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Reserve Dining is a separate section of the MDR with it's own entrance that is a perk of having a full suite or a Reserve Mini Suite. Only passengers in those cabins have access to this section of the MDR (it's usually just one of the dining rooms that they have sectioned off, but not sure how they have it on the Sun).

Princess allows you to access Medallion features by logging on via their website - there is a link for those without mobile devices. When the app was giving me crap last week, I was able to access it via the web and book dinner rez for specialty dining.

Cruiseplum.com is a great resource! Thanks for sharing.

Interesting.

Club Class is now called Reserve and is available for all full suite guests and specifically the mini suite with the reserve upgrade guests. Can you upgrade to either of these suite types? If there are any of those to class of cabins still available, probably so!

I would have to agree with reedprincess in that the Thermal Suite looks like a let down compared to the Enclave. I was on the Royal last Thanksgiving out of SF and enjoyed both the sanctuary and enclave. I am on the crown this December and watched a ship tour - saw the thermal suite and decided to take a pass. Not sure where your cruise is headed but if you’re going south, you may have a day or two that’s worth the sanctuary. We splurged for a cabana last year instead of going into Ensenada and that was a lot of fun. The only thing I would mention is that the sanctuary on the crown princess is not adjacent to the adults only pool. You’d need to go to the Lotus Pool and I think that’s on the deck below. That might not be a big deal for you if all you’re looking for is a place to lounge and relative peace and quiet, considering a Thanksgiving cruise will have the munchkins running around. Have fun.

Great! Packing our ugly Christmas sweaters.

Thanks everyone! I’m on the Crown 12/12-22 and sounds like there will be some holdiay spirit 🎄. Cheers 🥂

Can anyone share what can be expected holiday decoration and festivity-wise cruising between Thanksgiving and Christmas? Thanks.

Found this view on the Medallion app. they actually marked the club class entrance on the deck 6 map for the crown princess. Doesn’t look like they did this for all ships.

I had that suite, too, Thanksgiving 2022 out of SF to Ensenada. Loved it.

I will probably think twice about the type of cabin I'm getting on different class ships. I had my eye on Reserve Minis on this cruise for myself and travel buddy, but wanted them close by and that didn't come up because I'm such a last minute planner. We opted to share a suite, the space is nice but outside of the Reserve dining there really isn't enough draw for me to pony up for a suite on this class ship having learned the difference! Were you in R609 on the Royal? I would totally choose a location near the lounge again!

Hi All - a few posts have referred to a priority embarkation lounge for certain categories of guests, including suites. Anyone know if there is such a lounge at the San Francisco port? I cruised last year out of SF in a suite and no one pointed me to a priority embarkation lounge. Maybe there wasn’t one but things were very chaotic and no one on the staff seemed to know what was going on, so we just queued up and waited in line.

I was directly across from the lounge on the Royal last year and thought it would be an annoyance, but never heard noise and we enjoyed having the nibbles, cocktails, help, and a quiet space to hang when we wanted to socialize but didn't want the crowds. I think, though, I was mostly impressed with the one- touch cappuccino machine. That really made my day and had to buy one when I got home 😂

Wow that's pretty exciting, back to back! We are doing the 12/12 MX Riviera. We snagged an aft suite on the Caribe deck.

I think Princess needs to figure out how to standardize the suite experience across their ships - I was in a suite on the Royal in 2022 and having both the lounge and access to a concierge was great - was a nice add to the experience. In absence of the space for a lounge, would be great just to have access to dedicated Concierge service. Got a suite for an upcoming December cruise on the Crown and while I knew there wasn't a lounge, I assumed they'd still have someone dedicated so am a bit disappointed.

Thank for this info. Sounds like the Reserve Mini Suites can do the Reserve section for Breakfast in DaVinci and full-suite guests can choose between that and Sabatini's. Not sure if it was also you, but someone provided directions on how to access the Reserve section in DaVinci - sounded like there was a separate host set up away from the main line to the dining room. Does this sound accurate?

Anyone know which dining room is used for suite dining and how to access the entrance on the Crown Princess specifically? Sounds like it's not the same area where others stand in line to eat in the MD. Thought I saw this info embedded in an older thread, but can't find it now. Also a rant - frustrating princess doesn't make this level of detail more accessible. They are great about selling you on the perks, but vague about how to take advantage of them. I had my first full suite on a 2022 cruise and found out after the fact that there were tons of perks we didn't know about nor did anyone, including the concierge, tell us about! Staff on-board that cruise was so unknowledgeable and frazzled - couldn't get the same answer more than once! Don't know if it was due to high covid turnover, but I do really hope they've ironed out their crew training.

Is the gastropub open for both lunch and dinner? Or, just dinner? Thanks.

Nice! Thanks. My OCD paid off because I was compulsively rechecking availability online and sure enough, an aft suite was available this morning, so grabbed it. I will check this site out, though. Thanks for posting.

Thanks to everyone for responding. Problem solved. It pays to obsessively stalk availability on Princess site. This morning a nice aft suite came up and I grabbed it consolidating us into one room with the same perks.

Yes, I get that sense as well.

Thanks for posting this. Been obsessing and debating on a cabin change to a suite right under Neptune's pool on the Crown Princess. That said, I can be sensitive to noise and a light sleeper, so what to do!

Not interested in doing so, but to answer your question.. of course we have! 🙂