Tag: PRINCESS CRUISES

Help! I’m being limited to 15 booze drinks per day on my cruise

By Michelle Couch-Friedman |  | Updated October 21st, 2020

If you buy an unlimited alcoholic beverage package from your cruise line, can it change the terms later? That’s what Joan Barrett wants to know.

Barrett says that she was enticed to book a Princess cruise by the lure of an unlimited alcoholic beverage package. But later, Princess Cruises changed the terms to “just” 15 cocktails per day. And those changes are unacceptable to Barrett. Read more “Help! I’m being limited to 15 booze drinks per day on my cruise”

Did Princess ship ignore a vessel asking for help?

By Christopher Elliott |  | Updated August 30th, 2012

Oh, never mind. / Photo by cruadin - Flickr
It sounds like something straight out of a nightmare: You’re on a small fishing vessel, adrift in the Pacific. You see a ship in the distance, and you signal for help. But it keeps going.

Nearly a month later, when you’re finally rescued, two of your crewmates are dead. Had that ship responded to your plea for help, they’d still be alive today.
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