Grand - Lunch @ Crown Grill Suite Pass - Embarkation ?

[GreenValleyDogWalker]

Hi

It's been a while since we've sailed on Princess.  Booked on the Grand to Alaska in July - can't remember if suite passengers can go to the Crown Grill for lunch on Embarkation day ??  Does anyone know answer ?

 

Thanks

 

 

[Colo Cruiser]

2 minutes ago, GreenValleyDogWalker said:

Hi

It's been a while since we've sailed on Princess.  Booked on the Grand to Alaska in July - can't remember if suite passengers can go to the Crown Grill for lunch on Embarkation day ??  Does anyone know answer ?

 

Thanks

 

 

Crown Grill for the suite breakfast maybe (not embarkation day/there is no lunch in the CG) but Club Class (lunch) is set up in the DR on embarkation day.

Noon to 1:30pm

[GreenValleyDogWalker]

Interesting - I guess we haven't sailed Princess since the introduction of Club Class

Hubby now says he remembers going to the Crown Grill for lunch on embarkation day (and ordering two orders of shrimp cocktail !)

 

Thanks

[Colo Cruiser]

Just now, GreenValleyDogWalker said:

Interesting - I guess we haven't sailed Princess since the introduction of Club Class

Hubby now says he remembers going to the Crown Grill for lunch on embarkation day (and ordering two orders of shrimp cocktail !)

 

Thanks

Well I guess anything is possible.

It was not that way for us on the Grand a few months ago.

[Eaglecw]

You can go down to one of the MDR on embarkation day and have a nice peaceful lunch. It'll be open from Noon until 1:30pm, they tend to close the door at around 1:20. We always go to the MDR on embarkation day for lunch, my DH can't stand the buffet, to crowded.

[reedprincess]

Crown Grill (or Sabatini's or Share or Bayou steakhouse or Sterling Steakhouse) perk for suite guests is for dinner.   The specialty restaurants aren't open for lunch, whether embarkation or any other days. 

[Colo Cruiser]

12 minutes ago, reedprincess said:

Crown Grill (or Sabatini's or Share or Bayou steakhouse or Sterling Steakhouse) perk for suite guests is for dinner.   The specialty restaurants aren't open for lunch, whether embarkation or any other days. 

Some ships use them (CG/Sabatinis) for the Suite breakfast.

[GreenValleyDogWalker]

Thanks everyone - Hubby couldn't stand it (he was SURE we had lunch upon embarkation) - anyway - just talked to the couple that we cruised with - Star Princess in 2017 - suite passengers also - and yes - the 4 of us did, in fact, go to the Crown Grill for lunch as soon as we embarked the ship (In LA)

 

Maybe they don't offer that anymore - since they now have Club Class Dining...

 

 

[Coral]

3 minutes ago, GreenValleyDogWalker said:

Thanks everyone - Hubby couldn't stand it (he was SURE we had lunch upon embarkation) - anyway - just talked to the couple that we cruised with - Star Princess in 2017 - suite passengers also - and yes - the 4 of us did, in fact, go to the Crown Grill for lunch as soon as we embarked the ship (In LA)

 

Maybe they don't offer that anymore - since they now have Club Class Dining...

 

I don't remember that ever offered.

 

A very long time ago, the Tex Mex speciality restaurant was open on sea days for lunch but never the first day.

Edited June 7, 2019 by Coral

[reedprincess]

2 hours ago, Colo Cruiser said:

Some ships use them (CG/Sabatinis) for the Suite breakfast.

Yes, all ships have the Suite Specialty restaurant breakfast - but that certainly doesn't apply on embarkation, which is what the OP is asking about.

The suite meal is not for lunch, it's dinner on embarkation day. 

[getting older slowly]

Well at least we have Club Class for lunch......now a days

 

I hope they don't stop it... as the last few cruises there has only been 4-5 tables max over lunch.......  

but it is a great way to start your cruise...... some nice food with a glass of wine and good service....

 

Cheers Don

[Colo Cruiser]

13 minutes ago, reedprincess said:

Yes, all ships have the Suite Specialty restaurant breakfast - but that certainly doesn't apply on embarkation, which is what the OP is asking about.

The suite meal is not for lunch, it's dinner on embarkation day. 

Which is what I said in post #2.  😉

[skynight]

13 hours ago, GreenValleyDogWalker said:

Hi

It's been a while since we've sailed on Princess.  Booked on the Grand to Alaska in July - can't remember if suite passengers can go to the Crown Grill for lunch on Embarkation day ??  Does anyone know answer ?

 

Thanks

 

 

You may be thinking about the full suite passenger complimentary specialty restaurant dinner on boarding day. You can select either the Crown Grill or Sabatini's. Call the dine line after boarding for a reservation. There is also the special mimosa breakfast for full suite guests each morning. On the Grand it's either in the Crown Grill or Sabatini's. In the evening & lunch on sea days and boarding day there is Club Class dining in a section of the DR. I don't ever remember the Crown Grill open for lunch on boarding day, but maybe it was an experiment at one time. Just a note. These are for full suite passengers, not mini suites. Club Class mini suites do get Club Class dining, but not the other dining benefits.

Edited June 7, 2019 by skynight

[JF - retired RRT]

13 hours ago, Coral said:

I don't remember that ever offered.

 

A very long time ago, the Tex Mex specialty restaurant was open on sea days for lunch but never the first day.

Tex Mex??

[JF - retired RRT]

14 hours ago, reedprincess said:

Crown Grill (or Sabatini's or Share or Bayou steakhouse or Sterling Steakhouse) perk for suite guests is for dinner.   The specialty restaurants aren't open for lunch, whether embarkation or any other days. 

Except for the Pub Lunch (when it's offered) on some ships. YMMV

[skynight]

24 minutes ago, JF - retired RRT said:

Tex Mex??

When the Grand first sailed in 1998 there was a Mexican restaurant in the area which is now the Crown Grill and Leaves Tea Lounge. At times they had an entertainer in the area that is now Leaves. There were no walls. Passengers leaving the theater walked right through the restaurant in the hallway that is still visable. Soon after it was changed to the Sterling Steakhouse. The Leaves section was changed to a Limelight photo studio. Sterling Steakhouse was then changed to the Crown Grill. With the major renovation when Skywalker's was removed it was changed to it's current configuration. 

Edited June 7, 2019 by skynight

[PoohUnderstands]

On our last cruise on the Grand last March, all the usual times were lessened by a half hour.  I.E., embarkation lunch was from 11:30am-1pm.  So just keep that in mind when boarding if you want to do the MDR lunch (CC or regular).

 

Pooh

[JF - retired RRT]

28 minutes ago, skynight said:

When the Grand first sailed in 1998 there was a Mexican restaurant in the area which is now the Crown Grill and Leaves Tea Lounge. At times they had an entertainer in the area that is now Leaves. There were no walls. Passengers leaving the theater walked right through the restaurant in the hallway that is still visable. Soon after it was changed to the Sterling Steakhouse. The Leaves section was changed to a Limelight photo studio. Sterling Steakhouse was then changed to the Crown Grill. With the major renovation when Skywalker's was removed it was changed to it's current configuration. 

Thank You. 👍

[Coral]

57 minutes ago, JF - retired RRT said:

Tex Mex??

It was called Desert Rose. It was more Southwestern type restaurant and I think costs $3 or $6. Even Sterlings was that affordable back in the day.

[JF - retired RRT]

43 minutes ago, Coral said:

It was called Desert Rose. It was more Southwestern type restaurant and I think costs $3 or $6. Even Sterlings was that affordable back in the day.

Ahhh...for the good old days.

[pablo222]

21 hours ago, Coral said:

It was called Desert Rose. It was more Southwestern type restaurant and I think costs $3 or $6. Even Sterlings was that affordable back in the day.

On Grand, I think it was the Painted Desert.

 

As another poster pointed out ... when a show in the theater ended, many folks would walk right

through the restuarant (as that's where the hallway was).

 

I think they might have moved the casino to that location.  But, maybe that was on Caribbean.

 

"You are in a maze of twisty little ships, all alike."

[Coral]

9 minutes ago, pablo222 said:

On Grand, I think it was the Painted Desert.

 

As another poster pointed out ... when a show in the theater ended, many folks would walk right

through the restuarant (as that's where the hallway was).

 

I think they might have moved the casino to that location.  But, maybe that was on Caribbean.

 

"You are in a maze of twisty little ships, all alike."

I was wondering about that to. I think on the Golden (or Star?) it was Desert Rose. Was it on the Star? One of them was Desert Rose.

 

I just did a search and it appears it kept it's name when it switched to a steakhouse, at least for awhile.

 

I also found an article from the newspaper which put the fee at $3.50: 

 

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1998-09-13-9809090427-story.html  

Edited June 8, 2019 by Coral

[jeromep]

We had a suite on the Star in 2017 and on our cruise, embarkation lunch was in the MDR.  We did Club Class for that lunch (first cruise of the season out of Vancouver and first sailing with Club Class for that ship).  It was excellent.  We walked the ship pretty extensively the first day and didn't notice any life in the Crown Grill until dinner time (where we used our suite perk for complimentary dinner there that evening).

 

Suite breakfast was in Sabatini's.  Also excellent.  Be on the lookout for the Club Class dining room entrance on embarkation day because that is where you can avoid the crowds of the buffet (I also hate trying to get embarkation day lunch at the buffet).

[Colo Cruiser]

On 6/7/2019 at 9:06 AM, PoohUnderstands said:

On our last cruise on the Grand last March, all the usual times were lessened by a half hour.  I.E., embarkation lunch was from 11:30am-1pm.  So just keep that in mind when boarding if you want to do the MDR lunch (CC or regular).

 

Pooh

Lessened? It was always 90 minutes. Noon-1:30. They just changed the times (opened earlier-closed earlier)

[JF - retired RRT]

6 hours ago, Coral said:

I was wondering about that to. I think on the Golden (or Star?) it was Desert Rose. Was it on the Star? One of them was Desert Rose.

 

I just did a search and it appears it kept it's name when it switched to a steakhouse, at least for awhile.

 

I also found an article from the newspaper which put the fee at $3.50: 

 

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1998-09-13-9809090427-story.html  

Wowzer!! I also noticed it cost $350 pp/day!! For an inside?!