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Thanks for your comments. Have found that food is the most objective comment by anyone, except formal night attire. Glad you voiced yours. It is great to hear everyone's take on the same cruise. Just makes me glad everyone doesn't like the same things. We would never be able to get on another cruise if that was the case.

Thanks Woodley!

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Thanks for the review. Beautiful Pictures!

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We will be on the Grand Princess in about three weeks and were curious as to the beverages available at the buffets. I'm talking about things like punch, iced tea, lemonade.

I also live little cartons of chocolate milk in the morning, is this available? thanks

Coffee, tea, water and lemonade.

Juices and milk in the morning.

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Thanks Again Tom!

We are all (18 of us) watching your posts like hawks.

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Once Again:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1887473

Check the link on my page. It should help some.

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Thanks Tom for the great thread. Look forward to you posts.

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Does anyone have the Menu for the Crown Princess 7 day sailings?

They are on the site listed below.

What they use is up to the Chef & Maitre 'd.

First night will be Sailaway.....Captain's Welcome on the first Formal night......

Just to report back on an Australian cruise. The same meals were onboard as well. In fact, many of us call things here by different terms and often we had to ask the waiter what meal actually was.

 

In Australia our courses are called Appetisers, Entrees, Mains, and Deserts. In that order. Salads are served with mains as a side dish. So for us, the menus don't make a lot of sense. :p

 

The Princess deserts were lovely and much nicer than RCL which looked nice but didn't really live up to the look. And the Bombe Alaska on the last night was yummy even though I limited myself to just a spoon.

 

We enjoyed every single meal.

 

The Horizon Court was exceptional as a buffet. You really knew you were at sea.

Thanks for the report back, Pushka!

Glad that you enjoyed the food, after you were able to figure what they were.

We too enjoy all of the Princess food, hence this thread.

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Loved the photos....I like to see what all those strange items look like. LOL. Yum!

Would like to take credit for the pics, but can't. Glad you could get some help from the thread.

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The reason behind the "six month or more left, before travelling" is to insure that if you should happen to have an accident or sickness, and are left behind on foreign soil, you can still get back home without problem. Contact Princess and go with their recommendations.

And for the same price you get an extra sea day if you go out of SF

Does anyone know which dining room is being used for the 6:00pm traditional seating on the Grand?

Thank you to all you wonderful people here on Cruise Critic for your great feedback and helpful ideas :)

Botticelli Dining Room

6 Aft

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Sorry Tom, did not hear on board the reason why it was closed....

Because of the number of people that go to a luau on Honolulu.

Thank you so very much for this post. We traveled on NCL this past year because we were feeling a little stale with Princess. Though we loved the suite life on NCL we will be back to Princess for 2014 & 2015. We are very pleased with the menu changes. We are going with another couple next year and will love introducing them to the sweet life of a Princess cruise. David is a huge eater, he loves food (thin as a rail, I hate him :)) and he can't wait for our trip.

Thanks again.

Thank you latebloomer56!

We too are late life travelers.... after raising 6 children and all that goes with the trials and tribulations of parenting.......Grand children are truly your reward! Welcome back to the "bright-side" of cruising (Princess). As you can tell, we have been hooked on Princess from the very start and will probably stay forever. My DH is also a foodie, but it shows on him....lol!

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We've just had Italian night on a current Australian cruise and I can see some similarities in the menu but also a few modifications.

Modifications are made by the Head Chef , Maitre 'd and Food Services. They can change for any number of reasons.....ie......availability of certain foods, food taste of majority of passengers are the most common ones. The next major changes will come in 2015 0r 2016

Thank you for your insight.

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This is NOT what I wanted to read while waiting for my lunch hour :mad:

 

Now, when I will finally be able to go to McDonalds or something, I have to recall stuff I read here.

It is truly one of the joys of Cruising.....the food.

Hope you have one planned soon.

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You show Ruby 2011, and Emerald 2011, and Grand 2014. Which Princess cruise ship are these from? :)

They are the newest menus on all Princess Ships. They change by each different cruise by shuffling the menus and maybe a tweak here and there. Sail away is always sail away and the Captain's Welcome is always a formal night. Other than that it is up to the Head Chef and Maitre 'd what order they are put into.

All from 2013 and forward. They do not change menus every year....only the order in which they are presented on each ship and itinerary.

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From the personaliser, it seems the menus are very similar in Australia.

They are very similar world-wide with tweaks here and there for specialty foods.

Thanks Pushka,

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Hi! Does anyone have any sample menus for gluten free meal? Also about the food in the International Cafe, do they charge for food from there? I already know they charge for the coffee, but if the charge for the food, how much do they usually charge? Thank you

Everything is handled when you tell Princess (Cruise Personalizer) or meet with the Maitre 'd after boarding. They will go over what is available to your mother on a day by day basis.

No charge in the International café, except for Gelato on ships that serve it.

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Great thread thanks for all your hard work. Hopefully someone will add a 7-Day Caribbean on The Royal for MDR. I know the dinner menus are pretty consistent but would love to see them in order of specific formal nights etc.

Thank you gracie65!

It truly was a labor of love. Hope someone will help you out before your Royal Trip.

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Yes, it will just be me and my mom. She is the best and this cruise is on her bucket list. :-D

She must be...........We think she really knows how to put together a "Bucket List"..... You both will enjoy....just remember if you have a problem ....give them a chance to fix it, and sit back and enjoy!

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Huge thank you for the effort this took.

 

I am on my first Princess Cruise in a month (Dec 14th) and the first ever cruise for my BF and this has helped us figure out what types of food is offered. I am somewhat of a foodie and with the holiday season upon us I was worried we wouldnt get any holiday type treats, but I do see them pop up here and there.

 

Anyone have the sample menus from the 4 day getaway cruises from Ft. Lauderdale?

We also love cruising.....especially Princess, can you tell?

Hope you and yours have a great cruise and especially find what is right for you.

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Christine, To Alaska from Seattle Inside Passage with Glacier Bay. Juneau, Skagway, Ketchikan, and Victoria, BC are the ports. It is a surprise Christmas gift for a family member. :D

What a great surprise and gift!

You must really love your family!

Have a great holiday season as always................

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I saw turkey bacon on the brunch menu on Carnival. I have yet to sail with Princess however, I will be in May 2014 :-) Enjoy your cruise in January. :D

Thanks plattwear!

Where are you going in May?

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