Micahs Grandad

We were on Island Princess and laundry took 3 days to get back.

Will be on the Enchanted Princess for 26 days and wondering how they are doing with laundry these days.

For whatever it is worth in April Sky was next day.

16 hours ago, SCX22 said:

 

This is just sad.  That means she can't afford life in retirement and she needs the money.  She was a headliner and now just an opening act.

Or she enjoys getting up on stage and will do it for less money than before.

We were on Island Princess to Norway end July. Some people dressed up some did not.

These days will wear dress shirt with slacks and think I fit in.

When airlines started limiting luggage to 50 pounds my suit decided to stay home.

Not likely, sorry

Good for you but we do our best to owe them some dollars before we get off to avoid any problems with getting paid after the cruise

21 hours ago, david63 said:

In my experience it will be at the discretion of the Captain

True and a couple do it at noon.

We saw it on Sky first TA in 2019 so definitely not close to being new but sure a lot different than anything we have seen on Princess before.

1 hour ago, MissP22 said:

It will, but it'll take years to become a normal pay dining experience. The bad taste left in the mouths of dedicated Princess cruisers who are saddened by the change. 

I'm still disappointed by the elimination of the BOGO coupons in Sabatini's. 

Personally wish they would end this idea and go back to make it included. Quote the cruise accordingly and stop the new extra charges.

13 minutes ago, 4cats4me said:

Thank you, @Coral

Much appreciated.  
 

Dana

Nobodies business as to why you have not cruised for some time. 

2 hours ago, Astro Flyer said:

 

Yes…80% of those RCI surveyed opposed charging for Sorrento’s pizza.
 

If you believe the Princess rhetoric their survey said passengers prefer to pay to shorten lines. I have about 100 days on Royal-class ships & eat at Alfredo’s/Gigi’s regularly but have never waited more than 5 minutes even during the noontime rush.
 

Princess made Alfredo’s/Gigi’s fee based not due to passenger preferences but to generate more income and to sell more packages which will never be cost effective for me.

 

https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/royal-caribbean-will-keep-sorrento-s-pizza-free-after-conducting-survey

Hard to believe they added a price to Alfredo because their passengers wanted that to shorten lines. If anyone believes that nonsense I do have a bridge for sale.

1 hour ago, SCX22 said:

Staffing is back to pre-pandemic levels as of recent.  The problem is that there are a lot of newbies on their first contract and do their jobs as if their heads were cut off.  Many need more training.  Crew with more seniority have expressed that crew are being promoted to quickly without having as much experience or know how as compared to pre-pandemic.  The OceanNow delivery waiters look "lost" sometimes because they are trying to match a picture to face to deliver food/drink.

Island Princess had lots of new crew lasst month. Waitstaff we had in DR was excellent but Horizon court we thought crew members wandered aimlessly walking around not looking at passengers or tables to see if they needed anything. Mentioned this to two of the most hardworking supervisors we have seen and that is what they are facing now.

Just before covid it was $ 35 pp if I remember correctly. I think they billed you incorrectly perhaps chefs table.

1 hour ago, swabs said:

I am currently on Regal  Princess and the story is the same - Alfredo’s is mostly empty!!

What is management’s game??!!

Nickel and diming as much as they can until we revolt.

Thanks for the info, we are on the Enchanted in Nov for 26 days and looking forward to it.

How long for elite laundry turnaround?

Good apps at Alfredo pizza not so good imho.

Will skip it for now

3 hours ago, Lady Arwen said:

I’m old, too, but obsessed with high quality body wash.  I hate that the bar of soap travels all over your body, then sits in a goopy mess until you pick it up to use the next time you shower.  I like new, unused body wash each and every time.  There are some wonderful ones out there!  Pricey, but worth every penny.

It is my goopy mess that I have been using my entire life but looks like we need to bring our own bar.

On a ship or two they had floor night lights which were great on my trips to the bathroom during the night.

Otherwise we leave the light on in the bathroom, gives me enough light to walk safely back and forth.

We were on the Island Princess earlier this month and thought the coffee was awful.

4 hours ago, PMGS247 said:

 

I mean...yeah! Some of the best meals I've ever had are in NYC hole-in-the-walls.  Ironically that's kind of a high bar!

Italian food taste better when Italians using old world recipes are doing the cooking. Chains not on the same level.

We went on Sky Princess on march for first time.

Service was excellent, food was just ok. Neighborhood italian restaurants in NYC have better tasting Italian food.

Karen Rogers will be signing off Island Princess as cruise director the end of July as we go on. Anyone know who will be replacing her?

On 7/5/2023 at 4:18 PM, CruiserN1 said:

I am rehabbing a hip injury and can't walk very far wearing anything other than tennis shoes/trainers/sneakers without aggravating it. We leave July 14 on Crown to Alaska. Will there be an issue if I wear athletic footwear to the MDR for dinner? (Not trying to start a debate about proper dress, just want to make sure I'm prepared).

Nobody will care not to worry.

45 minutes ago, melodyina said:

Hello from  the Caribbean Princess. I will post more after our cruise as we are still  sailing… and perhaps Princess will make it right, but heres our experience and the reality.   I booked and prepaid reservations months in advance for Sabatinis, tsble fir four.  Our earliest time was 7:20 .. ok. So looking forward to this highlight of our dining experience.  We checked in at 7:15 and was told there were delays, no tables available for 15-20 minute wait.  Ok we nodded and understood.. then 15 minutes we check in again and no tables had opened up and the manager Jorge was very apologetic and now said 60 minute wait …. Pushing to 8:30 perhaps??  We needed to cancel and retreat to our normal dining room.  We are so so disappointed.  So now we will try and figure out how we can get a refund. 

Guess people kept their tables longer than expected. Sorry it happened to you.

We went to the one on Sky in March, food was no better than any neighborhood restaurant in NYC, was kind of disappointed. Service was excellent.

11 hours ago, Thrak said:

 

We sailed on Island once. The cruise just before that was on Coral. No comparison. On Island we kept "running out of ship" when we headed aft because they removed the Universe Lounge and everything that was aft and added a buttload of cabins. The gym (which we don't use) was moved downstairs to an area with no windows. There is no IC. Granted, the IC was an add on to Coral so it is a bit small but at least it's there. We have a favorite cabin on Coral that we've booked for canal transits twice but, due to the makeover on Island, it's no longer there. We couldn't walk all the way around the Promenade outside because, again, they had taken all the aft space and made it cabins. They removed a ton of public space and added a bunch more cabins. One and done for us unless my wife can convince me that Island is the only Princess ship that will get her to Iceland like she wants.

 

Other's love Island - especially if they have never cruised on Island before the bastardization of the ship and have never sailed on Coral which (other than the addition of IC to Coral) used to be the same. Those who don't know the difference likely will love Island.

Have heard these issues before and do have a concern as our first cruise on her is later this month. Booked it for the itinerary and will still enjoy the cruise even if the Island does not impress us.

On 5/8/2023 at 10:10 AM, MissP22 said:

Not that I know for sure, since we only cash out at the end of that particular trip, but I've read posts that said you can only cash out once.

You can cash out using chips from table games as you wish. No idea about how that works with slots.