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For sure. I use the regular. Have not tried all of the flavors. I like the regular because it isn’t really hot. It’s more of a sort of spicy blend flavor. Go out to an almost any restaurant that serves a decent sit down breakfast and you should be able to find it.

We have cruise on a number of lines, and I have never found it on a ship either. Just hadn’t been on Princess in about five years so thought perhaps they had added it. We often leave on cruises out of South Florida. We generally tie in a visit of a few days with my brother, who lives just north of Fort Lauderdale. Last spring we were going to do a cruising on Royal Caribbean, and he gave me several packets of Cholula because he had ordered a large box online. I just was able to order 25 packets from Amazon last night. For those with Amazon prime, there is no shipping fee. They have a larger box, but I didn’t really want that. Since Cruise lines always ask for passengers to fill out forms, indicating what they liked, and didn’t like about their cruise, perhaps we should all put down that we’d love to see Cholula added to their supply of condiments. I have seen other brands of hot sauces, but they don’t taste anything like Cholula.

Thanks!

No post. Sorry!

Just wondering if anyone can recall if Princess ships have Cholula Sauce available in the buffet area at breakfast? I know I can order small packs of it and bring them with me, but I’d really rather not have to do that.

I like your sense of formal,Kitkat343! I imagine you did have a lot to pack. I would imagine that Cunard would be one of the last cruise lines two encourage passengers to dress down if they so desired.

Pink845, my opinion, that’s smart packing! We will be spending about a week in Scotland prior to our cruise, which could be a bit cool and rainy for sure the further north we go. On the other hand after the cruise, we will have a couple of days left in. May spend those in Southwestern England. We do go to the dining room for dinner about all of the time. Not sure If I will even bring a dress. 09 formal lights I won’t have on jeans but I won’t be sloppily dressed either. I wouldn’t call it resort casual because to me that signifies warmer Cruises for sure. On formal nights I will probably have on perhaps black slack dress shoes and a bit dressier top but that’s going to be about it. Harvey, any Cruise lines actually require formal dress anymore. It’s going to be interesting to me to see if the largest percentage of people show up and formals and tuxes or fancy cocktail dresses and suits on formal nights on this cruise. By what we’ve found twice on Alaskan cruises, I would be surprised, but who knows?

I still wish they had a musical stage play on board. ☹️

twangster, your original agency purchased the booking from a large agencies that sell their blocked cabins off to other cruise travel agencies. In fact, he told me 5000 different agents use them and get their group space the same way. The agent that I was transferring from (which I had used 17 times before & was the only agency I ever transferred another booking to and have no problem whatsoever doing so) immediately turned the booking loose and told me it would go back to the cruise line. Then they, in turn, would release the booking to the agency I had requested. I had also used the agency I I was transferring the booking to a number of times as well, but never involving any kind of transfer. At any rate, it doesn’t matter now. It’s all taken care of. It’s interesting that even though others have posted about a form that you simply fill out, which, apparently they must have dealt with at some point in the past, just because someone else has never heard that transferring is simple doesn’t mean that it hasn’t been simple in various cases before. It also doesn’t mean that it has never been difficult in various cases. At any rate, all of this is a done deal now.

Well, apparently there may have been a simple form before and maybe that form is still used. But royal Caribbean‘s rules as of February 23 supposedly require a letter on company letterhead to the change department sent in a PDF attachment and signed by the owner or manager of the travel agency. I and any other correspondence from the excepting company Hass to be done under those same rules. The transfer is supposed to take 10 to 13 days before the new agent can pick up the booking. Royal Caribbean does not respond to these agencies. The booking just appears available to pick up once they have done it. At least that’s the way. It was explained to me like three different times. Only they left out the part about company letterhead and not a regular email but in attachment in a PDF file until they told me part of it on the second call and the rest of it on the third call. I’m sure we’ve all talked to customer service agents not only at Royal Caribbean but also that other cruise lines and falls sometimes the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing. They’re all not as well informed to the same level. What actually happens and takes place in what actually ends up being allowed or sometimes two different things. I would just like to know if this is going to go through or not. I very frustrating!

No, there was absolutely no financial benefit or additional perk at all to transfer to the TA I want to use. It all had to do with the ability to speak to the TA I want to transfer the booking to. The other TA deals only via the Internet. Usually, there is no problem doing it that way, but on occasion, that is not so convenient. The other TA is easy to reach by phone. Some things came up that makes it beneficial to be able to access the TA by phone for this particular cruise. I have dealt with both Teays in the past. In fact, the TA I am trying to transfer from advertises (or used to. I haven’t I checked recently) instructions on how to transfer bookings to this agency and to receive something extra. Years ago, I transferred a booking to the agency. That’s the only other transfer I’ve ever done, and it went seamlessly and quickly. As I understand it, you may transfer a booking between 48 hours after 30 days after you have booked it. After that you can no longer transfer. When I called Royal Caribbean BEFORE I even initiated the transfer to make sure it could be done, the customer service agent in no way indicated that it wasn’t allowed. Instead, I was given instructions on what steps to take in order to do it. I have known people in the past who have transferred bookings without incident, even though it has not been recently. And yes, the TA I want to transfer to has stated his agency has been on both sides of the transfer process and has not run into this problem before.

We recently booked a Royal Caribbean cruise with an online agency. (We have cruised with RCCL many times but are not in the habit of transferring bookings.) Several days after we originally booked, there was a reason that came up that made using a different type of travel agency preferable, so we decided to switch our booking to a different agency. I know people sometimes do this and it’s supposed to be very easy to do. I called the cruise line to let them know what I wanted to do and was given instructions that sounded a lot more complicated than I would’ve thought. I contacted both agencies involved. The agency I originally booked with agreed to let RCCL know they would release the booking. The agency I wanted our booking transferred to told me that once the booking was released, they would be able to use the booking number to get into the booking and pick it up. However, the booking never became available. The agency releasing it said they would contact the cruise line again. I called customer service at Royal Caribbean again. This time to find out if there was a problem, but was given the same lengthy instructions on exactly how the requests needed to be done by the 2 TAs. I contacted the original agency a 3rd time! They again contacted Royal Caribbean as per the instructions and sent me a copy of their correspondence, letting me know it was ok with them if I wanted to forward it on to RCCL. Today it will be 16 days since the original request. I called RCCL again 3 days ago. Same spiel from a customer service agent, who started reading the transfer procedure to me once more. I asked to speak to a supervisor, who had no enlightening information other than to say he could not access the booking as only the changes dept can. He also told me that on February 23 the transferring procedure changed and that transfers now often take ten to thirteen days. It had been exactly 13 days by then. Neither of the travel agencies involved, nor I, have heard anything further. I can’t seem to reach anyone at Royal Caribbean who has anything to do with this sort of thing or who will try help find an answer to why nothing is happening. In the past I have always been able to get help or have questions answered when needed. This is not what I expect from Royal Caribbean Both TAs involved are very reputable and have been in business for years. Neither of them have ever had to go through so much red tape when doing a transfer. This is why I’m asking if anyone else has gone through something like this recently? If you did do a transfer, how long did the process take? Did you there’s nothing to you run into any snafus? Also, does anyone have any tips as to who I might be able to reach at Royal Caribbean to help get this straightened out? I’m moving into high anxiety mode! Thanks for any helpful replies.

I’ve cruise to the Caribbean with Princess and did a Panama Canal cruise with Princess, besides the Alaskan cruise. Most cruise lines have gotten more casual, but I think Alaskan cruises were more casual before that. Not trying to prove who’s right or wrong. Just wanted to check with regard to Norway. I have found on European cruises people do tend to dress a little more spiffy. Or did just a few years ago. Can’t say for sure now. Anyway I’ve got my answers. Thanks for replying.

Where are the shorts in the med clothes casual shorts? I ask because there are very stylish shorts that actually are made for eveningwear or a night on the town, and often made of silky or fancy fabrics. Sometimes you see celebrities like Taylor Swift, wearing them with matching shirts fancy wide belts.

Well said & I agree.

Thanks for the information. And the video link. Believe it or not, I won’t be uncomfortable if I’m not really dressed up. No I won’t go as a slob. Then I would feel out of place. I try to at least make sure I am wearing something that is a little bit nice and not what I would wear around on a daily basis. But just like one of you mentioned, I have heard other people and even read that Europe tends to be more dressy. So I’m not surprised to hear that. We have never sailed from England, but have from Spain and Italy, and I would say formal nights tend to be a little more formal on those cruises as well. i’m not sure how many formal nights are on a 60 night cruise but I am guessing maybe three? We used to dress up a lot for a formal night in our earlier years of cruising. However, we are older now and we all know what the luggage restrictions are. My husband’s often just used a dress shirt and tie to serve as his formal wear. Or a Guayabera shirt in the Caribbean. Thanks for the input everyone!

Wondering if formal nights on Princess cruises in Norway are less formal like they are on Princess cruises in Alaska. Actually, we were just on Royal Caribbean in Alaska and it also seemed less formal than formal than we have seen on cruises to other areas. Formal nights seem to be becoming less formal across-the-board anyway in recent years. Since Norway is going to be cooler and likely wetter than many warmer areas, I’m thinking people may carry the casualness over a little bit into formal nights a bit but we’ve never cruise to Norway, so I’d like to hear the experience of those who have if it was only moderately priced, main stream cruise line. Thanks for any info!

Well, asking on Princess is a good idea. To some extent, I’m sure it is cruise line dependent. However, in my experience of over 50 cruises, it is somewhat location of the cruise as well. On a lot of main stream, moderately priced lines (and I would never include Cunard in this group since it already has a reputation of being more formal), dress codes are becoming more and more casual no matter what area a ship is cruising in. I have seen articles and reviews done by expert travel writers that mention certain differences, depending on things like area and even the dominant nationalities of cruisers on a particular line as well as sailing to various destinations. Maybe they are not at all extreme differences, but there are still sometimes a few differences. We’ve only done two Alaskan cruises. The first was with Princess about 8 years ago. The 2nd with RCI this past summer. Before the first one, there was chitchat on the roll call and questions on the AK forum as well regarding less formal dress on formal nights on AK cruises. We’ve definitely noticed a more casual bent on Alaskan cruises than on certain Caribbean and Mediterranean cruise formal nights. I just wasn’t sure about northern Europe. It seems to me that when the weather is cold and people need outerwear and maybe waterproof clothing or boots, the dress does tend to lean a little more casual on formal nights in the dining room and even on other nights. I’m not answering my own question, although it may seem that way. I’ve never cruised to Norway, so I have no knowledge of whether it is similar to the formal nights in Alaska or not. I still appreciate everyone’s reply, and thanks a lot for taking the time to answer.

We are doing a Princess cruise to Norway next year. We have done two cruises to Alaska (one on Princess and one on Royal Caribbean) and formal nights there were definitely more casual and not as dressy as on cruises to other destinations. Of course, dress codes tends to be getting more and more casual and many lines no longer really require formal dress on their fanciest dinner nights. Hoping on Norway cruises the formality is scaled down. I’m not asking for the “official” policy. I am asking for what other passengers have observed on cruises to Norway. Thanks for any information.

We’ve had connecting cabins a number of times, and it doesn’t seem to us like it makes any difference at all with the noise. Just booked again and didn’t even give it a second thought. It was more important to us to be a few cabins closer to the elevator. When we first started cruising many years ago, noise was often a problem from the people next door. Especially if we ended up next to partiers. You can hear things like a usually noisy sliding glass door to a balcony no matter if you have a connecting cabin or not. Bring ear plugs. They help, though won’t block out all sound. It’s much worse if you are under a dining room where the chairs are being dragged on the floor or next to any big show room, even when they are rehearsing. And of course, above or below any musical venue like a bar with loud music or something. I’m saving next to it storage room or another venue for a cruise is sometimes worse with regard to noise and most things. Seems like there is a lot of clunking and odd noises that come from those rooms so if your next one, can you hear it. The newer ships do a pretty good job of insulating from the noise of your cabin mates, as compared to years ago. Just the same, I guess everybody has their opinion. We again had a cabin with a connecting door on the Quantum this past July, and that wasn’t an issue at all.

😩 No wonder I couldn’t find a listing for it! Sure not happy to hear that! Quantum class does not have Broadway style shows either. Since we originally started seeing them on the Voyager class, I thought that those ships still had them. Sure wish they did! Didn’t really care for the Quantum. No Broadway shows on that style of ship but I didn’t like the layout or many other things about it. So we won’t be going back on that class of ship. Do like the Oasis class pretty well but just don’t like to have to jerry rig dining to work around shows. I believe the Freedom class, if I have the right name for that class, still has Broadway shows as well, but we haven’t been on that class. Thanks to all of ypu for the info, though.

Can anyone tell me the current shows playing on Explorer OTS & are they likely to remain the same for summer 2024? Most especially interested to find out what the Broadway style show will be. Thanks for any info!

OMG, is RCI STILL presenting cats?! We were with friends several years ago and saw it. AWFUL! The majority of the audience left before it was half way through. One guy in our group stuck through it with me. Why did I want to? Simply because I was going to be seeing a community theater production of Cats a couple of days after disembarking and wanted to get the gist of the story. Impossible to understand what in the world the performers were even saying. Hated it. However, it was MUCH better at the community theater! Go figure. Even 8 years ago people were complaining about this production on this website!

Uh oh! I assume both elevator areas, forward & aft? We may be hearing a lot of noise then. Oh, well, it is what it is. Appreciate the replies!

Thanks so much for this info! Just have to find out where the gangway is.