rocklinmom

In my many years of booking Princess shorex's I have never seen the price go down. They definitely do go up, based on demand usually. For example, I waited on a certain shorex once and when they added another busload (that 20 tickets remaining thing) the price went up $5pp. So if you know you want a shorex I would book it. You can always cancel it later if you change your mind.

We are elite and our app shows the 50 percent Wifi discount. I agree that your status could be wrong (hence the blue medallions) so might want to call in and get it corrected.

Am I seeing the classic Caesar salad (not the new kale and chickpea version) and the classic LoveBoat dream dessert (no bright red coating on the chocolate heart)? I hope to see those on the Royal so maybe there's a chance.

We used 80 Francisco St. garage for a cruise a few years ago and it was way easier, just booked online. Now it seems you can only fill out the form and wait for a callback to take your credit card info (hopefully securely) over the phone to reserve a spot. On the form it also says that the longterm cruise parking spots are in an uncovered area (up top perhaps). It states that if you park anywhere else in the garage your car will be towed. I'm not sure about leaving or returning in possible rain next month in an uncovered area. At this point I think I will look into parking at SFO and take a taxi/Uber to and from the port.

I will try to post, although historically I haven't had a lot of luck doing it live. I did request paper copies of the Patters so if I get them I will post whenever I can. I have my college students as my "tech crew" to do that kind of thing haha.

We will be on the Royal Hawaiian cruise for the holidays so I'm hoping you will post about your cruise? 🙂

Wow great food and menu pics, thanks! We will be on the Royal so it won't be the World Marketplace but they will probably have similar things. And kudos to you for being patient in the MDR and then using the buffet for your backup dinner. We have done that before too, it's not like anyone would ever have a lack of food on a cruise ship 🙂

Loving seeing the menus, thank you! We will be on the Royal but they tend to be similar. And there is the new kids' menu too, thanks!

Ooh love Princess food pics! Keep them coming please! 🙂 And would love to know more about the vegan/vegetarian section in the buffet.

Yes we love using the good old fashioned paper cards with the colored stampers. So fun and brings back childhood memories for me. We have also won many times that way.

Thank you all! So happy to hear that we can still play Bingo 🙂

Is Bingo still a thing on Princess? I can't seem to find an answer. I search photos of current Patters and don't see it, or I'm missing it? Can someone who has sailed recently please confirm if we can still go the Vista Lounge and play Bingo? Or is it all online app stuff now?

So glad to read your reviews, we will be on the Royal in December. You sailed out of San Francisco, so where are you headed? If Hawaii would love to hear about that as well. And I'm happy to hear that I can request paper copies of the Patter. How did you do that?

Yes I am hoping to see that Amex offer return as well. For Princess it was the World's Leading Cruise Lines cash back offer. Would be nice if it appeared before December so we could use it!

Ah good to know! Since the Anza parking lot is separate is it still connected to SFO by the Air Train? If not how do you get to the terminals?

Thank you! Yes if we don't stay at a hotel the night before we might just park at the SFO parking garages. For the long-term one it looks like you take the Air Train over to the terminal? We would probably just catch a taxi from there.

I was looking at doing something like this, but the hotels around SFO have a limit of 10 days to park there and our cruise is 15 days. Are there any that will allow longer parking times?

Do they still have Bingo? There's nothing like sipping a drink in the Vista Lounge stamping a Bingo card and hoping to win some cash. I hope they didn't get rid of it with the Medallion online gambling stuff.

This excursion credit is also showing on the 12/22/22 holiday cruise I'm watching, so I guess it does apply to cruises before January? It says as long as booked by Halloween (although some here are saying it is actually thru 11/2).

How were the Hawaiian ports? Any issue with docking times or tender lines (if applicable)? And did you do any Princess excursions there?

So if I book excursions pre cruise they will charge the full amount, then I will get the ten percent back as onboard OBC? Just want to make sure I'm understanding this.

Thank you for this link to the new holiday menus Astro Flyer! Hoping they post the Christmas and NYE ones soon as well.

Ooh where did you see these? Would love to see the holiday menus. EDIT: Never mind, I found them on another thread. Thank you Astro Flyer! 🙂

Oh dang! I just checked the fares of a cruise I'm watching and it's a lower fare if I'm logged in. Looks like $80 less pp.

The booking layout is different today too! It now says "Your (cabin type)" instead of "Stateroom & Price Details". Also the price breakdown (fare, taxes, applied promos, total price, deposit amount) has been replaced with the cabin photo and cabin amenities list. Someone in Princess IT was busy this week.