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As you can see from our signature, we have been on a "few" cruises 😂

We always book an AQUA class cabin, well worth the extra charge for one reason....

The BLU DINING ,,,this is the small dining venue that is ONLY available to AQUA class guests

I think that they only allow the "best" of the staff to serve in the BLU dining room

On this past cruise every meal in BLU was OUTSTANDING, Gourmet quality, go with what your server recommends

Also, if you see something on the menu from the MDR, they will get that for you...Shrimp cocktail is always available 

along with excellent Onion soup...

Absolutely fantastic cruise..... 

Good to see all the "opinions" obviously everyone has a different expectation and experience..

We are going to be on our first REGENT cruse in December...having been on 26 crises in the past on Celebrity, MSC, Princess etc...

Only 10 months to go, with a Celebrity sailing in between....😃

On 1/8/2023 at 3:05 PM, Arizona Wildcat said:

So far the cutbacks have not decreased bookings.  Pretty much everything has gone up in price.  Our various preferred monthly rentals have gone up in price by several thousand dollars a month.

Seems pretty soon the old timers that post on CC will go away and younger cruisers who are new to cruising will take our place.  They never experienced Modern Luxury. 

Right   "US" old timers remember what it was like....but the Young uns' don't know...so, "THEY (the cruise industry) aren't concerned 

We were on a recent princess cruise that had the absolute worst food ever, we cancelled the next cruise and are going back to Celebrity  Hopefully this will be better....if not, then "hopefully" our December on Regent will be 

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We are just 8 weeks from sailing on 27 Feb 2023 on the Enchanted Princess.  

 

We have not heard from you for a long time and are wondering if you are still booked on this sailing.  I would like to cull names from the roster of anyone who has cancelled this booking.

 

I know a lot of you are busy with other sailings and just getting on with life but if you aren't still booked please let us know by replying to this post or coming to the Roll Call to let us know.  We also would like to know if you are still sailing with us.

 

I hope to hear from you soon.

We have cancelled this cruise   thanks   Have a great time

On 12/30/2022 at 7:02 PM, wowzz said:

Or you could just stop posting the same message on numerous threads. 

Uh Huh...

9 minutes ago, wowzz said:

You keep posting the same comments.

After a while your  agenda becomes a little boring.

.

 

Simple     IGNORE it 

Sorry that the post repeated itself...

As far as the food ...for example ROAST BEEF sliced from a whole beef that was so tough that it could not be chewed and had to be spit out...not once, but TWICE and then again as the TURF in a SURF and TURF totally unacceptable that was just inferior meat 

My other meal of VEAL SCALLOPINI on mashed potatoes..no sauce or mushrooms !!

Along with my other observations....UNACCEPTABLE....

On of the reasons for cruising is to ENJOY the FOOD....

And if you don't care for my comments...DON"T READ THEM...these are MY OBSERVATIONS  YMMV

In general, should there be a saving in TOTAL COST of a cruise by booking through an Travel Agent rather than using the cruise prices posted on the Cruise Lines internet or brochure prices?

What have you found to be the percentage of difference

We are just off a REGAL PRINCESS 8 day cruise...

Love the SHIP

Love the STAFF

Love the MEDALLION 

Embark and Debark were EXCELLENT

However, we found the food in the MDR was generally terrible.

Food in the Buffet was just OK

I think the food has been much better on our last cruises...Pre Covid..

We have cancelled our next Princess cruise and are switching back to CELEBRITY,

December 10 cruise on REGAL, internet was very slow on SEA DAYS and in the evenings, in port when the ship is "empty" it was OK

I paid $120 total for our recent 8 day cruise on Royal.

It's very convenient, just a short walk from the ship, all inside....just remember WHERE you left the car!

We are just off a REGAL PRINCESS 8 day cruise...

Love the SHIP

Love the STAFF

Love the MEDALLION 

Embark and Debark were EXCELLENT

However, we found the food in the MDR was generally terrible.

Food in the Buffet was just OK

I think the food has been much better on our last cruises...Pre Covid..

We have cancelled our next Princess cruise and are switching back to CELEBRITY,

****** Finished with Princess*****

On 12/20/2022 at 10:57 AM, emeraldlake said:

They did have Mama's Lasagne on everyday.  It was OK but prefer fettuccine.  Princess seems to be making some odd decisions lately.

Definitely some odd choices, nice piece of Veal..supposed to be  Scallopini with mushrooms, and serve it on masked potatoes ..one tiny mushroom no sauce? 

Beautiful sliced roast beef that could pass as shoe leather, inedible, I could go on   but,,,

We are just off Regal Princess 8 day and I can only say that the food in the MDR was generally terrible.

Nothing like it was "post Covid" 

Better at the buffet, at least you could "try" things and fins something that was passable,,

**********Finished with Princess

If we are sitting at a table and the waiter brings our drinks and sandwiches or pastries. I do give a small tip....

If we are sitting at a bar, not just getting a drink I also tip the bartender.

We also give a tip to the cabin steward.

When you think about how hard they work, hours and days, I think "we" can afford the few dollars

OK Last night's dinner was a bit better, Escargot (very good)  and Surf (very good) and Turf (ech)..

19 hours ago, Hlitner said:

Hmm.  So if men identify as a woman than it would OK for them to wear shorts?

So OK "wise guy"  😁 (someone had to do it)

More about the December 10 cruise with the PCA..

Dinners continue to be TERRIBLE

Beef Wellington, hmmm, I believe that this dish is "supposed"to be a piece of beef wrapped in a puff pastry.... not here... more of the tough inedible beef in slices with vegis,  Crabcake is more like a potato and filler cake with some crab...

Veal  Scallopini Marsala, ummm nice piece of veal, but where is the sauce and mushrooms.....NO, this was slapped on some mashed potatoes ..no taste...

As I mentioned before the soups were good, well.I spoke too soon...Minestrone soup was more like a thin vegetable soup ....not terrible but not Minestrone...Black bean soup was just OK,

We found the best most consistent food offering on the ship to be the the SALAMI SANDWICHES at the International Cafe...( A sad state of affairs)

If you want a descent meal stick with the Chicken dishes  ..  Hard to screw up Chicken)

That's it....you get the message....(We still have 3 more days,,, it "could" get better BUT😏)

On 12/12/2022 at 5:15 PM, Rick&Jeannie said:

Ah...so THIS is the one with the group of 700....

YES   

NOTES AS WE GO

We are currently on REGAL Princess with the PCA (Porsche club of America, about 700 in the group)

This is our first cruise since THE SHUT DOWN, but about number 5 on Princess (total of 25 cruises in all)

Saturday December 10 2022

Embarkation was VERY GOOD QUICK, at 10:30

Cabin (Mini Suite) is fine (generally not a problem anyway)

The ship seems in good shape.

Food

We are VERY DISAPPOINTED about the quality of the food in the Buffet and the MDR,

In particular the ROAST BEEF in the buffet, looked, tasted good till you tried to CHEW it, you can't), it is tough as leather and inedible so far 2 times !! The Salmon from the buffet is also tough and very dry (in the MDR also) I ordered Beef Strogonoff last night...very small portion of INEDIBLE BEEF and a few noodles....very disappointing....Breakfast at the Buffet is good, Smoked Salmon, Grits ( a favorite) I don't like eggs or pancakes that are pre-made, so I avoid those, bacon is good....Coffee is excellent as are ALL THE BAKED GOODS, , Soups were good....

Staff

The staff are all VERY GOOD We have never had ANY problems ... 

Monday December 12,

I will "attempt" to upgrade this as we go............

We booked a cruise a few weeks ago on Enchanted Princess for January 2023 for our favorites, the ABC islands...too many times at "the other islands", we stay on the ship....

Then yesterday a Brochure from REGENT arrived....needless to say we decided that our second cruise for 2023 would be on Grandeur.  

Time for a smaller ship? 

We did one Transatlantic, a first "crossing", not a great experience.

There was a problem with one of the propulsion units ( from what we were told) and they had to cancel one port that we really wanted....

New ships may have problems, so we are waiting a bit for the "First on Grandeur" 

Looking forward to a smaller ship in December..............

We received a brochure for the SEVEN SEAS GRANDEUR a few days ago,,,how did they know we were looking at a REGENT CRUISE?

We are booked on Princess for January but looking forward to booking a smaller ship for later in the year...

So, I will now start following this message board

tnx Daniel and Priscilla   Palm Beach

Now with the cruises shut down...WHERE will all the ships be "Parked"?

Butter,     you want BUTTER.... huh.... (no butter for you)

We are onboard REFLECTION (due to return 3-13) and have not heard  any MEDICAL alert news... seems everyone is fine (?)  

We do notice that the BLU restaurant seems to be more than 1/2 empty most of the time....

HOVERING at the MARTINI bar?

Nah, just go to deck 3 and the PASSPORT bar  😉