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Princess News & General Princess Chatter / Re: Relaxation and serenity in Sactuary Club while staying away from the lower class
« on: May 23, 2024, 07:05:46 AM »
The same argument could be made for the 'Elite lounge', pay to dine speciality restaurants, and Captains Circle cocktail gathering, or 'Spellbound' on the Sun Princess. All of these are somewhat throttled in regard to availability, but they don't deprive passengers of anything really.

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Princess News & General Princess Chatter / Re: Princess Cruises Alcohol Policy
« on: May 22, 2024, 09:21:32 AM »
Part of the problem is created with Princess. Doesn't seem too long ago the soft drink package was in the 30 dollar range for a week, and included a Princess branded thermal glass (of which I still have several). That was reasonable, but the newer "Per Day" methodology in costing out these packages is encouraging more carts loaded with sundries.
The  times... they are a changing'.

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Princess News & General Princess Chatter / Re: Relaxation and serenity in Sactuary Club while staying away from the lower class
« on: May 22, 2024, 09:12:38 AM »
This sounds great, but I'm sure there's a significant cost. I have no problem with this program, since it actually doesn't deprive other passengers.
The other caveat is that the appearance of a reemerging 1st class, 2nd Class, and Steerage classification to Princess Cruises, or at least there's an
unspoken undertone to all of these pay to play privilege levels.

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Princess News & General Princess Chatter / Re: Princess Cruises Alcohol Policy
« on: May 21, 2024, 12:48:53 PM »
Guess it's a good thing I no longer bring 20 cans of beer onboard.  :-X

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Princess News & General Princess Chatter / Re: I tried Princess Cruise's premier package (Your mileage may vary)
« on: May 20, 2024, 10:13:51 AM »
These packages, just like the 'bid for upgrade' program for cabins are NOT designed to serve passengers. Rather they skew the profitability index of each sailing passenger in terms of revenue pp. I wonder who in the echelons of Princess figured out the 15 drink per day, and internet packages.

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Cruising Tips Chatter / New W-2g trigger limit for gamblers/casinos?
« on: May 19, 2024, 10:55:50 AM »

Is a revised trigger limit for declaring winnings to the IRS using a W-2g form about to change? The $1200 trigger has been in place since 1977.

https://www.thestreet.com/travel/cruise-lines-las-vegas-strip-gamblers-get-good-irs-news

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Princess News & General Princess Chatter / Re: Here's the latest Princess unofficial daily schedule
« on: May 18, 2024, 06:06:13 PM »
Saying thank-you seems so inadequate, but this effort must be praised and acknowledged..  so thank you Mike.
I shall scroll, copy and mark the h*ll out of it with abandon.

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Sun Princess Chatter / Re: World class shopping mall experience on the Sun Princess
« on: May 17, 2024, 04:48:35 PM »
So, that was purely to defend yourself against financial damage. (My wife picked up what she thought was a nice little purse, with the low low price of $14.95. Turns out it was... $1495.00. Needless to say it remained property of Princess Cruises).

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Sun Princess Chatter / Re: World class shopping mall experience on the Sun Princess
« on: May 17, 2024, 12:20:41 PM »
I have seen some overly spacious shops on the ships. Retail space is fine if.iits utilized well.

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Sun Princess Chatter / Re: Sun Princess isn't a floating retirement village by any means
« on: May 17, 2024, 12:18:21 PM »
Excellent Rich.

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Princess News & General Princess Chatter / Re: Princess will start advertising the FULL fare price upfront
« on: May 17, 2024, 12:16:54 PM »
No difference when calculating all costs is a normal practice. I even note the 5ers and 10ers I carry for baggage tips and whatnot. More about knowing what the boxes are, and making sure they're checked.

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Sun Princess Chatter / Re: Sun Princess isn't a floating retirement village by any means
« on: May 16, 2024, 01:44:43 PM »
We have a b2b2b booked for the fall, in an Oceanview cabin. From what I've seen of the amenities for this cabin, it's quite pleasant.
I will be exploring like a kid on the new ship... looking forward to this cruise immensely.

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Sapphire Princess Chatter / Re: Propulsion issues
« on: May 16, 2024, 01:41:25 PM »
This must be a large disappointment for passengers on this voyage. Perhaps this will impact many future cruises on the Sapphire. These things do happen, and hopefully repairs are effected quickly.

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Enchanted Princess Chatter / Re: Even more changes Rhode Island and Maine port calls
« on: May 16, 2024, 01:36:58 PM »
Not surprising given the impact on marine life.

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Caribbean Princess Chatter / Re: Caribbean Princess seeks shelter while visiting Falmouth
« on: May 16, 2024, 01:34:23 PM »
Is that an odd photograph, or does anyone else see a particularly noticeable bend in the exterior balcony floors? Looks to be through all floors from deck 7 upward, about where the 600 series of cabins changes to the 700's, and does appear to include Horizon Court. It 'must' be the photograph.  :-\

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