Rare trbarton Posted March 30, 2017 #1 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Princess Cruises Announces Largest Food & Beverage Innovation Ever to Take Place during a Drydock The Caribbean Princess is undergoing a major change with their restaurant venues. Perhaps Princess is using this as a test for other ships in the fleet. World Fresh Marketplace – Replacing Horizon Court (deck 14) Two Casual Specialty Restaurants - Café Caribe (deck 14 aft) Planks BBQ......Steamers Seafood Top-Deck Dining Venues – Four Princess top-deck outdoor dining offerings will be revitalized, renamed and enhanced, including: The Salty Dog Grill (formerly Trident Grill) Slice (formerly Pizzeria) Coffee & Cones (formerly Scoops) The Mix (formerly Blackbeard's Bar) To see the complete story use these links http://finance.yahoo.com/news/princess-cruises-announces-largest-food-203900453.html;_ylc=X1MDMTE5Nzc4NDE4NQRfZXgDMQRfeXJpZANhdXFhcGpoY2Rta2czBGcDZFhWcFpEeHVjejR5T0RBMFpEYzROeTB6WmpNd0xUTXlZakF0T0RRNE1TMW1OVFkxTkdFNE1HWTJObVE4Wm1sbGJHUStZMk5zBGxhbmcDZW4tVVMEb3JpZ19sYW5nA2VuBG9yaWdfcmVnaW9uA1VTBHBvcwMxBHJlZ2lvbgNVUwRzeW1ib2wDQ0NM?.tsrc=applewf http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=7692 Tom😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted March 30, 2017 #2 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Hope they do this to all the ships.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted March 30, 2017 #3 Share Posted March 30, 2017 My uniformed opinion: don't get too excited. HAL is changing the Lido Restaurant into the Lido Marketplace. I have not seen any significant difference between the two "concepts". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbinMich Posted March 31, 2017 #4 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Having sailed on the CB 3x in the last 12 months, we look forward to our as-yet-unscheduled next cruise on her to enjoy the new eating venues on Deck 15. Usually we eat all our meals in Horizon and the decor/layout was getting a bit old, esp. since it's similar to that on the newer Crown-class ships on which we've also sailed many times. That's why the totally different concepts on Royal/Regal were such a welcome change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Ave. Mayhem Posted April 2, 2017 #5 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Just some observations based on my preferences & perceptions. I began sailing with Princess on the original Dawn Princess just after the Sitmar takeover. Back then the focus was on excellent food & service in the MDR. There were the Pizzeria & outdoor buffets set up by the aft pool. Once all the dining "options" came into place the general quality levels of food & service began a continuous decline. The current business model seems to be endless "revenue production" venues & creates(in my opinion) more of a tacky crass feeling to the product presentation. Ships are now purposefully designed with less general use public areas, i.e. no libraries, limited access to forward/aft outer decks, no usable promenade decks, observation lounges, aft pools, ect. I wish that mass market cruise lines would perhaps charge a slightly higher per diem and put the focus back on service & food quality in their MDR's. Yes, there are the likes of Oceania, Crystal, & Regent, but they are priced out of limits for someone like me who likes to cruise frequently. IF... Princess were to rebuild exact replicas of the original Island/Pacific or Dawn/Fair sisters I'm sure they'd be sold out my us "old school" cruisers. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted April 2, 2017 #6 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Princess Cruises Announces Largest Food & Beverage Innovation Ever to Take Place during a Drydock The Caribbean Princess is undergoing a major change with their restaurant venues. Perhaps Princess is using this as a test for other ships in the fleet. World Fresh Marketplace – Replacing Horizon Court (deck 14) Two Casual Specialty Restaurants - Café Caribe (deck 14 aft) Planks BBQ......Steamers Seafood Top-Deck Dining Venues – Four Princess top-deck outdoor dining offerings will be revitalized, renamed and enhanced, including: The Salty Dog Grill (formerly Trident Grill) Slice (formerly Pizzeria) Coffee & Cones (formerly Scoops) The Mix (formerly Blackbeard's Bar) Tom😀 The Mods had a sticky for this..... http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2477050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskanb Posted April 2, 2017 #7 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Also a change in menu at Sabatinis --to be announced! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoBadKnees Posted April 2, 2017 #8 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Apparently there was a bomb hoax during dry dock: http://crew-center.com/caribbean-princess-evacuated-due-bomb-alert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted April 2, 2017 #9 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Looks like it will be done on some ships. The crews on Crown were just oriented on the similar changes. Sent from my SGH-M919 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted April 3, 2017 #10 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Apparently there was a bomb hoax during dry dock:http://crew-center.com/caribbean-princess-evacuated-due-bomb-alert Of course the infamous Jim Walker was mentioned. That guy is just "special". :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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