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sayaguru

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    Gold Coast, Australia
  • Interests
    Travelling, photography + anything that doesn't involve housework.
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Princess
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    anywhere

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  1. Keep an eye on drink package prices. Ours just dropped to under $100aud a day ($96? cant remember). Feb 14th.
  2. No need to get Reil. Everything has both prices, $US and Riel. If you pay with US$ you get change in Riel close to the current rate. Just pend that when you get a bit. . Bring small US$ notes to make it easier.
  3. I would drop bags and explore. You can also leave bags at City Extra restaurant Circular Quay for $8 a bag, if you want to leave them earlier..
  4. We ordered the fish one night (second sitting). It came out almost raw and lukewarm. We called the waiter over. He said "yes, everyone is complaining about that!" Never again!!!
  5. On my last Princess cruise on Coral (last November) I found booking to be a total waste of time. You turned up and were told to wait, same as whether people had booked or not. Hopefully they've sorted that by now. Carnival was much better with that. Booked then got a message when table was ready.
  6. Better than the Greek Urns on Legend. horrible. Although they did refurb after we went on her last. Hopefully better now.
  7. First time I went on Splendor I thought "Why have they got black fried eggs on the ceiling". Then I realised they were supposed to be pearls. Haha!!!
  8. Only just saw this thread. So glad for you. Princess is great. like Norwegian in that price point. I think they have the best entertainment of any of the cruiselines. HATED the one MSC. I did. Crap food, crap service. Never again. Ejoy Princess.
  9. Even though we are not a tipping culture I find tips are expected. When on a tour I see it written in most countries that "even though tips are not customary in this country. etc etc". Of course it is still up to your own discression. I was surprised in Vietnam that people didn't tip (well on the day trips I did). The travel industry does expect tips. It annoys me a bit in countries where the wages are good. I'm wondering if tour companies get an amazing price BECAUSE the company knows people will tip? Sometimes the suggested amount is ridiculous. On a river cruise of 150 people the suggested tip for the lady organising the tours (not doing them) was 1-2 Euros per person per day. While that doesn't seem a lot. That's 150-300Euros a day TIP. That's 1050-2100 Euros a week. Some people wouldn't earn that as a wage.
  10. Depends where you are from. Some countries have free entry for 15 days. Some longer.
  11. Hi, based on past experience I would not book standby within USA. The flight looks great but anyone can turn up hours early for their booked flight and check in for a earlier flight. They get priority over you. Had flights LAS- HNL. Told to fly to LA. No flights. Drove to LA. No flights. Overnight. Internal flights are often not that expensive. Of course holiday period will differ. Good luck. I'm assuming you are booking Staff for cruises? Great last minute deals. You also have the option of removing or reducing the gratuities if you think it is too much. It is very expensive by the time you convert to $AUD, especially now with the low exchange rate.
  12. Wow! thank you so much. I'm on my phone so difficult to read. I'll look when I get home to my computer. Cheers!
  13. I'm booked on a 34 night cruise on Brilliance of the Seas. I haven't been on Royal for years. Normally I like sea days but was recently on Carnival and was bored. What activities do Royal have? I like Trivia. Not interested in bingo. On HAL I like the lectures and crafts. Princess sometimes have good lectures too. Would anyone have a daily program they could share? Or just info about the types if activities. Thanks.
  14. Interesting. I just got off a Carnival cruise. We got told as we boarded that we would miss a port. They gave $100 OBC to every cabin.
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