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Thanks.. it is my 60 th birthday on the cruise and we are hoping to have one of these dinners as my present

how are people selected for the chefs or winemakers table dinners. Is it by pricess cruiser status, first come, those in suites or a random selection? We are leaving soon and want to understand the process... outside of slipping a $20 to the maitre d

it seems that princess is now offering coupon books for reservations. Does anyone know what is in them and is it "worth" to book now or wait for better promotions

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we are on the Regal for a March 4th cruise

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First time on princess and looking forward to the variety of dining opportunities. reading the boards Sabatini's seems to bring out mixed reviews of their food. is there one Sabatini special dish that is a "have to have" experience . TIA

we are interested but dont want to bring paddles in case we only get to play once ( or not at all) depending on schedule.- does princess provide a few paddles that we can use

never been on the regal before. one way we are thinking of getting to know the ship is to do a food crawl to different places to eat for dinner for the first night , rather then the buffet, specialty restaurant or the MDR. for those who are experienced princess cruisers, any particular path and recommendations we should follow. BTW we do eat everything

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on the regal on 2/25 - are paddles supplied if we want to play?

thanks for input- i think the "concern" i had- winemaker dinner - was addressed when Fishywood mentioned it is a random selection not on first board to make reservation system

We never cruised Princess before. While reading the variety of posts these last few weeks I noticed a "pattern" Is it correct that platinum/elite and suite passenger board first? If so does this imply that these passengers get first opportunity to reserve spaces on the sanctuary, wine dinners, etc before the other passengers who do not receive this priority boarding get on board.

thanks for all your input- to me it seems that for us to enjoy the beaches at Falmouth the most feasible option would be on spending $200 + and go to an AI resort. which is somewhat a waste of $$ since i can get a lot on the ship for the same $200 ( cabana + drinks) or we grab a taxi and go to a local beach

we are sailing on the western Caribbean itinerary with stop in princess cay, falmouth, grand cayman and cozumel. we only have two ship days. Assuming that the weather is beautiful we may want to spend an extra day on the ship without going to shore. We are beach and beer people. We know we are getting off at princess cay and cozumel. If we had to give up one port, basing it on beaches, convenience to getting to beaches ( and return) which port should we consider not visiting- falmouth or grand cayman and spend that time on the sancturary deck

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we are celebrating our anniversary on the regal and want a memorable dining experience. since my wife like to laugh and enjoy her wine ( or is it the other way ) which dinner choice would be most appropriate. I am leaning toward the chef table due to its implied elegance but not if it is like a "Downton Abbey" experience where a "Carson" is looking down at me because i picked up the wrong spoon. My wife wants the wine maker dinner since it sounds like a less formal experience , and wine is included . any thoughts on cruisers recent experiences on either dinner is appreciated.

My daughter ,who goes to school in Seattle is graduating next year with a BFA in photography. I am encouraging her to apply be a photographer on one of the Hal lines that sail to Alaska for summer of 2015. Do they even make any money ? She is a little on the sensitive side as are most "artists". How pushy does one need to be on the cruise ship to make a wage? As her father I am hoping that the crew on the Alaska cruises are not as party hardy as I heard the crews on the Caribbean cruises are (wishful thinking perhaps)

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we are a party of 4 with two excursions planned- a snorkeling adventure ( about 6 hours long) and a helicopter tour. what would be an expected tip for each- i was thinking $20 for the helicopter and $20 for the snorkeling. thanks

a day at a local hotel on POA in Kauai

My wife informed me, two weeks before we leave, that we have tooo much planned and just wants to chill out while we are in Kauai. One idea we came up with is to see if we can go to a hotel around Lihue and use their facilitities on a day pass. Is this idea too unusual or has anyone tried this before . Of course please provide any recommendations

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My wife informed me, two weeks before we leave, that we have tooo much planned and just wants to chill out while we are in Kauai. One idea we came up with is to see if we can go to a hotel around Lihue and use their facilitities on a day pass. Is this idea too unusual or has anyone tried this before . Of course please provide any recommendations

TIA

it is around 9 hours- as of now the other alternative is taking an overnight to Seattle or Los Angles and the first flight out to Denver in the AM

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we are working on our return and the only non stop to Denver is with united at over $1000 pp. has anyone taken this flight- if so how "comfortable" is it - relative to maybe a southwest flight from denver to nyc ( or any other 4 hour flight). the other option is a flight to seatlle -stay overnight at a hotel and then continue to Denver the next day

hi all- it looks like it would be less expensive if we book our return in two segments. but to make the connection we need to take an 8AM flight- based on arrival in Honolulu- what is the earliest time for a flight we can actually plan on- considering needing to get off the boat- get to the airport, through security and at the gate

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taking the family on the cruise and one of the BIG moments will be the lobster served on POA- does this occur on any specific day of the cruise? is it lobster tails or lobster meat pulled out of the tails? what specific region does the lobster come from? are seconds ( or thirds) offered?

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