Quick heads up appreciated for booking Sun specialty dining and Spellbound

[chisoxfan]

When would it be normal to book specialty dining and Spellbound? We have the newest Princess app installed (nothing yet)and will be staying in a Sanctuary suite.Cruise is in Jan. 25. 

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[reedprincess]

50 minutes ago, chisoxfan said:

When would it be normal to book specialty dining and Spellbound? We have the newest Princess app installed (nothing yet)and will be staying in a Sanctuary suite.Cruise is in Jan. 25. 

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

If you're not Platinum or Elite, then after you've made final payment.

 

I can currently make reservations for my Dec and Jan cruises, but am Elite..  

[chisoxfan]

17 hours ago, reedprincess said:

If you're not Platinum or Elite, then after you've made final payment.

 

I can currently make reservations for my Dec and Jan cruises, but am Elite..  

Thanks for that. I am Platinum but nothing shows up in my app.....I guess I can reach out to my box store TA which used to be easy but now a bit frustrating. 

[chisoxfan]

Well apparently everything Sun remains a mystery. I called Princess and spoke to a manager and while I (as a Platinum) can book specialty dining in advance on every other ship in the fleet this does not hold true for the Sun (nobody seems to know why) . So you can book 90 days in advance. 

Very frustrated to waste my time on this. I was looking at Princess suite on Sphere class as an alternative to X and MSC but there already (a few months later) are so many changes and confusion I may just give up on them.  

[reedprincess]

1 hour ago, chisoxfan said:

Well apparently everything Sun remains a mystery. I called Princess and spoke to a manager and while I (as a Platinum) can book specialty dining in advance on every other ship in the fleet this does not hold true for the Sun (nobody seems to know why) . So you can book 90 days in advance. 

Very frustrated to waste my time on this. I was looking at Princess suite on Sphere class as an alternative to X and MSC but there already (a few months later) are so many changes and confusion I may just give up on them.  

Not sure why you're encountering issues, given your Platinum, etc 

 

As I noted, I've booked MDR and specialty dining for my Dec and early Jan cruises.. 

Spellbound is not available yet - it comes and goes for whatever reason, with every update. I'm not worried about getting a night though as it's twice a night every night and it's very niche (and pricey, for Princess) and not appealing to a majority for whatever reason.  By then, the bloom will be off, so to speak, lol...

 

Dinner reservations really aren't necessary, BTW.. walk-ins are completely easy and welcome..and there's also 2 set dining times, if that's more your speed. 

 

As a massive MSc fan, and a regular X cruiser also, overall, Princess is our go to for easy cruising - but the Sun launch and subsequent changes are a debacle of epic proportions. It's unbelievable that, within less than 2 months of launching, they're making massive changes to cabin categories and inclusions, deck spaces, etc. That, almost three months in, there's still several venues not open..that, for a ship of this size, the theater sits 1000 and the Done only seats approximately 230. And shows are only twice a night!  That there's only 2 casual dining (and they're small!), but 7 specialty - and the specialty is more expensive than other ships! 

Overall, we're looking forward to our cruise, but yeah - it's a major departure, and a headache.   I'm not even going to look at it again til we're within a month of final payment, it's just overwhelming!

 

I'm sure you'll enjoy it, once aboard.....😉

[chisoxfan]

59 minutes ago, reedprincess said:

Not sure why you're encountering issues, given your Platinum, etc 

 

As I noted, I've booked MDR and specialty dining for my Dec and early Jan cruises.. 

Spellbound is not available yet - it comes and goes for whatever reason, with every update. I'm not worried about getting a night though as it's twice a night every night and it's very niche (and pricey, for Princess) and not appealing to a majority for whatever reason.  By then, the bloom will be off, so to speak, lol...

 

Dinner reservations really aren't necessary, BTW.. walk-ins are completely easy and welcome..and there's also 2 set dining times, if that's more your speed. 

 

As a massive MSc fan, and a regular X cruiser also, overall, Princess is our go to for easy cruising - but the Sun launch and subsequent changes are a debacle of epic proportions. It's unbelievable that, within less than 2 months of launching, they're making massive changes to cabin categories and inclusions, deck spaces, etc. That, almost three months in, there's still several venues not open..that, for a ship of this size, the theater sits 1000 and the Done only seats approximately 230. And shows are only twice a night!  That there's only 2 casual dining (and they're small!), but 7 specialty - and the specialty is more expensive than other ships! 

Overall, we're looking forward to our cruise, but yeah - it's a major departure, and a headache.   I'm not even going to look at it again til we're within a month of final payment, it's just overwhelming!

 

I'm sure you'll enjoy it, once aboard.....😉

It wasn't clear (to me) in your earlier post that you had made reservations for dining on Sun. If that is the case the fact that I cannot do this speaking directly to Princess (and a supervisor)  is even more confusing.  We can agree that Princess has mucked up this Sun intoduction.