Musky Ike

The ones I have tasted so far were terrible. Not at all like peeps. 🤪

6 minutes ago, Mud_Shark said:

1) Our guest lecturer on our Pacific crossing was hiding ducks every day.  So maybe not exactly staff, but close to it.

2) In Australia, we found some ducks on our cruise and their tags had a link to a social media page where you were to post where you found the duck and then if you wanted, re-hide it and post that is was travelling again.  Some ducks had been on multiple cruises.  We took the ones we found on the Royal Princess and hid them on the Majestic Princess.

I like that idea. Kind of like the "where's George" link on some us currency, you can follow their travels. Maybe you will find them again as elite ducks someday.  

1 hour ago, ggprincess2004 said:

Be prepared, bubble wrap, zip lock freezer bags and then wrap in t shirts. Ship home in checked baggage. Simple.

We travel with carry-on only.

Looks like you may be driving home, but for those who are flying, be careful of the size of vanilla bottle. TSA confiscated one from us once. I hope they had a nice vanilla latte for their coffee break. 😉

10 minutes ago, MissP22 said:

Sure, why not? How can you id an article if it becomes lost?

I don't send anything worth the effort it would take to retrieve it. 

11 hours ago, leck57 said:

If I had actually paid $12-18 for them I'd not be happy. 

I'll be on Sky in July so I'll give them another try 

Could not agree more with this. Obviously the prices are overinflated to make the package look better but My first though was if anybody without a package would pay that. Unless they had a lot of OBC to burn. 

10 hours ago, suzyed said:

They are showing a White Medallion on my app for our upcoming cruise on the Coral....certainly not an inaugural cruise and I'm not a first time cruiser.  So what gives?
Strangely, my hubby's is correct?

You are certainly not alone in that. Just more Princess IT glitches. On the app it shows a white medallion and says I am a first time princess cruiser. However our medallions arrived yesterday for our 34th Princess cruise élite black. Not the first time this has happened either. I guess the have bigger problems to solve.

4 minutes ago, phabric said:

If 2 Elite staying in same cabin, can each send out a laundry bag?

yes. No need to separate items in the bags or names on the bags. My name is usually on both.

28 minutes ago, dickinson said:

@Thrak Thanks.  However, how do I find it myself on the website.  I could only find it by searching with the words gift cards.  

On the bottom of the home page of the Princess website. Under celebrations click on gift cards. Below that will be the option of balance inquiry. 

Thanks,  new to this suite thing 

7 minutes ago, Snaxmuppet said:

Caribbean Princess is not a Royal Class ship so has no concierge lounge

That is what I thought but this confused me. 

4 hours ago, cr8tiv1 said:

Yes, the Grand and Caribbean had concierges. They are the former loyalty and events managers (now called events officers). I have worked with 3 so far. 

So a concierge but no concierge lounge, right? 

Where is the suite concierge lounge located on the Caribbean Princess? Also in which dining room is the reserve collection dining?

30 minutes ago, Rick&Jeannie said:

Credits?  What credits?  AARP charges for the gift cards.  Are you speaking of the AARP "points"?  I don't think there is a way to do that...

There are a few select gift cards (store or restaurant mainly) that can be purchases with points but not Princess or any travel gift cards that I have seen. 

7 hours ago, Thrak said:

 

A minor note: If one is Elite and in a suite there will be two mini-bar setups. One for being Elite and one for being booked in a Suite.

 

(I won't have this issue...)

August will be our the first cruise with both minis, thanks to an upgrade. We also have the plus package for when out and about on the ship. I foresee a lot of restroom visits on that trip. 

1 hour ago, Rick&Jeannie said:

"Doctor of Cruising"? 

Well I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express 😉

More Princess website glitches. I suddenly became a "doctor" on the website last year. No way to correct it on the website so I killed valuable time on the phone getting it corrected, then it happened again this year. I ignored it this time and it magically changed back to "Mr." at least for now. As long a you match your passport you should be good. 

27 minutes ago, puzzums said:

Does the little fridge in the cabin come pre-stocked with anything?  If so, is it an extra charge if you take anything, or is it included if you have the Plus package?

 

If the fridge is pre-stocked but not included in Plus, can you ask your room steward to remove the pre stocked items?

 

Thanks.

If you are in a suite  it will be stocked with included beverages, if not then it will be empty, regardless of your package purchase. Once you fall in love with princess and sail enough to be elite status you also get one minibar.  

47 minutes ago, Snaxmuppet said:

I looked at the title of this thread and thought... what... another new Princess ship... strange name - Internet Princess!

 

Just my weird mind... please ignore 🙂 

You are not alone on that. I thought maybe a virtual reality cruise ship? 

Just now, SSAtlantic said:

I am not an AARP member but could join now if I want. What is the discount on these cards? 

You do not need to be an AARP member as of now. Just sign into the rewards program. The current discount is 8%.

2 hours ago, BabsinTX said:

Just doublechecking. My TA can use my AARP gift cards to pay for my cruise?  Thanks.

The agency our TA works for has a small amount of the total cost that they will not apply gift cards to. Less than a single $500 card. I don't care, as I prefer no to split cards anyway. Compared to the huge discounts I get with them it is a very small price. So no big deal just FYI. 

15 minutes ago, karatemom2 said:

Well they definitely have done that with the WiFi with the recent price increase that all but erased the 50 percent Elite discount when they raised the price by 65 percent. It’s the slow chipping away of perks. Clearly that was an overt effort to push people into packages. 

True, but a package discount for elites would be a bigger push. 😁

1 minute ago, MissP22 said:

I wouldn't doubt that they've hashed it over many times to see what else they could remove from a standard sailing.

They seem to have cut the basics to the bone right now.

What's left? Possibly cutting our Elite laundry or at least putting a cap on it. 

Maybe eliminating the cabin setup? 

I am amazed that to push the packages they have not already changed/replaced some of the elite perks that are also part of the packages like minibar and reduced WIFI. 

11 minutes ago, piercetc4 said:

look forward to sailing on her in august-  

We will be on the Caribbean Princess again in August as well. Have sailed on her six times before. It is an older ship but that has it's own charm. Some of the best crew we have experienced.

On 2/6/2024 at 5:15 PM, Oceansaway17 said:

they HOPE does not sound good.   Wondering what is really going on.

Glad I booked Sun for Nov and it better be up and running smoothly. 

Us too

4 hours ago, Rick&Jeannie said:

I agree...they seem to deliver whatever is close at hand, especially in the buffet.

Be sure to ask specifically for a can, if that is what you want. It has worked for us. We even pick up unopened cans at a bar in the evening to put in the fridge for the wakeup drink.