JF - retired RRT

Another tip: time the washer & dryer (signs are usually on the wall telling how long the cycles take). That way you can put your laundry in the machine and come back a few minutes before the cycle ends, rather than wait in the laundry room for the whole thing...boring.

That request worked on one ship (can't remember which ship) and didn't work on a different ship (Star).

We were sooo disappointed. Boarded the Star, anxious to finally hear/see Capt. Tuvo and he was on vacation!! No, say it ain't so!! We missed him😥😥

Already getting military with EVERY cruise. Got the free gratuities because we're booked on 2 "3 for free" cruises. Useful info if we decide to book a cruise that doesn't have free grats.

When we hand the card to the waiter, we request no singing. Last time, we didn't sign up for it (my birthday was 3 weeks before the cruise), the waiters brought a cake and started singing before we could stop them. A total surprise. We didn't do the pre-cruise notification because we were watching the calories (just lost 30+ pounds each), so we gave the cake to our steward.

Interesting...never experienced that. Of course, once you're on Lido, there's noting to stop you from going down the stairs with your luggage and going to your cabin. Going down with luggage is easier than going up.

That's what the steward told us. We had booked the sanctuary for the day we would be in Glacier Bay (Alaska) and asked him what would happen if we decided it was too cold. He said, "just don't show up". We didn't go and were not charged.

Here's an example: We had booked a B2B on the Pacific for Dec/Jan 2019 and 2 days later the 3 for free sale started. We were booked in OV midship for $2799 & $2559 pp. With the sale, we were able to move to an aft obstructed balcony at $2719 (same price for both legs), PLUS $200 pp OBC for each leg. YMMV. As noted earlier, some prices go up and some go down...we got lucky.

That's the one that I have. The lotion and the soap. Plus, I use a hand sanitizer after handling the menus (I've watched, they aren't cleaned between uses).

Keep in mind...the digital coffee cards are gone as soon as the voyage is over.

We've gone to the dining room for embarkation lunch on every one of our Princess cruises (20+).

The above was our experience.

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I rounded off and from memory. Just looked up my current booking on the Pacific and we paid close to 3K pp for an obst. balcony after grabbing a price drop. Our original price for an inside was $2500. That 10K balcony was, again, on the Pacific and during the holidays. The Pacific is pricier than the other ships.

When I've gotten upsell offers, I check the website and see what's available...then when Princess calls back, I tell the rep. where I want to be. Snagged an amazing aft balcony on the Pacific for a reasonable charge. The balcony was going for 10K/pp at that time. We paid 3K for an inside. This was for a 17 day Panama.