for the first time ever over $1,100 for a drink package we thought included anything we wanted up to $16 aud. Our choice. But it’s a lie. Numerous exclusions. Makes no sense I can order an expensive glass of wine but what’s that, you would like a $3.75 can of Diet Coke or similarly priced bottle of water? Nope. Sorry. That’s not possible. And yes before anyone jumps in, we did get our Suite allotment of bottled water. We’ve used it all. What we have not used on any day is our daily allotment of drinks that we paid a total of over $2,200 to enjoy (2 people). We were not provided a list of what’s excluded. Well sorry but I have a problem with this.

Guest services said all bars would have bottled water available. Even the big bottles. I was wondering if I needed to go somewhere for water or just order from room service. This was not the case. Had to order on the app. Charged for each and every bottle. I believe the changes are for cruises departing the 20th so won’t help us.

Good point!

Pretty sure cutbacks are what's coming. Already here for this cruise.

I am suspecting this is about to happen on this cruise. Twice now they have served bad cream. Curdled in the coffee. First time the waiter tried to explain it is because we ordered cream. Milk would not do the same thing. Finally got it through to him that the cream had gone bad and needed to be replaced along with the coffees with floating, rotten cream curds. Next cream was fine, but room service cream was also bad. Had to get coffees and creams replaced. Perhaps they lack proper refrigeration? Or more cost cutting? Trying to serve expired cream? Not sure, but sure is disappointing.

So this is where Princess gets really inconsistent. We have ordered the fruit tray twice now and it was closer to the photo in the app. Sorry you got such a lousy plate of next to no fruit!

Sorry to rain on the bottled water parade, but Princess wants to cheapen our whole experience. Bottled water is no longer available for free with any drinks package. I know what it says on the website. I get that. The reality is they have excluded any bottled water from plus and premium drinks packages on this cruise. And it's a HOT one... to Fiji and back out of Sydney. Maybe it's just Majestic or all Australian cruises? I don't know. But we pay for water.

Checking the app is completely helpful. Not sure where you get that idea. And no, it's not canned vs fountain. Coke Zero cans ARE included. Diet Coke is apparently liquid gold. As is bottled water. Even the small bottles. The description on the app is crystal clear. NOT included in ANY drink package. 25% off only. Why would that charge be removed? Your strategies may have worked in the past, but not anymore.

Good luck with that. Although we departed February 11th, our drinks package (plus) had similar wide open choices. Their marketing is a lie. Onboard Majestic, what I posted from the app is the reality.

Directly from the app. Onboard Majestic Princess right now. It’s nice people were able to get these beverages at some point in the past as part of the drinks package. This is no longer the case.