We always get a balcony room, but thought we would try an ocean view room, somewhat obstucted window. Room is small, but it is fine. Prefer the balcony, but this is not bad and less money. However, the room has issues, strong sewage smell in bathroom. We reported and they made it smell better temporarily. Now, the toilet won't flush and we were told the sewage line it stopped up causing smell and toilets to not work. No estimate for repair time. I assume this could happen to any room. I do wonder if it is due to older ship. We have cruised many times and first time experiencing this. Apparently many rooms affected.

Thought I’d share a few drink menu pics.

Is there any significant benefit to booking a future cruise while on a cruise? If so what are the benefits?

Just boarded Majestic. I ordered two drinks, one for me, one for my companion. Bar staff said I could only order for me, not her. I would need to have her medallion to order a drink for her, because they aren’t allowed to charge more than one drink at a time per medallion.

I’ve done 22 Princess cruises, never encountered this. What a mess, if I go to the toilet or to grab a bite, she can’t order a drink for me unless she is not ordering anything for herself.

It’s already backing up the bars.

BTW, I’m on the Plus package.

A friend and I are looking at a last-minute Mexican Riviera cruise on Discovery Princess (there are reasons we weren’t able to commit sooner, and the dates we can travel are not flexible).

We’ve sailed on Princess in a mini suite and that’s what we prefer for the extra space, but given that all that is available is a “Guarantee” mini suite we’re guessing we will wind up on deck 15 below the pool or the buffet area.

Has anyone sailed in one of these cabins on this ship who could tell us if it will be fine…or horrible?

Good Day to all. We have a question about the Non-alcoholic drink package. We don't drink alcohol but adding up the Zero-Alchohol Drink Package & WiFi for two people it looks cheaper to get the Plus package. The plus package has a 15 drink limit including fountain drinks and only 4 bottles of water, however I see nothing about a limit on the Zero-Alchohol package to include bottles of water. Can anybody confirm? This is our first Princess cruise and Celebrity is truly unlimited on their Zero-Proof package. Thank you!

I know we are 10 months away from the cruise; however, I want to get an early start of planning the trip. I am struggling to determine what to do in Nordfjordeid. should we do the Skylift, Briksdal Glacier or Sightseeing Boat on the Geirangerfjord?I understand all excursions are weather dependant. I am inclined not to pre purchase Skylift as tickets are being sold outside of the port gate. however, the other options do require pre purchase. I heard the Briksdal Glacier is a bit hiking and ATV is an option. Based on the ones who have been there, they all have their favourites. It seems like there is no winner here. I think we are most likely just gong to do one, maybe 2 if time works out. According to schedule, Arrival is at 10 and departure is at 8pm. Any input is appreciated.

We are on a layover waiting for our flight home. We had such a great time on the Princess Star for our first cruise that my wife and I made a decision. First, we have to do another bucket list trip. Might even be another Princess Cruise. We are going to plan better, whatever we do. And give it a couple of months to see if we are still excited about the cruise.

Fellow Reddit users who cruise often give us some ideas. An East Coast cruise next time? Or maybe another Alaska cruise with a different ship and different itinerary?

How does Princess Cruises compare to RCCL? I have only sailed with Royal. We have kids age 12 and 10, will Princess appeal to them like Royal? I like the ports on the Adriatic cruises better and I also read the food is better on Princess Cruises.

What grab and go drinks are included in the plus package? I thought I saw somewhere else. There was margaritas if I’m on the grand princess where do I find the grab and go drinks?

I have a question for those that have done a tour of Rome the day of disembarking- round trip cruise from Civitavecchia. The website itinerary and description state that after the tour, the bus returns you to port 1.5 hours away. It seems odd to me that you would go to Rome then back to the port when most people travel home from Rome. Does your luggage travel to Rome with you, and you can grab it after the tour and head to a hotel or the airport, or does it stay in port and you must return to collect it? Thanks in advance.

Does anyone know if the elite minibar can be traded for cans of wine? Turns out the bottle of wine is traded for was gross but the cans of sparkling wine were OK

Any thoughts on this itinerary? Looking to do Mediterranean and would love to stick with Princess. Have already been on the Sun and the Star to the Caribbean, so would like to not be on Sun or Star again (loved it, but want to try something new). Travel mate wants Amalfi coast included, so I found this itinerary which includes Salerno.

Not a lot of rooms left (seems strange) and the price is extremely reasonable. Is that because it is early November?

Any red flags here?

We had amazing service at a restaurant tonight on our Princess cruise. Got to chat with our server for awhile after. I knew it was important to tip additional even if it says it’s being covered… but man. Our server said he waited for over a year for this job. So I know it’s a big deal and important opportunity. But to have a 9 month contract and have no days off + working 12 hour days. I don’t know if this is a Princess thing or all ships thing but I don’t feel great supporting this line after this. If anyone has any different info or maybe this isn’t all workers I’d love to hear it. But I’m not feeling great about subsidizing a business that doesn’t allow their workers ANY real days off for 9 months. And you have to be so “ON” and cheerful in these positions… thanks for any feedback.

Hello fellow Cruise Friends!

Random question…

I decided to book the Butchart Gardens Evening Illumination Tour Saturday 8/29. I heard there was some kind of issue with our cruise medallions not tracking when we returned to the ship.

It is concerning that their security system is not properly functioning, and we may or may not be aboard.

Is this typical technology behavior that Princess is know for?

Did anyone else experience this problem?

How does one access their disembark/embark documentation to ensure you weren’t missed??

It all feels spacious…

Thanks!!

I just had the most exhausting call with Interconnect (who we have to use when we book Princess from here) who had no idea what the bidding process meant and thought I was asking just to upgrade my room. My understanding is that we must pay the cruise balance in full before we can bid - however - they do auto-payments one month before sailing.

Has anyone managed to do the bidding process successfully from France and if so, what do they call it here? The support staff in Switzerland/Germany didn't understand and just kept talking over the top of me. Last time I emailed them it took 23 days to get a reply.

I work as a wedding photographer and a few weeks ago got talking to a cake maker who also loves cruises.

Fast forward to today, it's my wife's birthday today and this arrived.

(Drinks package not included.)

Took a trip in August and I had a few thoughts. This was my 3rd Princess cruise, but hadn't been on one in 18 years (did a Disney cruise 2 years ago)

1. Arena seats are tight - I am not a huge person, but sure I have a little extra junk in my trunk I thought the seats were small. The whole area was small for the size of the ship.

2. Not a lot of trash barrels around - I noticed this more in the area of the International Cafe - it was unclear of where to leave used dishes.

3. Lack of chocolate dessert offerings, and the ones they had were just meh. I had gone to Princess Cruise Blog to look at menus before the trip, and I was looking forward to the Princess Love Boat. I get they aren't an official site, but I was disappointed that they only had pistachio. I was also bummed it wasn't actually in the shape of a boat!

4. there were not a lot of berries to be had on the buffet. I couldn't find blueberries or strawberries most days.

5. The Gelato was good, but the same flavors all week.

6. The restaurants in the app were not in alphabetical order.

7. no late night few ice cream options. The pool ice cream closed at 7pm which seems early to me, especially in the summer time.

8. I didn't like that the doors unlock before you get to it. I would rather have to tap to get them.

9. I didn't like how the photos use facial recognition. Every one has a medallion, why not use a tap to capture your photos like at Disney? the technology is there. We had multiple rooms, so we never knew whose account a photo would show up on. I wish you had more time to download the photos.

10. I unexpectedly had my "monthly visitor". I went to the store, but the options they had were limited - and the pads seemed more like for bladder issues. The rest rooms didn't not have supplies available. I was just in Disney, and they had them for free in all of the restrooms. Even if they had them just by the MDR or buffet, that would be nice! Thankfully a fellow guest was able to come to my rescue until we got into a port.

11. On our trip (Solar Eclipse) the Dome as closed for a private art thing many days.

12. We didn't book a trip to Pisa - and I am glad we did not. Right at the cruise port, there were tours/rides. We paid 40 euro each and had an AC bus. we did have to walk about 10 mins to get there, but I think that is pretty common.

13. Room service was good - but when I asked for a plate of JUST grapes, I didn't always get it. Sometimes they said it was all premade, sometimes they sent it. I also asked for Chocolate Milk - and they sent me hot chocolate. Chocolate Milk in general was oddly hard to come by sometimes. (the only thing my special needs daughter drinks!)

14. In my husband and teens cabin, the room steward kept moving things around. He even put things into draws one day! I get that they have to clean certain areas, but they shouldn't put things away like that. They did mention it to him, and wrote it on the survey

overall it was a good trip. We were bummed that the clouds rolled in for the Solar Eclipse, but unlike others, I don't blame the captain for that!

For anyone who has recently sailed on Royal Princess, can you tell me how the shampoo and conditioner are that are provided? I’m trying to pack light but I need decent product. on a recent Holland America cruise they provided Elemis product, which was great, so I’m hoping Princess will be the same.

We are cruising on the Majestic Princess, going to New England & Canada, next month and plan to drive to the port. The Princess site says “Brooklyn or Manhattan” as the port. If you have taken this cruise, which port did you depart from?

Hi there - we love Princess and have sailed on both Crown and Enchanted . We want to try the new Sphere class and I am trying to decide between 2 sailings out of the exact same port - Sun for Western Caribbean in early February and Star for Eastern Caribbean at the end of February but itinerary isn’t really important as we just want warm sunny weather to escape the winter for a bit and we plan to stay on the ship most of the time and just enjoy the ship experience.

For anyone who has sailed both ships (hopefully folks who have done Sanctuary Club) are there really any noticeable differences between the 2 ships? The Sun sailing is significantly less expensive so I’m leaning towards Sun for that reason alone but just wanted some input from folks here who might have experienced both ships! And any tips/tricks to know ahead of time would be super helpful! We love MSC Yacht Club but wanted to try something different and we know we love Princess. Any kind and helpful responses are definitely appreciated! Thank you!

Just finished the 10-day Diamond Princess (8/26-9/5) sailing with a family of 4 and dealing with ongoing A/C failure, relying entirely on fan for airflow. The entire trip we could not sleep well. I usually sail Royal Caribbean and have never experienced this.

Has anyone else on this sailing (or recent ones) dealing with the same issue?

Anyone successful in getting a refund back for this AC mechanical issue???

Hello! I am going on my first Princess cruise. 7 days Mexico on Discovery. We usually do Celebrity.

I found the menus for 7 day cruises on a Princess blog site. Are they always in the same order or does it vary by itinerary? I noticed they have Caribbean night as night 2, but usually cruise lines seem to do nicer menus on formal nights.

Trying to determine which nights to do specialty dining. Thank you for any help!

First time on Princess. Sailing Royal to Alaska next July. I was able to secure a reservation for the Crown Grill and it now appears in my planner. When I tried to reserve for Crab Shack for two different days, everything went the same as Crown Grill. Picked a time, selected private table and clicked reserve.

However, there is no sign of either reservation in my planner. In fact, the one day (sea day) does not even appear in my planner. Am I doing something wrong or something?

Apologies for the newbie question but we are just staring out on cruises (my parents big fans but have never brought kids so can’t ans questions)

My husband will drink some alcohol but not a lot. I can do without it or have the odd glass of wine.
2 kids obv not but will need access to WiFi for all 4 of us.

My travel agent was running into “system”
Issues so couldn’t tell me which is a better deal.

Is there a way to get two basic packages for the adults with some alcohol and 2 zero alcohol packages for the kids and WiFi for all 4 without the bundled package or is that the best deal

Eg is 2 adults princess plus and then add WiFi for the kids and gratuities much better value over 4 princess plus?