Olwyn

Hi Everyone, I have done a ton of cruises on Princess for leisure and work, and the last one I was quite bored with the ships.
This will be my first solo cruise. Have had a very hard few years and have had a real vacation since 2017. Hoping for a change. Maybe something nicer?? Can't afford Oceanis or Viking solo sadly. Considering Celebrity? 
The Solstice is old but does a nice Mexican Riviera itinerary in the winter. 
Any suggestions would be great!! And is there a section on this site that would post good deals for solo's when they come up? 
just curious. Thank you all so much in advance. 

Has anyone booked a Solo Cabin on Vista for 2023? How does the price compare to a shared stateroom? 

We just got off the Emerald Princess March 29th, 10 day sailing, and did the Crab Shack on the last sea day.

I must admit to being a bit bored of Princess Dining in general, and we just couldn't face dinner every night in the noisy dining room, so we thought we'd give it a try.

First of all, there is no Lobster, scallops or peeled shrimp offered. The Maitre D' had said there were, when he was trying to get me to book. Ha!!

No luck.

First you are given a basket of hush-puppes and large battered shrimp, followed by a bowl of Clam chowder. There is no choice here. These are just delivered to the table. Battered (Popcorn) shrimp were excellent.

We ordered the crab legs, and got two large bowls for the 3 of us. Each bowl serves 2, technically. Underneath the crab, was at least a pound and a half of peel and eat shrimp. Lots of it. Personally I find 'peel and eat' shrimp to be messy and tiresome. The whole thing was sort of like a New England Boil. There were potatoes and corn on the cob in the pot as well. Overall lots of food...but for some reason, not much flavour. Almost all of the shrimp was left and that seemed to be the norm for all the tables. So much waste!

Butter and shellfish crackers were provided, as was a large bib to wear and Crab Shack paper table cloths.

Dessert was a choice of two items, a chocolate Opera torte, or an apple pie.

I suggested perhaps they could bring less to the tables initially, and pass seconds throughout the meal. Less waste that way...or French Service from the get go....just ideas.

The highlight of the evening was the host, Dennis, who made my mom a darling ballet dancer out of tinfoil, whom he twirled around a dinner plate, on an ice cube. These guys are talented in wild ways!

So, Crab Shack is not a bad idea, but we REALLY missed being able to have dinner each night in the Caribe Cafe. We always loved the evening ambiance in there, as compared to the dining room and horizon court. Caribe is no longer open, and Crab Shack, at $20pp is offered 3x during the cruise. If you have dinner in the Horizon Court, the food is fine, but you must still eat on those nautical plastic platters, and there are no wine glasses and folded linen napkins like the Caribe had in the past. At least they could come up with white Corel dinner plates for the evening, I would think.

Having tried Sabatinis, and not been thrilled (lots of tiny dishes), and not being big meat eaters for the Crown Grill....you are just about out of luck.

Dining room or Horizon Court are your only real choices on the 'included' side of things.

That's just my two cents. Crab Shack is good for crab. I might be inclinded to tell them to forget the peel and eat shrimp and just bring crab. Also, the popcorn shirmp are wonderful. Very fat and with a light tempura batter.

Happy Cruising everyone!

Thanks so much for your input! All valid points! Recently during a terrible ice storm in Toronto, 5 days over Christmas in fact, we shared a large room with 2 Queen beds at a Delta hotel. (My sister and brother in law along with my 9 year old niece were in an adjoining room.) I did change in the bathroom and ran into a few snoring issues. I'll ask about the Penthouse again, and see if I faint!

Once we are booked solid...I will join the Roll Call pronto!

Thanks again!

Olwyn 😎

Hi Everyone!

I am travelling with my folks on the March 28, Miami to Miami cruise on Riviera, and am considering sharing their cabin to save a double fare for my own space. These rooms are significantly larger than similar cabins on Princess, but not as large as a mini suite. The price is right...but has anyone done this? Am I crazy? Aside from my having no hot dates on this cruise, the 3 of is get on very well. They are in their 80's and I go along to help and to have a bit of a holiday along the way. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Cabin 7100.

Thanks!!

I am trying for a Resort in February too. February 9th - 10th, post cruise, 3 rooms. Anyone having any luck for February 2008??:(

Really want a resort!

Olwyn

I need to bid for 4 rooms together in February...has anyone bid on multiple rooms in the past and succeeded? Hoping for Caribe Hilton of course!

Thanks

Olwyn

I keep seeing posts mentioning bidding on Hotwire, but I was told by them directly that they not longer accept bids on their site, posted prices only. Has anyone found otherwise? Only Priceline does the bidding thing now, right?

Olwyn :confused: