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Haha thank you for responding so quickly! I know it is confusing but I am like 99% sure that the press release said they are replacing the old Gastropub with O'Malleys and the SD Grill with the SD Cafe which would have an expanded menu, new logo, and would have merchandise and promotions. I found the listing on the PCL website but there's no menu of course. It looks like Sky didn't get this change so I guess it is only on the Enchanted. Weird. https://www.princess.com/ships-and-experience/ships/products/dining-included/salty-dog-cafe.html

Hi @Jeter02, loving your review so far. I do have a quick question, and depending on the answer, might also be asking for a quick favor. Do you know if the lido deck grill on the Sky has been updated to the Salty Dog CAFE like it is on the Enchanted? I have been trying to figure out the details and what exactly might have changed and have yet to find it. If so, would you mind posting a menu? I cannot find one anywhere! The Princess press release about the venue made it sound like they were completely redoing the menu but I have yet to see any proof of that 🤷‍♂️

I was on the Ruby in April. One of the first things I did was ask guest services if the Behind the Scenes tour was available. They told me it was not and nobody knew when it would return. 😞

Interesting. What I am most curious about is the new "Salty Dog Cafe" which looks like it replaced the SDG on the pool deck. From the description, it sounds like it has a more elevated menu. Curious to see what it is and if it has any upcharges (I hope not).

Thanks, I saw that one but it seemed to be a lot of speculation about what was to come and not much outside of renderings and discussion from those who were not onboard. I am hoping someone who has actually been on the ship lately can come here with actual reviews and photos.

Can anyone who has been on the Enchanted since her drydock last month give us any information and/or reviews of all the new venues that were added? O'Malley's Irish Pub, The Catch by Rudi, Salty Dog Cafe (apparently different than the Salty Dog Grill???), and the changes to Sabatinits and the Piazza. It has been hard to find pictures and reviews elsewhere online! Bonus points if you can provide pictures. Thanks y'all!

Guess I’ll follow up here since this is my thread - was on the infamous Ruby Princess 4/2-4/9 cruise. We missed both Roatan and Costa Maya due to windy conditions. Guess I jinxed it by making this post. 😡

I just noticed when looking at the Jubilee that it also had Guys Pig and Anchor listed as an "Additional Cost" restaurant. Wonder what is going on there.

Vista was my least favorite ship I have been on out of my 5 Carnival ships layout wise. Not saying that it was all terrible but I feel like Carnival did everything they could to maximize capacity at the expense of public space and it was really obvious. It was very crowded and I did not like the layout. I'm sure that having Havana was nice but the lack of a full wraparound promenade deck was kind of a dealbreaker. Also the atrium is tiny and cramped and the theater design is truly awful with zero good seats. It did have a lot of good dining options and I do like the decor alot but unfortunately the bad layout and overall design took away from those things.

Ugh, I just looked through this thread again and BOY do I miss this vacation! I mentioned that I had to book it back home to prep for a work conference the next week. Well I ended up catching COVID on my way home from that conference and it hit me HARD, so I was out all last week too. I'm a 22 year old without many health problems that has had four doses of vaccine too, and I still hit a 103 fever and I'm still coughing 10 days later. YIKES! Sorry that I haven't gotten around to post my post-cruise thoughts yet. I'll get to that soon, hopefully over the course of this week. Been a very busy April for me so far!

I set up a $ 10-a-month investment on Robinhood this morning as well as bought 10 shares outright. Hope this doesn't come back to bite me...

Thank you for joining me this week everyone! I’ll be back with a full post-cruise review and breakdown that I’ll post here over the coming days, and I’ll answer any questions I get too. Overall, while there were certainly a lot of issues that made this a very out of the ordinary cruise, I was still very impressed with Princess! The food, service, and ship were all incredible. Until the next adventure! 😎🌅🚢

That was the easiest debark ever. We were on the road by 8:15 this morning. Making an obligatory pit stop at Buccee’s before we get to the giant stretch of I-10 between Katy and Seguin with not much in between. Got a DP Zero and I did NOT like having to pay for it - I almost found myself tapping my medallion on the credit card machine 😂😂 Should be home by 12:30. Sad the week is over but gotta go get ready to get back to reality tomorrow!

Hid our last duck and had our last breakfast. They’re already playing the 80’s playlist for the next cruise, which is one of the 80’s themed cruises with tribute bands and whatnot. Wish I could’ve stayed onboard for that one (there are a lot of B2B guests doing this that were on our cruise) but I’ve got a work conference on Tuesday… Loving this playlist. Y’all are gonna have a blast if you’re on the next cruise. It’s a vibe 👾🎸

Well we DEFINITELY aren’t in the Caribbean anymore.

So last night I got to see something pretty cool. We usually stay on the starboard side but since I did the random upgrade thing we got assigned to a stateroom on the port side. No big deal, I didn’t think it would make much difference. However, last night I saw a benefit to being on this side of the ship! Right before bed (11:30ish) I saw some lights in the distance that looked bigger than an oil rig. I figured out pretty early on that these were a couple of the ships that departed Galveston yesterday afternoon! The pictures turned out horrible and they looked much closer in real life, but it was so cool to see the Adventure of the Seas and the Carnival Vista pass by on their way back out to the Caribbean.

So I am a horrible insomniac and I rarely get more than 3 hours of sleep per night, but these beds on Princess are heavenly. I got like 6 hours of sleep last night and it was amazing!!! I’m really going to miss these beds. I even have some cariloha bamboo sheets I got from a past cruise in 2017 at home but these beds are still much more comfortable. Goodnight! In just a little more than eight hours we will be walking off the ship an I’ll be starting the drive back home 😭👎🏻😪

One last Dirty Banana 😞

You can tell we are getting close to Texas because it got cloudy and colder. A front was moving through for the last few days because I kept getting storm alerts on my phone for our house 😂 Also, IS THIS NOT A BEAUTIFUL VIEW?!?

MDR Farewell Dinner: Seafood Medley Spinach Pesto Ravioli Ceasar Salad Mahi w/ Pineapple Salsa Lamb Shank (one of the best things I have eaten all week) Cherry Sorbet. All excellent. Big shoutout to Richard and Wilson in Botticelli for being such great waiters for us. The food this week has all been FANTASTIC!!!

Sorry for being so quiet today. Trying to enjoy the last of our time onboard. It’s funny - the morning after the second port cancellation, people were screaming at the crew and fellow passengers about how horrible this was and how they couldn’t WAIT to get off the ship for good. Now, suddenly, nobody wants to get off anymore. Funny how that works…

One thing I was NOT happy to find in the galley…

It was cool to see the galley. It still amazes me how huge they are. Everything was crystal clean and it seems like everything is a well-oiled machine. Also had some cool carvings on display!

It was great! Very entertaining and very funny. It was cool to see the galley too. Was probably the best thing we saw in the theater all week.

Time for the Culinary demo! Bummed I have to miss trivia and the egg drop for it but I have been looking forward to this all week so I’m excited!