ekka49 Posted August 20, 2022 #251 Share Posted August 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Aussieflyer said: Excellent news for them. Long may it last Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted August 20, 2022 #252 Share Posted August 20, 2022 1 hour ago, austromyrtus said: noticed there is an entry for coral princess on the nsw cruise covid website today... 'green' which is good news... Vessel: Coral Princess - GREEN* (risk level 1 of 4) Arriving Newcastle 21 August Arriving Sydney 22 August Arriving Eden 24 August Arriving Newcastle 25 August Arriving Sydney 29 August Arriving Eden 31 August 1.GREEN No / Low Impact to VesselThere are very few cases on board (less than 3 positive cases per 1,000 people), and there is no impact to services. https://www.nsw.gov.au/covid-19/travel/cruising-rules Great news 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windsor26 Posted August 20, 2022 #253 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Does anyone on board today know if it was possible to speak (in the restaurant for instance) to the Matre'D or head waiter??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted August 20, 2022 #254 Share Posted August 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, windsor26 said: Does anyone on board today know if it was possible to speak (in the restaurant for instance) to the Matre'D or head waiter??? If concerned about sharing a table, they ask upon arrival if you want individual or share tables, regardless of what you have booked on the app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekka49 Posted August 20, 2022 #255 Share Posted August 20, 2022 14 minutes ago, arxcards said: If concerned about sharing a table, they ask upon arrival if you want individual or share tables, regardless of what you have booked on the app. Interesting. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windsor26 Posted August 20, 2022 #256 Share Posted August 20, 2022 31 minutes ago, arxcards said: If concerned about sharing a table, they ask upon arrival if you want individual or share tables, regardless of what you have booked on the app. That is at least one step better than we had on the Sky never asked if anyone wanted to share and would not find you a sharing table if you asked although we had booked it in on the app hopeful now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted August 20, 2022 #257 Share Posted August 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, windsor26 said: That is at least one step better than we had on the Sky never asked if anyone wanted to share and would not find you a sharing table if you asked although we had booked it in on the app hopeful now The 'greeters' at the door of the MDR asked us every evening if we wanted to share or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted August 20, 2022 #258 Share Posted August 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said: The 'greeters' at the door of the MDR asked us every evening if we wanted to share or not. That is usually the case on nearly every cruise we have done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted August 20, 2022 #259 Share Posted August 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, MicCanberra said: That is usually the case on nearly every cruise we have done. Agreed. We have found that happens on every cruise also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shireboi Posted August 20, 2022 #260 Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) Looked at the main dining room menu… Saturday night couldn’t find anything worth bothering with…. It was some garbage of fish stew, beef stew, Orange roughy fish. buffet at 6.30 is empty… stopped by to see the recycled deserts the food on this cruise is quite poor. tempting to get off at Newcastle and head home Edited August 20, 2022 by shireboi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare yes!yes!yes! Posted August 20, 2022 Author #261 Share Posted August 20, 2022 16 minutes ago, shireboi said: Looked at the main dining room menu… Saturday night couldn’t find anything worth bothering with…. It was some garbage of fish stew, beef stew, Orange roughy fish. buffet at 6.30 is empty… stopped by to see the recycled deserts the food on this cruise is quite poor. tempting to get off at Newcastle and head home If you had gone in they would have told you the orange roughly had been replaced with barramundi and the lambshank is excellent 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted August 20, 2022 #262 Share Posted August 20, 2022 17 minutes ago, shireboi said: Looked at the main dining room menu… Saturday night couldn’t find anything worth bothering with…. It was some garbage of fish stew, beef stew, Orange roughy fish. buffet at 6.30 is empty… stopped by to see the recycled deserts the food on this cruise is quite poor. tempting to get off at Newcastle and head home We were on the 26th July cruise and we both felt that the food was quite good. There was something on every course in the MDR that looked good and turned out to be good. On the second formal night they had the usual lobster and beef wellington. Maybe you are more of a food connoisseur than I am 😁 but I should comment that I didn't hear any negative comments from anyone else. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted August 20, 2022 #263 Share Posted August 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, yes!yes!yes! said: If you had gone in they would have told you the orange roughly had been replaced with barramundi and the lambshank is excellent The lamb shanks are always excellent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted August 20, 2022 #264 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Food can be so subjective, and will never please everyone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted August 20, 2022 #265 Share Posted August 20, 2022 30 minutes ago, shireboi said: Looked at the main dining room menu… Saturday night couldn’t find anything worth bothering with…. It was some garbage of fish stew, beef stew, Orange roughy fish. buffet at 6.30 is empty… stopped by to see the recycled deserts the food on this cruise is quite poor. tempting to get off at Newcastle and head home Apart from another creme brule fail, everything on our plates tonight has been absolutely beautiful. Strawberry salad and lamb shanks were delish for me, and wife loved whatever the chicken dish was. I can't speak for the buffet, as I would have to dine there to judge it - MDR is pretty close to Princess spec, and really tasty. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer Posted August 20, 2022 #266 Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, arxcards said: If concerned about sharing a table, they ask upon arrival if you want individual or share tables, regardless of what you have booked on the app. Interesting - they only asked this once - on the first night - after that always just took us to a table for two. We were opposite and didn't want to share a table and had booked on the app beforehand. Guess it depends on who is on the door. Edited August 20, 2022 by Aussieflyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted August 20, 2022 #267 Share Posted August 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Aussieflyer said: Interesting - they only asked this once - on the first night - after that always just took us to a table for two. Guess it depends on who is on the door. Maybe, when I think about it, we would have our Medallion registered at the door and mention that we would like to share a table. They didn't always ask. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCC's Posted August 20, 2022 #268 Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) 54 minutes ago, shireboi said: Looked at the main dining room menu… Saturday night couldn’t find anything worth bothering with…. It was some garbage of fish stew, beef stew, Orange roughy fish. buffet at 6.30 is empty… stopped by to see the recycled deserts the food on this cruise is quite poor. tempting to get off at Newcastle and head home Could be a smart move for you to take. Edited August 20, 2022 by CCC's 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer Posted August 20, 2022 #269 Share Posted August 20, 2022 51 minutes ago, shireboi said: Looked at the main dining room menu… Saturday night couldn’t find anything worth bothering with…. It was some garbage of fish stew, beef stew, Orange roughy fish. buffet at 6.30 is empty… stopped by to see the recycled deserts the food on this cruise is quite poor. tempting to get off at Newcastle and head home Pity - we found the food quite acceptable last week. There is always a speciality restaurant if you don't like the offering in the MDR. We did both Bayou and Sabatini's - both were very good. I was not keen on the buffet as I thought it was quite limited and only popped up there for dinner once. MDR was fine though nothing of a wow factor - certainly the chicken we had was good though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted August 20, 2022 #270 Share Posted August 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, Aussieflyer said: Pity - we found the food quite acceptable last week. There is always a speciality restaurant if you don't like the offering in the MDR. We did both Bayou and Sabatini's - both were very good. I was not keen on the buffet as I thought it was quite limited and only popped up there for dinner once. MDR was fine though nothing of a wow factor - certainly the chicken we had was good though. Apart from a cancellation or maybe a hold on some tables for suites, both specialty restaurants were booked out prior to boarding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare yes!yes!yes! Posted August 20, 2022 Author #271 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Just sat thru musical bingo. What a laugh. Will do again on next 2 cruises 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shireboi Posted August 20, 2022 #272 Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) 32 minutes ago, yes!yes!yes! said: Just sat thru musical bingo. What a laugh. Will do again on next 2 cruises how many cruises are u doing ? encore was a bore… nothing against the cast but two James Bond songs ?? Music bingo was only one once…and there’s no repeat later tonight. what drinks are in the tall long glasses ..? travelling with my mum whom clearly has signs of dementia now 😞 (Sorry it doesn’t make for a pleasant time for me) Edited August 20, 2022 by shireboi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCC's Posted August 20, 2022 #273 Share Posted August 20, 2022 35 minutes ago, shireboi said: how many cruises are u doing ? encore was a bore… nothing against the cast but two James Bond songs ?? Music bingo was only one once…and there’s no repeat later tonight. what drinks are in the tall long glasses ..? travelling with my mum whom clearly has signs of dementia now 😞 (Sorry it doesn’t make for a pleasant time for me) Your ongoing trolling is becoming soooo boring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shireboi Posted August 20, 2022 #274 Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, CCC's said: Your ongoing trolling is becoming soooo boring! and so is yours ..maybe you should stop quoting me then…..twice! Edited August 20, 2022 by shireboi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare yes!yes!yes! Posted August 20, 2022 Author #275 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Enjoyed the yes no show tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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