dinner times & Victoria BC

[VicKen]

Anyone who has been on Alaskan cruise that includes evening in Victoria (7-midnight) - how does Princess handle dinner? Can't imagine all the late TD and perhaps a lot of the early TD alll rushing to the buffet.

[Colo Cruiser]

Anyone who has been on Alaskan cruise that includes evening in Victoria (7-midnight) - how does Princess handle dinner? Can't imagine all the late TD and perhaps a lot of the early TD alll rushing to the buffet.

 

 

Yes it was a crazy scene on the Golden for us.

The ship docked around 7:15pm.

We did anytime and so did everyone else. :eek:

[paul929207]

I believe TD is the usual times.

[VicKen]

That really surprizes me - I was sure Princess would make some change. Did people just stay on board rather than having to scramble to eat and pack before going ashore?

[san diego sue]

Didn't do dinner. Got a snack from IC after we came back from town.

Packed most everything that morning. In the evening when we returned , put luggage out. We had anytime dining so didn't need to say say goodbye's to waiters.

[sherryf]

We didn't even bother to go ashore. We are from the Seattle area and have been to Victoria before anyway. We preferred a nice, quiet, last evening on board. We had a hot tub to ourselves as the ship docked. We had a quiet dinner in the dining room after others had left the ship.

 

Perhaps some people choose to eat in town, rather than hassle with the crowds at the buffet.

[wowsmom]

OP, you've got me wondering now...when do the suitcases have to be out on that last night? What if you're on a tour in Victoria?

[Colo Cruiser]

Best bet is by 11pm.

We have never had a problem.

[wowsmom]

Thanks, Colo.

[annmarz]

We just did this on the Sapphire. We had AT dining and arrived at dining room about 15-20 minutes before it opened, which was always 5:30 pm. There was a short line. They opened the dining room early and we were seated quickly and had plenty of time for a nice dinnner. Note: Since we were going on a tour, we were dressed more casually than usual for us, which didn't matter at all.

 

After the tour about 10:30 pm we went to the Horizon Court for a snack which was a chaotic crowded mess!

 

Don't worry about your luggage. They WILL pick it up. Just put it out before you go to bed.

[wowsmom]

annmarz, what tour did you do in Victoria? That's the only port we haven't decided on yet.

[annmarz]

I forget the exact name but it was something like Victoria Highlights and Mt. Tolemei (sp?). In a bus we saw the city and stopped at a high scenic overlook and toured a Victorian mansion. It was a good tour. 3 hours long.

[wowsmom]

Thanks, I'll have to check into that.

[Ubu]

We were just on the Royal Princess and they just did open sitting in the dinning room and also the buffet was open.

[Ms. Alpha]

Since the Royal (and her sisters Ocean and Pacific) have only one dining room they don't offer anytime dining.

 

The solution for a late port call is to have open seating in the dining room as the previous poster said. This happened to us in St. Petersburg Russia on the Royal in 2008.