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1 hour ago, cruzsnooze said:

Was that $2113 the price when you booked or when got the email to bid?

When  I  received  email bid.    But  I  think prices were  about the same  or  a little  lower at  booking  time.

9 hours ago, caribill said:

 

 

Have you (or anyone else who has received a bidding E-mail) compared the minimum bid price to what it would have cost to have booked that higher category in the first place?

I did a  comparison before I  bid.

Currently  standard  balcony and we  bid  on clubclass  mini.

Balcony with princess plus $1323 p/p  and  club class mini  with  princess  plus $2113

Made low ball bid of $300 p/p.  At  this  time cruise  still shows  one forward club class available.

Offers  were : CC premium mini $315,   CC forward mini  $290,  Mini  $185

Premium deluxe Balcony  $70  ,  Deluxe balcony  $40 

We are  also  on  the Oct 22 cruise.  Thanks  Sprocket for  the  information.  We are  flying in day  before.

Looking  forward to  this event.

1 hour ago, azbirdmom said:

 

 

I was wondering if they would offer upgrades to those who had booked using a casino comp.  There wasn't anything in the FAQs about it and I guess it didn't take long to find out the answer to that question.  My only concern would be if this turns out to be one of those changes that accidentally cancels the reservation like other changes such as adding EZAir yourself would.  The casino isn't paying their share until 7 days prior to embarkation these days so that would be my concern about taking one of these offers.

when  i  did  my  bid,  it  came  back that  i would be notified up  to  3  days  before  sailing if  accepted.

casino pays 7- 14 days before  cruise most  times.

I  will keep  an  eye  on  this as  well as  we  do  not  want  to  loose this cruise  as  it  is a  Prestige tournament cruise.

I bid way low  so not thinking  they  will accept my low  bid.

Thank  you for  your concern and bringing  that to my  attention.....we  will be  staying on  top  of  this till we  sail.

9 hours ago, cyndyga said:

Got a email to upgrade my cabin yesterday for my Oct 15 Enchantment cruise. I am sailing solo so won't bid because I would have to pay double...I have a mid-ship Baha BB class and like the location...I was thinking of bidding for a room with a couch but am not willing to sacrifice location to a bad one of under buffet pool ect...although tempted by the Premium Deluxe as its only $70.00 pp entry bid...I'm on a comped casino cruise so I havn't paid much to start but will probable play and lose alot so have to consider that cost before bidding if I decide to 🙂

we are  on  the  cruise after  you....also casino comped....bid  the  lowest bid for  club class mini.

currently in Balcony deck 17.  Happy  to  stay there....but would enjoy the club class mini.

22 minutes ago, KKB said:

Would love to do either of these on our upcoming Discovery cruise.

Am I correct we cannot book until embarkation?

that  is  correct....call  dine  line as  soon  as  possible to get  on  list for  chef table.

Wine  makers has  more  opportunities to attend.

4 hours ago, caribill said:

Has Princess been enforcing the rule to not grant the OBC until they have proof of ownership within 90 days of the cruise?

no...have  received OBC for  cruise booked Jan 2023

1 hour ago, Sunset329 said:

We have some Casino Freeplay on an upcoming cruise. It will be our first post-covid cruise, and we have not had any Casino Freeplay on our previous cruises (although we do play the slots in the casino almost nightly). We don't understand how it works. We only play the slot machines. After we log in to our casino account on a slot machine, I assume our "bank" will show our Freeplay. Will we be able to receive any cash (winnings) from our Freeplay? Should we cash out every day we play, or should we wait until we have played all of our Freeplay? Will we be able to tell what amount in our "bank" is Freeplay and what amount is cash or winnings? Any help would be appreciated.

 bronzey 214  gave  great  explanation.

You  do  not accumulation points on  pure  freeplay  money.

Your  account  will  show  availabe free play  moneyt  and money  in  your  bank.  

Enjoy  your  freeplay. 

I  usually cash  out to  real  bank when  I  win something and  save that  to  play later  and  build  points.

17 minutes ago, ladocevita said:

Can I play at the tables in the casino by handing them my medallion nightly or must I bring cash ? Or can I send money to the casino/onboard account beforehand from home ?

 

yes,  you  can  use your  medallion to  charge casino play  to  your  on board  account when  you   play  at  the  tables.

1 hour ago, Happiest when cruising said:

Do you think they will be offering the breakfast, at least? I can’t seem to order it on my personalizer. 

I hope they do as it would come all at once like room service delivery. I think it runs about $45-50 and you get a small bottle of champagne. 375ml. You can customize it...we ordered omelets and left some things off. It's a lot of food. We ordered double fruit. Toast, I think it comes with tomato quiche (I thought was yummy)  we left off salmon and capers.

1 minute ago, Dar & Bob said:

We got charged the difference only plus 18% gratuity.  On our January cruise the difference was a little over $3 - on the cruise this month it was 5.90 a glass

thanks  for  the  clarification.

 we  sailed  in  Jan and that  is  how  we  were  charged.  Mostly  wine  was  only  about  a $1 upcharge plus   18% grat.   Must  be  more  wines over  $12 limit  now,  but  still worth the charge.

1 hour ago, Dar & Bob said:

If you booked prior to the Premier program and booked a Plus fare, you will get the Plus drink package.  We sailed just after the program started and it was the Plus fare - we got charged for drinks over the covered price.  The only thing not covered were the wines and the bartenders indicated that the wine prices had increased recently.

did  you  get  charged the  difference in  the  drinks  over $12 or  did  you  get charged  for the whole  drink?

please  explain  about  the  wines....did  you  get  charged  for  the glass of  wine, full  price  if  over  $12 or  just  the  difference.   Did  you buy  full bottles of  wine  or glasses. 

Just  trying  to  clarify.

12 hours ago, Happiest when cruising said:

Thanks for your response. We have one of those large angled balconies for our Discovery cruise in September. We’re hoping the Ultimate Balcony Dinner will be offered by then as it’s something I’ve always wanted to try.

If we can’t get a larger table, we’ll use your tricks, and for sure I’ll be asking for a tablecloth. What a great idea to dress up the table a bit. 

Pre  covid...we  arranged  for ultimate  balcony  dining  several  times.  It always  came  with  a  table  cloth,   and  dining  staff brought  this  table  when  they set it  for  dining.

This  was  our set  up  the  evening  we  left  Genoa.

Hope  you  are  able  to  enjoy  this  wonderful  experience.

if not try  the  ultimate balcony breakfast.

14 hours ago, Rick&Jeannie said:

Log into Princess website

Go to Cruise Personalizer

Select Cruise (if more than 1 booked)

Click on "Payments"

You should see your balance.

when  your  cruise is comped (  as  in  offer  for  free room)  this  dose  not  show a balance 

this  is what  shows 

To make a payment or check your balance on the booking, contact your travel agent.

• Agency: Tournaments - Casino
• Agent: Casino
• Phone: (661) 159-7532

39 minutes ago, chubbypiggy said:

Instead of calling Princess and booking my cruise with them on the phone, if I choose to use a Princess CVP, can I still call Princess for assistance if I can't get a hold of my CVP and would like assistance ASAP?  For example, want to change my cabin to a different cabin or take advantage of a 2-day sale, etc.)?  I know if I booked through an outside TA, Princess will not assist me at all; so just curious if that is the same situation using Princess CVP?

Yes  you  can  call princess and  talk  to  whoever answers phone  to  change  cabins...if  you  can't  get  through to  your  CVP

Tracie

We are fine. Jon is sick… but it is not serious. I am waiting. There is very little hope that I will escape this. We are newlyweds. We are joined at the hip. And truth be told, there is no one in the whole world I would rather do this with.

well  we  are old weds...54 years and  we  are  still joined  at  the  hip and  he  is  also  my person....had he  caught covid  on  our  21  day  cruise....I too would have  chosen to  quarantine with  him

we  were  tested  weekly

hope you  remain  negative and  Jon has  only minor symptoms....best  of  luck  with  the  rental

Enjoy  your cruise.  We sailed Caribbean Princess B2B2B end  of January and beginning of  Feb.

Just read  the fine  print as  others  have suggested.  Some  offers  are  specific  to  dates.

Many  of my  offers  are up  to  3 free cabins per  brochure.  Free play  only  applies  to one booking. 

remember  all  fees  ( port and  deposit )  must  be  paid at  time  of  booking  and  insurance if  you  choose.    Air fare if  you  choose EZair has  to  be  booked  through casino  dept as  well  or  you  will loose booking, and  must  be  paid  at  time  of  air  booking.

On 3/18/2022 at 12:49 PM, suekel said:

Nope.  I was told they were being released yesterday not nothing yet.  

 invite  just  hit our  email

Check your  email boxes......Prestige  cruises just  hit

we had  two casino offered free cruises in  Jan 2022.  I booked them  as  B2B.  Casino  did not  pay  until week  before  on second  cruise.   I called  each  time  an  email was  recived to vefify that both  cruises  were  secured.

Have casino  cruise booked with room free  for future.  Paid  all our  fees,  port, insurance  and  upgrade cabin.  Received email  a  week  before final payment  due for normal booking that  cruise  was  paid  in full by  casino. I  did  call  casino  to  verify that  booking  was  paid. 

I would  advise  to  look  at  email.  If  it  shows no payment  due,  that  means  that  casino has paid their portion.   Remember  to not  make  any  changes to booking  unless  you  go  through casino as that  will void  booking.  

Enjoy  your  free cabin  or we  say  earned  cruise!

7 hours ago, caribill said:

 

Where do you see this in your Princess account?

go  to  cruise  personalizer and  its  under circle  savings  account and  open  onboard  credits.

2 minutes ago, chamima said:

THANK YOU!!!

He’s one of the wonderful Princess crew members that makes cruising such a special vacation!!

He really made our cruise special!!

He made our  cruise special as well....we just  spent  3 weeks on board with Yaro!

On 2/1/2022 at 3:56 PM, chamima said:

 

 

If you're still on board please tell Yaro hello from the guy he introduced Buffalo Trace to.

We were on the Jan. 2-9 cruise and mostly had Vines as our private bar and really enjoyed talking to him!

I did tell him  you  said  hello.....he  was excited  and  pleased and  wanted  to  know  about cruise critic

On 1/30/2022 at 8:27 PM, crawford said:

Thanks for the updates. We'll be on board in two weeks. Plan to spend some time at Vines. If you could post a menu, it would be greatly appreciated!

https://caribbean.princess.com/qr/restaurant_menu?ship_tid=3456