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YES!!!!

I just looked at VV's site and they don't have much selection for itineraries. If I try them I'd like to start with a 7 day Caribbean sailing out of a US mainland port but they don't have that.

We were on the Constellation in February and honestly the food was terrible. I am 5'3" and 105 lbs so not really a foodie, lol, but it was bad. We are looking at Princess for our next cruise. It's that and some of the other cut backs.

i love the jerk chicken, it was one of my favorites. Tournedos of beef (not sure I spelled that correctly). And I saw someone say chocolate cake was gone...if so that as well!

This is the most cheap ass ridiculous thing I have ever seen....

Sounds like our experience on Constellation in February. I got a couple of good items in the MDR but most was just as you described.

Agreed. It's not a tip or gratuity it's a service charge. A tip or gratuity implies that it's intended for the person who did the job for you and did a better than expected job. IMHO

Thank you!

Thank you. We want to go sightseeing but without wearing a heavy coat. :-)

Hello, I am looking at booking a Princess Med cruise in early April but am a bit iffy about the weather that time of year. I've been to the Med (including Greek Isles) in September and it was fabulous and then to Turkey (on Thanksgiving day, lol) and it was really cold. Any thoughts on Greek Isles, Istanbul, Naples in early April? Thanks 🙂

This exactly. It happened to us on the Constellation in February.

Thanks everyone!! I appreciate all your feedback. I think I am going to forgo the Celebrity Hawaii and look at a Princess Med. Food isn't the only factor but my hubby was so aggravated by it all and then now with additional cuts being raved about on the Celebrity forum it's just time to try Princess again :-)

The food used to be great on celebrity but not so much anymore. And I am not a big eater, lol. But it was really subpar on the last cruise.

They'd make changes starting right at the time of our February cruise but if you go over to the celebrity forum, it's apparent they have made even more.

We usually sail with Celebrity or Princess. We haven't sailed with Princess in a few years and most recently sailed with Celebrity in February. We were quite disappointed with the food in the buffet (other than breakfast) and the MDR food as well. BUT I was still going to book a Celebrity Hawaii cruise because it's got 2 overnights and is one way so I could add on in Honolulu. Princess doesn't offer anything close. So now I am thinking about looking at a Princess Mediterranean because there is a big stink on the Celebrity forum about how celebrity has cut their food selection again...just this week. So that was a long way to go to get to my question. Has Princess gone bare bones in the buffet and MDR? I am not a big foodie but it was bad on Celebrity and now it has, apparently, gotten worse. I was really ready to go back to Princess anyway it's just they don't have the itinerary I want for Hawaii. So maybe I'll do a Med. Thanks a bunch 🙂