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The breakfast in Sabatini's is a suite perk. It is not part of Club Class dining. Breakfast is served in Club Class also for those who are not in suites or choose to go to Club Class. And on the last day' date=' when Sabatini's is not available, breakfast is in Club Class area.[/quote']

Thanks for clarifying the breakfast dining.

There are a number of us that are willing to pay for it even if we are Elite status. So if it's been wired for it, I hope the decision is made to offer it for sale.

Princess is currently not offering unlimited Internet on any cruises.

Exceptions include Platinum and Elite on Regal due to Ocean Medallion and bugs being worked out, so the P and E guests get unlimited versus the set amount of minutes like elsewhere. Not sure if one can purchase unlimited Internet onboard that particular ship.

 

Elsewhere, Princess was trialing various interest levels and packages on a couple ships, ie socal media package, streaming package, etc at different price points. It's been weeks since any posts or further info about these packages - they have not been expanded as yet.

 

So, currently, no, no unlimited Internet for purchase yet. Maybe sometime in the future, you have months till your cruise, but I wouldn't hold my breath - it's a major overhaul for onboard capabilities to handle the bandwidth, each ship would need to be upgraded (I remember cheerily adding it, it was a mess while ships were undergoing the change-over)..

 

Fingers crossed Princess gets onboard with this sooner rather than later. It's simply the way the world is moving..

Thanks. I was hoping that the band width was increased during the recent dry dock in Singapore so that it would be offered.

maybe.. what packages are they currently offering??

On the Golden sailing in September from LA, there are 4 quantities of minutes offered for purchase. There is no option to purchase unlimited usage which is what I would like to purchase.

Some cruise companies offer unlimited internet access. Is anyone aware if Princess will be offering an unlimited package to purchase any time in the near future? We are sailing from LA to Sydney in September on the Golden Princess and would really like this option.

I think there's different ways to look at logic for CC. Here's my thoughts:

 

It's great for those who don't want to share a table. There's zero expectation that you'll share with CC, but (generally) zero wait.

It's great for those who want attentive service but for whom traditional dining just doesn't work (I do believe the servers are more attentive, and/or are presented with a lower headcount to service thereby allowing more minutes/pax).

It's great for those who insist on eating at 6:04:37pm and expect to be able to walk right into their table at that time (or who expected to be able to make a reservation but were turned away), and the mere mention of eating at 5:30pm (i.e. traditional or an as-the-doors-open ATD reservation) creates an emotionally-fueled response. {Princess has a capacity problem for the first half of dinnertime, for which most ships won't allow ATD reservations aside from 5:30pm OR 7:15pm-ish and later.)

There's also a lunch component to CC (for sea days, or any day that an MDR is open for lunch) and a breakfast component (daily, INCLUDING disembarkation day, which is IMHO a real perk for suite passengers as the suite breakfast isn't offered on that day). I wouldn't solely compare CC cost against Crown Grill, though it's hard to put a value on premium service that's still in an MDR.

I agree with all of your points. We are elite and still prefer Club Class. No wait. Open for lunch on sea days (there are a lot of them between LA and Sydney) and breakfast in the specialty restaurant is nice. I also feel that the service is better. We'll still get in a few meals in the Crowne Grill and Sabatini's. It's all good. :)