Rare foodsvcmgr Posted May 9, 2023 #1876 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Steelers36 - please explain the process of attempting to replicate TD. From what I gather one should prebook a consistent late time slot (8 or 8:30?) via the app then request DR mgmt. to try to keep the same table? I have avoided Princess since TD was eliminated but see a trans-canal itinerary of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted May 9, 2023 #1877 Share Posted May 9, 2023 1 hour ago, foodsvcmgr said: Steelers36 - please explain the process of attempting to replicate TD. From what I gather one should pre-book a consistent late time slot (8 or 8:30?) via the app then request DR mgmt. to try to keep the same table? I have avoided Princess since TD was eliminated but see a trans-canal itinerary of interest. Yes, that is a good general approach. You should also have great success if dining at or after 8pm in being accommodated to same table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted May 9, 2023 #1878 Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, foodsvcmgr said: Steelers36 - please explain the process of attempting to replicate TD. From what I gather one should prebook a consistent late time slot (8 or 8:30?) via the app then request DR mgmt. to try to keep the same table? I have avoided Princess since TD was eliminated but see a trans-canal itinerary of interest. We’ve been on 12 cruises since the restart and DMW. We dine early and have not had a problem replicating TD, but we do get a private table either for 2 or with others in our family. Book same time, same DR every night on the App. If you like the table given first night, stop on the way out and tell the hosts or the Dir of Restaurant OPs/Maitre’d you’d like that table every night. They will enter it in the system. Just check the next night to be sure you have it confirmed, checkin and go to your table every night. Worked for us, every time. BTW, if you’re a food svc mgr, they may pick up some pointers from you. 😉 Edited May 9, 2023 by PacnGoNow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehootu Posted May 9, 2023 #1879 Share Posted May 9, 2023 Friends were on a sailing just prior to our 28day cruise on the Crown, and set us up. I met the young lady who assigned tables in the Michelangelo dining room right after getting on the ship. She told us to come in at 6:40. We were seated at a nice round table for 2 at a window for all 28days. The most fantastic waite staff we've ever had. The 6:40 time gave the 5:00 folks time to eat and then reset the table. Dining room was fairly empty during the time we showed. There were a lot of large group tables finishing up but not too many small tables still eating, they were gone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehootu Posted May 9, 2023 #1880 Share Posted May 9, 2023 On 5/4/2023 at 3:53 PM, Leelooczj said: Thank you for your responses. Now that cruising is well and truly afloat again, perhaps we will see a return to old favourites? But speaking of missing dining options, I notice that the Royal Princess cruise to Japan in April 2024 from Sydney does not offer the Symphony Dining Room on Deck 5 as an option at all, just Allegro and Concerto on Deck 6. Have they lost a whole dining room?🤔 I was able to get reservations in the Symphony dining room on the Regal. I switched to Concerto where there are more choices of tables without the carve out for Club class. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBAlbany Posted May 17, 2023 #1881 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Rather than start a new thread I figured I'd ask my question here first. We are sailing the Enchanted Princess in the Mediterranean this summer. My question is when is the best dinner time that works with the shows? Or when are the shows so we can schedule a set dinner time around them? Thanks. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted May 18, 2023 #1882 Share Posted May 18, 2023 13 hours ago, RBAlbany said: Rather than start a new thread I figured I'd ask my question here first. We are sailing the Enchanted Princess in the Mediterranean this summer. My question is when is the best dinner time that works with the shows? Or when are the shows so we can schedule a set dinner time around them? Thanks. Ken Predicting show times is not an exact thing. Popular times are often 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Can be that or anything up to typically 8pm and 10pm. It can vary during the voyage as well for various reasons. We were on a different ship last Fall in the Med and I think they were mostly 7:30pm and 9:30pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzyed Posted May 18, 2023 #1883 Share Posted May 18, 2023 On 5/9/2023 at 8:59 AM, Yehootu said: I was able to get reservations in the Symphony dining room on the Regal. I switched to Concerto where there are more choices of tables without the carve out for Club class. How did you do that? It wasn't offered when I booking our dining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehootu Posted May 18, 2023 #1884 Share Posted May 18, 2023 5 hours ago, suzyed said: How did you do that? It wasn't offered when I booking our dining. 🤷♂️ I did it very early, maybe before it got blocked out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted May 19, 2023 #1885 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Actually, following in from the above two posts, I am curious to know if folks with active future reservations are seeing all three DR's in the DMW system for your ship, or if only two are offered. I had been getting impression, they were keeping one out on purpose prior to voyage start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theloo Posted May 19, 2023 #1886 Share Posted May 19, 2023 4 hours ago, Steelers36 said: Actually, following in from the above two posts, I am curious to know if folks with active future reservations are seeing all three DR's in the DMW system for your ship, or if only two are offered. I had been getting impression, they were keeping one out on purpose prior to voyage start. When I first made dinner reservations a couple of weeks ago, I only saw 2 of the MDRs. I just checked and now all 3 are available. Sailing in about 6 weeks. This has been asked before, but hoping to get more answers: on the Crown class ships, is any dining room easier/faster? On the Ruby a few years ago, we always ate in the DaVinci because we were assigned there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted May 19, 2023 #1887 Share Posted May 19, 2023 48 minutes ago, theloo said: When I first made dinner reservations a couple of weeks ago, I only saw 2 of the MDRs. I just checked and now all 3 are available. Sailing in about 6 weeks. This has been asked before, but hoping to get more answers: on the Crown class ships, is any dining room easier/faster? On the Ruby a few years ago, we always ate in the DaVinci because we were assigned there. I don't expect any one DR is faster service than the other, unless for some reason one was short-staffed compared to others. Folks in aft section cabins may prefer the aft DR for convenience. We elect one of the mid-ship DR's if at all possible, also for convenience. I am happy with a nice table and good wait team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metairiegal Posted May 20, 2023 #1888 Share Posted May 20, 2023 We are sailing on the Caribbean Princess in a couple of weeks. We made 5:40pm dining reservations every night in the Island Dining Room at a private table for the 2 of us. Couple of questions: Is it possible to request a real table for 2 - not a table for 2 squeezed into a line of other tables for 2? Where is the maitre'd located when we board, so we can check? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PacnGoNow Posted May 20, 2023 #1889 Share Posted May 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, metairiegal said: We are sailing on the Caribbean Princess in a couple of weeks. We made 5:40pm dining reservations every night in the Island Dining Room at a private table for the 2 of us. Couple of questions: Is it possible to request a real table for 2 - not a table for 2 squeezed into a line of other tables for 2? Where is the maitre'd located when we board, so we can check? The Dir of Restaurant Op (DORO) or Maitre’d may be at the embarkation lunch in the MDR, usually Midship 6. However, many times he is not there on that day. So, you can eat lunch there and check. They told us, just come back at dinner and ask the host team or the DORO. So, we ate at the Coral DR for dinner, asked for a private table for 2, away from others. We had a 2 top towards the back of the DR and it was about 3 ft from other tables. We checked on the way out to see if we could have that table the whole time (41 nights). They put it in the system. It was a great table and waiters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metairiegal Posted May 20, 2023 #1890 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Thanks for the quick reply and info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted May 20, 2023 #1891 Share Posted May 20, 2023 18 hours ago, metairiegal said: We are sailing on the Caribbean Princess in a couple of weeks. We made 5:40pm dining reservations every night in the Island Dining Room at a private table for the 2 of us. Couple of questions: Is it possible to request a real table for 2 - not a table for 2 squeezed into a line of other tables for 2? Where is the maitre'd located when we board, so we can check? No more MD (now DRO) appointment hours on embarkation afternoon. That said, if you are on ship early enough for lunch that day, speak to DR Mgr or a Host and see where you are blocked in. Ask for what you want then or pop in ahead of 5pm and ask them as soon as they open up. Quite likely, you can be accommodated and have the same table every night - especially with your fairly early start. The DRO moves around all three DR's, but the individual DR Mgr's and Hosts can assist. I mention the Hosts as my observation is the Mgr may not be the one working the magic in the App, but he certainly has authority to make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metairiegal Posted May 22, 2023 #1892 Share Posted May 22, 2023 Thanks, Steelers36! Appreciate the info. ☺️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europe14 Posted May 28, 2023 #1893 Share Posted May 28, 2023 My sister and adult niece and I will be going on Caribbean Princess in September. We like to do anytime dining with a table just for the three of us. We like to dine at whatever time we feel like on any given day. Do we absolutely need to make reservation times or can we just show up at any dining room when we are ready to eat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted May 28, 2023 #1894 Share Posted May 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, europe14 said: My sister and adult niece and I will be going on Caribbean Princess in September. We like to do anytime dining with a table just for the three of us. We like to dine at whatever time we feel like on any given day. Do we absolutely need to make reservation times or can we just show up at any dining room when we are ready to eat? You can always show up when you want without reservations. If it is at a popular time you may have a wait. If you eat later say 7:30 - 8:00 there should not be an issue as early diners will be gone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europe14 Posted May 28, 2023 #1895 Share Posted May 28, 2023 OK. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianCruiser21 Posted May 28, 2023 #1896 Share Posted May 28, 2023 The premier package includes 2 speciality dining meals. I only plan to go once and I would like to invite a passenger from a different cabin (who does not have the package). Can I use my 2nd specialty dining credit for them? All I could find in the Princess FAQ was that it could be shared with the 3rd or 4th passenger in the same cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted May 28, 2023 #1897 Share Posted May 28, 2023 24 minutes ago, CanadianCruiser21 said: The premier package includes 2 specialty dining meals. I only plan to go once and I would like to invite a passenger from a different cabin (who does not have the package). Can I use my 2nd specialty dining credit for them? All I could find in the Princess FAQ was that it could be shared with the 3rd or 4th passenger in the same cabin. Don't see why not if you are "paying". Only possible exception would be that you are using 2 supposedly separate credits at one time. The FAQ might imply you cannot use it this way. I do know that if you received SD credits as part of a cruise booking promotion that you can use them up by "paying" for whoever you dine with. It would be easy for the restaurant to "consume" your SD credits, so will be curious to see if this works for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianCruiser21 Posted May 28, 2023 #1898 Share Posted May 28, 2023 I don’t want to order the Princess Premier package until I can confirm I can use both credits the same night. I’ve also seen a screenshot from someone else where it shows as 2 x $50 dining credits. Since the crown grill is $39pp, I wonder if I can use the remaining amount on extra entrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted May 28, 2023 #1899 Share Posted May 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, CanadianCruiser21 said: I don’t want to order the Princess Premier package until I can confirm I can use both credits the same night. I’ve also seen a screenshot from someone else where it shows as 2 x $50 dining credits. Since the crown grill is $39pp, I wonder if I can use the remaining amount on extra entrees. Perhaps you are seeing the higher amount as it is in CAD which you likely booked your cruise in? On board costs are always USD, unless an Australia-based voyage. That said, if a guest uses their dining credit to go to Sabatini's, there is no remaining balance to use elsewhere (Sabi's costs less than CG, for example). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise_critical Posted May 28, 2023 #1900 Share Posted May 28, 2023 Just got an email from Princess with this blurb about the Dine My Way. So it's no trick, but an officially supported method it seems. Oh, it's also on the page: https://www.princess.com/ships-and-experience/food-and-dining/dine-my-way/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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