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Call me cheesy, but I always watched the egg drop. Then again, I was a fan of elevator roulette, too. I guess I'm easy to entertain. 😜

The TBGCS (haha) is not like the dessert souffles (which are pretty blah.) It is moist throughout and incredibly rich. I can't eat a whole one, so I split it with DH. One thing it is not is tasteless. Very cheesy.

Formal night isn't non-smoking anymore? I seldom visit the casino, so I guess I didn't notice.

Eyesight problems and arthritic fingers make using tiny phone screens a challenge.

I had a friend who ordered it every single night. I like the spaghetti and meatballs. They used to be available every night from the kids' menu, but now it's only on Italian night. I also get the shrimp cocktail most nights.

Gratitude?

I think they called it American night only on Princess. Other lines will have different names.

I haven't done Princess on Thanksgiving, but on HAL there was holiday food available in the buffet. My friend who did Princess last year said the special food was in the MDR at dinner. At home, we do the big lunch, too.

Yes. 😉 Maybe I changed my mind since the last thread. 😁

They do a lobster tail one night. Very small. It comes with risotto, which is not very good, IMO.

On the Coral, through the old locks, we spent part of the time in the Piazza Bar at the window. We wanted to get a close up look at the "walls." It was fascinating.

Me too. I love Loreto. It's historic and not touristic. But it can be brutally hot sometimes.

My experience on the Majestic in the spring. Loooong lines waiting to be seated. Maybe they have improved since then.

Yes, they look fake. I guess in the olden days they did use real ones. It has been a very long time since I was served a "wedge" rather than a "slice."

No, I'm sure that was a Princess thing. They used to have themes like Italian Night and French Night, etc. The wait staff had silly little uniforms for each. Anyone remember the red or green stiped T shirts and the red bandanas?

Fortunately for experienced cruisers who know it was coming, they could vacate the dining room before the festivities started. 🙂

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As I said, "slowly being scaled back."

Yes, that is true to an extent, but the Elite perks are slowly being scaled back, too.

You can also meet others on your cruise by joining the Roll Call.

I guess the title printed on the menu "American Night" and the red, white and blue uniforms are gone, but it's nice to know they are still doing something festive. Is this happening in every dining room on the last night?

Remember "American night"? The waiters dressed in red, white and blue? Meatloaf on the menu? Remember the end of the evening when the "junior waiters" paraded through the dining room, each carrying a Baked Alaska with a candle (once a real one with a flame, then a fake one)? The staff would be introduced (head waiters, chef, etc.) and thanked with applause? Lights down, loud music, guests twirling their napkins? This was, in my experience, the ubiquitous final goodbye on last night of every cruise, regardless of itinerary. Now, I must clarify that I was always in the traditional dining room at the late seating, but I was under the impression (at the time) that this was repeated in the Anytime rooms and also the TD early seating. I suppose Anytime diners who dined and left earlier would not have seen the production. Apparently this is no longer a "universal" experience. So when did it stop? ( I found a YouTube video as late as 2018.) I imagine with covid restrictions, it wasn't a good idea to wait dirty napkins around in the air and send the staff all over the dining room, up and down and around the aisles, but was the practice discontinued before that? It was cheesy and fun and just another silly cruise tradition (and practiced on cruise lines other than Princess.) Lots of people hated it (DH among them) but I thought it was harmless fun. Is it gone for good?

Maybe it was largely a function of Traditional Dining. In the TD room, on the last night, one could count on servers wearing red, white and blue, the meatloaf on the menu, and at the end of the evening, a Baked Alaska parade, with the "junior waiters" carrying one each with a lit candle in it (later an electric tea light.) The house lights dimmed, loud music played, and the guests would twirl their napkins in the air as the parade wound in and out around the tables. Then the cruise director would come on over a microphone and introduce the kitchen staff, the head chef, head waiters, etc. Now, maybe I was hallucinating, but I had this same "hallucination" on at least 20+ of the 30+ Princess cruises I have taken. This "never" happened on your cruise? So shoot me for suggesting otherwise. 😜

One more indication that Princess is not interested in loyalty and wants to attract the newer (younger?) passengers. I'm not entirely sure how not rewarding brand loyalty to going to convince the newer passenger to come back for another cruise.

If the table were 18 inches, there wouldn't be enough room to walk around it. 🤣 One more downside to the Royal class ships: dinky balconies. (Did you ever get a Caribe deck balcony on a Grand class ship?)