mustanglvr Posted May 31, 2005 #1 Share Posted May 31, 2005 To start with, I love PC dining as I "was" a converted NCL cruiser. After reading the threads concerning the recent changes on the Diamond (I cruise to Alaska in a few days) regarding going to a one menu concept and eliminating the choices of specialty restaurants, I had to get the facts straight. I just got off the phone with Customer Relations at Princess Corporate office in Santa Clarita, CA, and they confirmed the fact that Princess has gone to a one menu concept on two of it's ships and will go fleetwide as soon as they can get the changes implemented. No more PC dining?? Well, you have a choice of where you eat, but the menu is the same everywhere. Their reasoning obviously was suggestions/complaints from previous cruisers. If they get enough feed-back from those of us who love the choices of specialty dining and separate menus for each, they "could" go back. I will write my letter today and make my final decision on cancelling my two future cruises after my Alaska cruise aboard the Diamond. If I wanted traditional dining, I would ask for that when I booked, but now there isn't any difference, other than you have assigned seating in your traditional (assigned) restaurant. The address for feed-back is: Princess Cruises 24844 Avenue Rockefeller Santa Clarita, CA 91355 Happy cruising.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmysmom Posted May 31, 2005 #2 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Thanks for the address and information. I too plan on letting them know how I feel about the change. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamer333 Posted May 31, 2005 #3 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I'm confused... Are you saying that Princess is eliminating the specialty restaurants such as Sabatini's and Sterlings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongerob Posted May 31, 2005 #4 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I think the OP is a little confused or unfamiliar with Anytime dining. On all Princess ships that offer Anytime except the Sapphire and Diamond, the main dining room menu has always been the same regardless of your choice of fixed or open seating. Sapphire and Diamond had additional specialty themed menus that were offered nightly, that are now being offered only once each per 7-day cruise. If I understand the situation correctly, the Diamond and Sapphire will now have dining menus consistent with the rest of the fleet. The four different themed restaurants just weren't working out - too much demand in some, not enough in others, and complaints all around about reservations, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted May 31, 2005 #5 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I thought that "PC" (or Anytime) dining had the same menu as Traditional dining except for the two ships (Sapphire and Diamond). I think I understand that you're saying that the Sapphire and Diamond will now have the same menu in the Anytime and Traditional dining rooms but since that's what's already fleetwide, then I'm really confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamer333 Posted May 31, 2005 #6 Share Posted May 31, 2005 ...then I'm really confused. I'm still confused too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madelinerose Posted May 31, 2005 #7 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Ditto. :confused: I'm still confused too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdjam Posted May 31, 2005 #8 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I think the OP is a little confused or unfamiliar with Anytime dining. On all Princess ships that offer Anytime except the Sapphire and Diamond, the main dining room menu has always been the same regardless of your choice of fixed or open seating. Sapphire and Diamond had additional specialty themed menus that were offered nightly, that are now being offered only once each per 7-day cruise. If I understand the situation correctly, the Diamond and Sapphire will now have dining menus consistent with the rest of the fleet. The four different themed restaurants just weren't working out - too much demand in some, not enough in others, and complaints all around about reservations, etc. Confused? Read this again… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coiran Posted May 31, 2005 #9 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Confused also! The menus for traditional and PC have always been the same on all of the ships we have sailed on. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMcruiser Posted May 31, 2005 #10 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I'm confused... Are you saying that Princess is eliminating the specialty restaurants such as Sabatini's and Sterlings? No, they are eliminating the no-charge specialty restaurants on the Diamond and Sapphire. Dining on the rest of the fleet stays pretty much as is, and the surcharged restaurant(s) will remain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherylandtk Posted May 31, 2005 #11 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Well, Coiran, sounds like your menus experience will continue to be the same...as you have not sailed Sapphire or Diamond yet, and those are the two "under revision". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamer333 Posted May 31, 2005 #12 Share Posted May 31, 2005 So than nothing is changing "fleet wide" as the OP was told? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongerob Posted May 31, 2005 #13 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Only the Diamond and Sapphire will change. Given that no one seemed to understand the concept on those two ships, maybe this will make things a little more workable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherylandtk Posted May 31, 2005 #14 Share Posted May 31, 2005 As Spongerob said above, methinks the OP was a little confused to start with....or of course, the CSA in Santa Clarita may have been a little confused, too, and there is always the chance that a little information got lost in translation to the board. :p By making this change to the Sapphire and Diamond (the two ships in the OP??) it makes a fleetwide consistent dining policy/program, and maybe that was what was intended by the "go fleetwide" remark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustanglvr Posted May 31, 2005 Author #15 Share Posted May 31, 2005 The only ships affected are the Diamond and the Sapphire and they are the only ships with the multiple alternative dining concept. Since there were so many complaints about people in traditional eating in the other restaurants and people in traditional wanting the alternative menus, the changes were imminent. If you had to pay a fee before, you still will. The other ships already have the one menu concept for each of the PC and traditional, so nothing will change for them. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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