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I get it. It was actually $3.22 on the credit card and immediately followed with two $100 gift card payments, but the same premise!

Yes. $0 balance and travel insurance still in place on statement.

I figured as much since it was was the two $100 gift cards and separate CC balance, since you have to enter each individually instead of one full payment.

I actually is still on there, so not worried. Just odd, but then again it is Princess! 🤪

I paid off our cruise today with two gift cards and the remaining $3.22 on a CC. While I was entering them, I got two of these notices via email. (see below) However, they still showed on the invoices. Once I completed entering the last gift card, I got an invoice showing it paid in full and the notice was no longer there. Has this happened to anyone else? Is that normal and do I need to be concerned, THE FINAL PAYMENT RECEIVED WAS INSUFFICIENT TO COVER THE PRINCESS VACATION PROTECTION/PLATINUM VACATION PROTECTION FEE. THE PRINCESS VACATION PROTECTION/PLATINUM VACATION PROTECTION HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BOOKING.

Kind of reminds me of the time I ordered a tuna melt onboard. When it came, there was no cheese on it. When I pointed it out, the waiter said it didn't come with cheese. I asked him, then what is the melt. He then took it and brought it back with cold (unmelted) cheese on it. 🤪 i

My CPAP is an Airsense11 and I love it. Has a small carrying case and easy to transport. My post #29 about the desk being on the opposite wall in our Mini Suite was incorrect. I was looking at the standard Mini. Saw a video of our accessible Mini and was happy to see the desk is by the bed. So we will be bringing a small cruise approved extension cord. 😀

Same for my Regal cruise that I just booked yesterday. Yesterday $1964. Today $2199 with $200 per person shipboard credit. Some sale! 🤪

Cruisemapper is showing the ships speed at 21.1 knots. Don't know how accurate the info is, but it appears to be a good sign.

Thank you for posting this. It makes sense now on why Repo or Panama Canal cruises stop have a stop in the ABC islands or South America (Columbia).

I totally agree!

Bring back the two R-Class ships. Pacific Princess and the Ocean (Tahitian) Princess and give them a sliding glass cover over the pool. Adults only! Call them the Virgin Princess and Viking Princess. 😆

Wish all the best for those both coming and going. Does anyone know if the Sapphire uses an Azipod propulsion system? That was the problem with the Radiance of the Seas earlier this month in Vancouver. Seems to be only on RCL and Celebrity.

Thanks! I checked it out and our stateroom has the door on the right, which matched what we had already seen off the pictures.

Yes, I should have said stateroom instead of suite. We are in a MS on our upcoming Regal cruise and unfortunately the desk is on the opposite wall with no outlet on or behind the nightstand.

Me too! Always lay on my left side facing the machine. Because my wife wants to be on the side closest to the bathroom, I choose staterooms where the bed is positioned on the left wall as you enter. Unfortunately, Princess deck plans don't show what side the door is on, so I look for pictures of the suite I am looking to book.

Same here in Dallas. Looks like an interesting cruise. Our 55th anniversary is the day after the eclipse, so anxious to see the pricing.

Thanks Paula! Enjoy your Alaska cruise!

I am disappointed that Seabourn did away with the Grill by TK, but after our last experience there, I noticed it had slipped dramatically. I can get steakhouse quality at home, but I have to cheat a bit to accomplish it. I sous vide the steak first for at least one hour at 130 degrees F, then finish off searing in a cast iron skillet 30-45 second on each side while basting with butter. Rest 5 minutes and serve. Now I'm hungry!!! 🤪

We are on the Regal this coming Fall. Do you recall if the beef was from Nolan Ryan's ranch? I know they announced it in December for sailings out of Galveston. https://www.princess.com/en-us/news/news-releases/2023/12/princess-cruises-brings-the-ranch-to-the-high-seas-with-goodstock-by-nolan-ryan

Same here!

We are in a MS on our upcoming Regal cruise. I'm going to try writing in Eggs Benedict. If that doesn't work, the next time write in poached egg, bacon, and english muffins with 🤪a side of hollandaise sauce.

We were booked on Celebrity on a TA crossing years back. The way I found out there was a problem was on the Roll Call. We all posted our stateroom #'s on the roll call and someone posted the same exact cabin # as us. 😮 We were originally booked on a 7 night Caribbean cruise, but the ships schedule changed and was to leave Barcelona now on the same day our cruise was to begin. They offered our deposit back, or keep the booking and take the 14 day crossing for what we paid for the 7 day Caribbean. Then they offered the folks that were originally booked on the TA for two weeks earlier, a refund or, transfer to the new one with an OBC and a future cruise credit. What a mess. We were refunded our deposit and given a future cruise credit that we never got to use.

I'm not seeing those when I log in. Worst that can happen is find out it was a mistake and they refund you the deposit.

If they are squeezing 6 glasses out of a 750 mil (25.36 oz) that is some serious nickel and diming. Guess I'm a lush. At home it only gets me 4.