Belci Posted October 20, 2022 #1 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Hi, I will be paying my cruise in full as I will be 90 days out and now want to book my dining. We plan on booking 2 specialty dining nights, but, not sure of menu in the main dining room in order to slot out dinners accordingly. We want to make sure we go to the specialty dinners the nights of less favorite menus. Any suggestions on best way to achieve that 90 days out? We are on Sky Princess Jan.21... Thanks for any advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare startedwithamouse Posted October 20, 2022 #2 Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Belci said: Hi, I will be paying my cruise in full as I will be 90 days out and now want to book my dining. We plan on booking 2 specialty dining nights, but, not sure of menu in the main dining room in order to slot out dinners accordingly. We want to make sure we go to the specialty dinners the nights of less favorite menus. Any suggestions on best way to achieve that 90 days out? We are on Sky Princess Jan.21... Thanks for any advice Find a cruise before yours with your exact itinerary (without Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years), and you can ask guests what their menus were on certain nights. Edited October 20, 2022 by startedwithamouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare travelin.sisters Posted October 20, 2022 #3 Share Posted October 20, 2022 you should be able to switch days once you are onboard...we have in the past...you can look on the daily menus in the app (which will be more or less accurate) or possibly ask to see the menus in the MDR once you are on board if you are thinking about formal nights they should not be on port days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belci Posted October 21, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Great ideas.. Thanks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JimmyVWine Posted October 21, 2022 #5 Share Posted October 21, 2022 As a general rule, I find the last night's menu the most lacking, but we usually tough it out so that we can bid farewell to our servers. Our strategy is to avoid the Specialty Restaurants on the first and last nights, (on the first night we want to strike up a rapport with the MDR staff and on the last night we want to say our farewells); avoid the Specialty Restaurants on the Formal or Dress to Impress nights, and then not sweat the details of the other nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTNest93 Posted October 21, 2022 #6 Share Posted October 21, 2022 9 minutes ago, JimmyVWine said: As a general rule, I find the last night's menu the most lacking, but we usually tough it out so that we can bid farewell to our servers. Our strategy is to avoid the Specialty Restaurants on the first and last nights, (on the first night we want to strike up a rapport with the MDR staff and on the last night we want to say our farewells); avoid the Specialty Restaurants on the Formal or Dress to Impress nights, and then not sweat the details of the other nights. Curious why you say to avoid specialty dining on formal nights. We've never cruised before so we have no experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare JimmyVWine Posted October 21, 2022 #7 Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, MTNest93 said: Curious why you say to avoid specialty dining on formal nights. We've never cruised before so we have no experience. Because the menus in the Main Dining Rooms are kicked up several notches on those nights and we find no reason to skip the very best offerings that are already paid for in favor of paying a premium for very similar offerings. Edited October 21, 2022 by JimmyVWine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTNest93 Posted October 21, 2022 #8 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Just now, JimmyVWine said: Because the menus in the Main Dining Rooms is kicked up several notches on those nights and we find no reason to skip the very best offerings that already paid for in favor of paying a premium for very similar offerings. Ahhh.......makes sense. Excuse me while I go change our 2 specialty dining reservations, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjkTX Posted October 22, 2022 #9 Share Posted October 22, 2022 13 hours ago, MTNest93 said: Ahhh.......makes sense. Excuse me while I go change our 2 specialty dining reservations, lol We hope you aren't disappointed. Our experience has been that the meals on formal night are not that different than any other night. We just got off a British Isles cruise and did the steak house the first formal night and went to the MDR on the second formal night - and wished we had done pizza instead. Years ago we felt the formal night meals were a notch above, but not any more. But again - everyone has their own experiences. Have fun!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californian Posted October 26, 2022 #10 Share Posted October 26, 2022 We sail in December and want to make reservations for an ultimate balcony dinner. I am having trouble in figuring out how to do it on the app. I hit the order button on the bottom and it tells me “Please connect your phone to the internet….…to Order Food. Drink. Retail. Service. I am on the internet at home, but it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to wait until I'm on board? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d9704011 Posted October 26, 2022 #11 Share Posted October 26, 2022 7 minutes ago, Californian said: We sail in December and want to make reservations for an ultimate balcony dinner. I am having trouble in figuring out how to do it on the app. I hit the order button on the bottom and it tells me “Please connect your phone to the internet….…to Order Food. Drink. Retail. Service. I am on the internet at home, but it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to wait until I'm on board? I tried a test run. Looks like the ultimate balcony dinner is a form of room service and you'll have to wait until you're onboard. I guess that makes sense, it's not like you're booking a table in one of the restaurants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californian Posted October 26, 2022 #12 Share Posted October 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, d9704011 said: I tried a test run. Looks like the ultimate balcony dinner is a form of room service and you'll have to wait until you're onboard. I guess that makes sense, it's not like you're booking a table in one of the restaurants. Thanks so much for doing the test run! What steps did you take though? Where on the the app did you go to do the test run? I guess I'm a little computer challenged. If I wanted to make a reservation for Sabatini’s, how would I do that? Thanks very much in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californian Posted October 26, 2022 #13 Share Posted October 26, 2022 29 minutes ago, Californian said: Thanks so much for doing the test run! What steps did you take though? Where on the the app did you go to do the test run? I guess I'm a little computer challenged. If I wanted to make a reservation for Sabatini’s, how would I do that? Thanks very much in advance. 40 minutes ago, d9704011 said: I tried a test run. Looks like the ultimate balcony dinner is a form of room service and you'll have to wait until you're onboard. I guess that makes sense, it's not like you're booking a table in one of the restaurants. d9704011: Disregard my reply. I was able to find what you did. “Dine My Way”, then “View or book individual daily reservations”, then “+ Add Reservation,” then “Contiinue,” and select specialty restaurant. Your help was much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californian Posted December 8, 2022 #14 Share Posted December 8, 2022 On 10/26/2022 at 1:50 AM, Californian said: We sail in December and want to make reservations for an ultimate balcony dinner. I am having trouble in figuring out how to do it on the app. I hit the order button on the bottom and it tells me “Please connect your phone to the internet….…to Order Food. Drink. Retail. Service. I am on the internet at home, but it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to wait until I'm on board? I was able to book the Ultimate Balcony Dining on the website by going to Manage This Booking, then, Onboard Services, Food & Beverage Experiences, and then Ultimate Balcony Dinner. I paid for the dinner reservation and I hope we will be able to have it on the requested date. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoRoy218 Posted December 9, 2022 #15 Share Posted December 9, 2022 We sail in a few weeks and would like to make a reservation at Sabatini’s. thought I read somewhere you could make it through the Medallion app. Anyone succeed in this? I looked around and saw no mention of the specialty places. Thanks for any hints! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Shelly97060 Posted December 9, 2022 #16 Share Posted December 9, 2022 6 hours ago, JoRoy218 said: We sail in a few weeks and would like to make a reservation at Sabatini’s. thought I read somewhere you could make it through the Medallion app. Anyone succeed in this? I looked around and saw no mention of the specialty places. Thanks for any hints! In Medallion app go to Dine My Way, then view of book daily options, select add reservation, select Specialty Restaurant and then you can pick times and location from available spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoRoy218 Posted December 9, 2022 #17 Share Posted December 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Shelly97060 said: In Medallion app go to Dine My Way, then view of book daily options, select add reservation, select Specialty Restaurant and then you can pick times and location from available spots. Thanks very much, got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shubsens Posted December 12, 2022 #18 Share Posted December 12, 2022 We just got off Discovery 7night. Pre-cruise I didn't want to pre-book anything as I had on-board credit waiting for me and were worried from all the posts about being booked full. Ends up we walked up each night we did specialty and didn't wait more than 5 minutes for a seat, it was great. Our first Princess cruise so we have no special ranking. First night Sabatini's, then next night Crown Grill, then 2 nights at Bistro Sur La Mer and One Gastro Salty Pub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted December 12, 2022 #19 Share Posted December 12, 2022 8 minutes ago, shubsens said: We just got off Discovery 7night. Pre-cruise I didn't want to pre-book anything as I had on-board credit waiting for me and were worried from all the posts about being booked full. Ends up we walked up each night we did specialty and didn't wait more than 5 minutes for a seat, it was great. Our first Princess cruise so we have no special ranking. First night Sabatini's, then next night Crown Grill, then 2 nights at Bistro Sur La Mer and One Gastro Salty Pub. Lucky you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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