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Pretty sure your Australia to North America sailing, the currency on board will convert back to USD. I did the April 2023 Sydney to LA sailing on the Majestic and the currency on board was USD. Sounds like your 10 day prior to Transpacific the on board currency will be AUS$.

The key is the 2 letter category you booked, not necessarily the deck. So if that area/location might have ID’s, you theoretically could be upgraded to deck 5 in a IC. You need to acquaint yourself the various locations your selected Guaranteed Categories are located thought out the ship and possibly higher ones in case you get upgraded. What you are guaranteed is the Category or higher, not the deck or mid forward or mid aft sections. Normally the higher or closer to A, the second letter of your category, the more mid ship those cabins will be located, of course there are exceptions.

@dides, Majestic Princess has started serving the Ocean terrace menu at Lunch on Sea days at The Catch, Ocean Terrace location still remains just a bar on Majestic. Was told started about 1 month ago.

I am not sure if this number is accurate, but in a previous thread, I believe I saw a post that said, Princess will reserve 20% of the number that have purchased the Premier package for the ‘reserved’ seats, so this may help you estimate the number that have the Premier package. So the math would be if you see 100 seats reserved, then approx 500 passengers have Premier.

The Champagne price listed on the bar menus for Premier pkg was $19/glass, so depending on how many a day you will order may make sense to upgrade to Premier from Plus as the upgrade price is currently $20/day per person to upgrade from Plus Pkg to Premier Pkg. Plus Pkg allow for alcohol drinks up to price of $15/drink, Premier is $20/drink. So real Champagne would be covered in Premier. Plus only gives 2 casual dining , 2 fitness classes, 2 desserts/day, whereas Premier gives unlimited casual dining, unlimited fitness classes, unlimited desserts, plus 2 Specialty Dinners, photo package, and princess prizes . Mosts bars should have Champagne, but a few have very limited stock and will not.

I suggest calling Princess to see if they can do, else have each party book for table of 2 for same date/time, go to Crown Grill on day1 and ask them to link all requests and be for table for 6 as we know they have larger round tables. I have even seen them rearrange tables to accommodate different party sizes.

Embarkation ports and itineraries can cause variations. On a few select cruises, I have seen the MDR NOT open for lunch for various reasons on embarkation day. Times are usually 11:30-1 or 12-1:30 and depending on ship will be midship on deck 6, or aft dining room usually on 6. Not sure with the layout of the new Sun class. Once on board, get a copy of the daily Event listing and it should show if a dining room is serving lunch and its Name/location. Copy will be in cabin or available at Guest services.

@HiCCCs, since you are going to be going to the Future cruise desk anyway, make sure you ask to see the list of the selected sailings that are 50% off! Congrats for reaching Elite. This is a new promo introduced this year that sadly I heard is finally ending at the end of the month. Do not confuse this promo with the Princess website of up to 50% off. The on board promo is for guests currently on board and can not be booked if you are not on the ship. You are allowed to add a passenger2 who may not be on the ship, but you passenger1 needs to be on board. The 50% off is in most cases 50% the fare you see on Princess.com. Can not be combined with regional and targeted offers, so when checking fares, do not login. For solo’s it is like no solo supplement and if the Princess fare already has a low solo supplement, you still get 50% off that fare! Fares are capacity controlled, so even if there are cabins available, the 50% off numbers allowed may have been reached, and even if more than 90 days out, may require payment in full at time of booking. Many of the fares were also discounting the Plus pkg so you were only paying $30/day instead of the current $60/day. The list used to be about 5 pages but last time I saw, it was down to 2 pages, more specially, one page, front and back. There were some sailings out to May 2024. As of April this year, future cruise deposits will expire in 1 year, but close to expiration date, you should be able to call Princess before expiration and get it extended.

Depending on how much in the future your cruise is, Princess can increase the price of the packages at any time, so waiting till boarding day has some risks. I have friends boarding the Sapphire for 32 day voyage at the end of the month and they have decided to wait till boarding on Day1 to get package as the increase in Insurance would be substantial.

Hi @HiCCCs, for clarification you state ‘I’ll be turning Elite on the second leg of B2B’, do you really mean during your first leg of B2B, you will have finally met Elite threshold of 15 cruise credits or 150 days? OR is it on the SECOND leg of the B2B, you meet the threshold? No, minibar is NOT reduced for solo’s. Also sometimes Princess does not charge a supplement for solo’s. I have seen the supplement be 0 to 100%. One cruise line had a per cabin policy(so solo’s could bring 2), for bringing bottles of Wine/Champagne, but I believe it was recently revised to per person. You do NOT earn your credits till AFTER you complete your cruise, so if it is the second segment that will qualify you for Elite, then you will need to wait for your NEXT sailing to be recognized as Elite. You do not get recognized as Elite if that sailing is the one where you will reach the thresholds. I know of one exception to this rule and it is, if you qualify for a new tier in the first couple of days of a LONG voyage, the Loyalty agent may upgrade you for the entire voyage. I am unsure of Princess definition of LONG, but I know this occurred for a passenger on a 26 day voyage. Princess now has Future cruises handle Loyalty queries and matters. On the Emerald, there is a dedicated Captain circle desk opposite Guest Services and during select hours, the lead Future cruise agent would be there. On many other ships, there is no longer Captain circle desk, just go to Future cruises and ALL of the agents are supposed to be trained in Loyalty matters. If the first segment will qualify you for Elite tier, verify with Future cruise on first leg and they will make sure you are upgraded to Elite for the second segment. They may have you go to guest services for a new medallion or just place/give you ‘Elite’ sticker for your existing Medallion. They will also let you know if on the second segment if it might be a slight delay it getting the system to recognize your new tier and have to manually update the system, then call the appropriate departments to get you new benefits/amenities.

Hi @rosevew, what maki roll is pictured? Looks like traditional California Roll(crab/cucumber/avocado) with something on top? Could not find match from the listed menus.

Cruise Vacation Planner also previously known as PVP Princess Vacation Planner, they work for Princess and can book your cruise and should be knowledgeable about the product. YMMV.

Stick in the mud, are you familiar with this saying?

At San Pedro , checking in for Emerald last August, no priority lane/line for Plat/Elites/Suites, either you had Medallion and went to Green lane or did not have Medallion and got in LONG blue lane, or special services like wheelchair and went to Grey lane. Once checked in and if boarding has not started, Elite lounge boarded first. Once boarding starts, it moves quickly and usually lines for check in or shorter, but there are exceptions like Canada Place with 3 ships in port.

Hi @rosevew, I just checked the LATAM website, for contact us, they have drop down menu and have a UK number you can call starts with 0800 digits. Appears most flights/fare have 1 free checked bag with 23kg limit , but best to always verify since you are on codeshare.

Just off the Majestic, they still used deck6 midship DR for reserve, but everyone else has to go to Allegro, deck6 AFT dining room for Embark lunch, breakfast and lunch. Head waiter said crowds were getting too big to accommodate everyone in deck6 mid(Concerto). Princess also uses deck6 AFT dining room(international dining room) on Sapphire for embarkation lunch, breakfast and Sea day lunch.

Sounds like they booked on board at Future cruise and those agent’s knowledge regarding airline luggage allowances is most likely limited. Even EZAir tells you to click links that go to the operating airline to try and help you see luggage fees, but best is to always verify with the ‘operating’ airline as the OP appears to have an Iberia flight ‘operated’ /codeshare by LATAM. The EZAir record locator for the Iberia flight probably only has the Iberia 6 digit record locator and you need to call Iberia or LATAM to get the LATAM record locator. This is true when I book a DL flight operated by partner WestJet. I need to call DL to get the WestJet locator number in order to see my flight on the WestJet website. The EZAir confirmation will not have the LATAM long LA ticket number so future cruise agents would not be able to help in that respect.

Hi @rosevew, thank you for the heads up. I just got off the Majestic and they had the regular menu not your new lunch menu used at The Catch on Sea days. Ocean Terrace on Majestic is a Bar only, but glad they started to serve Sushi at The Catch on Sea days. I join Discovery on 10/21 so will be checking if they will offer your ‘lunch’ menu which I find limited.

Hi @rosevew, I am flying LATAM airlines from Santiago booked on EZAir. First leg is operated by LATAM and connection is a Delta aircraft. The LATAM website will accept the long ‘ticket number’ I believe starts LA…, OR you should be able to get from Iberia the LATAM 6 digit record locator or PNR? You probably should also be able to get this information by calling LATAM directly. I know they have a toll free(800) number, but are you a UK resident? I am imagine they have a toll free number from your region. The LATAM agent will be able to verify your baggage allowance and you should also be able to verify once going into the LATAM website under manage my flight and there it will show your baggage allowance. LATAM will ask your flight, date, and your name and birthdate to verify you. Website might also ask you to supply email for flight administrator which would be you.

Yes, the bar will/should have can and fountain soda.

Yes, back then, Vietnam issued cruise ship Visa’s , the process as of August 2023 is now the eVisa online application and Celebrity now wants the passenger to obtain.

@PurplsmurfCA, in this context is ‘Crew Appreciation’ aka Daily Gratuities.

I have been in the Sapphire, Emerald and Majestic since June of this year and all 1st timers had White medallions with Blue Seawitch. I asked Hotel director on Sapphire and was told this is the new policy. Supposedly, eventually all officers will also have White Medallions, but the ‘I love this’ script will also be present. As previously posted, White has previously been used for Inauguration year ship sailings. My family all received White Medallions on Discovery last year with the color of the Seawitch matching their loyalty tier.

I emailed my request to shareholders for my 11/25/2023 sailing I just booked. Emailed at 4pm Pacific time, checked my booking 2 hours later and it was posted already. It appears that department processes requests at all hours, as earlier this week, sent in requests for bookings I have next year at 10pm one evening, by midnight benefit was posted and even got a email confirmation for one of the bookings to review that had EZAir for only one of the passengers, which is correct as other passenger is doing independently, so kudo’s to that agent for sending a reminder to review that booking. I know Princess has employees around the world working, as I previously had an enroute delay with my flight being canceled when I arrived at the airport, when I called at 11pm, the agent was in Australia. Currently, shareholders benefit processing is very quick, only a few hours and possibly shorter. You normally will not get confirmation the benefit has posted, just check your cruise Personalizer under ‘Payments’ tab and scroll down to check.

You may be confusing The SaltyDogGrill where the burgers, hot dogs, and other foods usually on the lido/pool deck which is still included in all cruise fares with The SaltyDogGastroPub, which is the sit down Casual Dining venue located on a few ships and has always had a fee to use, but now has a prix fixed $14.99 menu and ala carte pricing. On Royal class ships, the only one that does not have complimentary Pizza usually at Slice is the Majestic Princess, but the Majestic has the Noodle bar instead which is complimentary on the pool deck.