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1 hour ago, 57eric said:

Disappointing that Ruby would be looking shopworn after having just undergone renovation a few months ago.

On the same cruise.  Majority of upgrades seem to be making it flagship for ADA compliant which was confirmed at the CC get together.    Cabins do not have USB or additional outlets. We have sailed on her several times since restart.   Crew are short handed and it shows.   Sabatinis still the best, Crown Grill great, coffee disgusting, Vines okay.   We ate in the dining room one night.   
Overall she is a great ship for 15 years old.   Will we sail her again, more than likely not.   
 

1 hour ago, jerbeth said:

Do they offer Zumba classes? If so, where do they take place?

Just off the Ruby.   They did not have Zumba as they did not have a licensed instructor.   There was an exercise class very similar to Zumba held on sea days on deck 15 around the aft pool.  Classes were held weather permitting.

Princess reportedly has altered their transit to something similar.   Smart move.

16 hours ago, shiner6 said:

Remember, if you choose to use the card linked to your shipboard account on land purchases, that the "little" mom and pop shops suffer, as they have to pay Princess a high fee to have this service.  I tried to delete my card after learning this, however, it would not let me enter the green lane. so I put in a card that I do not plan on using. Makes me seethe.

Remember, stores chose to partner with Princess in this endeavor.  I have used the service several times over the years with no issues.

30 minutes ago, skynight said:

I have 6 cruises booked with the plus fare. The next two are b2b starting the end of February 2024. When reviewing the travel summary there is no mention of the three "new" benefits, Ocean Now Delivery, Room Service by telephone and 2 casual meals. It's this way on all 6 of my bookings. I contacted the T.A. She checked with Princess. The Princess agent indicated that indeed these benefits were part of my fare, but could not explain why they don't show up on the travel summary. She has some higher level Princess person working on it.

Anyone else have this issue?

Depends on when you booked the cruises with the Plus Package.  If before the changes to benefits you will more than likely not receive them.   Our cruise for September last year was booked prior to latest upgrade.  Additional items could be added for $10 per day onboard.   The cruise we sailed January, I added the plus package a month or so before boarding included new items.  Only used casual dining and medallion shopping.

Good luck.

33 minutes ago, memoak said:

I never heard of no alcohol for Covid both times I had it I ordered at least a bottle of wine per day plus some manhattans

Possibly cr8tiv1 was on Paxlovid where it is not recommended.  

The majority of glasses on the Discovery and Sky recently have been Spiegelau in bars and dining rooms.

The Grand has the smallest width and height shelves in the cupboard.   Nothing at all like other ships.   We upgraded from an Oceanview to Balcony once onboard due to the closet, shelf space and bathroom.   Smallest storage we have ever encountered.

We did this cruise in late August 2023.   No Northern Lights were visible although the Captain announced the possibility did not happen. 
We will not repeat this trip until later in the year, October/November.   The August trip was full capacity due to school holidays.

1 hour ago, jaycruising said:

We have a cruise coming up in a month and we will buy FCC while on the ship, but in the meantime we found another cruise we would like to book and I really like the price right now and want to hold it. Once I buy my FCC will I be able to switch it over to this booking or will I have to cancel and rebook to use it?

You will need to cancel and rebook to take advantage of the OBC as you have already put a deposit on the cruise.   

49 minutes ago, cruisinsince75 said:

We are having the same problems.

@san diego sueTry this, appears it might work.  Go to the night and restaurant you want to reserve. Go thru the steps to reserve.  There is a pencil showing on the page for new reservation,

click on it and it will show your booking.  In the upper right hand corner is a head with plus sign.   Click and it will ask for additional guest booking number.

i have not progressed past this step as we are traveling alone.

good luck.

31 minutes ago, nasa1974 said:

On the website the Captains Circle shows I'm elite. That's what matters. The Princess app shows platinum. 

My level had showed as blue in the old App for years.  Level correct in new.   Never had the wrong color medallion shipped as Captains Circle account is correct.

3 hours ago, Thrak said:

 

I'm not clear on how Radiqal bills. If it bills through Princess it might fly as it would show as a Princess purchase. If it's billed as Radiqal LLC or whatever I think it would be rejected as a bogus bill. If I do end up having to provide a credit card number for Radiqal (don't want to do that but...) I would simply make a new card number that is for that specific purpose. In the past I have left the shoreside billing portion of the app blank. Our next cruise was booked quite a while ago and I don't have any info in that portion of the app for the upcoming cruise.  I'm booked with the "old" Plus so they have decided I'm not cool enough to get my Medallions shipped for free so I won't be in the Green Lane anyway. I'll worry about Radiqal when/if I need to in the future.

I have used the shoreside function seveal

times while visiting Cabo San Lucas.  The charges appeared on my credit card with the restaurant name as vendor.   The restaurant had one individual with access to the hand held machine processing the charge.  Taped the  Medallion on the device and I think I needed to enter a PIN number to verify the charge.   It was not as easy as just taping or swiping your card at most stores.   The rebate from Princess showed up the same day as refundable OBC. Saves taking credit cards.

6 hours ago, DHP1 said:

You don’t what to received a platinum medallion after all your hard work getting to elite status 

The old app always showed my level as Blue.   New app has correct level.   As long as the info in your Captain Circle is correct you will receive the correct medallion color.  

I would be surprised if the 360 reservations carried over as they are associated with a booking number which is no longer valid.  Log into the new app and see if the reservations carried over.  Also, check the credit card you paid with to see if the monies have been refunded on there

9 minutes ago, Astro Flyer said:

Thanks for the recommendation but unfortunately it didn’t work.

 

Another suggestion use the chat feature to make reservation.  

15 hours ago, Astro Flyer said:

Like many others I cannot book The Catch by Rudi for our Discovery cruise in April.

 

The app shows all dates & times are available but when attempting to make the reservation I get the same message as others that it cannot be made. Tried their online version but that didn’t work either on my iPhone, iPad nor PC. My TA contacted Princess & they were unable to book The Catch but did offer to book the Crown Grill or Sabatini’s which we’ll book during the cruise.

 

Using the Cruise Personalizer I easily made an Ultimate Balcony Dinner reservation which had to be paid in advance.

 

As I recall the Medallion app began about 5 years ago & it’s still unreliable & frustrating. The new “Princess” app was originally scheduled for release on 12/1 & then sometime in December but nothing yet. To me that’s an indication that the new app is not ready for release. Not looking forward to being their app’s tester again and we’ve been trying other cruise lines (Celebrity & Oceania) in the past 12 months & their apps were trouble free. While they had fewer functions than Princess, preparation for their cruises was easy & it also worked well during our cruises…no frustration necessary.

 

Try adding a different credit card.  I had a similar issue.   Usual credit card did not work as the card was in my name.  My status in the app is Blue.  Added a different card to DH account and it worked.    

24 minutes ago, sunviking90 said:

I’m pretty sure your stateroom is a deluxe balcony, not a mini suite. Are you sure it’s on Emerald deck? Here is a link to the same stateroom on the Royal Princess if you’re wondering how the obstruction is.

https://www.cruisedeckplans.com/ships/stateroom-details.php?ship=Royal-Princess-III&cabin=E510

 

Discovery does have mini suites on Emerald.  

3 minutes ago, latebuyer said:

Thanks. You mean they are posted this week?

According to my CVP Elite tomorrow, 12/19 everyone else 12/20.

For elite on Tuesday and general bookings Wednesday.

I was having a similar issue and it turned out to be the credit card.   The credit card was in my name with DH as authorized user.  Added a second card and was able to book for April 3 cruise.   
I cannot book under my account as the app shows me as blue.   Well

beyond blue.

57 minutes ago, satxdiver said:

Just checked my account and it lists 12/31/31 as the expiration date.  I have 4 cruises booked for 2024 and 2025. I first obtained the MOBC back when it first was offered submitting my DD214.  I just wonder what magic you performed to get the further out expiration date.

Our MOBC previously was 2099 after submitting DD 214 in 2010.  Once we complied with re-verification thru SheerID it switched to 12/29/31. DS expires 3/30/33.  

We were assigned an ambulatory balcony cabin on, I think, the Grand.  Shower had fold down seat in the shower and maybe an additional grab bar in the bathroom.  Other than that nothing different.

We were assigned an ambulatory balcony cabin on, I think, the Grand.  Shower had fold

down seat in the shower.   Other than that nothing different.

DH and DS needed to verify thru SheerID a couple of years ago after having it applied automatically for years.  OBC did not show up

automatically.  Our CVP needed to go into booking and trigger it.