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@nbsjcruiser & @MacMadame  If you take a look at post #8 taken from the Princess site it says Platinum and Elite get early booking for dining.

1 hour ago, Thrak said:

Finally decided to install the app and am appalled at the information they want. Why do they need my shipping address? Why do they need my annual income? I don't see any reason for the information they seem to require. Does one really need to provide all of this info in order to use the app to submit Shareholder OBC requests?

@Thrak  No you do not.  I entered my name (nothing else) hit save or whatever it shows and moved on to the next step.  Chose the manual option, uploaded my redacted statement and all was accepted and OBC applied in a few days. 

7 minutes ago, Britter16 said:

When did the recipe for pasta primavera change? 
We were there on the Caribbean last night and I was served pasta in a tomato cream sauce with no green vegetables. I asked if that was the primavera and was told, yes.

What did the description on the menu say?  Was it different than what you received? The menu on the website says “fresh tomatoes and seasonal vegetables”. 

Then there’s this.

32 minutes ago, snpcruiser said:

Hadn't realized the credits for specialty dining could be used that way but it works out in our favor as the two with Premier aren't interested in the other specialty restaurant option and we can just pay them back directly.  Thanks for the insight.  

You’ll need to make sure that your waiter knows about this transaction and your room numbers.  Take a copy of the screen shot you posted above and explain how it was calculated and charged. 

14 minutes ago, snpcruiser said:

Oh ok that makes sense, is that allowed for Premier to use their credits on someone else or will they take the credits back at some point and have us pay the amount for the 4 of us? 

You can use them however you want I suppose.  Haven’t tried.  It’s up to the people with Premier to determine if they want to use up their credit for other people.  They don’t get to have a second free dinner.  An option would be for the folks without the credit to buy the next dinner or give them cash to compensate.

15 minutes ago, snpcruiser said:

Trying to make specialty dining reservations for my party of 6.  2 have premiere and 4 of us do not.  The total in the app is $52.50, have been seeing this for a few weeks and not sure if its just a glitch or what.  It shows cover charge for everyone not just the 4 without premier.  The subtotal is $175 for 5 adults and $17.50 for the one child but the total is $52.50 which I don't understand.  Should I just book it and assume the difference will be settled in the account onboard?  

 

@snpcruiser  It used all 4 credits for the two people who have plus.  $35 x 4 = $140 so $175 + 17.50 - 140 = 52.50

29 minutes ago, Boiler Cruiser said:

.  I gather that now that I have done it for one dinner reservation, their profiles will pop up each time I make a dinner reservation, regardless of restaurant.  I can then add them for each reservation, as I make it.

Yes they will show up but make sure that you make a check mark in the box next to their names in the “guest” area.  The app doesn’t automatically assume you want to eat with them every night.

2 minutes ago, Boiler Cruiser said:

My wife and I are sailing to Alaska with her brother and his wife on the Caribbean Princess in 2025.  Each of us have our own booking numbers since we made the bookings separately.

 

 

 

My TA just linked us with my in-laws as traveling together.  This will give us the opportunity to make dinner reservations as a group of 4, even though we have different booking numbers.  Apparently, according to my TA, we can also make excursion reservations together, as well.

 

 

 

My question is, now that we are linked, how do I bring them up on my new Princess App, so I can make dinner reservations for the four of us at a 4-top?  Do I make a reservation for 4 at Sabatini's or the Crown Grill the same way?

 

 

 

I think there is a way for their profiles to show up with ours in the "Reserve Dining" part of the app, so we can reserve one table for 4.  I don't know how to pull them up, though.

 

How do I make a reservation for the four of us at one table on my Princess App on my phone?

 

 

Thanks for your help.

 

I replied on your other thread

2 hours ago, Boiler Cruiser said:

My wife and I are sailing to Alaska with her brother and his wife on the Caribbean Princess in 2025.

 

My TA just linked us with my in-laws as traveling together.  This will give us the opportunity to make dinner reservations as a group of 4, even though we have different booking numbers.  Apparently, according to my TA, we can also make excursion reservations together, as well.

 

My question is, now that we are linked, how do I bring them up on my new Princess App, so I can make dinner reservations for the four of us at a 4-top?  Do I make a reservation for 4 at Sabatini's the same way?

 

I think there is a way for their profiles to show up together with ours in the "Reserve Dining" part of the app.  I don't know how to pull them up, though.

Again, is there a way to do that so I can reserve a table for four?

 

Thanks for your help.

@Boiler Cruiser  see screen prints below. Select a restaurant, scroll down to guest and click on the 🖊️ icon, then the little man with the + sign.  You can then add their booking numbers

7 minutes ago, voljeep said:

thanks ... is the loyalty level the color of the medallion next to the profile pic?  If so, Princess has got some 'splainin to do since my medallion is BLUE - woo-hoo

@voljeep  see the screen prints below when selecting dining type.  There is a box to select for premiere. Does that work?  I don’t have premiere so I can’t test it. 

 

2 hours ago, candycaramel said:

Hi. I am still seeking clarification as to which mini-suites include The Reserve private dining room? Which ones are considered premium location?

Do all the mini-suites including regular mini suites,  cabana ms and cabana deck mini suites include The Reserve dining room?

If so, will this continue with the 2025 sailings? The Reserve dining room is still showing on the 2025 deck plans.

 

@candycaramel  If sailing before Oct 14th the C1 & C2 mini’s (all deck 9?) are reserve and currently use the reserve dining room.  After Oct 15 there will no longer be a reserve category. There will be cabins labeled sanctuary mini suite or sanctuary suite (C1 and C2 are not included).  It has not been determined yet how the reserve dining room will be used.

1 hour ago, mattR said:

Thanks did this added everyone in our party of 12 but now it shows no time slots available.  Is that due to having 12 people? 

Probably.  They don’t have tables for 12.  We squeezed 10 once years ago but they had to make a special table top.  Two tables for 6 in the same section would be the way to go.  This would need to be requested on board.  There isn’t a way to do it on the app.

1 hour ago, happy2bee said:

Thank you for the help.  Every dining room for every day and time says "No available time slots for this date". I'm hoping things will be easier once on board?

@happy2bee  When is your cruise?  They are changing the dining rooms to include different dining types (i.e. traditional, anytime, reservations) for cruises that sail after mid Sept. (don’t remember exact date).  You can’t book these until June 17th.  
If it’s before that period then you can wait and discuss with a dining room manager on the first day if you continue to have problems.  It may be because you are booking for a large group and there are no large tables available in the app.  This does not mean you won’t get one once on board.

4 hours ago, Valentina69 said:

I'm booked to cruise in August.   I've downloaded the app and completed the registration but I can't add my cruise onto the app.   I have a compatable iPhone.   Each time I try to add a journey I get the message internal server error.   I've deleted the app and reinstalled it.   I've switched my phone off and on again and still keep getting the same message.   

 

Has this happened to anyone else?   Does anyone have any tips?   I've only paid the deposit so far so could that be the reason.   I've managed to fill in some details online but I prefer working with an app if possible.   

@Valentina69  You can’t add a cruise into the app yourself.  Your bookings will appear automatically in the app anywhere from 2-3 days after you have booked them.  
 

if it has been longer than that and the cruise still doesn’t appear when you log in with your id and password, try logging into the app with the booking number.  There could be a disconnect with personal information as seems to be happening with @upwarduk.  

1 minute ago, stephenSJ said:

This might be about to change. Take a look at the latest carnival shareholder benefit page

https://www.carnivalcorp.com/shareholder-information/shareholder-benefit

 

and note this line

" This benefit is non-transferable, cannot be exchanged for cash and cannot be used for casino credits/charges and gratuities charged to your onboard account."

@stephenSJ The benefit page has said this for as long as I can remember (and that’s a long time lol). It means nothing,  What others have said is correct.  All charges net against all OBC in your folio.  No differentiation.

32 minutes ago, memoak said:

When I have hit MDR it tells me that it is not an option for Reserve dining

Hmmm…mine didn’t, it took the date/time and MDR (dining type) and asked me to “save” (of course I didn’t). Did yours tell you it wasn’t an option after that step?

8 minutes ago, memoak said:

Reserve dining cannot be overridden to MDR as far as I know. Anyone can book specialty dining regardless of MDR status except for full suites where embarkation night is guaranteed and booked once you board through the dine line or concierge where available 

There is a selection for “SD or MDR” when you go to “add reservation” for a particular date/time that is why I was asking them to try it.  I have used the SD choice to book crown grill which overrides my night at reserve, but haven’t tried the MDR choice since I don’t have others to dine with.  It’s worth a try to see if it works.

On 5/5/2024 at 10:53 AM, no1superfan said:

The problem is that the reservations are made on the APP and since we have Reserve Dining the APP sez "You have Reserve, You don't need any stinkin reservations". (I may have mis-quoted).

I have called Princess and their representative had no answer.

@no1superfan  I believe you can override the reserve dining, otherwise you would never be able to pre book a specialty restaurant.  I think you will need to do each day separately.  
 

When you click on dining, pick a date and time, then it will ask you to pick specialty or main dining.  You can also, click on the heart to go into your reservations and choose add a reservation, which when done will cancel the existing one.  I think from there it will do what you want.  I have never followed all the way through (in this new app) so I don’t know where it goes from there.  Let us know if it works. 
 

Also, at some point there is a little man icon with a + sign in the upper right corner where you can add guest booking numbers.

4 minutes ago, gottagocit said:

I haven’t been on the board in some time and have likely missed lots of discussions about recent changes and changes to benefits of booking with Princess cruises so I could have missed this. If so, I apologize but I did search and could not find recent info on deposits. 
 

This morning we received an email from Princess about a promo for this weekend only whereby select voyages require only a $99 deposit. I’ve search and searched and can’t find anything detailing whether this deposit is refundable in the event of a cancellation. Anyone know the answer?  By it not clearly stating it IS refundable I imagine I can guess the answer but perhaps not. 
 

Thanks

If you do a mock booking up to the point where it shows the total price it shows the deposit as fully refundable.

15 minutes ago, phuac said:

Issue #4:  I add in specialty dining for 4 people, and my charge is zero.  Should be charged for 2 people.

When you book online for people without the specialty dining credit they use the credits from the people that do.  Since 2 of you had 2 credits each they used all 4 that you had so you haven’t any more.  The 2 people who didn’t have the credit owe you a dinner. 😂. You probably can work it out on board, but you won’t be able to book any more specialty dining pre cruise for free. 

1 hour ago, wallyj said:

Do not understand previous comment as the way you have currently booked sharing parent with son would be the way to have the ‘adults’ buy plus and not have passenger2 as they are under 21, the drinking age for Princess.

@wallyj  Sorry but this is incorrect.  Passengers 1&2 both have to buy the package if one wants it, regardless of age. The underage passenger would get the zero alcohol package but the price would be same to include crew appreciation and wifi.  That’s why it was suggested to have both adults in one room.  

It is not included as casual dining for plus.  It is a pop up and considered Specialty dining.  It may be shown like you see it because it does not have its own venue. It shows that way on all ships that offer it.

dining-options.pdf

36 minutes ago, fergorama said:

Will our passports not being good for 6 mos from embarkation date be a problem?

I believe the rule is 6 months from the END of the cruise. See below clipped from Princess FAQ’s

Passport validity

Many countries require passports be valid for six months after the completion of your travel.

2 hours ago, JamieLogical said:

So I checked my email again and didn't see anything about winning the bid. So then I logged into the PlusGrade site to see if my bid had been accepted and it still showed as pending.

@JamieLogical  If you are happy with your room assignment you may want to cancel your bid as you will be moved automatically (unless you will be happier in the room you bid for).  You don’t get to refuse an accepted bid.