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My TA gives me a discount with Princess, but for some reason Holland America is no longer allowing her to do that. So on HAL bookings I get OBC. I have never paid her.

@Hlitner.... makes sense! 😀

Yes.

Nope, Capri isn't available to reserve at all. Possibly, but it's pretty early to make that call, right? 🤷‍♀️

Update - as of 6:40pm and later for my cruise at least, Santorini & Amalfi are only available for private tables, not shared. From 5pm until 6:20, both private and shared tables are available to reserve.

Interesting. I JUST checked online through the website, and Santorini is definitely available every 20 minutes from Feb 5-25.

Thanks, that's good to know.

We were on the Enchanted earlier this year and since we had the Premier Package, I pre-reserved almost every dinner in the specialty restaurants. The few nights I didn't, I gave us the option of having dinner either in the MDR or one of the Casual options. Those nights, I reserved our dinners in the Amalfi DR (the non-traditional reservable DR at the very back of the ship on Deck 6), in case we decided to go with the MDR. We ate dinner in the Amalfi DR one night and didn't like it, for reasons that I don't need to go into. Fast forward to me booking our dinners for February 2026, again on the Enchanted. Surprisingly, both Amalfi and Santorini have options to pre-reserve for EVERY time slot (5:00, 5:20, 5:40 etc.). So the so-called Traditional DR, Santorini, isn't exclusively "traditional" at all. @arizonaperson I thought you especially would be interested in this.

Thanks, yes we have done the same. Just wondered if this was an option to save adding to our room steward's work that day.

I found this info that I saved back in 2021. Is this still accurate or was it ever? "To get our MiniBar emptied before we arrive - call Ship's Services : 1-800-541-1576 (M-F 7am - 5pm PST)"

And unless things have changed, your "refund" will be in onboard credit.

Bottom line, I use a TA because she saves me money. She also goes above and beyond to help me with any issues that arise, but that's a bonus.

Thanks @Haljo1935, hopefully someone who's done it recently will comment too.

No apology needed! I was just worried you'd forget about it. 😀 Thanks so much!

@Crew News any chance you'll be showing us the new Canaletto menu soon? Thanks!

At the end of the Calypso Island Tram tour at Half Moon Cay, do they drop you off at the BBQ Lunch location or somewhere else?

I feel sorry for the poor beverage servers AND the bartenders! Guests who want a double pour will just order two consecutive drinks, or figure out a “work around” that will still double the work for the bar staff. Maybe we should all be like Dudley Moore in the movie Arthur … “My doctor says I must have 10 of these every hour”. Think that would work? 🤣

We like to go to the late afternoon trivia and then make our way to dinner. Schlepping our wine package Red to trivia and then to a specialty restaurant could work (not my preference obviously). But no way for a White. I guess we’ll just have to plan for loonngg dinners. 🤔

This ☹️… I was hoping things had changed.

Sorry the hotel wasn’t good. Looking forward to your review.

Will you be updating the Canaletto menu on your website? Thanks so much for all you do!

Sorry, I meant Theatre shows in my question. They were at 7:30 & 9:30 last February. We're well aware of all the Princess Live trivia and game shows.... we practically lived there! LOL. The Princess Pops show sounds great, thanks!

Are the shows at 7:00 & 9:00pm every night? They were later on our cruise. If you could post the daily schedule from today or moving forward, that would be great. Thanks!

@Nikulai We spent 20 nights on the Enchanted this year and it is BY FAR our favorite Princess ship. And we’ve sailed on the Caribbean, Crown, Emerald, Royal, Majestic… you get the point. 😁 Loved it so much we booked the exact same cruise in the same cabin for next year. Have a fabulous cruise and thanks so much for sharing it with all of us here.

For me the daily extra charge to upgrade to Elite isn’t worth it. So my server will often have to bill me the $1.00 or two (plus tax 🙄). A lot of unnecessary work it seems.