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Thank you. Looks and sounds good. I might treat myself to half a dozen oysters since it’s first night. Wouldn’t dream of it after a few nights at sea!

We embark on Sky on Saturday and are eating there that evening….very exciting. I would like to hear from anyone who has eaten there. By the way, I have tried several times to search for different topics on this site and never have any luck. The results appear with every mention of every word in my search, so thousands and nothing relevant. Am I missing something, can it be narrowed at all, by cruise line if not by ship?

I can’t answer your question about Princess but we were there in July. The glaciers, particularly the blue one, are stunning, the town itself is like a frontier town with almost nothing to see but the history, the rules of the place (e.g. no cats allowed, no dying there allowed!) and what you see on the way there make it well worth the trip. My feeling is that you’d be best on a cruise line that has expert guest speakers on board and also wildlife experts (maybe that’s NCL, don’t know) in order to “get” the place.

Thank you. Probably on the day so on the tv is fine.

It’s not a recommendation or a suggestion. It says tonight is a formal night. If you want to wear a baseball cap and a Hawaiian shirt, please go to the buffet.

How do I see the MDR menu on board in case I fancy dinner in our cabin one evening? I know it’s not on the app. Do I have to go to the restaurant, see a posted menu outside, take my pencil and make notes? Surely not. TV maybe? Might never do it but it’s a perk so maybe after a long day ashore it would be a treat.

I’ve managed to book first night dinner for four in The Catch on the app. Couldn’t believe it, all four in suites and it “got it”. No charge. The app must have been having a good day that day!

Yes, yes, yes. I love getting dressed up. An extra piece of luggage? So what? Every post-cruise (hyphen in right place?) questionnaire I, and my friends, have ever filled in there is always a section where we say “enforce the dress code if you’re having one”. They never do. Cunard and Fred.Olsen do enforce it, don’t know of any others.

Predictive text put the apostrophe in.

We were four on Regal last year and first night they had to put two two’s together for us, after that there was always a four waiting. It made dining so pleasurable. We are queue haters!

Generally in Europe people eat later. Before 6 p.m. is children’s tea time! Seriously, that’s too soon after lunch for me. I don’t want to be putting my glad rags on at 5 pm, that’s still afternoon. The last princess cruise from Southampton we were on, restaurant was busy from 7 pm till 9pm. We went usually at 7.30 and never had to wait. Yes we’ve seen them “adjust” the reserve area to provide a table.

That’s only for Christmas puddings, even then it’s hard to find. Extra Guinness works just as well.

Great, must be chilled….and a decent amount!

Harvey’s Bristol Cream is a sweet concoction much loved by elderly ladies, served in tiny little glasses (presumably because that’s quite enough thank you). Fino, manzanilla, oloroso are a world away from that and are delicious. It might be my mission now to convert the citizens of Los Estados Unidos to sherry drinking! You brought back a memory with Commandario. Years ago we went to Cyprus with my elderly mother and she discovered this brew and insisted on taking a bottle home because it was much cheaper than Harvey’s!

Surely, surely they’ll at least have Tío Pepe in the bars. Uncle Jo is at least dependable!

Haha!

😂 I’m laughing because I can’t work out if you’re taking the p**s (good vocab there), being sarcastic or just nitpicking about hyphenation. I’m discombobulated! (I understand there’s an ointment for that). However, I do like sherry as an aperitif and learned all about it on a bodega tour in Jerez. Do try chilled manzanilla, it is delicious. Cheers!

Port is entirely different to sherry. The OP asked about sherry which is a pre-dinner drink, port is a post-prandial drink. I do hope Princess ships, especially those sailing from Southampton, have fino and manzanilla at a minimum. I will report back in October. They will be getting serious whines from me if there’s none!

Hmm, ok but we’re sailing to Boston, much further north. We’ve got a south-facing balcony, port side so maybe that’ll be enough, although the Sanctuary looks appealing. I might see how the weather forecast is, then run up and book a couple of afternoons on embarkation day if it’s looking hopeful. We should be on early since we’re in a suite. Thanks again.

My friend and I were given a free pass to the Enclave on Regal for one day or half day, can’t remember exactly. It was a gift (including a massage) because of a problem I had in our suite. Anyway we went, did all the “rooms”, lay on the hot beds, faffed about in the pool, tried all the bits and bobs and after a hour or so we’d definitely had enough. It was very pleasant but we were both agreed that a) we certainly wouldn’t ever pay for it and b) we’d rather have had a bottle of wine! It all felt very claustrophobic in there. The massage however was fabulous and I would definitely consider paying for that, if the price wasn’t quite so outrageous!

That’s good to know. I’ve got a penthouse balcony but there’s no lounger. However not sure whether on a transatlantic mid-September I should be running to book a sanctuary lounger.

What if it turns out to be cold and raining on these expensive sea days?

👍, forgot those.

and more space.

Thank you.