KiwiFunCruiser

I'll try not to clutter up the thread! Vote is no.

This is a tad extreme. imo

Ship happens......

Duplicate Post.

Really great photos, thanks for sharing them.

Forbes is the arbiter of Five Star Restaurants. They bought out the Mobil Guide a few years ago.

 

Here are the restaurants for 2015:

 

http://www.forbestravelguide.com/about/awardwinners

 

Here are the criteria. Please note that these are general criteria and there are some even more specific ones. Quite literally down to the ice cubes (can't have holes) and the juices (must be fresh squeezed, with the exception of certain types, like cranberry.)

 

http://static.howstuffworks.com/pdf/restaurant-criteria.pdf

 

Quite a few of the Five Star restaurants require a jacket for gentlemen, as do a fair number of the four star restaurants. You can click on the first link in this post and drill down into the restaurant details to see dress codes.

 

BTW - Walt Disney World has a jacket required restaurant: Victoria & Albert's in the Grand Floridian Resort. Despite the dress code and the high price, it's one of the hardest reservations to score at Disney World.

Thanks a lot.

Thanks for posting the menus.

Princess sure does and you can bet that whomever is monitoring the boards is thinking, "Hmmm.... Western Caribbean this week on the CB, last name Castle."

First name Jake!.

Why not just rate it as #1, and stick with the hamburgers & fries.

When we cruise, we do what suits us not what others want us to do.

Regards to Mrs Gut.

Yes. Except for fresh squeezed OJ (which apparently is available at one of the bars as I haven't seen any in the buffet on 19 Princess cruises), all other juices are complementary during breakfast in the DR, from room service or the buffet.

 

• One DR will be open for breakfast from 7:00 to 9:00 on port days and 7:30 to 9:30 on sea days and the menu typically has orange (from concentrate), apple, prune, tomato and pineapple. Others may be available if you ask.
  
• I don't remember the room service hours but they are similar to the DR and a recent menu had orange (from concentrate), apple, prune and tomato. Others may be available if you ask.
  
• The buffet will be open for breakfast from 5:00 to 11:30 every day and although a few different juices will be set out in glasses, others may be available if you ask. I have been able to get cranberry juice in the past.
  

After breakfast, complementary lemonade should be available in the buffet for lunch and dinner.

 

Hope that helps.

Thanks, that helps me as well.:D

Ok, I will confirm :). At Breakfast in the Horizon court a waiter will stop by your table after you sit (hopefully soon after you sit) and ask if you want any juice or coffee. He/she will bring you anything they have at no extra charge except for fresh squeezed OJ (not sure which drink package covers this). On the Regal (3 weeks ago) I had OJ (made from concentrate), Apple, Pineapple and Tomato. I know they also had grapefruit. Have no clue about V8 (can't stand that stuff) but its more likely then not....that you will be able to get V8.

 

The problem with fruit juices can happen after 11:30 when all the breakfast venues are closed. It might be hard to get certain juices because they are simply not nearby once they switch to the lunch stuff in the HC. The bars will obviously have some juices (such as OJ) that they use to make drinks. But again, have no clue about V8 (can't stand that stuff :).

 

Hank

Thank you Hank!! That's exactly what I needed to know. Not too fussed about V8 myself, but the others look ok.

On other cruise lines I have almost always had to order and use the more package to cover a juice as the ones in the buffet were only cordial based.

I will now just purchase the basic soda one, but will get my daughter a more package as she likes mocktails, milkshakes and hot chocolate.:D

Strange review, seems a bit contradictory!, Sorry just MHO.:D

Interesting review, it is a refreshing change to get snippets of review regularly instead of every thing on post #1.

Thanks for the replies.....guess I opened a can of beans:(

After many years of surfing the CC threads, I have found any post that dares to mention "Dress Codes" is a "Dead Duck" in discussions and around 95% of the threads get closed. Unfortunately it is one subject that keeps failing.

However, on a lighter note! I have never heard anyone complain whilst on a cruise.

Happy cruising everyone.:):):)

On one of our longer Royal cruises we decided to leave the formal clothes at home. Our cruise + land travel was four weeks, so simplifying the wardrobe choices was important. One evening at dinner we told our tablemates we would not be joining them for the upcoming formal night, but would be dining in the Windjammer. Our tablemates decided they preferred to dress down a bit also, so we all could dine together with all in similar "nice restaurant" type attire. We had a great time that evening and didn't feel at all out of place on "formal night."

FWIW, our next two cruises are booked on Celebrity - the new "evening chic" in place of formal nights is a plus.

Nice Post!

Now can we go back to the juices please please!

Can I please try again! can someone please confirm if juices are available free at Brekkie in HC, and that you do not have to use a soda more package.

Thanks, waiting in anticipation!:):):)

The OJ that is included is what you'd buy at home...from concentrate...it's what most OJ's are made from..fresh squeezed OJ, concentrated for consistency, and water added back....I think it's fine!

Yes I also don't mind drinking this type of OJ. What I really want know is, does anyone know that the juices that people say are available free in the HC at brekkie, the same juices that you buy from a bar using a soda more package?.

If so then I would be inclined to not buy a more package as I drink most juices at brekkie time., Thanks.

Some here have reported that V-8 is available, though i ask for tomato at brekkie.

Be aware that after breakfast there is a charge for tomato juice.

Steve

I'm a wee bit confused help me out here, some say you can have free juices (Tomato etc) for breakfast only the pay for it after that time, but not fresh squeezed orange.

On previous cruises I have used a Soda More package that gets me all of these all day. My confusion is if it is free at breakfast time then why would anyone want to buy a soda more package, just buy the soda. Am I wasting my money buying the card. :confused:

So you are going on another cruise, but it seems such a hassle to agree how you are going eat. I don't get it, must be me:confused:

If you have booked a cruise with princess, and someone shows up who

wants to do a whole-ship charter for a group.

 

Princess will cancel the individual bookings, and go for the most money.

 

They deserve equal loyalty from you.

Totally Agree with you.

Just as bad as a comedian who uses the same jokes over and over are the same jokes told by the Cruise Directors on a number of the ships.

 

(I do not mean a CD telling the same jokes on each cruise -- which does occur. I mean the same jokes told by different CDs across the fleet.)

Have seen that all too often on other cruise lines, day after day LOL.

Which means that they will have to discount them even more than before.

Yes, I like the sound of that. :D

Fax number to Special Services: 661 284-4885

Make sure it is at least a couple of weeks before the cruise.

Ship name, Booking number, cabin number, date of cruise

 

That's interesting, I have always put up with a firm bed on a cruise in the past. I never thought to ask for an egg crate. Thanks.:D

I think that Celebrity is going to lose quite a bit of income from the specialty restaurants now. People's reasons for going there on former-formal night are gone.

We choose to go to a specialty restaurants when it suits us simply for the food and nothing else, so they won't loose my money.

So glad you were able to get on the cruise, not a very nice way to start a vacation.

What you need now is another cruise to get over this one!!!.:)