Andrew J. Cat

I found the Reserve Collection dining to be worth the extra cost. Much more intimate dining area, and vastly better service. I liked the specials that they added to the menus on both lunch and dinner. Sorry, no Nespresso or any such things on any Princess ships.

Yes, that is correct. The other replies give even better info than mine. I’m jealous, I want to go back! One anecdote I want to share about Emerald Princess: the staff was exceptionally engaged and seemed genuinely happy. Enjoy!

We were just on Emerald in a Reserve Collection mini suite. You’ll love the dining! It’s a separate area of the Da Vinci dining room. Excellent service. The head waiter prepares a special entree, which I took almost every time. No waiting, no lines, it’s really great. They are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

We had it last month on Emerald Princess. We liked it as well. Ditto on the closet light.

I’ve sailed on Royal in the aft cabins. Same basic design as Sky. No smoke, but we had cigarette butts and even some cigarette packs on our balcony every morning.

Has Princess reinstated bar snacks at the various bars on the ship? I recall having honey roasted peanuts and a spicy bar mix served with cocktails for at least 20 years prior to the shutdown. We’ve only sailed once since Covid, and were told by the bartenders that they were discontinued due to the pandemic. This was almost a year ago. Many thanks for any info.

Maybe they’ll start doing that in the MDR. No plus or premier package, they choose your entree. Plus or premier, you get to choose. 🤪

2 each (mini bottles) of: Dewars scotch, Smirnoff vodka, Courvoisier cognac, and I think Bacardi rum. The mini fridge has 2 each of Perrier, Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, and Dos Equis. This is from memory from last year. If I’m not exact, I’m pretty close.

I just got this. I’m ready to sail! 😁

But at least they offer to order chocolate covered strawberries on every call! And I mean EVERY call, regardless of what you called about. (Ok, that was an exaggeration). I, too worked in call centers. It’s all about the metrics (# of calls taken per hour, etc.), and nothing whatsoever about the quality of service rendered.

I’ve been pricing some cruises and it does not make any mention of Princess Plus, Premier, etc. Perhaps they’re having some technical difficulties. 😬

Thanks!! I’m considering the November circle Japan cruise. They just now loaded the Kobe shore excursions. I’m interested in visiting Kyoto.

The bridge cam shows that you are enroute to Kobe. Does Princess offer a shore excursion to Kyoto from Kobe on your cruise?

Yes, they are changing the CC dining to Reserve Collection dining. It appears to just a name change. I rather like the new name. In my opinion, the term Club Class kinda implied that you are in a specific class on the ship, whereas Reserve Collection more correlates to the “collection” of advantageously located cabins, with exclusive dining included in the price. Just my opinion, so please don’t anyone bash me for this. 😁

We’ve been cruising on Princess for 30 years. When they came out with the original Crown and Regal, we hesitated as they were too big. We tried them and loved them. Then came the Sun class ships. Nope, too big. We tried the and loved them. Then the Grand class ships. Same deal. Then the Royal class. Now these were just too big and they eliminated the wrap around promenade deck. No way we’re doing that. We’ve sailed on the Royal class ships now 5 times. We love them. My point is, you don’t know until you go! And yes, I’m hesitant about the new Sun Princess! Lol!