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So, being a betting woman:

Which will we get to us first?

The BIG tax refund (filed March 2022) or Princess refundable OBC of $400 cruise ended April 19th. 

I am going to bet it will be Princess as the winner!!

I do not know (yet) if this is on the Carnival brand, however, I had (several times) :

Key Lime Pie Martini

OMG!! So good. Tasted like the pie but the alcohol was not noticeable at all. It was sweet and smooth ~ great drink for the mid afternoon.

On 5/13/2022 at 11:22 AM, cyclist_guy1 said:

i believe you purchase the $5 messaging once youre onboard and you activate the hub app. the $5 will be charged to your sign&sail card.

Thanks for answering.

Question: When do you purchase the $5 messaging?

I am not familiar with Carnival cruise line and am doing a ton of investigating and reading.

My DH and I will be "taste testing" the Carnival Panorama next October for our 44th anniversary.

We have done 1 Disney cruise and 9 Princess cruises.

We are trying out a lot of different main cruise lines and Carnival is first up to bat in October.

I know absolutely very little about Carnival ~ so this will be like a newbie all over again 🙂

Following...

DH and I are also on this cruise. The Medallion app on this ship has issues for sure.

Last night dinner at the Crown Grill was very good.

Good morning, all! We are heading out this morning for the Crowne Plaza hotel.

Looking so forward to this as it has been 27 months since we last got off from a cruise. Not expecting like it was because there have been so many changes, some of them good.

Making new friends, eating something I did not cook, watching movies, gazing at the sea, etc.,...ah yes!

As someone who has just spent 2 months trying to "fix" between my Dr.'s office and pharmacy (will not name it but by mail) it frustrating to say the least that nobody can fix or have a good answer.

My Dr's office was just as surprised by how inept this company is. It's still in process after weeks of "communicating" with representatives and even a pharmacist. This started Jan. 10th and it's been 3 months and 2 weeks of trying to get this resolved.

So, with that being experienced, I get why the OP stated what needed to be said. He feels that Princess is shooting themselves in the foot and pointing fingers elsewhere and not fixing what is not working with a program they have decided to go with. It's not good that you cannot get answers to a question even though you have tried and tried.

I am lucky enough to have tried a PVP and she has reached out to make sure that I did not have any issues or questions pre cruise. 

@We_like_to_cruise excellent review. Thank you!

Its in the Onboard reservations. Scroll down to the bottom and its labeled as:

Our cruise is coming up in a few weeks. This will be our 9th cruise with Princess, and it's been 27 months since we last got off a cruise ship.

We did get the Plus package. We are not big alcoholic drinkers however we do love our specialty coffees which I personally can drink 3 -4 a day 🙂 . Not to mention sodas and water. Trying to figure out how to make my coffee card last a 15 day cruise was a challenge. Glad I do not have to count daily coffees anymore. 

We have not done the Plus package (drinks, Wi-Fi and gratuities) ever. This will be an interesting comparison against the other cruise lines we will be on this year and next. Its not that we don't love Princess because we do. Just want to try different lines for itinerary and price differences. Not to mention how we feel while on board.

I expect the plus package will go up as time goes on - hopefully not too much.

15 hours ago, MsSoCalCruiser said:

@caribillI agree with you 💯.  Princess has always been our favorite line but I’m thinking of trying another cruiseline if the prices are lower.  It actually makes me sad.  

We have done mostly Princess and we are going to try all the other big lines. Variety is the spice of life and we want to do a comparison with different lines.

@jwattleWell Countess, I could not have handled it better. 

Sometimes my goto is: What? I'm sorry, could you repeat that because I have a hearing problem. I really do, but sometimes it just comes in handy.

Thanks for sharing your trip with us 🙂

We expected that certain gifts that Princess would give would be curtailed for a while and not surprised at all.

We usually save the chocolates and give to family.

We have never had towel animals on a Princess cruise (have done 8 ) so I am not sure where that came from.

The nice thing about the MDR is that if you want more, all you have to do is ask. The one thing I know for sure about taking a cruise is that you will NOT go hungry 🙂

57 minutes ago, copi2boys said:

What is the normal cost for a Swedish massage on Princess Majestic?  Will be sailing for the first time on Princess this summer.

Go into your booking at look into the services. They have a list of options. 

1 minute ago, AnyMajorCruiseDude said:

Currently just shy of 1400.

Thank you!

We will be one the Grand in April going to Hawaii. So looking forward to this cruise.

Thanks for the reporting on what you see and experience.

Do you know how many passengers are currently on?  Stats for Grand say 2600 for guests.

I too am having no email response from mine.

Would be nice if someone would let me know what / why this is going on.

He told me @ the time of booking to send him a copy of my husbands DD214. I did and I keep asking for a response.

I am thinking that I should move this booking to another TA instead of using Carnival's PVP.

On 2/5/2022 at 12:35 PM, geoherb said:

And speaking of Princess Plus, the glass of wine I had at lunch appeared on my statement. I was checking to make sure my onboard credits had appeared correctly. The goodwill credit never showed up on the "Payments" tab of the Cruise Personalizer, but it was on the travel summary--and it's showing up on my account on the ship as well.

 

I stopped by guest services about the charge. Guess what the answer was? She's going to have to check with her supervisor. She said she could see that I had the beverage package but did not know why it was not activated correctly. She told me not to worry about the charge. It would come off when they fixed the problem. She jotted down a note about it.

 

Here are photos of the wine list showing what's available. The online version is slightly different. I noticed some things are on it that are not on the ship's wine list and vice versa in terms of being available by the glass. The online version also has descriptions of the wines. I think the dining room has a larger version that includes them.

 

 

Thanks for doing this ~

I am noticing most are by the bottle and not priced by glass. Is it what you see is what you get?

13 hours ago, Steelers36 said:

OH .. THAT issue.  I thought I read where people were scrolling back by year.  It certainly is a stupid and amateurish programming effort for a date field.  

 

ETA:  I wonder if a trick is to manually set the date on your phone to your BD, do the entry in MC App, and then change phone setting to auto set the date.  Might be faster in long run.

The impression I got putting info in the Medallion Class App was that there were many different individuals (contributors) in the set up. Yes, some of it as I was doing it, made me scratch my head in wonderment. 

I loaded everything (photo, passport info, etc.) for him on my app and it showed up on his. 

I think the only thing he needs is to make sure his log in and password works and its says stage 4.

2 hours ago, skynight said:

This discussion has been going on for years & years. Princess will adjust the loyalty program when they feel it is to their benefit.

Disclaimer. We are milestone cruisers with Princess. Have no problem with the current benefits. Definitely don't want to limit the l laundry benefit.

 

Isn't it nice to having "normal" discussions going on again? 

20 hours ago, Steelers36 said:

Yes, reinstall or update since the App has had several updates in the past 3 mths - typically, once per month.  They aren't going to offer support if you aren't up to date.

Well, that was the correct answer. I just reinstalled and now all is good!

Thanks for you help!

Question: Why I cannot seem to get the app to acknowledge our acknowledgement of the passenger contract? Got everything else done and currently @ step 2 of 4. Blue lane. Our cruise is in 68 days. 

Should I take the app out and reinstall it? I had orginally installed it 3 months ago.

It used to be that you could use your OBC to make tour reservations w/ Princess.

I haven't tried it yet because we are supposed to go to Hawaii in April, and they just might switch around the itinerary.