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New today - Extra Stuff in Princess Plus & Premier
sewgood replied to arxcards's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
I thought they had Alfredo's but I checked the deck plan and it isn't there. You're right they don't have any casual dining so too bad for the passengers looking to have their two included casual dining experiences on the plus plan and even worst for those who paid for the more expensive package. -
Have a look at https://www.whatsinport.com/Le-Havre.htm it will tell you how to connect to the Honfleur tours run by Bee le Harve if that is the one you are doing.
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Does Princess ever use the Manhattan Cruise Terminal?
sewgood replied to Treasure Hunter's topic in Princess Cruises
I think that the old Sun Class ships (Sea, Sun and Dawn) use to use the Manhattan terminal for the world cruise. They were smaller ships than the grand and Royal class. Perhaps it has to do with the ship size as to what Princess ships call into Manhattan pier on a port day. I see that Coral Princess is booked in on the 16/17th of August. Thanks for the above link, it gives plenty of bus numbers for getting to Central station from the pier. Very handy for the WC passengers from down under. 🙂 -
New today - Extra Stuff in Princess Plus & Premier
sewgood replied to arxcards's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
It was free on my last Princess cruise in March for me. Sounds like there has been a change or is going to be one. Last time I went there all I paid for were the drinks. It will be interesting to see what I have to pay for at Alfredo's on my next cruise. I wonder in the following years if I will have to pay for a cheese and tomato toasted croissant at the International Café. 🤔 I'm not being serious, just kidding. -
Indian Food in MDR or Buffet on Majestic Princess
sewgood replied to Retirement2016's topic in Princess Cruises
We were told on one cruise by the section waiter there was always an Indian dish on offer in the MDR each night but it wasn't always on the menu You had to ask your waiter about the Indian selections. This was after Princess dropped the Indian/ Italian etc menu nights from the MDR. It may be the Indian dish from the buffet but if other family members want to eat in the MDR it would work out to order it in the MDR. -
Long Haul Flight, Sounds of the Night
sewgood replied to lyndarra's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Maybe it's harder to snore sitting upright. As you see I have only been in the cheaper seats, back in economy class. 😁 There may be some snorers in business class lying down on their beds. -
28 nights, Pacific Explorer on the 6th June 2024 departing Sydney or Brisbane on the 4th. It's going to Ambon Indonesia as its one overseas stop, great to see a different port in the itinerary. From $3,840 inside, $5499 window and $6808 balcony on a cruise TA site. It may be a rough ride down south in June.
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I was on the Majestic with only 6 covered seats, it was a 28 day cruise so maybe for the longer cruises less people take out the more expensive package.
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We had problems with the HSBC refund from Princess. We filled out the form after getting the 1st email from them of course we didn't have the code (they said they had sent us one) , checked phone texts and emails for it. We requested a code, they sent us one and it didn't work, we did this three times and gave up. Anyway we did as much as we could without the code and then tried again in about 5 days and the code they sent us this time worked. We did get the refund but it shouldn't have been that frustrating and difficult. This was quiet a few months ago now I'm disappointed that they have not fixed the bugs in the system.
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I had a look at it and it's a great cruise I'm tempted to fly to Singapore and board there instead of Sydney.
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We Have Booked Our First Cruise Since Covid
sewgood replied to possum52's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
We were on the Adventure in early June and we were able to book the included restaurants on the cruise control a little before the cruise sailed. There were time slots to chose from and once we boarded there was a sheet of paper in our cabin with the same time for each night, the date and name of the restaurant. They they rotated us around the three dining rooms for the duration of the cruise. I think they said if we did it this way we couldn't change for the first three nights but afterwards we could swap restaurants. Our time slot was held for us for 15 minutes in the dining room each night. So if you had a time of 6pm you had to arrive between 6 to 6:15 pm. -
Hi, I hope this helps even though it was so long ago now. We were there about five years ago on the Golden Princess and we had an industrial port for Hilo and a tender for Kona which came into Kona at a small wharf near the Courtyard by Marriot. The ship was close to shore as shown in the photo.
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BON VOYAGE Coral Princess World Cruisers 2023
sewgood replied to Kiwi_cruiser's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
I hope for the passengers that the post you read got it wrong and they will get there on time. When we went to Petra on a Princess excursion we left Aqaba early and arrived back at the ship in the dark, it was a very long day. It would be very disappointing and upsetting for people who hadn't been there before as it is such an important port of call. -
BON VOYAGE Coral Princess World Cruisers 2023
sewgood replied to Kiwi_cruiser's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
You'll make it on time. Stay positive! Have a great day there whatever you're doing. It's an area full of wonderful things to see. I can't wait to go back some day. No doubt a lot of the crew will head out as well on the buses. The day I was there there were about 6 crew buses that headed up to Petra. -
First P & O cruise questions
sewgood replied to cruiser3775's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
I only saw apple and orange juice on the breakfast drink trays. Maybe you could get it for free if you asked. Maybe... There were certainly more choices up at the buffet but we only went there on the last day so I didn't take any notice as we were in a rush on the last day. -
Gratuities included in fare on Princess
sewgood replied to kaseyoz's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
Same for me. Good point. You've made me feel better now. -
First P & O cruise questions
sewgood replied to cruiser3775's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
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Fire aboard the Pacific Adventure
sewgood replied to cruisine21's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
We were on the next cruise after the fire and on boarding day one of our room stewards gave us a safety lecture and tour of the cabin and reminded us that smoking was not allowed in the cabin or on the balcony. Good to hear that they were reminding and warning people about smoking in rooms and on their balcony before the fire. -
Gratuities included in fare on Princess
sewgood replied to kaseyoz's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
I just read the inclusions in the Princess Premier for my cruise Honolulu to Sydney and I can still upgrade to it for my October cruise. If you haven't sailed yet see if there is a banner up the top of your payment page trying to get you to add it on. The list of inclusions does not include the daily tips for me for this cruise. -
Gratuities included in fare on Princess
sewgood replied to kaseyoz's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
I don't know where it is in writing on the Princess site but it goes that cruises leaving and then returning to Australia, this includes round trip cruises out of Australia and all segments of the world cruise on the Coral/Crown have the tips built into the fare if you book them in Australia. For relocation cruises to Asia from Australia and vice versa the tips are built into the fare But for relocation cruises to Australia from the USA and vice versa tips are not included in the fare and you will have on your payment page of your booking a crew appreciation pre-payment option. Any overseas Princess cruise such as an Alaskan one even booked in Australia does not include tips and these will be added to your daily account if not prepaid. -
Ovation cancels Eden - March 2024
sewgood replied to aussielozzie18's topic in Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
We docked in December in Eden on the Westerdam and it was great getting on and off the ship. In March on the Majestic there was tendering and while it was OK getting off the ship I waited in line for 40 minutes to get back on the tenders from about 11:45am. We were told to try to avoid 2pm-3:30pm, I did but maybe a lot of other people did as well. I was going back to the ship for lunch as the small town was extremely busy at the food and drink outlets with such a large ship in town. I loved the port of Eden but would prefer a smaller ship and docking to go there. -
Well I can pretty well guarantee that we didn't have our upgrade bid accepted. Best of luck to everyone else.