Priority boarding really only exists until the first groups board at the start of embarkation if you come later it will not matter. Basically green lane and blue lane depending on if you have a medallion or not
If you are facing the dining room the Reserve entry is on the left on Grand class and on the right for Royal class. At least on every cruise we have taken since the restart
I don’t understand why you would gain more weight with the extra entree. It basically just gives you more choices unless you intend to eat 4-5 entrees per meal
As far as I know casino bars have not been removed in any Grand class ships and I cruise them all the time. On the Discovery we really enjoyed the Tske 5 bar right next to the casino away from the smoke
I always cruise in full suites with Reserve dining. While there is an extra entree at lunch and dinner I have never found that I can just get anything I want
Some of the negative reviews seem to be concentrated on either missed ports due to weather or comparing their Princess cruises to ones they had taken on other lines. Every cruise line is different There are people who think Princess is boring because they don’t have water parks or go carts. We prefer them because they don’t
There are so many controversies around in the US, Europe, Middle East, Asia etc that I think they are smart to just make a blanket policy to avoid conflict. The same may have to apply to clothes. If someone was to wear a Russian symbol on a T shirt I will bet that would cause issues
We always book with my wife’s free balcony offers and then pay to upgrade to a S3 Penthouse. They always give both of us free play The one time the cage did t see my freeplay and the host caught it they insisted on comping us a specialty dinner