Rare Ombud Posted May 10, 2023 #51 Share Posted May 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Italy52 said: Interesting --- It took us 2 days to get our "change out", it finally arrived at 9 PM the 2nd day after a couple of calls to Room Service. Maybe a lot of people are using the Crew Call Chat method thereby causing a back up with Room Service requests?😁 On the Royal Princess GSD requested that i ask my steward or crewcall chat. So I'm going to ask my steward directly as well as crewcall chat ..... but this explains why there's no switch out on short cruises. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italy52 Posted May 10, 2023 #52 Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Ombud said: On the Royal Princess GSD requested that i ask my steward or crewcall chat. So I'm going to ask my steward directly as well as crewcall chat ..... but this explains why there's no switch out on short cruises. Princess needs to get their act together --- cruisers are getting more and more frustrated by the lack of continuity among ships and their procedures. This year we went on the Discovery twice, we will be on the Royal in June and the Crown in July --- can't wait to see how the Royal and Crown "swap out" works. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted May 10, 2023 #53 Share Posted May 10, 2023 10 minutes ago, Italy52 said: Princess needs to get their act together --- cruisers are getting more and more frustrated by the lack of continuity among ships and their procedures. This year we went on the Discovery twice, we will be on the Royal in June and the Crown in July --- can't wait to see how the Royal and Crown "swap out" works. I hear what you are saying BUT the switch didn't work on a 3 day cruise. It worked on cruises longer than that. So as long as your cruise is 5+ days you're good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italy52 Posted May 10, 2023 #54 Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 minute ago, Ombud said: I hear what you are saying BUT the switch didn't work on a 3 day cruise. It worked on cruises longer than that. So as long as your cruise is 5+ days you're good. All the more reason to allow Elites to pick ahead of embarkation. Doesn't seem right that you shouldn't be able to enjoy one of your perks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted May 10, 2023 #55 Share Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Italy52 said: All the more reason to allow Elites to pick ahead of embarkation. Doesn't seem right that you shouldn't be able to enjoy one of your perks. I think there needs to be an addendum to the perks .... like 1-3 day cruises just get a proportional amt. 1 day - 1 water, 1 liquor, 1 soda 2 day - 2 waters, 2 liquors, 2 sodas 3 day - 3 waters, 3 liquors, 3 sodas 4 day - 4 waters, 4 liquors, 4 sodas 7 day - full minibar Ridiculous to give a FULL minibar for an overnighter Edited May 10, 2023 by Ombud 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare startedwithamouse Posted May 10, 2023 #56 Share Posted May 10, 2023 We couldn't swap out liquor last week on Discovery Princess. Only a straight all liquor for non-liquor or all for a bottle of wine, or trade tonic, sprite and sparkling water for all diet coke. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted May 10, 2023 #57 Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 hour ago, startedwithamouse said: We couldn't swap out liquor last week on Discovery Princess. Only a straight all liquor for non-liquor or all for a bottle of wine, or trade tonic, sprite and sparkling water for all diet coke. Maybe they should just give elites a bottle of wine and no minibar. Buying 12 waters00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare startedwithamouse Posted May 11, 2023 #58 Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Ombud said: Maybe they should just give elites a bottle of wine and no minibar. Buying 12 waters00 IMO, they should give a minibar, and no swap outs. We asked since two people had Plus, and the other was a non-drinker, hence the request for all Diet Coke (to drink) and Sky (to take home). Edited May 11, 2023 by startedwithamouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italy52 Posted May 11, 2023 #59 Share Posted May 11, 2023 5 minutes ago, startedwithamouse said: IMO, they should give a minibar, and no swap outs. We asked since two people had Plus, and the other was a non-drinker, hence the request for all Diet Coke (to drink) and Sky (to take home). I disagree with that. We do not drink nor do we purchase drink packages. Swapping out allows us to get soda and water without purchasing them. It is an earned perk and therefore should be available to all. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted May 11, 2023 #60 Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Italy52 said: 1 hour ago, startedwithamouse said: IMO, they should give a minibar, and no swap outs. We asked since two people had Plus, and the other was a non-drinker, hence the request for all Diet Coke (to drink) and Sky (to take home). I disagree with that. We do not drink nor do we purchase drink packages. Swapping out allows us to get soda and water without purchasing them. It is an earned perk and therefore should be available to all Unless they want to discard it all together and replace it with the missing loyalty obc as a tiered perk. I'll gladly trade it for 100 nonrefundable OBC 21-30 25 OBC 31-40 50 OBC 41- 50 75 OBC 51+ 100 OBC Edited May 11, 2023 by Ombud Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italy52 Posted May 11, 2023 #61 Share Posted May 11, 2023 14 hours ago, Ombud said: Unless they want to discard it all together and replace it with the missing loyalty obc as a tiered perk. I'll gladly trade it for 100 nonrefundable OBC 21-30 25 OBC 31-40 50 OBC 41- 50 75 OBC 51+ 100 OBC Are you quoting days or cruises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted May 11, 2023 #62 Share Posted May 11, 2023 52 minutes ago, Italy52 said: 14 hours ago, Ombud said: Unless they want to discard it all together and replace it with the missing loyalty obc as a tiered perk. I'll gladly trade it for 100 nonrefundable OBC 21-30 cruises 25 OBC 31-40 cruises 50 OBC 41- 50 cruises 75 OBC 51+ cruises 100 OBC Are you quoting days or cruises? Cruises not nights. So this would be an addition to the other perks after removing the minibar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ldtr Posted May 11, 2023 #63 Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, Ombud said: Unless they want to discard it all together and replace it with the missing loyalty obc as a tiered perk. I'll gladly trade it for 100 nonrefundable OBC 21-30 25 OBC 31-40 50 OBC 41- 50 75 OBC 51+ 100 OBC If I recall correctly by 25 loyalty did not start until my 25 cruise and my 50 started on my 50th cruise. Edited May 11, 2023 by ldtr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted May 11, 2023 #64 Share Posted May 11, 2023 15 hours ago, Ombud said: Unless they want to discard it all together and replace it with the missing loyalty obc as a tiered perk. I'll gladly trade it for 100 nonrefundable OBC 21-30 25 OBC 31-40 50 OBC 41- 50 75 OBC 51+ 100 OBC That’s not really fair to those working towards Elite status 15 cruises/150 days. I don’t want to eliminate the mini bar, that’s an Elite perk. Not everyone buys the beverage package or wants their 1 bottle of wine. It’s enough for my DH and I bring my own wine OB. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted May 11, 2023 #65 Share Posted May 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, PacnGoNow said: 15 hours ago, Ombud said: Unless they want to discard it all together and replace it with the missing loyalty obc as a tiered perk. I'll gladly trade it for 100 nonrefundable OBC 21-30 cruises 25 OBC 31-40 cruises 50 OBC 41- 50 cruises 75 OBC 51+ cruises 100 OBC That’s not really fair to those working towards Elite status 15 cruises/150 days. I don’t want to eliminate the mini bar, that’s an Elite perk. Not everyone buys the beverage package or wants their 1 bottle of wine. It’s enough for my DH and I bring my own wine OB. Then shift the obc to: 16- 31 cruises 25 OBC and let the rest stand. Honestly Princess doesn't care what I or any of us thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted May 11, 2023 #66 Share Posted May 11, 2023 2 minutes ago, Ombud said: Then shift the obc to: 16- 31 cruises 25 OBC and let the rest stand. Honestly Princess doesn't care what I or any of us thinks Probably true, but they definitely troll the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissP22 Posted May 13, 2023 #67 Share Posted May 13, 2023 (edited) Everyday it seems to be something new with Princess.🤨 Edited May 13, 2023 by MissP22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted May 13, 2023 #68 Share Posted May 13, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 1:35 PM, SwimCarrie said: So this is the current policy? It's even more loose than you might read into the literal wording. You can get all beers for the alcohol half if you want - for example. You can get a mix of soda and water for the non-alcohol - for example. IOW, it doesn't have to be an all-in swap. Also, from your wording above, did you ask your cabin steward or did you call Room Service? RS takes take of the mini-bar delivery and swaps and they are the ones to contact directly. It's one of my first calls once on board so I am near top of request list. If on a B2B, I always call the day before and give them my custom order so that a swap is not required. It is too bad we cannot pre-submit our mini-bar orders via the App so that swaps are not required. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted May 13, 2023 #69 Share Posted May 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Steelers36 said: It's even more loose than you might read into the literal wording. You can get all beers for the alcohol half if you want - for example. You can get a mix of soda and water for the non-alcohol - for example. IOW, it doesn't have to be an all-in swap. Also, from your wording above, did you ask your cabin steward or did you call Room Service? RS takes take of the mini-bar delivery and swaps and they are the ones to contact directly. It's one of my first calls once on board so I am near top of request list. If on a B2B, I always call the day before and give them my custom order so that a swap is not required. It is too bad we cannot pre-submit our mini-bar orders via the App so that swaps are not required. They make up those in massive batches. Many people make no changes. I usually keep all but the scotch which I trade in for vodka. If every setup was done per request it might take many more people and time to do the initial setups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted May 13, 2023 #70 Share Posted May 13, 2023 1 hour ago, memoak said: They make up those in massive batches. Many people make no changes. I usually keep all but the scotch which I trade in for vodka. If every setup was done per request it might take many more people and time to do the initial setups And open up a can of worms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Guardsy Posted May 15, 2023 #71 Share Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/13/2023 at 12:46 PM, memoak said: They make up those in massive batches. Many people make no changes. I usually keep all but the scotch which I trade in for vodka. If every setup was done per request it might take many more people and time to do the initial setups It was many years ago when both Princess and HAL, on the personalizer, asked for your two alcohol preferences, ie; Vodka and whiskey. Must have been easier years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted May 15, 2023 #72 Share Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 4:48 PM, Ombud said: Maybe they should just give elites a bottle of wine and no minibar. Buying 12 waters00 I don't want their crappy wine and I don't want 12 bottles of water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ombud Posted May 15, 2023 #73 Share Posted May 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, Thrak said: I don't want their crappy wine and I don't want 12 bottles of water. What do you want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted May 15, 2023 #74 Share Posted May 15, 2023 1 minute ago, Ombud said: What do you want? I would like to, for once, get the actual mini bar as promised. We have yet to get the correct setup. They are always "out of" one thing or another. Any wine that Princess chooses to replace the mini bar is bound to be pretty poor and I don't usually drink bottled water as I find the plastic pollution to be horrendous. Think of a major sporting event where they may end up with 50,000 empty plastic water bottles. I didn't grow up with a water bottle in my hand and don't understand the "modern" mania for always having bottled water. I tend to drink tap water. I do like to have a bottle of San Pellegrino before bed but wouldn't have that if it wasn't included in the drink package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted May 15, 2023 #75 Share Posted May 15, 2023 On 5/10/2023 at 12:30 PM, antsp said: With all the tech of the app, why not let you customise it before you board, it would save so much work Because, as we all know, Princess employs absolutely crack IT personnel and the app works soooooooooooooo well... 🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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