Swirls on Royal Princess

Just wondering if Swirls Ice Cream bar is included in the cruise fare or a pay extra place.

Assuming it's the same as the rest of the fleet soft serve is free, but the milkshakes cost extra (although they are covered by the UKP sticker.)

Assuming it's the same as the rest of the fleet soft serve is free, but the milkshakes cost extra (although they are covered by the UKP sticker.)

Swirls is a dining venue so wondering if that makes a difference:

Dining and Snacks: Three main dining rooms, Chef's Table Lumiere, Wine Cellar dining, Sabatini's Italian Restaurant, Crown Grill – Steak and Seafood, Gelato – gelateria serving ice cream & Italian crepes, International Café – coffee, snacks and light meals, Tea Tower, Vines Wine Bar, Ocean Terrace Seafood Bar, Alfredo's Pizzeria, Horizon Court Buffet, Pastry Shop, Prego – Poolside pizza, Trident Grill – Hamburger and hot dog grill, Swirls – Ice cream bar, Ultimate Balcony Dining, 24-hour room service

Just wondering if Swirls Ice Cream bar is included in the cruise fare or a pay extra place.

there are two ice cream venues on the Royal.

The first is the soft serve froyo which is included. The second is an ice cream shop in the piazza. You can get gelato , sundaes and milkshakes for a set amount or one punch in your coffee card.

Just wondering if Swirls Ice Cream bar is included in the cruise fare or a pay extra place.

Yum!

And some pictures of Gelato on Plaza Deck in the atrium, it costs additional:

Also available at Gelato:

Assuming it's the same as the rest of the fleet soft serve is free, but the milkshakes cost extra (although they are covered by the UKP sticker.)

The Swirls on the Royal unfortunately doesn't serve milkshakes. It's tiny and only serves soft ice-cream.

Hello,

do we get complimentary hard serve ice cream with Cone in the Horizon Court and the MDR?

Nikita:o

Hello,

 

do we get complimentary hard serve ice cream with Cone in the Horizon Court and the MDR?

 

Nikita:o

No ice cream in HC but available in MDR (no cone).

do we get complimentary hard serve ice cream with Cone in the Horizon Court and the MDR?

Thank you for taking out time to reply

The gelato on the Royal is delicious. If you don't have a coffee card, the cost is only $2.75 for 3 scoops of gelato, or for the same price they offer delicious sundaes and even banana splits. For those of us that don't buy the coffee card, I thought this was very reasonable.

The Swirls on the Royal unfortunately doesn't serve milkshakes. It's tiny and only serves soft ice-cream.

From what we were told by the swirls guy on the Royal was that you can not get a milkshake anywhere on the Royal, the bars will only make smoothies!

Nice photos Dave!

Ken

The gelato on the Royal is delicious. If you don't have a coffee card, the cost is only $2.75 for 3 scoops of gelato..... For those of us that don't buy the coffee card, I thought this was very reasonable.

Not quite as reasonable as on the Ruby, Crown and Emerald where the price is $1.50 for three scoops.

Not quite as reasonable as on the Ruby, Crown and Emerald where the price is $1.50 for three scoops.

The three scoops I got on Ruby Princess were quite a bit smaller than the three scoops I got on Royal Princess. Maybe that's the reason for the cost difference.

The three scoops I got on Ruby Princess were quite a bit smaller than the three scoops I got on Royal Princess. Maybe that's the reason for the cost difference.

Size on the Emerald shown below.

Not quite as reasonable as on the Ruby, Crown and Emerald where the price is $1.50 for three scoops.

We were told by a F&B Director that the Royal Princess is the only Princess ship with true gelato. The others simply offer the same ice cream made the same way as what's served in the dining room for free at lunch and dinner desserts. I truly can't stand Princess ice creams (they're all made from the same pre-packaged ice cream base) and have never had the gelato on the Royal Princess to determine if it's any better.

Princess sorbets, OTOH, are hard to resist.

The treats at Gelato on the Royal Princess are excellent. The photo from post #8 looks very familiar! ;) The banana split was beyond delicious!!! Thank you again David!! :D

Size on the Emerald shown below.

That's pretty much how I remembered it, smaller scoops in a designer display tray. The ones on Royal Princess were closer to being the same size that were used for a sundae, and served in a bowl/cup. I also thought the gelato on Ruby Princess was inferior in flavor and taste to what I had on Royal Princess, which was richer and closer to ice cream.

The treats at Gelato on the Royal Princess are excellent. The photo from post #8 looks very familiar! ;) The banana split was beyond delicious!!! Thank you again David!! :D

Hi John!

That was the final evening of our Royal Princess B2B, after several of us had dined on pulled pork sandwiches from the Trident Grill and watched the world disappear behind us from the Outrigger Bar. We all agreed to wrap it up at Gelato, and we pigged out on splits and sundaes. It was a great way to end the best cruise!!! :D

We were told by a F&B Director that the Royal Princess is the only Princess ship with true gelato. The others simply offer the same ice cream made the same way as what's served in the dining room for free at lunch and dinner desserts.

Interesting, as I had head the same thing from one of the F&B personnel on Royal Princess. It really was quite different than what I had the year before on Ruby Princess.

We were told by a F&B Director that the Royal Princess is the only Princess ship with true gelato. The others simply offer the same ice cream made the same way as what's served in the dining room for free at lunch and dinner desserts. I truly can't stand Princess ice creams (they're all made from the same pre-packaged ice cream base) and have never had the gelato on the Royal Princess to determine if it's any better.

 

Princess sorbets, OTOH, are hard to resist.

Either the F&B Director is correct or the Gelato menu which said to "enjoy hand-crafted ice-cream, prepared daily by our Pastry Chef"? :confused:

Either the F&B Director is correct or the Gelato menu which said to "enjoy hand-crafted ice-cream, prepared daily by our Pastry Chef"? :confused:

The Italian word 'gelato' in English means 'ice cream'. Maybe they are using the words interchangeably, but the end result products are still different?