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On the topic of Casual Dining, I thought I would try and capture all the other qualifying Casual Dining options across the fleet, so those that get 2 free meals on Plus (and don't have or like Alfredos/Gigis) can spend their additional benefit wisely. And those on Premier can eat in as many as they like! The table below is a first stab so please copy, paste and edit to correct. Ship Alfredos/Gigis Ocean Terrace Salty Dog Pub Vines O'Malleys Kai Sushi Planks Steamers Caribbean Princess Yes Yes Yes Yes Coral Princess Pizza Sea days Sabatinis Crown Princess Yes Diamond Princess Yes Discovery Princess Yes Yes Emerald Princess Yes Yes Yes Yes Enchanted Princess Yes Yes Yes Grand Princess Pizza only Yes Island Princess Pizza Sea days Sabatinis Majestic Princess Yes Yes Yes Regal Princess Yes Yes Yes Royal Princess Yes Yes Yes Ruby Princess Yes Yes Sapphire Princess Pizza only Yes Sky Princess Yes Yes Yes Star Princess Yes Yes Yes Sun Princess Yes Yes Yes Disclaimers - . Aware that some ships without Alfredos had free Alfredos pizzas in Sabatini's on sea days - assume they will become chargeable should they survive I don't know if all Vines are equal (not being a wine drinker) Has Planks and Steamers come back yet? I'm not happy about the changes but let's make sure everyone is informed so we can make the most of it

Yes, press release on Thursday by Princess discussed in this thread. The only guests who can eat at Alfredo's for free from next month are those on the Premier package. Those on the Plus package booked after December 14th will have two free meals at Alfredo's (or other casual dining venue) per voyage. Any other visits will be charged a la carte or $14.99 for a fixed price meal. Those on the Standard package (or Plus package booked before December 14th) will need to pay each visit. Or pay to upgrade.

Just seen this key disclaimer underneath the Upgrade banner - the true picture will be under the Travel Summary section of your personaliser

We love Premium suites! The bedrooms are huge and love the window view. The balconies aren't as big but are double the length of a standard balcony, have lovely furniture and not overlooked. We have never felt any extra movement, you might hear the anchor going down on the odd occasion. They are not too far from Sabatinis for suite breakfasts or the Sanctuary and Retreat Pool but one downside would be the trek up to the aft Concierge Lounge. Selection of pictures below:

I fully expect my favourite Alfredo's Tarantina pizza with bay shrimp won't be on the fixed price menu! And O'Malley's menu items are all $5 for starters, $10 for mains and $5 for desserts so I'm sure there will a smaller cheaper selection on the fixed price menu,

I think the website needs to catch up with yesterday's changes. We have one cruise booked on Plus 50 before 14th December and one booked after 14th December on Plus. The Travel Summary reflects the Plus 50 Special Services followed by the Fitness Classes/Premium Desserts of the current Plus. The Beverage Package breakdown reflects the same with Plus 50 on the left and current Plus on the right. You think...oh I wonder if I can see what I would be charged to upgrade on my Plus 50 cruise so you click on the fancy It Pays to Plus banner under the Onboard Services tab: And hang on, it tells you get all the New Plus benefits and it's already been Purchased! I see the same on my cruise booked later too. That's how you get people confused!

The thread on here about angry passengers reaction to reserved seats for Premier guests on Sky Princess said there were 150 seats reserved for them in the theatre. If that can be used as an indicator of total Premier guests and, if the cruise was full capacity, then that would only be 4% of those onboard.

I think that's pretty bad - we're paying a huge amount of money for the cruise already, being sold the Sun Princess vision 😁 and on the basis that all that was included in our holiday. Then suddenly they change the vision!

So we booked our Sun Princess cruise with Old Princess Plus i.e. before December 14th (when they announced the Plus/Premier changes). Am I correct in assuming that if I don't pay the upgrade fee ($100 each) to the new Plus tier, we will need to pay to eat at Alfredos, pay the Ocean Now activation fee and pay for each Room Service delivery during the voyage? i.e. were they considered part of my original package?

I believe it's up to 4 people - you pay for the Cabana rental only. On the more recent Royal class ships, I found the cabanas were less exposed to the sun than the loungers around the edges but it will depend on location and the position of the sun. For example, when we booked loungers for our port day in Crete on Sky Princess, the loungers were in the blazing sun on the day which wasn't apparent when we booked in Athens! So I made a point of booking Cabanas after that. You do get the sunlight but you don't get burned to a crisp!

Depends what you enjoy. It was quite relaxing to sit on a private sofa, work your way through the half bottle of spirits (we chose vodka) and cola and select from the fruit and nut nibbles. And yes we even listened to some of the music channels on the headphones for a while. The loungers tend to have greater protection from the sun too than the regular loungers (on Enchanted Princess) which suited our pale Brit complexions. 😁

On Discovery Princess recently, some vloggers had to book the whole day for Glacier Bay and they paid $60pp for a lounger. It was horribly wet and cold though and, although fully booked, it was almost empty for the duration.

Yes, just for tracking - no need to pay anything. And they provide you with the registration code to enter. All the standard renderings are already displayed on the Princess website and can be saved down individually anyway.

That's the cost for the loungers. A Cabana can also be booked for $140 for a half day and $220 for a full day. This where you can book a covered area with sofa and loungers, TV with headphones, stocked mini-fridge and fruit platter.

All Princess ships have a Sanctuary apart from Majestic Princess which has the open-to-all Hollywood Conservatory instead. Located in different locations depending on the ship, here is a list:

Princess have uploaded a fair number to their image library

That's actually the picture I created for this thread on March 9th - someone pinched it and posted it on a FB site in the last few days and Micky must have seen it. How funny - re-posting old cruisecritic content created by a future passenger over 4 months ago when there should be something creative from Princess themselves!

The Flamingo from Crooners - Midori Melon Liqueur, Apple Schnapps and Cranberry Juice. Not a fan of strong alcohol and this came with plenty of camouflage!

We just disembarked QM2 after having purchased the premium plan for our eastbound crossing. We used it to check email, watch some videos and use various social sites. Didn't have any connection or speed issues until the day before we arrived in Southampton when it was very spotty for a few hours. We did a speedtest every day after leaving New York and these are the results (two readings on the problem day): Didn't spot any reference to Starlink - the provider displayed as Equinix EMEA Acquisition Enterprise B.V each time.

How strange. My other half had grilled chicken breast again tonight for Gala night in Britannia.

Did you ask about 'always available' options in the Britannia? Our waiter on the first night confirmed my other half could select from sirloin, salmon or chicken breast. He went for the chicken with mashed potato:

Actually it was mentioned during the shipyard tour too so it is kind of official as a speciality dining venue - the shipyard workers were calling it 'altitudes'for the time being.

We have just seen that exact view from the scenic elevator on the other side - found the Library and Bookshop (bought a lanyard and magnets for our collection). Then up again to the Commodore Club for a coffee & hot chocolate. Then the marvellous scenic elevator up to the Atlantic Room and Observation Deck (which was unfortunately closed off).

Insights Lectures for the first 2 days: Ben the Royal Marine was excellent - searingly honest and so positive. I zoned out on the Global Village lecture but my other half loved it. Hoping to catch the Forensics lecture on the stateroom TV later.

Thank you - he should be fine with chicken or beef as his go-to's ☺️