New Princess "Secrets"??

[robgvic]

Smoking is not allowed in the dining rooms, any food service area, or in the show lounges and theaters. Smoking is permitted in staterooms, stateroom balconies, and designated areas. As a courtesy to your fellow passengers, please refrain from smoking pipes and cigars in all public rooms.

[Putterdude]

*waterproof case, that will go around your neck and will hold your ID, cruise card, credit card etc. while swimming/snorkeling in port.

 

 

Where can you buy something like this? Thank you

 

Witz make and excellent product and it is now available directly from them online.

 

http://www.witzsportcases.com/id-badge-holders.html

[bigguy1]

Our friends were told no food without purchase of a drink and no repeats on food ...3 pieces of suchi is All you get

I do not care for wine so NO FOOD!!!

 

Not true! Just be polite and ask for some more sushi and they will give it to you with a smile.

[QQK]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned but same as going on any trips (or even at your hometown), always a good idea to have a small flash light with you, or at least leave it somewhere that is easily accessible especially if you have an inside cabin. There was a short outage on my last cruise and the entire room was pitch black.

 

Also if you are planning to fill your bottle with water from the buffet restaurant, remember to squeeze some lemon juice in. The chlorine smell gets even stronger when the water turns warm as you go ashore so it is close to undrinkable.

[Janet Foster]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned but same as going on any trips (or even at your hometown), always a good idea to have a small flash light with you, or at least leave it somewhere that is easily accessible especially if you have an inside cabin. There was a short outage on my last cruise and the entire room was pitch black.

 

Also if you are planning to fill your bottle with water from the buffet restaurant, remember to squeeze some lemon juice in. The chlorine smell gets even stronger when the water turns warm as you go ashore so it is close to undrinkable.

if you are planning to fill your bottle with water from the buffet restaurant, remember to squeeze some lemon juice in. The chlorine smell gets even stronger when the water turns warm as you go ashore so it is close to undrinkable

 

 

Just bring bottled water... :-)

[QQK]

Read that Princess allows one bottle of wine/champange per person to bring onboard, is it still true? I did that in San Juan but thought that it was one of the few exception ports.

[caribill]

Read that Princess allows one bottle of wine/champange per person to bring onboard, is it still true?

 

Yes, still true.

 

Actually, the cruise contract does not mention a limit on the number of such bottles.

 

"Passengers agree not to bring alcoholic beverages of any kind (except wine and champagne) on board for consumption. You must surrender alcoholic beverages that are purchased duty free from the ship’s gift shop, or at ports of call, to Carrier, which will be delivered to Your stateroom on the last day of the voyage. A corkage fee of $15.00 U.S.D. per bottle (which is subject to change without notice) will be applied to wine and champagne brought aboard by You and consumed in the ship’s restaurants."

[suzski]

Read that Princess allows one bottle of wine/champange per person to bring onboard, is it still true? I did that in San Juan but thought that it was one of the few exception ports.

 

When it comes to wine/champagne, Princess does not limit. We generally brought back a bottle in each port without question.

 

As for San Juan, there is a liquor store literally feet from the entrance to the ship. Although we were not on Princess at the time, I think it is true for most ships that, in that port, as long as you don't have your alcohol prominently displayed, you are good to go. We bought a couple bottles of rum and stuck them in our carry on without any problems. I did hear that some people had their alcohol confiscated if they did not put it in some sort of container other than the packaging from the store but I can't confirm as we didn't see that.

[QQK]

cool.. thanks!

[Nanatravel]

Keep the "secrets" coming. This New thread is so much easier to read.

[bxny]

On the larger ships, such as the Ruby, Emerald, Crown, etc., there is a secret door that leads out to a deck above the bridge. It's a great place to be during sailaway. Just go to the Lido deck and go all the way forward. You will see a door on either side. Go through those doors to another door that leads to a few steps leading to this deck. However, these doors are locked while at sea. It's way too windy and therefore dangerous.

[6pack]

I've never seen this posted before: Wait until the 2nd day to purchase your coffee card and you will get a 20% discount plus there's a free coupon for the coffee mug in the Princess booklet.

 

Dave

Edited May 8, 2011 by 6pack

[Alaskanb]

New York Nana: We called our travel agent who called Princess and made arrangements for an extension cord and distilled water for the CPAP. I think the water is ordered through the dietary manager.

[ROCruiser]

I've never seen this posted before: Wait until the 2nd day to purchase your coffee card and you will get a 20% discount plus there's a free coupon for the coffee mug in the Princess booklet.

 

Dave

 

Where can we find this Princess booklet?

[cruiseron36]

I've never seen this posted before: Wait until the 2nd day to purchase your coffee card and you will get a 20% discount plus there's a free coupon for the coffee mug in the Princess booklet.

 

Dave

 

This is new! Where did you find this?

[6pack]

This is new! Where did you find this?

 

Lindy Sails posted this gem on her Crown Review yesterday. I wanted to share this "Secret" with CC members :)

[DTAATD]

Lindy Sails posted this gem on her Crown Review yesterday. I wanted to share this "Secret" with CC members :)

 

I wonder if they do this on the soda sticker, too?

[Theora]

Not sure if they're still doing this (and would LOVE confirmation if anyone knows), but I had heard that on embarkation day, if you hustle yourself up to the spa and offer yourself up to them for the spa tours, you could get yourself a free treatment! That is, if you don't mind all sorts of people milling past staring at you as you get your facial or ionithermie or whatever. I was thinking about doing this on Crown when we go in December. I don't want to look the fool by asking the spa staff if they don't do this anymore, but I am shameless enough in my love of spa that I'm willing to suffer a possible indignity if it means a free treatment.

 

(BTW, I believe that this goes for guys, too, as there's always somebody demonstrating the men's barber/shave services.)

[MGAfhc]

The supposedly secret doors on Lido deck get mentioned alot but I don't think anyone has mentioned the doors on the forward part of Emerald deck that lead out to the upper Promenade. They don't show on the Deck Plans and I stayed in that area on a number of cruises before finding them. If you are in the forward section of Emerald deck they are a great quick access to outside during the day. They have a very high sill.

[New York Nana]

AlaskanB - THANK YOU! What a great idea! I'm calling our TA first thing tomorrow!

Boy, I really appreciate all the CC'rs who offer so much great info!

[curtdesilets]

I totally agree that the other thread got wayyyy off topic! There where many many non-secrets there that I had to filter though. Here are some tips I found (BTW it took me 8 solid hours of reading 48 pages and 951 posts) These are the things that caught my eye and I made note of:

 

• Complementary plate of assorted stuffed olives at the martini bar.

• Pre purchase internet minutes before you leave you’ll get free minutes based on the package you pick.

• Escargot!!!

• Insulated travel coffee mug

• One of the dining rooms will be open for lunch on embarkation day.

• Volcano dessert, available on children's menu basically a huge banana split.

• When you open the little door under the TV for the plug, well, there are extra outlets not being used. But not if it’s a flat screen

• Ask for Egg crates, top sheet, robe, slippers, bed topper, and upgraded pillows.

• Always ask if there is a charge.

• Under your bed is more bedding.

• Cocktails for $2.99 in all the bars after 8.00pm.

• Request that the steward remove the soft drinks and bottled water from inside and on top of the fridge to make room for our own drinks.

• Request extra hangers.

• Passenger Service Desk (also called the Hotel Manager) will make a hole in our card which we hang on lanyards. They will also do that for you in the casino and give you a lanyard.

• There is another electrical point under the bed.

• Bring a roll of quarters and laundry supplies.

• If you decide to eat in a specialty restaurant you may want to make the reservation for the last night

• Sabatini’s reservation for the night that they are serving Italian food in the main dining room.

• Reservations for the steak house ask to sit at the counter overlooking the kitchen area, fun to watch the staff put it altogether and see the teamwork involved.

• The Fettuccine Alfredo!!! Plus it’s served in a Parmesan bowl, a crispy melted cheese bowl.

• Bring along a small electric alarm clock.

• On the first day, we simply ask to see the week’s menus and look over what’s happing for the week. Then make plans for the week there and then. The MD or any head waiter can show them to you.

• Can go up to the Spa to shower.

• Take 3 or 4 of those black metal binder clips or plastic clothes pens and hang them on the bottom edge of the shower curtain.

• Computer station in the Future Cruise booking area or Internet Cafe, free e-postcard, 300 character limit but you could send more than one message to the same email address if you need to get a longer message out.

• Befriending the maitre'd, the head waiter, and everyone who takes care of you.

• Appetizers and sushi are free in the Vines wine bar but not the cheese.

• When you get off of the elevator to go to your room, one side of the ship on every passenger deck the hallways have blue carpeting. The other side has blue carpeting but there is some red in that side.

• Duck liver pâté appetizer.

• Various lamb entrees.

• Last night of the cruise, head up to the Horizon Court (or the International Café) for some pre-travel treats. Cookies are always available. We put a couple cookies in our zip loc bag(s) for our travel home the next day.

• Ask for anchovies on your caesar salad at dinner.

• Take a pop-up mesh hamper for your dirty clothes.

• Empty luggage? The Steward will stow it for you.

• Find out when/where the Muster drill is and go get your life jacket. Take it with you a little ahead of time and "beat the crowd".

• Highlighters for Princess Patters and highlight times/ places/ activities, etc for the next day

• Sticky notes for when spouse sleeps in to leave a note on the MIRROR or DOOR

• Magnet to put it on the door.

• Water bottles for on shore.

• Clothes line in the bathroom for swimming clothes

• On disembarkation day if you are trying to get on an elevator to get down to the disembarkation decks, push the up button, ride up and then down as the up elevators are not full.

• We take our empty water bottles up to the buffet and fill them from the water spigots there (late at night just before we go to bed) oh and we might pick up some desserts to eat too lol!!!

• twice-baked goat cheese soufflé,

• Lobster and Scampie Dinner with a side of Alfredo.

• Purex 3-in-1 strips

• air freshner

• waterproof case, that will go around your neck and will hold your ID, cruise card, credit card etc. while swimming/snorkeling in port.

• empty beach bag a place to put all your purchases

 

 

I hoped this helped and I really hope this thread stays on topic instead of fighting with each other like the last one :)

 

This is the berst post ever!!!! :)

[Bernbun29]

Something to note, I have never seen this before, but my DH wore his card around his neck while snorkeling in Cabo San Lucas, when he got back on board, every white character, including the Princess logo was gone, all he had was a totally grey card. He had to get a "lost card pass" to get back on the tender; however, his card did work when we got back on board in terms of being scanned. Yes, we do have a waterproof case but he just didn't wear it.

[treasure4two]

This is the berst post ever!!!! :)

Best post ever-thanks for taking the time to do that for us!! :D

[FawnRiver]

The 50% three hour sale is mostly a ripoff. The 50% is off the original retail price. Many of the items have already been marked down more than 50% and can be bought for the cheaper markdown price in the stores at any time.

Like any sale, anywhere, you have to be careful. I go to these sales and wade through a lot of stuff, sometimes you do find a really good bargain. At one sale, I found a $30 shirt for $4. Most of it isn't a deal though. I bought a sundress in the atrium shop and a couple of days later, they were in the sale at the same price I bought it at in the shop. (In the event you were wondering - its really hard to find a nice sundress in Toronto in January, so I couldn't really get one ahead of the cruise.) If you have trouble controlling yourself, you might just want to avoid their 'sales' altogether.

[butternut1]

I guess I was lucky. I got a few really great bargains with this sale. There were two tops that I saw in the atrium shop that I really wanted but the price wasn't as attractive. Everytime I went past the shop, I would see those tops and each time I wanted them more and more. I stayed strong because the price was more than I wanted to pay. When I heard of the 3 hour sale, I figured there wouldn't be much that I would be interested in but had nothing else to do so I checked it out. I am SO glad that I did. Guess what I found? Yep, those two tops and at a reduced price that I was more than happy with. I was ecstatic. If I remember correctly, the price in the shop just the day before was 39.99 each. When I found them on sale during that 3 hr sale, they were marked down to 13.99 each. Yep, I left there, one happy camper.