Live from the Sky Christmas/New Yrs

[whitecap]

2 minutes ago, h-sar said:

Princess has broken my heart ☹️😔💔

 

One of my greatest pleasures on a princess cruise is to go check out the daily pizza special at the poolside pizzeria. My favourites have been the four cheese and the vegetarian. To my utter horror, I have discovered that the Sky only has Margherita  and pepperoni every single day. Every single day. No changeovers. The cooks said they do not have daily specials anymore. By adding the very boring and very doughy Stromboli slices and the Love Boat meatball dishes, seems like they have done away with the specialty pizzas.
 

Here are two of the new dishes. No one in our party has enjoyed them. Smaller than they look. 
 

We noticed several cruises ago that the poolside pizzeria was only offering the two choices and figured that the reason was to get people to go to Alfredo's for other choices.

[Colo Cruiser]

14 minutes ago, h-sar said:

Princess has broken my heart ☹️😔💔

 

One of my greatest pleasures on a princess cruise is to go check out the daily pizza special at the poolside pizzeria. My favourites have been the four cheese and the vegetarian. To my utter horror, I have discovered that the Sky only has Margherita  and pepperoni every single day. Every single day. No changeovers. The cooks said they do not have daily specials anymore. By adding the very boring and very doughy Stromboli slices and the Love Boat meatball dishes, seems like they have done away with the specialty pizzas.
 

Here are two of the new dishes. No one in our party has enjoyed them. Smaller than they look. 
 

I loved the meatball pastry boat and the pizza slices on the Sky.

I think I grabbed something from there probably every other day.

As per my visits to Alfredos on the Sky and every other ship I tried it on only confirmed that I still don't care for it and will probably not go there again.

Oh yeah food is subjective.  😉

[h-sar]

2 hours ago, Colo Cruiser said:

I loved the meatball pastry boat and the pizza slices on the Sky.

I think I grabbed something from there probably every other day.

As per my visits to Alfredos on the Sky and every other ship I tried it on only confirmed that I still don't care for it and will probably not go there again.

Oh yeah food is subjective.  😉

Absolutely no question about that 😄

[Astro Flyer]

5 hours ago, h-sar said:

Speaking of, the profiterole seems to be showing up quite a bit, with different ice creams in the middle.

 

During our 4 weeks on the Sky last month we were disappointed that the rotating flavors of nightly ice creams never changed & only the flavor of sorbet changed.  We eventually discovered that we could only order scoops of the nightly flavor of profiterole ice cream only...chocolate & peanut butter was our favorite flavor. 😋

 

Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences with us & if you see Capt Tuvo today wish him a Buon Natale! 

[Mom33]

We were disappointed with the pizza in Alfredos this trip. It was scorched. 

[Mom33]

We had a great cruise despite the pizza and I agree with others here that Capt. Tuvo was amazing.

[h-sar]

2 hours ago, Mom33 said:

We were disappointed with the pizza in Alfredos this trip. It was scorched. 

So disappointing! Not sure why they would let something like that out of the kitchen. 
speaking of Alfredo’s, I am in love with the caprese style salad with the pesto sauce and the rolled zucchini. One of my favourite things on board. 

[Colo Cruiser]

17 minutes ago, Mom33 said:

We were disappointed with the pizza in Alfredos this trip. It was scorched. 

That is disgusting.........

Kind of odd all the bad food/service comments on the Sky since it's first cruise.

Time for some management/cook staff changes in the restaurant perhaps?

[h-sar]

Have excellent wifi at the Belize mall area. 
 

Here is probably 85% of today’s lunch offering in the buffet. No area was pictured twice so this is an actual replication of most of the food available today. 

[h-sar]

The shawarma in the last pic was to die for. And the grilled veggies on this little side grill are a scrumptious daily snack. 

[Mom33]

6 minutes ago, Colo Cruiser said:

That is disgusting.........

Kind of odd all the bad food/service comments on the Sky since it's first cruise.

Time for some management/cook staff changes in the restaurant perhaps?

 

There were some food hiccups on this cruise, but we found much to enjoy. They definitely  need to adjust the ovens in Alfredos and give more choices up on Lido.

As for the food overall, it far surpassed the Disney dining on our May cruise. The Sky food was hot and seasoned well. Disney's was warm and dried out. 

[h-sar]

Ugly Christmas sweater contest. Was fun  to watch 😃. 

[Colo Cruiser]

7 minutes ago, h-sar said:

The shawarma in the last pic was to die for. 

I agree! Looks awesome.

[h-sar]

I seriously cannot believe that this is where I am standing on Christmas Day (At this very second). Feeling pretty fortunate to be here with my entire family at this time of year.

[Astro Flyer]

1 hour ago, Mom33 said:

We were disappointed with the pizza in Alfredos this trip. It was scorched. 

 

41 minutes ago, Mom33 said:

 

They definitely  need to adjust the ovens in Alfredos and give more choices up on Lido.

 

 

On the last day of our 28-day cruise in November Alfredo’s was closed due to technical difficulties with the ovens...based on your experience they’re obviously still having oven problems.

Edited December 25, 2019 by Astro Flyer

[MusicalBear]

Wonderful Review!!  I love all of the food pictures.  Can't wait to get on the Sky in a few weeks for our Western Caribbean sailing and try all of the new food items.  I like Princess the best of all the cruise lines but I would sometimes get tired of getting the same food all of the time.  Glad to see they are trying some new items.  I have a great rest of your cruise!

[masterty]

Finally found the Phantom Bridge. Sold out for this voyage. Will try again next week. For those wondering about the stairs between deck 3 and 4 for tendering, I saw in use today a wheelchair lift at the forward elevators that would take a chair from deck 4 to deck 3. I know many travel with scooters and chairs so this photo may help some. 

[kywildcatfanone]

We tried alfredos earlier this week.  Not impressed.   No better than on lido deck, which isn't bad, but I expected different.

[dkitty]

Thanks for all the information and pics!  Any bar menus would be appreciated- thanks!

[h-sar]

6 hours ago, masterty said:

Finally found the Phantom Bridge. Sold out for this voyage. Will try again next week. For those wondering about the stairs between deck 3 and 4 for tendering, I saw in use today a wheelchair lift at the forward elevators that would take a chair from deck 4 to deck 3. I know many travel with scooters and chairs so this photo may help some. 

Great to see these accommodations! 

[phabric]

I think the gentleman had a portable wheelchair that folds up on the tender.  Scooters can not go on the tenders.

[phabric]

I was on the first two weeks on the Sky.  We really enjoyed Alfredo’s, we ate many times there.

[h-sar]

17 hours ago, dkitty said:

Thanks for all the information and pics!  Any bar menus would be appreciated- thanks!

Here are a few from last night’s walk. Hope to get the rest in the next couple of days. A few at bottom got left out and had to be added after so are out of order. Excuse the poor camera work 😁.

 

Princess Live

 

Crown Grill

Great Spirits (which might have replaced. Bellinis, but not totally sure)

Poolside bar

Very back of deck 16 behind buffet

 

Good Spirits 

 

Crown Grill 

 

poolside bar

Edited December 26, 2019 by h-sar

[h-sar]

17 hours ago, dkitty said:

Thanks for all the information and pics!  Any bar menus would be appreciated- thanks!

 
See above 🙂

[h-sar]

DH and I don’t drink, so didn’t spend much time in the Regal’s Crooners, however, I can see how it might be a big loss for those of you who enjoyed it. There always seemed to be people in there and the seating was fantastic, just even for socializing. Le Mer seems to be a wasted space for the better part of the day. Not sure if Princess will be losing or making money here. I’m thinking the former. If you’re looking for a table to play cards during the morning or afternoon, might be the place for you, because no one else will be there!