jerblu

You misunderstood me. The Main Dining Room on Crystal is AT LEAST the equivalent or better than the $30pp dinner at the Millenium's specialty restaurant. So, the MDR is often better, sometimes only the equivalent perhaps. But the two specialty restaurants on Crystal are beyond compare.

You could go to the Nobu restaurant in NYC and spend $300 on a dinner equivalent to the one onboard Crystal, or you could have gone to Valentino in LA (actually I'm thinking of the old Valentino which won all the awards 30 years ago) and spend almost as much on an exquisite Italian dinner there, OR you could go to one of those two specialty restaurants on Crystal for $7pp.

I dont suggest that the Crystal MDR ever rises to the level of Per Se or the Inn at Little Washington. But I never meant to suggest that it was merely the equivalent of the specialty restaurant on the Millenium, excellent tho that was.

I am very picky; I've eaten at the best in NYC, Los Angeles, Paris, and Rome. But I cant comment on a cruise line on which I have not taken a trip. So--

I've sailed Princess a couple of times and found their food to be fairly good. Not wonderful, not as good as an ordinary fine restaurant in NYC, say, but enjoyable, and with a lot of variety. I didnt like the Italian specialty restaurant because I felt they tried to do too much and ended up with too much food and not enough quality; I had the feeling they could have done much better.

Celebrity was better than Princess. And the Celebrity specialty restaurant ($30pp) was exceptionally fine, as good as most of the fine restaurants you will go to onshore. Very high marks.

You will see by my signature that I have switched over to Crystal. The MDRs on both of Crystal's ships are at least the equivalent of Celebrity's specialty restaurant. And for $7pp (yes seven dollars) you can go to Nobu or PIero Selvaggi and have an extraordinary dinner. But even in the MDR, Crystal is consistently superb, with multiple choices (always meat, fish, fowl, vegetarian and I dont know what else) and interestingly prepared.

I recently tried out Silversea (Silver Wind) and was so severely disappointed by the food that I will never book with them again. Princess beat them hands down, not even a contest. So you can see that just because it is a 6star luxury line, that may not equate with excellence.

The problem is that it really REALLY tastes good. I want MORE. And that's the problem. If you are sensitive, as I am, then you must limit the quantity. Otherwise, you will suddenly experience a warm sensation where you do not expect it. And I do not consider it funny.