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Make sure both onboard accounts are combined under your name and credit card. You can check at passenger services once onboard if you are not sure. You should see both accounts itemized as well as the joint balance/deficit when you check your account.

I talked with our TA about that as I feared them not going to the folks that need them. I was told that Mobility access reservations would be handled separately and cabins assigned at booking. Since there are so few DF I presume we will be put in a "better" category but some of those DF's on deck 16 look huge, even though when you click on it, it states 0 sq. ft. 😄 I think it is a work in progress.

Quite possibly, but in the past it was always it was always reverse alphabetically so it would be DA as the "preferred" down to DF. We reserved a deluxe and were assigned DF. Cove should have been a separate category IMHO as well Premium deluxe on the other end. I would not like it if we get an "upgrade" to a cove.

On the Sun, the lowest category for deluxe balcony is DF. They are all both third person and wheelchair accessible. But everybody who books a guarantee deluxe balcony is initially assigned to that category regardless of their needs. For our cruise there was no other option than a guarantee. I would not be surprised if this is the new normal. Guarantee only, you choose the category and Princess chooses the cabin or "above".

It comes from their moonshine still. 😉

Same here. We made a booking for next year and am now more convinced it was a good idea. There is still a lot to be know and possible changes but I am anxious to hear the first hand reports and to be onboard and explore for myself after she comes over to this side of the pond.

Your TA may or may not have cabin availability that is not on the website. However some pricing offers are also now "Princess chooses" only. Booking directly online is not as easy as it used to be if you want to select your cabin. I only use the website now find a voyage we like and to check the Princess price before calling my TA so I know what a deal I am getting. I booked a cruise for Nov 2024 last week and had no choice but a guarantee cabin in order to get the best deal. The one before that, the Princess website showed available cabins that did not show on the polar site for the TA. Who knows what the next time will bring.

Nope, me too. It has been going on for awhile They want you to pay extra to select your own and then don't allow you to do that. No longer a fan of booking a guarantee cabin. Not even convinced that they show all the available cabins when they do show some. Princess wants the power to decide for you it would seem. I no longer book online directly, but it was nice to be able to explore available cabin choices before I booked with our TA.

Talk to your steward. They will take care if it.

Could still upgrade when you get onboard and use OBC. At least for now.

Me too, see you and EdinaHotdish onboard then hopefully. BTW there is a roll call started already.

True, I'm sure other areas of revenue have many times higher markups than the casino house edge. But some of us are just stupid enough (personal experience) to waste all of our OBC and more in the casino and end up with nothing but guilt and a bill to show for it. Like freeplay is used to suck people in. Plus, just because you use OBC in the casino doesn't mean you won't still spend real money on the other stuff.

I don't know, it doesn't cost them much to operate those one armed bandits. I think the return is pretty good in the casino or it wouldn't be there.

We have been hearing that for a long time. When/if it happens, we will just wait until onboard to upgrade to Princess Plus. That will take care of our OBC and then some. Unless they stop that option also. I would gamble less if not using OBC. Not sure that is what they want either.

That is our option.

True. Just be sure not to select the option for them to do the conversion for you. If you opt out of that your home bank card will convert it at a better rate. Yes you may have an ATM fee but we often do around home also.

That is how mine reads. Not sure why they don't list it as casino core. It is just like any other OBC. enjoy! They used to make you go to the cage to get it applied to you casino account once you set one up, but now it is just added to your onboard account. You can charge either chips or slot play to your onboard account.

Do you see a $100 credit listed as "booking promotions"? If so, that is it and it is OBC.

I did notice on the picture of the deluxe balcony cabin there appears to be a coffee maker in the room?

As a long time Princess cruiser and in the "older" demographics, I like the older ships but there are a lot of areas on those ships that we do no have any interest in using. We will give the sphere class a try and see. I hope to be pleasantly surprised. Other than park 19, it looks there are a lot of other new and interesting things to try.

It is a gift to myself.

We were also on that cruise. The locals were thanking us for bringing the unusually nice weather 😄. The next cruise the cancelled Guernsey stop due to wind. You just never know. Layers are a good idea. Some mornings start out cool but much warmer by mid-day.

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Same issue with the email site through our cable company. Fortunately most of the important stuff is on gmail.

Same here. The anticipation is building. Thank you Steelers0854! Keep it ship shape for us next week.