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Cruising Tips Chatter / Re: How to maximize all of your On Board Cabin Credits (OBC's)
« on: December 22, 2013, 08:01:48 PM »
We just returned from a 20 day cruise on the Emerald (2 - 10 day B2B) and requested an additional cruise from the Capt circle host and received it without question. I also brought along some old cruise cards & received an additional credit for a 5 year old B2B trip on the Crown.
Our Internet minutes were only applied once (250) and not bridged but the bar setup was restocked after 10 days. We have been on trips where the minutes were carried over. I suppose it all has to do with the Internet manager.
Our Internet minutes were only applied once (250) and not bridged but the bar setup was restocked after 10 days. We have been on trips where the minutes were carried over. I suppose it all has to do with the Internet manager.
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Cruising Tips Chatter / Re: Promotional OBC's
« on: November 25, 2013, 09:53:29 PM »From time to time Princess will offer extra OBC promotions to help fill the ship. These are for "new" bookings only. (Or Not)
We took advantage of that one time about 2 years ago & haven't seen one since. It doubled the FCC credit & you could also use the best price offered by your TA.
We're about to leave on a 20 day trip & will request 2 cruise credits since we booked it as 1 trip although it was offered as 2 10 dayers.
I'll also taking some old cruise cards from a few years back (2- 7 days booked as a 14 day trip) & see if they give me extra credit for that one also.
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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: January 15, 2013, 07:43:44 AM »
They had an hour program on the Discovery channel or NATGEO channel the other night a which was supposed to be about the removal of the ship. It turned into another program mostly about the incident with the last 10 minutes dedicated to how they're going to turn the ship & float it to away.
Good thing I recorded it & could skip past the old stuff.
Good thing I recorded it & could skip past the old stuff.
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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: November 05, 2012, 10:53:03 AM »
Interesting project. I never liked Costa but I suppose the loyal Costa fans will be dieing to see the ship if it ever floats again. 
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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: November 05, 2012, 09:27:13 AM »
I haven't been keeping up with the removal progress but how is it going? The last I heard is that they were going to cut it into manageable pieces to be lifted onto barges.
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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: October 16, 2012, 07:32:28 AM »"Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, has launched legal action to get his job back, nine months after the luxury cruise liner capsized with the loss of 32 lives.
Captain Francesco Schettino is also claiming back pay, after it emerged that he had been dismissed by Costa Cruises, the company that owns the Concordia, in July.
"Costa Crociere confirms that it has concluded the disciplinary procedure against Schettino, following the sinking of the Costa Concordia, ordering his dismissal," the company said in a statement."
http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?c=setreg®ion=3&m_id=_rms~~AY!v&w_id=8339&news_id=2003472
If they do reinstate him as a captain I can only wonder what that would do to the image of any of the other captains as well as the stock price.
Would anyone feel comfortable sailing with someone like that.
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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: July 06, 2012, 12:13:48 PM »
I wonder if the Capt had an armed guard for security when he walks around town.
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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: June 07, 2012, 06:28:22 AM »http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/survival/stories/what-went-wrong-on-the-costa-concordia-9119062?click=pm_news
The article mentioned
"People emerged from their staterooms wearing pajamas and life vests. Crowds formed and confusion reigned; few knew the location of their lifeboat stations. That information would have been part of their muster drill, required by law to be performed within 24 hours of boarding. But the ship was in the first hours of its cruise, so the 696 passengers who boarded that day had no idea where to go."
I guess they didn't read the muster location on their cabin door.
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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: May 18, 2012, 11:49:13 AM »It will be cut up for scrap.
That's what they said originally & then I read that the Costa Concordia is to be salvaged in 1 piece which led me to believe they might re-float it.
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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: May 18, 2012, 05:28:04 AM »Salvage work to remove the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship from its rocky perch off Tuscany, where 32 people died, will begin early next month and is expected to take a year, the Italian owner announced Saturday.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9U9C6200.htm
I haven't keep up with the reports about the salvage work but have you read what they intend to do with the ship if it's to be salvaged in 1 piece? Are they going to try & reuse it as a cruise ship once again?
I really have my doubts if people would want to book trips on a ship with that reputation even if they could rebuilt it.
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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: March 23, 2012, 04:50:35 AM »
That leaves me a little lost for words. 
Not that anyone would believe a word of it but maybe he could donate any proceeds to the families who lost loved ones, as if that would help things any.
Not that anyone would believe a word of it but maybe he could donate any proceeds to the families who lost loved ones, as if that would help things any.
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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: February 18, 2012, 11:52:36 AM »
I don't know if you posted this before (since there are so many)
Is there anything that guy is innocent of.
http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/story/2012-02-18/Lawyers-Cocaine-found-in-sample-of-cruise-captains-hair/53139926/1
Is there anything that guy is innocent of.
http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/story/2012-02-18/Lawyers-Cocaine-found-in-sample-of-cruise-captains-hair/53139926/1
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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: February 09, 2012, 06:47:31 PM »"Italian divers risked life and limb to rescue a teddy bear that a child had left behind on the Costa Concordia during the chaotic evacuation of the cruise ship last month.
The child's father told rescuers that the little boy had been unable to sleep since the disaster and desperately missed his toy.
He wrote to islanders who had given shelter to him and his son after they were brought ashore when the 950ft long vessel ran aground on the Italian island of Giglio on the night of Jan 13.
Islanders passed the letter to the island's mayor, Sergio Ortelli, who in turn gave it to rescue divers, who entered the hull on a special mission, finding the cabin where the boy had been staying and retrieving the soft toy – bedraggled but intact.
They found the bear hidden in a tangle of debris – overturned tables, chairs, mattresses and scattered luggage."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/9072265/Costa-Concordia-divers-launch-rescue-mission-for-boys-teddy-bear.html
Obviously there can't be any other more important things to do.
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Princess Chatter Archive / Re: Carnival owned cruise ship Costa Concordia runs aground off Italy
« on: February 09, 2012, 11:32:44 AM »"We know the captain messed up, but the question is, why did he mess up?"
http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/story/2012-02-08/Lawyer-Costa-Concordia-survivors-to-push-for-change-in-laws/53011718/1
Maybe because of stupidity in operating a ship that size that close to shore. Oh sure, his superiors didn't tell him it might be a bad move to do anything that dangerous and therefore he shouldn't be held fully responsibly if anything did happen.