Re: Princess Cay (November 12), Star Princess

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Re: Princess Cay (November 12), Star Princess

Posted on: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:56:10 EST

"Tom" wrote in message
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> Rich
> That's one of the reasons we are trying Princess instead of RCI. We have
> done 10 cruises with RCI and we were getting a little put off by what
seemed
> to be profit driven changes. When we sailed on Mariner in January the
free
> ice cream place "sprinkles" on the promenade was always closed. The Ben
and
> Jerry's pay ice cream was always open. Johnny Rockets had a charge of
$3.95
> for a hamburger and fries, but they were free of charge on our previous
> cruises. My wife asked for a glass of Coca Cola one night in the dining
> room with dinner and they now charge for that. They never did before. On
> our cruise on Explorer in January 2004, they had signs on every table in
the
> Windjammer about renting jet skis in Labadee. They had a Jet Ski on the
> pool deck with a sign "rent me in Labadee" They now have also changed
> Labadee and put in a splash park which they charge for. I know all the
> cruise lines are doing "extra charge" to increase profits, but I just
don't
> enjoy every time I turn around I see an advertisement or what I used to
get
> for free is now an "extra charge". We are hoping the Princess experience
is
> more laid back and less pushy like RCI used to be. I'm sure we'll have a
> good time. I may do some type of review when I come back.
>
> --
> Tom
> Pittsburgh Pa

I don't have a problem with the extra charge seminars. I understand they do
have to make a profit some how since base the price of the cruise has been
held down but I do have a problem with the charge when they don't advertise
it before you show up for the talk. We haven't been cruising much since 2002
(RCI) & Princess in 1998 & are now making up for lost time. If anything I
think Princess has more extra charges than RCI but I've got to do another
RCI cruise to make a fair comparison. (With the waste of food in Johnny
Rockets I can understand why they now charge)

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