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I am on the Royal in Aug, I assume my coffee package I have prepurchased will be loaded on my cruise card. Can I order 2 premium coffees and an unlimited tea at the same time? The tea would be for me but the premium coffees for daughter and husband.

Would you mind saying why you didn’t like the Azura. We’ve booked our first ever P&O cruise on the Azura for Christmas so it would be helpful to know what to expect. Are you comparing it with other ships?

 

 

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Really liked the Azura - can't think of any fault to pick at all and we are on her again next Aug for 2 weeks, can't wait. Actually have been on a few P&O ships and enjoyed them all. And for comparison we have cruised with P&O, Princess, Celebrity and Carnival. Favourite would be Princess tied with P&O, then Carnival and then Celebrity.

Fab, daughter doesn't want to do the voice but did enjoy have a sing song at the karaoke. Thanks all.

Ooh, haven't found that one, will have another look, thank you

The thread I’m referring to has patters from every day of the British Isles cruise. Look back two days, it is there, the posters name is bnickle. Sorry I don’t know how to link. We were on the voyage too.

 

 

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Not mentioned in the one day of patters put up recently (only mentions a game show in Princes Live at 9.15pm), was just wondering if anyone had recent experience. If it makes a difference we will be on the Royal around the British Isles.

My daughter had fun at the karaoke our last time on the Royal but said that she thinks the karaoke has been completely replaced by the voice competition.

Thanks in advance

Thanks so much for the patter scan, lots going on which makes me excited for the cruise, thanks again.

1. There was an Escape room. Someone we met told us they had signed up for it on the first day, but I don't know how - I'm looking at the Patter from embarkation day and I don't see sign ups for it mentioned. Maybe during the 11:15am-3:30pm "Entertainment Discovery" in the Piazza? I don't know what that means because we weren't on the ship then.

 

2. I think there was at least a drink special in the dining room, like one of the after dinner drinks was $3 or $4.

 

3. I was on the May 13 cruise and I didn't realize we had a "dress to impress" night the night before LeHavre except I see the Patter says it was - and I don't think I noticed people dressed up that night. My patter doesn't have a dress code like it does for the formal nights, but that might be because my patter is the disembarking-in-LeHavre version that provides disembarkation info.

 

4. You get the tickets the morning you arrive at the port, at the door of the dining room, and then wait in the dining room for your number to be called. The tickets are for the two tender ports and for the ports where the cruise line provided a free shuttle, but I don't know what the process is if the shuttle needs to be purchased (for LeHavre at least they said it needed to be purchased at the latest the night before arrival). If you're not taking a shuttle at the docked ports (for instance, Dublin) then you don't need to get a ticket to get off.

 

5. I see Crab Shack in the Patter only on the day we were at Cobh/Cork.

 

6. Hopefully the Patter from the first sea day is attached here.

I’m on the Royal now, so far I have not seen any upcharge steaks on the menu.

 

 

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Ok, thank you, back to original plan before I read about possible upcharge steaks :D

My DH does not like any of the starters either, when we go to the Crown Grill we ask for smoked salmon for him. We have to wait for them to get it but that is not a problem for us... So they do.

That is good to know, will see what simple alternative they can offer us. Thank you

There are a couple of recent threads here. Do a Google search or a search here.

Some of the threads have pix of the menus.

BTW: it's not on all the ships yet, AFAIK

Can't find any recent information or any specific to the Royal - maybe not on the Royal yet?

We were going to book the Crown Grill on Royal Princess for probably 2 meals. I've looked at the menu and not keen on starters so we may be better paying to upgrade the main course in the MDR. Therefore my question is which steaks are available for an upcharge in the MDR?

Thanks

So I bought the old coffee card for my husband but it is in my name on the account, which wouldn't have mattered before but now if they add it to the cruise card it will. Do I need to cancel it and rebuy under his name or ask them to swap it over?

I never said it was a fair comparison which is why I named the ships rather than just said I'd sailed both lines. But that said that was still my experience of both cruise lines and whilst I do believe that the newer Celebrity ships would be a step up from infinity I am still hesitant to give them another try due to my experience with the cruise line. I think that is understandable, if they don't want people to make those sort of comparisons then they need to raise the bar on the Infinity.

 

Comparing the Infinity (launched in 2001) with the Royal (launched in 2013) is not really a fair comparison. A better "match" would be the Celebrity Reflection (2012). I think the Infinity was near the end of its class in terms of launch date and a much different ship from the company's newer ones ("Solstice" class). Service and entertainment might be apt areas of comparison between the Infinity and Royal, but not much else. The newer ships of both lines are pretty spectacular compared to their predecessors. We've sailed on both lines quite a bit, including the Royal P several times and the Celebrity Eclipse (2010) once. Personally, I preferred the Royal although the Eclipse did have a few advantages: some functional, some more ornamental. For example the Eclipse has a two-story-high Oceanview Cafe with floor to ceiling windows (we saw whales below while eating breakfast). But it doesn't have a 3-deck spectacular Piazza--the similar space on the Eclipse is mainly the Guest Services desk with a lot of empty (useless) floor space, maybe some chairs, but not inviting. Eclipse theater is horseshoe-shaped with balcony seating in addition to the main floor and, at the time, had Cirque de Soleil perfoming some nites, which was great to watch on eye-level from the balcony. Princess has better cabin layout better. etc.

Sadly doesn’t seem so :(

:loudcry: Not fair

A friend just got this upsell from Princess. They are booked in a ME mini-suite Royal Princess Aug 5/18

 

CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING SUITES (rates are in addition to fare already paid): Full Suites (Cat S3) size from: 440 sq ft $999 US per person

 

And no, they are not taking it! If it gets dropped they may consider it. They are Elite

Ooh this is my cruise, we are in a deluxe balcony - 3 of us but are UK and don't seem to hear of UK passengers being offered any upsells.

Thanks, I have to go back and check, I don't remember whose name I put it under:o,I bought it so long ago. So, I would have to call Princess to have the name changed if need be?

I'm in the same position I bought a coffee card in my name but it is for my husband.

I have only been on Infinity with Celebrity and Royal with Princess - Princess won hands down, the food choice on Celebrity was awful and the ship wasn't in the best shape, Princess would also win on entertainment. But everyone has different likes and dislikes.

Do they ever offer these to UK passengers?

I know the Royal has a swirls ice cream place up by the pool. Is it just the vanilla and choc soft serve that is free? What about toppings? If I remember correctly this was where they gave out popcorn from for MUTs is that still the same?

Thanks in advance

Is this held in Princess Live on the Royal? Thanks

Thank you, looks good, was hoping for a magic act for hubby but we'll be happy anyway. The singer Darren Day was on the last time we did th eBritish Isles a few years ago, I did wonder if we might have any 'names' this time.

Thank you so much, really appreciated. xx

Anyone have a scan of the recent embarkation lunch menu for the MDR? I can only find quite old ones and know that there has been extensive other changes to other menus fairly recently.

Thanks in advance.

I had put out a request for this a few days ago. Hoping someone comes back from this latest cruise with some to share :)

Oops, didn't spot that, fingers crossed someone does reply.

You don’t need to take the shuttle. Taxis should be waiting just off the ship!

Wonderful, thank you so much :D