Just a few Princess questions

[Kingofcool1947]

4 hours ago, voljeep said:

and I used to go to Nickel  Beer Night !!!

 

LOL. 🙄

[geoherb]

12 hours ago, grouchomarx said:

-How would you generally rate MDR food?  My last cruise (Regal), we were not loving it like we did in the past and did a lot of specialty dining.

-Are drinks still reasonably priced?  We will need to decide on the drinks package, not sure (we drink a good deal).

Thanks.

 

I enjoyed the MDR food on the Island last week. Almost every main dish was good. I still do not like the strip steak served on the last night's menu, but the potatoes that accompany it are better than the French fries that used to. I could never get my money's worth on the drink package. My total bar bill for 14 nights was $50. I did bring along my two bottles of wine, drank most of the bottles in my minibar, traded in my other minibar for a bottle of wine, and enjoyed drinks at the Captain's Circle party, champagne waterfall, and top 40 events.

[Kingofcool1947]

5 hours ago, Colo Cruiser said:

We don't care for the current Sabatinis menu at all.

Will not be back until it is changed again.   🙄

 

LOL. 🙄

[Colo Cruiser]

1 hour ago, geoherb said:

 

I enjoyed the MDR food on the Island last week. Almost every main dish was good. I still do not like the strip steak served on the last night's menu, but the potatoes that accompany it are better than the French fries that used to. I could never get my money's worth on the drink package. My total bar bill for 14 nights was $50. I did bring along my two bottles of wine, drank most of the bottles in my minibar, traded in my other minibar for a bottle of wine, and enjoyed drinks at the Captain's Circle party, champagne waterfall, and top 40 events.

I had a really good one on the Regal the last night. I was impressed.  😁

[EmilyColwell]

On 7/8/2019 at 7:39 AM, grouchomarx said:

I have not sailed Princess in 5 years and will be sailing on the Sky in December.  I have a few questions to get updated on Princess.

-Can you buy a day pass for the thermal suite or is it only for the whole week?

You can buy daily or for the length of the cruise.

-Same as above for the Sanctuary

Same as above.

-How would you generally rate MDR food?  My last cruise (Regal), we were not loving it like we did in the past and did a lot of specialty dining.

I find that its hit and miss, if I don't see anything I like on the menu there is the "Princess Favorites" part which I find are always pleasing, but this is very subjective. I always found the quality of the MDR vs the specialty restaurants pretty similar just the selection is different.  

-How would you generally rate Sabatinis?  I have never tried this "new" menu and it looks quite dull.

Never been, the menu has never really appealed to me or my husband.

-Are drinks still reasonably priced?  We will need to decide on the drinks package, not sure (we drink a good deal).

If you can drink a minimum of 6 drinks a day that hover around the max cost its worth it. Only times i've ever paid for the premium package is repo cruises as I usually get on for next to nothing (Yay for living near a port) other than that I find it very expensive. I just started getting the soda package and ordering bottles to my room and making my own drinks then limiting my "fancy" drinks to 2-3 a day.

Thanks.

 

[EmilyColwell]

On 7/8/2019 at 8:05 AM, sandyoftheseas said:

You can't buy a day pass for the Thermal suite on the ships I have been on.  You could only purchase it for the entire cruise.

What cruises have you been on? I've only been on two but it has been options both times i've been on to buy a day or full cruise (at a slightly better rate) even though i've always just booked the full time, it has been offered to me.

[shanecindy21403]

36 minutes ago, EmilyColwell said:

What cruises have you been on? I've only been on two but it has been options both times i've been on to buy a day or full cruise (at a slightly better rate) even though i've always just booked the full time, it has been offered to me.

 

On the Royal, Regal and upcoming Sky they don't offer a thermal suite. They all have the Enclave which can't be purchased by the day. You can only purchase for the entire length of cruise. It's one of the first things I do when I get on board is go to the spa and purchase my pass for the week. Looking forward to December when I'll be on the Sky for 2 weeks and a lot of that will be in the Enclave.

[sandyoftheseas]

I just checked my past cruises and we did The Enclave twice on the Royal Princess and you could only purchase it for the entire cruise.  The ships that offer the thermal suite my have a daily rate.

[grouchomarx]

I think I meant the Enclave when I said thermal suite.  I thought that's what it is. 

[EmilyColwell]

2 hours ago, shanecindy21403 said:

 

On the Royal, Regal and upcoming Sky they don't offer a thermal suite. They all have the Enclave which can't be purchased by the day. You can only purchase for the entire length of cruise. It's one of the first things I do when I get on board is go to the spa and purchase my pass for the week. Looking forward to December when I'll be on the Sky for 2 weeks and a lot of that will be in the Enclave.

I've been offered the single days. So odd, i've only ever been on the emerald though on 7> day cruises.

I'll be on the Star for the first time in October, but I plan on buying for the full time anyway.