Cruise Critic is Sailing on Majestic Princess This Week (2/26-3/5) - What do you want to know?

[spingal]

12 hours ago, Ombud said:

Which musical (aka Broadway style) shows are they currently doing? 

We saw Encore and Sweet Soul Music.

[spingal]

14 hours ago, Cruising Juls said:

Are they serving breakfast in Sur La Mer on sea days? If so what is being served. Looked like something new. 

Bistro Sur La Mer only served dinner.  It was never busy when I went by it.  It is a strange layout because it is open to the walkway on deck 7.  So if there is something happening in the piazza then it is noisy.

[spingal]

16 hours ago, MargoK said:

Is there still Crooners Bar (with Piano) next to the Casino.   The Princess website deck plan has something else there but in the descriptions for entertainment it has Crooners.   Loved Crooners for its close access to the lower theatre.  Loved the lower theatre for the wheelchair 'parks' at the end of the aisle!    For once I could get close to the stage and see everything!

There isn’t a Crooners on the Majestic.  They have a VIP Casino Lounge next to casino.  It is a complete waste of space.  I only saw one or two people using it.  Most of the time it was empty.

Edited March 6, 2022 by spingal

[spingal]

On 3/2/2022 at 12:24 PM, HOA55 said:

Buffets - can we touch the utensils yet? 

Nope.  They are still serving you.

[MHMarkL]

Is there an option to get Good Brewed Coffee delivered to your cabin for us Coffee snobs? 

 

Would they allow us to use a single serve coffee maker in the cabin if it doesn't have a hot plate?    

[memoak]

1 hour ago, MHMarkL said:

Is there an option to get Good Brewed Coffee delivered to your cabin for us Coffee snobs? 

 

Would they allow us to use a single serve coffee maker in the cabin if it doesn't have a hot plate?    

There will be no hot plate in the cabin. And they will not allow to bring a coffee maker on board. I would be shocked if they allowed it

[MsSoCalCruiser]

On 3/5/2022 at 12:27 AM, alibabacruisers said:

Does anyone have a picture of the interior cabins that are horizontal (the rarer layout that usual)?  Thank you!

The sideways interior cabin?  I have some photos in this post.  

 

Edited March 7, 2022 by MsSoCalCruiser

[JF - retired RRT]

19 hours ago, memoak said:

There will be no hot plate in the cabin. And they will not allow to bring a coffee maker on board. I would be shocked if they allowed it

There are "doodads" that don't use electricity. Sort of a filter that you put the grounds in, then pour hot water through. You can get hot water from room service or the buffet.

[capriccio]

30 minutes ago, JF - retired RRT said:

There are "doodads" that don't use electricity. Sort of a filter that you put the grounds in, then pour hot water through. You can get hot water from room service or the buffet.

A French Press is the  "doodad" that I'm familiar with!

[JF - retired RRT]

13 minutes ago, capriccio said:

A French Press is the  "doodad" that I'm familiar with!

Yeah. I was thinking that's the name, but I don't drink coffe (so not sure). I read about it on CC.

[capriccio]

2 minutes ago, JF - retired RRT said:

Yeah. I was thinking that's the name, but I don't drink coffee (so not sure).

I neither drink nor make coffee but DH loves it and we have lots of coffee related doodads including a French Press, an electric tea kettle (to heat the water for the press), an Italian Espresso Pot, and a Nespresso Machine! 

[SLO Dancers]

Is there Zumba on board?  If so, is it inside or outside?  Thanks.

[spingal]

On 3/7/2022 at 8:42 AM, SLO Dancers said:

Is there Zumba on board?  If so, is it inside or outside?  Thanks.

Yes.  It was outside on the top deck.

[hey_al]

Difference between Concerto & Allegro dining rooms (and Symphony)? Is there walk up availability for dinner, or reservation only? Are we able to request the same wait staff every night?

[Mike45LC]

2 hours ago, hey_al said:

Difference between Concerto & Allegro dining rooms (and Symphony)? Is there walk up availability for dinner, or reservation only? Are we able to request the same wait staff every night?

While waiting for someone with more recent knowledge to respond:  pre-Covid, the three main dining rooms were pretty much all the same.  Some subtle differences, but not much.  One dining room was for traditional dining (fixed time, assigned tables and the same staff each night), one dining room was for First Seating Traditional and then opened up for Anytime Dining after the first seating was over, and one dining room was for Anytime Dining.  

 

[relmondcrsise]

I'm looking for the drink specials available in the Platinum/Elite/Suite lounge.  Did you happen to see them?

[victory2020]

On 3/9/2022 at 8:31 AM, relmondcrsise said:

I'm looking for the drink specials available in the Platinum/Elite/Suite lounge.  Did you happen to see them?

I'd like to know also

[Thrak]

[TBfrPH]

Please post a Patter or two from sea days.  Thank you.

[Steelers36]

On 3/8/2022 at 5:09 PM, hey_al said:

Difference between Concerto & Allegro dining rooms (and Symphony)? Is there walk up availability for dinner, or reservation only? Are we able to request the same wait staff every night?

AFAIK, you can now be a walk-up to any of the open DR's.  But that may change by ship and as they fill up.  They may keep those who book full voyage same time/same table (a.k.a. the new TD) in one DR.  But that will also be a challenge since DMW offers limited DR.  Who knows if the IT team or ship DR mgmt re-jigs things?

 

[Arya3]

@Thrak

If you have the Princess Plus package would you still have to pay for the Elite Lounge Cocktails? This will be our first time having the all inclusive package and first cruise since the pandemic.

[capriccio]

4 hours ago, Arya3 said:

@Thrak

If you have the Princess Plus package would you still have to pay for the Elite Lounge Cocktails? This will be our first time having the all inclusive package and first cruise since the pandemic.

Not Thrak 😊 but the answer is no, you do not need to pay for them.  The package is good anywhere on the ship and on Princess Cays although we were charged for water on PC yesterday.  Customer Service backed the charges out saying there had been a glitch in the system yesterday.

[Arya3]

 

@capriccioNot Thrak 😊 but the answer is no, you do not need to pay for them.  The package is good anywhere on the ship and on Princess Cays although we were charged for water on PC yesterday.  Customer Service backed the charges out saying there had been a glitch in the system yesterday.

 

Great to know, thanks so much!!

[818ct]

On 3/1/2022 at 4:27 PM, pistnbroke said:

Disembarking Majestic on March  12 (our first Princess cruise)

hoping Princess is still offering to provide complementary Covid test 

for our flight home to Canada the next day.

Could you confirm please !

I have never been on the Princess Majestic. Can you share your feedback? Thinking about the Alaska cruise. Thanks.

[curmudgeon98]

On 3/8/2022 at 2:09 PM, hey_al said:

Difference between Concerto & Allegro dining rooms (and Symphony)? Is there walk up availability for dinner, or reservation only? Are we able to request the same wait staff every night?

Just got off Majestic yesterday (had about 2400 pax).  Concerto was open breakfast, lunch, dinner (and service was sometimes OK, sometimes quite poor).  Allegro is awkward to get to, but we had mostly quite good service the four dinners we ate there.  We saw some folks trying to get specific wait staff in either DR - they spent a fair bit of time waiting in the entryway.  They tried to give priority to reservations, but walkups seemed to be seated almost as quickly.  

 

Formal nights seemed to have the most crowding and worst service in the DRs, and while they had a bit fancier menu, I thought the actual food was no better.