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We decided to give princess another try after having a hiatus in which we switched to Celebrity specifically solstice class. We booked an inside cabin but were pleasantly surprised when three days before the cruise we were offered a balcony for just $99 per person. We could not resist! We live in Charleston, SC so we decided to drive to Ft. Lauderdale. We stopped at exit 1 in Georgia to fuel up before entering Florida. This is a great exit to gas up off I-95 since the gas is cheap and it is an easy on and off (no divided highways or traffic lights). Also the Wendy’s at the Hess station there is pretty good. If you need to gas up in Florida stop at exit 147 Vera beach for the cheapest gas on all of I-95.

We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn Airport and Cruise in Dania Beach. We booked the park and cruise package.

We have stayed here a number of times and the service and amenities are top notch! They have a high attention to detail. Offer a cooked to order breakfast, parking for your cruise, and free shuttle to and from the port.

Ordered pizza from Sal’s Italian restaurant right across the street. They will deliver small pizzas. We got their specialty, the Brooklyn’s favorite, which is chicken, sausage, meatballs, onion and feta cheese. OMG delicious and the perfect amount for my wife and I. If you order and let them know the hotel you are staying at they give you a 15% discount. My $15 pizza was only $13. Great deal!

 

 

Now the reason I am calling this the uncruise is we are changing up the ground rules.

Rule number one, the ship is our destination, no leaving the ship (except to buy booze).

Rule number two, no shows, it's stateroon TV movies for us.

Rule number three, no dining room, only the Horizon court and other free venues (with one stop at the Crown Grill).

Just sun, food and fun.

 

Embarkation:

We booked a shuttle for 11:30 and ended up on a giant bus with lots of other people. There were 8 ships in port so it was very crowded. We arrived at our gate at 12:30 and there was a very long line to get in. Now this is important! If you are a platinum or better in the Princess club you can bypass the long line and go through the short line on the right. Check in was quick. There were long lines for people wanting to bring alcohol on board. If you bring your own wine expect a wait.

 

Cabin:

I won't go into great detail about the cabin layout. There are numerous posts about this as well as videos. I will try to hit on a few details. The stateroom TV is awesome. Great picture and about every new to dvd release available. The movies function like a dvr so you can pick up where you left off.

 

Movies on demand:

Action: Ant Man, Avengers age of Ultron, Blackhat, Furious 7, Fury, Hitman Agent 47, Jurassic world, Kingsman, Mad Max, Maze runner scorch trials, Mission Impossible rouge nation, Run all night, Terminator Genisys, The Equalizer, The Man from Uncle

 

Comedy: A Million ways tro die in the west, Burnt, Entourage, Focus, Hot pursuit, Magic Mike XXL, Mistress America, Our brand is Crisis, Pitch perfect 2, Pride, Ricki and the Flash, Rock the Kasbah, Spy, St Vincent, Ted 2, The hundred foot journey, The intern, The second best Marigold hotel, This is where I leave, Trainwreck, Unfinished business, What If

 

Drama: A little Chaos , A Royal Night out, A Walk in the Woods, Black Mass, By the Sea,

Carol, Creed, Ex Machina, Far from the Madding crowd, Lambert & Stamp, Legend, Love and Mercy, March 2015, Me Earl and the dying girl, Mr Holmes, Pawn sacrifice, Southpaw, Steve Jobs, The 33, The Danish girl, The fault in our stars, Trumbo, Truth, Unbroken, Woman in gold.

 

Family: Alexander the and very bad day, Annie, Big hero 6, Frozen, Goosebumps, Guardians of the Galaxy, Home, How to train your dragon two, Night at the Museum (newest one), Paddington, Pan, Song of the Sea, Strange magic, The good dinosaur, The lego movie.

 

The Tv has music but you can’t choose the songs. The live tv is news and sports mostly. One note, the TV is hard mounted to the wall with no outlets nearby and no access to a setup menu so there is no way to hook up your own devices.

Also for some odd reason there is no way to access your stateroom account from the tv. You either have to use their internet or go to the purser's desk. There is a ATM device near the purser's that scans your key card and gives you a total.

 

The balcony is small but suitable and gets nice breezes and sun. You have to put a card into a slot by the door to work the lights but any card works. I used on of the cards provided with the ship's map and it worked all week.

 

Internet:

The internet access is awesome. Being platinum we received 2 1/2 hours of internet time per person. The internet was pretty quick even at sea and provided a lot of fun for blogging. It also defaults to a webpage that doesn't use your minutes and gives you stateroom account info, the weather and events going on the ship.

 

MUTS:

I must say the picture and sound quality were a huge improvement over the older ships. During sea days they ran videos of nature and undersea creatures with popular music piped in. My DW and I have really missed poolside music on other cruises. On port days they have rock concerts at different times featuring anything from Paul McCartney to Pink. The movies on this cruise were Spectre, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Joy, and the Martian.

 

Liquor:

Super expensive on this ship. Two Mohitos cost us over $20.

 

Food (the best part):

Crown grill is always a favorite. Book early before they book up. You need to go directly to the restaurant since they don't answer the phone. We started with the scallop appetizer followed by the black and blue soup. The main was a 14oz ribeye, one of the best we have ever ate with a loaded baked potato featuring sour cream, chives and bacon. We opted out of dessert because we were too full (do not eat the bread!).

 

 

Horizon court was phenomenal! The food quality there was top notch. When you sit down you can't count off ten seconds before a waiter asks for your drink order and a finished plate is removed just after you take that last bite. It is a well oiled machine.

 

Monday was Italian night. First off avoid the calzones they were all dough and air. The Italian sausage in tomato basic was fantastic! Also good was the Sicilian Acancini rice balls with meat ragu. The meat ravioli was very rich and tasty as well.The bow tie pasta alfredo was a win. The true hit was the Frutti di mare (fruits of the sea) which was a spicy sauce with pasta and shrimp, mussels and scallops. Yum.

When we finished we went to the assorted cheese section and loaded up on various cheeses to enjoy in our stateroom later. The cheese selection is over the top!

 

 

Tuesday was formal night in the dining room so the court decided to spruce up with fancy table cloths and goblets for water. They had many delicious treats but out standout favorites were the crusted beef tenderloin, fried shrimp and fried onion rings. Both shrimp and onion rings were just the right crispy and the tenderloin juicy and perfectly cooked.

 

 

Wednesday was Bavarian night which I had been looking forward to.

They served many sausages...Debreziner, Weisswurst, Bratwurst, Kielbasa, and weiners. I topped mine with mustard and kraut. Good kraut choices too. They had Red Cabbage, Spicy sauerkraut, classic sauerkraut, and sauerkraut with bacon. Of course it wouldn’t be Bavarian night without schnitzel of which they had both pork and turkey. The winner of the evening was the warm potato salad drizzled in a warm mustard based sauce. It was yummy. There were also plenty of pretzels to enjoy!

 

 

Thursday was tex-mex night. They had Carne Guisada, Grilled Texas shrimp, Quesadillas, chicken enchiladas, chimichangas, and stuffed jalapeno poppers. The poppers were my favorite and were loaded with cheese. My DW loved the chimichangas.

 

 

Friday was formal night. We enjoyed beef wellington which was super tender, duchess potatoes, a spicy shrimp in tomato sauce and a grilled minute steak cooked to perfection. I have been very impressed with the quality of shrimp here which is high praise being I am from South Carolina which is known for it’s shrimp.

 

 

Saturday morning was the chocolate buffet. I felt like one of the kids in Willy Wonka. The was a chocolate fountain with many items for dipping. I had the french toast stuffed with Nutella with was wonderful to say the least. There was chocolate bread and butter pudding, chocolate oatmeal, peanut butter cookies covered in chocolate, oatmeal cookies covered in chocolate, chocolate donuts, a variety of chocolate puddings and deserts, chocolate pancakes, chocolate waffles, chocolate croissant, chocolate and hazelnut swirled pastry, chocolate muffins, and chocolate banana bread...whew! My favorite was of course the nutella french toast which was two peices of thick french toast with a generous helping of nutella and thinly sliced strawberries in between. Sugar Rush!!!

 

 

Lunch was the BBQ buffet. There was Cheesy potatoes au gratin (super delicious), baked macaroni and cheese, stuffed bell peppers, baked beans, corn on the cob, baked potato with all the fixings (sour cream, chives, bacon), they had four kinds of french fries which included plain, garlic butter, spicy cajun, and chili (the spice not actual chili). There was BBQ salmon, bbq pork belly (kind of chewy but ok), Memphis pork ribs (which were very meaty and spiced a little more than the ribs you get at the Trident grill), honey glazed wings, and a rich bourbon brisket. At the end they had a carving station with pork belly, chicken, brisket and roast duck.

 

 

Dinner was the American buffet which had a really good prime rib and baked Mac and cheese.

 

Alfredo's:

Amazing pizza and pasta are found here. We had four of the pizzas. The bacon, potato and brie was a stand out favorite. The regal had wonderfully sliced ham. The Tartina had yummy seafood on it and the Chicken BBQ which had red onion, corn, cilantro, cherry tomatoes and smoked mozzarella. It was very good. The calzone tasted good but went a little flat after you cut into it. The true slice of heaven was the veal pasta. It was an explosion of bubbling cheese. We loved it so much we had it four times. This is a must get!!

 

 

Prego's :

Had really yummy NY style pizza. Many different specials and some that were identical to Alfredo's special pizza of the day.

 

International cafe:

We tried the steak and mushroom pie and it was quite good. When we return to this ship I want to try more of the meat pies.

 

Main Dining:

We only went on Friday which was lobster night. We went at 5pm to get in quick. We were asked if we wanted to share which I thought was odd. We asked for a table for two but got seated at one right next to another couple. Now I am not a lobster snob. I know it is not going to be Maine quality lobster. It is Caribbean lobster which is chewier and not as tasty and I expected this. Suffice it to say it was terrible, They had cooked it in so much salt that was all you could taste. We were going to get two portions but we opted out and instead fled to the Horizon court.

 

Trident grill:

Hamburgers were a bit dry but the fries were awesome. The wife got a plate of fries one day and got nacho cheese from the taco bar and bacon from the salad bar. Yummy bacon cheese fries. The ribs here at night are quite meaty and good but the "jumbo" wings were a bit of a joke. They were tiny.

 

Music:

DJ Q was very good and takes requests. The band Rhapsody was downright terrible and sang off key. They string quartet in the Atrium was excellent.

 

Bars:

We got a chocolate mint martini from Crooners which was very good and well worth the $8. The wheelhouse bar had the candybartini which was tasty but not really worth the $12. The Norman Love drinks are a joke. We tried to get the bourbon and bacon one and the waiter said they never had the bacon and that they were removing it from the menu.

That being said...

 

Norman Love:

Total ripoff. Deserts are $3 a piece and very small. They conveniently never had the ingredients for the drinks. There is one free offering a night in the Pastry but with so many other good choices I was not impressed.

 

Jogging tracking was nice and away from the crowd. Hot tubs were very windy at night and not very hot but that could have been due to the weather when we cruised.

 

Debarkation:

Was the usual cattle line. We self debarked at 6am and we got off fairly quick. Get there at least thirty minutes early.

 

All in all we loved this cruise and would cruise the regal again either for a cruise or uncruise. Final note, always enjoy the sunrises and sunsets.

 

Sorry if some of the pictures came out a little yellow, the heat lamps mess with the colors.

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FYI, if you have any device capable of WiFi, you can use Princess@Sea and access your folio, check dining times, entertainment, deck plans, etc. at no cost. You do not have to use the Internet. As a matter of fact, you can't use the Internet to see your folio. You use the ship's intranet. It's optional whether you want to use it but Princess does make it easy and convenient to check your folio without having to go to the Passenger Services Desk or use the kiosks.

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FYI, the Norman Love desserts are to die for... and free for the most part. You can find them in the MDR, afternoon tea and Horizon Court for free... the only charge is at the International Cafe. Also, there are the truffle pops that are handed out at the champagne waterfall party. Also free.

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"We were asked if we wanted to share which I thought was odd."

 

What's odd about that? They always ask that:rolleyes: and anyway the vast majority do want to share.

 

It was just odd because that was the first time we were asked that in 20 cruises. I guess with anytime they want to conserve space. We hadn't sailed princess in a while.

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Can you tell me what time you ate dinner at the buffet and was it busy? Thanks!

 

We usually went right when they opened at 5:30. Sometimes they don't bring out the themed stuff until 6pm. It was never crowded and always had plenty of places to sit.

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We decided to give princess another try after having a hiatus in which we switched to Celebrity specifically solstice class. We booked an inside cabin but were pleasantly surprised when three days before the cruise we were offered a balcony for just $99 per person. We could not resist! We live in Charleston, SC so we decided to drive to Ft. Lauderdale. We stopped at exit 1 in Georgia to fuel up before entering Florida. This is a great exit to gas up off I-95 since the gas is cheap and it is an easy on and off (no divided highways or traffic lights). Also the Wendy’s at the Hess station there is pretty good. If you need to gas up in Florida stop at exit 147 Vera beach for the cheapest gas on all of I-95.

We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn Airport and Cruise in Dania Beach. We booked the park and cruise package.

We have stayed here a number of times and the service and amenities are top notch! They have a high attention to detail. Offer a cooked to order breakfast, parking for your cruise, and free shuttle to and from the port.

Ordered pizza from Sal’s Italian restaurant right across the street. They will deliver small pizzas. We got their specialty, the Brooklyn’s favorite, which is chicken, sausage, meatballs, onion and feta cheese. OMG delicious and the perfect amount for my wife and I. If you order and let them know the hotel you are staying at they give you a 15% discount. My $15 pizza was only $13. Great deal!

 

 

Now the reason I am calling this the uncruise is we are changing up the ground rules.

Rule number one, the ship is our destination, no leaving the ship (except to buy booze).

Rule number two, no shows, it's stateroon TV movies for us.

Rule number three, no dining room, only the Horizon court and other free venues (with one stop at the Crown Grill).

Just sun, food and fun.

 

Embarkation:

We booked a shuttle for 11:30 and ended up on a giant bus with lots of other people. There were 8 ships in port so it was very crowded. We arrived at our gate at 12:30 and there was a very long line to get in. Now this is important! If you are a platinum or better in the Princess club you can bypass the long line and go through the short line on the right. Check in was quick. There were long lines for people wanting to bring alcohol on board. If you bring your own wine expect a wait.

 

Cabin:

I won't go into great detail about the cabin layout. There are numerous posts about this as well as videos. I will try to hit on a few details. The stateroom TV is awesome. Great picture and about every new to dvd release available. The movies function like a dvr so you can pick up where you left off.

 

Movies on demand:

Action: Ant Man, Avengers age of Ultron, Blackhat, Furious 7, Fury, Hitman Agent 47, Jurassic world, Kingsman, Mad Max, Maze runner scorch trials, Mission Impossible rouge nation, Run all night, Terminator Genisys, The Equalizer, The Man from Uncle

 

Comedy: A Million ways tro die in the west, Burnt, Entourage, Focus, Hot pursuit, Magic Mike XXL, Mistress America, Our brand is Crisis, Pitch perfect 2, Pride, Ricki and the Flash, Rock the Kasbah, Spy, St Vincent, Ted 2, The hundred foot journey, The intern, The second best Marigold hotel, This is where I leave, Trainwreck, Unfinished business, What If

 

Drama: A little Chaos , A Royal Night out, A Walk in the Woods, Black Mass, By the Sea,

Carol, Creed, Ex Machina, Far from the Madding crowd, Lambert & Stamp, Legend, Love and Mercy, March 2015, Me Earl and the dying girl, Mr Holmes, Pawn sacrifice, Southpaw, Steve Jobs, The 33, The Danish girl, The fault in our stars, Trumbo, Truth, Unbroken, Woman in gold.

 

Family: Alexander the and very bad day, Annie, Big hero 6, Frozen, Goosebumps, Guardians of the Galaxy, Home, How to train your dragon two, Night at the Museum (newest one), Paddington, Pan, Song of the Sea, Strange magic, The good dinosaur, The lego movie.

 

The Tv has music but you can’t choose the songs. The live tv is news and sports mostly. One note, the TV is hard mounted to the wall with no outlets nearby and no access to a setup menu so there is no way to hook up your own devices.

Also for some odd reason there is no way to access your stateroom account from the tv. You either have to use their internet or go to the purser's desk. There is a ATM device near the purser's that scans your key card and gives you a total.

 

The balcony is small but suitable and gets nice breezes and sun. You have to put a card into a slot by the door to work the lights but any card works. I used on of the cards provided with the ship's map and it worked all week.

 

Internet:

The internet access is awesome. Being platinum we received 2 1/2 hours of internet time per person. The internet was pretty quick even at sea and provided a lot of fun for blogging. It also defaults to a webpage that doesn't use your minutes and gives you stateroom account info, the weather and events going on the ship.

 

MUTS:

I must say the picture and sound quality were a huge improvement over the older ships. During sea days they ran videos of nature and undersea creatures with popular music piped in. My DW and I have really missed poolside music on other cruises. On port days they have rock concerts at different times featuring anything from Paul McCartney to Pink. The movies on this cruise were Spectre, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Joy, and the Martian.

 

Liquor:

Super expensive on this ship. Two Mohitos cost us over $20.

 

Food (the best part):

Crown grill is always a favorite. Book early before they book up. You need to go directly to the restaurant since they don't answer the phone. We started with the scallop appetizer followed by the black and blue soup. The main was a 14oz ribeye, one of the best we have ever ate with a loaded baked potato featuring sour cream, chives and bacon. We opted out of dessert because we were too full (do not eat the bread!).

 

 

Horizon court was phenomenal! The food quality there was top notch. When you sit down you can't count off ten seconds before a waiter asks for your drink order and a finished plate is removed just after you take that last bite. It is a well oiled machine.

 

Monday was Italian night. First off avoid the calzones they were all dough and air. The Italian sausage in tomato basic was fantastic! Also good was the Sicilian Acancini rice balls with meat ragu. The meat ravioli was very rich and tasty as well.The bow tie pasta alfredo was a win. The true hit was the Frutti di mare (fruits of the sea) which was a spicy sauce with pasta and shrimp, mussels and scallops. Yum.

When we finished we went to the assorted cheese section and loaded up on various cheeses to enjoy in our stateroom later. The cheese selection is over the top!

 

 

Tuesday was formal night in the dining room so the court decided to spruce up with fancy table cloths and goblets for water. They had many delicious treats but out standout favorites were the crusted beef tenderloin, fried shrimp and fried onion rings. Both shrimp and onion rings were just the right crispy and the tenderloin juicy and perfectly cooked.

 

 

Wednesday was Bavarian night which I had been looking forward to.

They served many sausages...Debreziner, Weisswurst, Bratwurst, Kielbasa, and weiners. I topped mine with mustard and kraut. Good kraut choices too. They had Red Cabbage, Spicy sauerkraut, classic sauerkraut, and sauerkraut with bacon. Of course it wouldn’t be Bavarian night without schnitzel of which they had both pork and turkey. The winner of the evening was the warm potato salad drizzled in a warm mustard based sauce. It was yummy. There were also plenty of pretzels to enjoy!

 

 

Thursday was tex-mex night. They had Carne Guisada, Grilled Texas shrimp, Quesadillas, chicken enchiladas, chimichangas, and stuffed jalapeno poppers. The poppers were my favorite and were loaded with cheese. My DW loved the chimichangas.

 

 

Friday was formal night. We enjoyed beef wellington which was super tender, duchess potatoes, a spicy shrimp in tomato sauce and a grilled minute steak cooked to perfection. I have been very impressed with the quality of shrimp here which is high praise being I am from South Carolina which is known for it’s shrimp.

 

 

Saturday morning was the chocolate buffet. I felt like one of the kids in Willy Wonka. The was a chocolate fountain with many items for dipping. I had the french toast stuffed with Nutella with was wonderful to say the least. There was chocolate bread and butter pudding, chocolate oatmeal, peanut butter cookies covered in chocolate, oatmeal cookies covered in chocolate, chocolate donuts, a variety of chocolate puddings and deserts, chocolate pancakes, chocolate waffles, chocolate croissant, chocolate and hazelnut swirled pastry, chocolate muffins, and chocolate banana bread...whew! My favorite was of course the nutella french toast which was two peices of thick french toast with a generous helping of nutella and thinly sliced strawberries in between. Sugar Rush!!!

 

 

Lunch was the BBQ buffet. There was Cheesy potatoes au gratin (super delicious), baked macaroni and cheese, stuffed bell peppers, baked beans, corn on the cob, baked potato with all the fixings (sour cream, chives, bacon), they had four kinds of french fries which included plain, garlic butter, spicy cajun, and chili (the spice not actual chili). There was BBQ salmon, bbq pork belly (kind of chewy but ok), Memphis pork ribs (which were very meaty and spiced a little more than the ribs you get at the Trident grill), honey glazed wings, and a rich bourbon brisket. At the end they had a carving station with pork belly, chicken, brisket and roast duck.

 

 

Dinner was the American buffet which had a really good prime rib and baked Mac and cheese.

 

Alfredo's:

Amazing pizza and pasta are found here. We had four of the pizzas. The bacon, potato and brie was a stand out favorite. The regal had wonderfully sliced ham. The Tartina had yummy seafood on it and the Chicken BBQ which had red onion, corn, cilantro, cherry tomatoes and smoked mozzarella. It was very good. The calzone tasted good but went a little flat after you cut into it. The true slice of heaven was the veal pasta. It was an explosion of bubbling cheese. We loved it so much we had it four times. This is a must get!!

 

 

Prego's :

Had really yummy NY style pizza. Many different specials and some that were identical to Alfredo's special pizza of the day.

 

International cafe:

We tried the steak and mushroom pie and it was quite good. When we return to this ship I want to try more of the meat pies.

 

Main Dining:

We only went on Friday which was lobster night. We went at 5pm to get in quick. We were asked if we wanted to share which I thought was odd. We asked for a table for two but got seated at one right next to another couple. Now I am not a lobster snob. I know it is not going to be Maine quality lobster. It is Caribbean lobster which is chewier and not as tasty and I expected this. Suffice it to say it was terrible, They had cooked it in so much salt that was all you could taste. We were going to get two portions but we opted out and instead fled to the Horizon court.

 

Trident grill:

Hamburgers were a bit dry but the fries were awesome. The wife got a plate of fries one day and got nacho cheese from the taco bar and bacon from the salad bar. Yummy bacon cheese fries. The ribs here at night are quite meaty and good but the "jumbo" wings were a bit of a joke. They were tiny.

 

Music:

DJ Q was very good and takes requests. The band Rhapsody was downright terrible and sang off key. They string quartet in the Atrium was excellent.

 

Bars:

We got a chocolate mint martini from Crooners which was very good and well worth the $8. The wheelhouse bar had the candybartini which was tasty but not really worth the $12. The Norman Love drinks are a joke. We tried to get the bourbon and bacon one and the waiter said they never had the bacon and that they were removing it from the menu.

That being said...

 

Norman Love:

Total ripoff. Deserts are $3 a piece and very small. They conveniently never had the ingredients for the drinks. There is one free offering a night in the Pastry but with so many other good choices I was not impressed.

 

Jogging tracking was nice and away from the crowd. Hot tubs were very windy at night and not very hot but that could have been due to the weather when we cruised.

 

Debarkation:

Was the usual cattle line. We self debarked at 6am and we got off fairly quick. Get there at least thirty minutes early.

 

All in all we loved this cruise and would cruise the regal again either for a cruise or uncruise. Final note, always enjoy the sunrises and sunsets.

 

Sorry if some of the pictures came out a little yellow, the heat lamps mess with the colors.

We did 14 days on Regal. The ship is gorgeous. Much use of beautiful Granite/Marble. Piazza was lovely "central" area. Crooners bar great for drinks & people watching.

Food was good(we've had better, but still good)Crown Grill was good, but again, no comparison to Murano on the Eclipse. Murano is a lot more expensive & with higher prices you get better quality.(everyone CAN have screw-ups on occasion)Seafood quality on Regal generally very good, overall. Desserts were totally lame(sorry!) Norman Love desserts were much better. Spouse is a "CIA" pastry chef, so trust me on dessert quality! We both are in the food industry(Rest/Catering co/food service mgr.) So we really KNOW food!

MUTS was outstanding. Great movies & no "rehash" films certainly helps. Horizon does have very good food overall(Better than Eclipse Oceanview Café in my opinion)We also had an inside cabin. Storage was excellent. Great having the closet NOT next to the bed as on other ships. Bathroom real letdown. Small shower enclose(like sliding doors on Eclipse MUCH more) water pressure not what we're used to. Too low pressure. do LOVE the handheld shower head, however. Had that on the QM2(ALL ships should have them) Bath towels on Regal were truly awful! Worst I've ever had on a ship. Thought balcony cabins had better towels(more costly, right?)They were the same. Overall, I'd still do Regal again. Do dislike doing B2B cruises(as opposed to outright 14 days at sea)The menu stayed exactly the same. Strange, considering you went to a different part of the Caribbean. Next time we'll try more dishes in Horizon. Overall a very good cruise, just short of a great cruise(for us)Staff was the best we've ever had on ANY line. Real asset to Princess.

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THANK YOU! I'm a newbie cruiser, have limited eyesight-technically Legally Blind, and was wondering how the food was presented. The labelling is MOST helpful to me, some things I recognise by sight, but anything unfamiliar, I'm puzzled.

 

228 days to sailing on the Golden Princess for me!

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THANK YOU! I'm a newbie cruiser, have limited eyesight-technically Legally Blind, and was wondering how the food was presented. The labelling is MOST helpful to me, some things I recognise by sight, but anything unfamiliar, I'm puzzled.

 

228 days to sailing on the Golden Princess for me!

 

Glad to help! Enjoy your cruise!

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WOW.. We will be cruising Regal next week, our first with Princess an we particularly enjoy getting to try new food. Looks like by your pics we are in for some delicious an fulfilling meals. Normally I'm not a fan of the buffets on board, but these offerings look quite good. Can't wait to experience the MDR, Crown Grill, an the Horizon Court!!

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