International Cafe on Island Princess

[lrockwitt]

I am sailing on the Iisland Princess on January 14. 2016 it shows no International Cafe. We are also taking the Island in January 207 snd itowsan International cse Are they adding one!

[fishywood]

I just looked at all three Island Princess deck plans (present-May 11 2016; May 11 2016-May 10 2017; May 10 2017-onward) and none show an International Cafe.

 

Perhaps you were fooled by the large bold label of the Internet Cafe at the top of the atrium on Emerald Deck?

[lrockwitt]

Thtst must be it

 

 

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[IECalCruiser]

Unfortunately, for whatever reason, no International Cafe was added during her major drydock and I doubt one will be added in the future [emoji22]

[Dietemann]

Unfortunately, for whatever reason, no International Cafe was added during her major drydock and I doubt one will be added in the future [emoji22]

It may be just as well. The IC on the Coral is scrunched in next to the Casino. Very noisy and limited seating, we only went once on our New Year's cruise. Not a pleasant place.

[BarefootTom]

The Island Princess has been reconfigured for the Asian market where it is moving sometime after mid 2017. 119 new cabins were added and several things like international cafe and the teen club removed. Another downgrade of the reconfiguration is you can no longer have 3 or 4 people in the same cabin in any category. IMHO the Island Princess is no longer worth sailing on.

[Colo Cruiser]

The Island Princess has been reconfigured for the Asian market where it is moving sometime after mid 2017. 119 new cabins were added and several things like international cafe and the teen club removed. Another downgrade of the reconfiguration is you can no longer have 3 or 4 people in the same cabin in any category. IMHO the Island Princess is no longer worth sailing on.

 

 

There are 152 new cabins, I did not see anything Asian about the Island Princess in Nov on our cruise, There was never an IC, the teen club was moved right across from our cabin, we had 3 people in our cabin and 2 families we traveled with had 4 in their cabins. :confused::confused::confused:

Edited January 13, 2016 by Colo Cruiser

[casavaha]

We just got back from the Island Princess in Dec. The cabins that were added, only

have two persons per cabin. Other cabins can hold four persons. There was never an

IC on the ship. Plus the atrium is quite small, the balloon drop NYE was held there and

it was quite crowded.

 

Greg

[Colo Cruiser]

We just got back from the Island Princess in Dec. The cabins that were added, only

have two persons per cabin. Other cabins can hold four persons. There was never an

IC on the ship. Plus the atrium is quite small, the balloon drop NYE was held there and

it was quite crowded.

 

Greg

 

 

Greg our new cabin was for 3, friends traveling with us had 4.

[lrockwitt]

We are on the Island Princess as we speak There is no IC. But there is s coffee bar and a nice place to hang out.

 

 

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[cruisin froggy]

I just spoke to a customer service person at Princess. She said the Island is going into another refurbishment after her 4/23 sailing and more cabins will be added. I asked where they could be possibly added but she didn't know.

[Colo Cruiser]

I just spoke to a customer service person at Princess. She said the Island is going into another refurbishment after her 4/23 sailing and more cabins will be added. I asked where they could be possibly added but she didn't know.

 

 

Yikes I hope not. There is no room to add anymore cabins. :eek:

[casavaha]

Greg our new cabin was for 3, friends traveling with us had 4.

 

I was told by 2 persons at Princess headquarters that the new cabins would only have

two persons. Because they were concerned about the increase of passengers with no

addition of public space and no increase in employees.

 

Greg

[Coveguy4]

It may be just as well. The IC on the Coral is scrunched in next to the Casino. Very noisy and limited seating, we only went once on our New Year's cruise. Not a pleasant place.

 

I have no problem with the IC on the Coral. Yes its smaller, but still wonderful, great food and with lots of choices, just less back up pastries in the case. I've seen complaints about smoke from casino, but it never was a problem for me.

[soccergang]

This is the area on deck 5 (Plaza) that has speciality coffees available, and fresh brewed. I saw very few pastries, even in the morning. Nothing like the International Cafe that is open 24/7 with many options. We still had a great cruise on the Island, but I did miss sitting in the Atrium area having a coffee and lunch. (or afternoon dessert)

[Colo Cruiser]

I was told by 2 persons at Princess headquarters that the new cabins would only have

two persons. Because they were concerned about the increase of passengers with no

addition of public space and no increase in employees.

 

Greg

 

 

I can understand why they would do that, but there are still many cabins with additional berths and many were being used.

You can see the impact of the additional passengers due to the additional cabins and the missing lounges/space etc.

 

Our cruise had major issues with lines at AT dining. It was a mess with all the additional passengers. Lines started at 5 and continued until 8:30 every night.

Shows in the Princess theater were standing room only.

[Colo Cruiser]

This is the area on deck 5 (Plaza) that has speciality coffees available, and fresh brewed. I saw very few pastries, even in the morning. Nothing like the International Cafe that is open 24/7 with many options. We still had a great cruise on the Island, but I did miss sitting in the Atrium area having a coffee and lunch. (or afternoon dessert)

 

 

Pre IC there were never more then a couple of trays of pastries/finger sandwiches at La Patisserie on the Coral/Island. Pretty lame.

[jasbo49]

This is the area on deck 5 (Plaza) that has speciality coffees available, and fresh brewed. I saw very few pastries, even in the morning. Nothing like the International Cafe that is open 24/7 with many options. We still had a great cruise on the Island, but I did miss sitting in the Atrium area having a coffee and lunch. (or afternoon dessert)

 

My biggest beef with the Island coffee bar is that it isn't open until 6 a.m. For those who wake up early, there's nowhere to go for coffee.

 

Jim