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@2326nanapa, be aware some crew may be leaving. I was on Enchanted from May 4-18 and HGM Raffeale said he will be leaving in June, so you still have not got confirmation if Mr. Nicola will still be on board July 6.

When u book EZAir flexible fare, you pay in full when final payment is due, but you have till 45 days before flight or sailing, whichever is sooner to cancel/change without penalty or fees.

@envy4u, have you looked at EZAir for booking the departure only Toronto to Rome. As posted by others earlier, when booking direct with many airlines, a one way international fare is sometimes almost the same fare as roundtrip. EZAir has had very good one way international fares. Then you should look to see if booking the FLL to Toronto leg in EZAir is reasonable or just book Air Canada using points or $.Yes, I know FLL to Toronto is an international flight, but that route one way is usually not so outrageous as booking NA to Europe, one way. When you are checking EZAir, there is a drop down box to select, departure AND return, departure only or return only. If you book departure only or return only, you cannot later change to departure and return.

I don’t quite understand your question. Because or your itinerary, your trip is known as an ‘open jaw’ ticket which is basically 2 one way tickets? Do not understand your statement cannot book ‘return’ ticket from FLL, which many people use to mean a roundtrip , which you are not doing, as you only need one way FLL to Toronto. You also do not need to use EZAir to book both segments. You can book departure only or return only. So if EZAir has a good fare for Toronto to Rome, just book that departure only and you have option to book Air Canada with $ or points for FLL to Toronto. EzAir does not always have ‘every’ flight available for you routes.

There will be a MDR serving sit down breakfast ‘every’ day, it is sea days that lunch will also be available in a MDR. Location and times will be listed in patter/events listing.

For clarification it is called the ‘Premier’ package and Jamielogical also had the Premier package and was charged for her one scoop. Since it is a ‘swap’ for the ‘Premium Dessert’, plus package should be allowed 2x day opposed to unlimited for ‘Premier’.

The Princess website states only the first 2 passengers on a booking are required to have the same package, if one is buying a package. If there are 3rd or 4th passengers in the same cabin, it is optional and you need to call Princess or your TA to get it added to the additional passengers. In your case, yes, one passenger with package can order a drink and pass to passenger3 who does not have drink package. It is breaking the rules and getting caught could mean the package is voided without refund. Other cruise line DO have a policy that ALL occupants need to have the same package, but currently Princess only requires passenger 1 and 2.

@Ellipooh, Yes, you can decide to disembark, but there may be consequences. Since this ship originated in the US, disembarking in another US port would cause a PVSA violation, which the fine would be charged to the passenger as they are voluntarily leaving the ship. I believe the OP has decided to stay and rough it out for the remainder of the sailing. It appears most of the plumbing issues have been resolved.

I just wanted to clarify for others that your picture is not what is currently on many other Princess ships. As far as I know, the Beekman products are only available on the new Sun Princess. I am assuming some ships may have the old ‘sea foam’ colored products, but am thinking when they run out, it will be the clear product that is on most ships now.

@adams1216, I did a quick ‘search’ and Wikipedia results say Taiwan passport holders require a visa to visit Uruguay. As I posted earlier, if the cruise line is offering to do this for you, it would be noted in the travel summary for Princess. You should easily see what countries a Taiwan passport holder can visit, and if visa is required.

This post was moved from the Princess board, so I replied before it was moved, I assume the OP is on a Princess ship?

As @cr8tiv1stated, they will book you to the next ‘port’ that will allow you to embark, which may not necessarily be the next port on the itinerary.

A few years ago I was booked on a Transatlantic, FLL to Southampton. I used EZAir for my flight to FLL from LAX and booked the redeye connecting in ATL. Unfortunately, weather caused ATL to shut down and I did not find till out till I arrived at LAX. At first, EZAir offered to just get me to FLL, I shared no, that will not work as the cruise is going to Europe and the next stop is Bermuda and there is limited service from FLL to Bermuda. Finally, EZAir offered to get me to Bermuda , fly tomorrow and wait for ship in 2 more days or fly in 2 days when ship should arrive, but if you miss ship again, you are on your own. I decided to fly to Bermuda early and wait for ship. Since I did not have travel insurance, hotel cost in Bermuda was my expense. When I boarded, I was informed, and received OBC for the missed 3 days of the cruise.

I believe the OP is concerned about possible PVSA violations. IIRC, Princess would get a waiver or pay the fine?

@JimmyVWine, have you been on a Princess ship lately? Your picture does not represent what I have had on my sailings this year on Discovery, Sapphire, Ruby and Enchanted. The product is now clear for both, so I would not be surprised if it is the same. I bring my own now as the clear stuff has an unpleasant smell to me. I will try to remember to ask if the Beekman products may be coming to the other ships when I board Enchanted again this weekend.

Hi @Riemercruisin, did you get your gift cards applied to your booking? My TA told me Royal and Celebrity now require them to have a picture of your gift card whereas I know with Princess, you can just supply your TA with the gift card and pin number. With Royal and Celebrity, the agent has to send the gift card info to them to get them ‘processed’ opposed to Princess, where your TA can apply thru the cruise line booking portal. The FAQ’s on Royals website say it can take up to 10 business days to process. It also says your TA can apply them to your booking, so you do not have to use on bookings ONLY made directly with cruise line.

@Hobby3333, be aware, this is only on the Sun Princess, as I believe on all other Princess ships they use a combo shampoo/conditioner and a separate body wash. This was on my recent sailings this year on Discovery, Sapphire, Ruby and Enchanted and they were a generic clear product with what I considered an ‘industrial’ smell so I knew to bring my own products.

@latebloomer56, I believe the ‘chefs table’ menu is being standardized across the fleet. I believe in the past, the on board chef had many more options. Try and search to see if the standardized menu will be acceptable for your tastes. I agree suite breakfast is worth the visit, but some may value sleeping in more of a priority. I also heard Princess was supposed to be creating a ‘new’ book, but I have heard no news regarding this, so I believe no book will be given.

It is the passengers responsibility to make sure they have necessary documents to travel to another country. ‘IF’ Princess will be providing a ‘permit’ it would be listed in your ‘travel summary’. You access your travel summary thru the cruise Personalizer through the boarding pass and travel summary link at the upper right area on first page when you go into your booking. Click on this link, then scroll to print travel summary, click this link, and review. I would think most countries have entry requirements on their official home website, but, they might not be updated or apply to ‘all’ cruise lines. I am not familiar with Uruguay’s entry requirements. One time in the past, for Vietnam, some cruise ships could get a ‘cruise ship’ visa for only $5 and provided to passengers once on board. Unfortunately at the time, Princess, for whatever reasons, did not participate in this arrangement, so you either got your visa on your own, or Princess did state they would obtain for you, but the cost was quite a bit more. Calling Princess these days is hit and miss since I believe the call center has been moved off shore and many have reported agents that are lacking knowledge and training.

I believe @workingboyis getting D+ from his Celebrity ‘match’ and I believe any amenities for being D+ which are based on your C&A ‘points’ apply. Since some Celebrity passengers sailing on Royal using their ‘match’ status, will not have a lot of C&A points, they would not get invited to Cheers w/Officers. You would not get invitation to Chops breakfast as it is a benefit for Pinnacles and guests in suites.

Hi @JamieLogical, I was on the May sailing with you and the first time I visited the Gelateria, I asked if I could get any flavor gelato by itself instead of a premium dessert and was told I would be charged. When I was on Discovery earlier this year, they had no problem allowing me any flavor gelato by itself as a substitute, which is why I asked. Later, I happen to sit with the HGM at the MTG(most traveled guest) luncheon and mentioned this to him. He said, I am allowed ‘any’ gelato by itself with the Premier package and to mention his name if I had any problems. So, it seems to be a matter of training on the Enchanted, but the policy does seem to vary on different ships. I am back on the Enchanted next week, so I will see if I have any issues getting just gelato. I only went back one time last May and the crew member gave me just gelato without charge. FYI, getting a little off topic, O’Malley’s towards the end of my B2B started serving ‘real’ onion rings instead of what seemed like the frozen reconstituted powered onion rings from a supermarket. You only get 6 now, but they were a great improvement. Was my first time on a ship with O’Malleys so I do not know what has been previously served. Looking forward to next week to find out if the swap to real onion rings is permanent. I am feeling this is a ‘new’ change since the holder for the ‘tower’ is designed to hold a lot more than just 6 rings and previously the tower of rings was filled to the top with the smaller ones.

Hi @flhokie, I did not see you mention visiting the concierge lounge that suite passengers get access and I have heard they usually have an evening gathering with alcoholic drinks and sometimes different ‘themes’. Did the suites experience manager not organize these evening events on your sailing or you were not interested in attending? You review mentions having dinner in the Capri dining room, but I assume you were seated in the ‘reserve class’ section which should have had more personalized service and an extra entree/special? I was on Enchanted last month and also had the Premier package. At Ocean Terrace they had no problem substituting the spicy tuna roll for California roll, which is just imitation crab, avocado and cucumber. If you are on another ship, with Ocean Terrace, ask if they will do this. Unfortunately on Sapphire, they do not do substitutions because the sushi is not made to order in front of you like on most Royal class ships. I enjoy Princess, but can only dream of booking the Sky suite. Thank you for your review.

Yes @geoherbwho is currently doing a live on the IP posted BECAUSE the token machine is broken, the washer and dryers are free and you still need to purchase detergent if you did not bring your own. I imagine once the token machines have been repaired, you will need to obtain tokens, $3 wash and $3 dry, using your medallion. It has been reported on some other ships, the washer and dryers were free and detergent and fabric softener were stacked on a shelf to take as needed. This is NOT the normal situation on most Princess ships.

@MsTabbyKats, the on board ‘specials’ will mostly be for sailings within the next 90-100 days or sailings they want to fill. Fall 2025 being so far off, unlikely any sailings will be listed. Last year while on Sapphire in July 2023, I was able to book a March 2024 sailing that was on the 50% list. Offerings now are more limited and usually max 6 months out.

@MsTabbyKats, future cruise used to be able to show you a ‘list’ of the on board booking discounted cruises. When O.N.E. Originally took over handling future cruises on board, they introduced these ‘on board’ specials. Most were 50% off the Princess.com fare. What was also happening was many times the ‘plus’ pkg was also being discounted. The system at that time was not giving ‘premier’ pkg pricing. In many cases after you booked, you were able to upgrade to the premier pkg for only $10/day instead of $20/day. A few times, for me, the cruise Personalizer would not allow this upgrade and when you called, Princess would tell you the upgrade to premier is $20/day. The official word was only the cruisefare was supposed to be discounted and now they manually back out the discounted plus package. The discount now ranges from 25-50% and last month on Enchanted, I was told no list available, but you need to ask what is currently available as the offerings can change quickly. For sailings within 90 days, you will have to pay in full. They did have some that were later which would only require non refundable deposit, so if you did change your mind before final payment, you would lose your deposit, which should be $100/person. You would be able to transfer to a TA, as long as it was before final payment. Some of the consultants will push the ‘packages’ starting at $3499/person, most reports on cruise critic are to ‘stay away’. Search for the threads regarding this for more information. Before O.N.E. Changeover, booking on board did not have many ‘extra’ amenities, but there were a few extra OBC promos. Obtaining FCD’s as currently they are fully refundable is highly recommended if you think you will sail with Princess again. I hear Celebrity just changed their $100 ‘book later’ deposits in 2024, where you will lose it if not used. With Princess, if not used or requested before expiring, you will be refunded to credit card used. You may also search for an earlier thread on this subject, as I know this question is asked often and I recall seeing it.