Crab on Alaska cruise

[cruisequeen4ever]

Is Princess serving crab on Alaska cruises this year? If so, is it in the dining room or in Crown Grill? 
 

Edited May 21 by cruisequeen4ever

[aussielozzie18]

Grand Princess had the crab shack on for a couple of nights - Deck 14 aft Portside. Additional charge - didn’t go so can’t quote the per head cost.

 

[Haveuseen1]

Discovery did Crab Shack twice at lunch in the Crown Grill.

[latebloomer56]

1 hour ago, Haveuseen1 said:

Discovery did Crab Shack twice at lunch in the Crown Grill.

Would you know if the crab shack is considered casual dining? 

Thanks

[HotRoot]

6 minutes ago, latebloomer56 said:

Would you know if the crab shack is considered casual dining? 

Thanks

No.  It costs more than $14.99.  Maybe $39.99?

[latebloomer56]

5 hours ago, HotRoot said:

No.  It costs more than $14.99.  Maybe $39.99?

Have the package and the only confusing item is this casual dining option. Wish Alfredos had more than pizza options love the eggplant and the ravioli on Regal when this venue started but then it was also free. Not sure where else to go for this, but will figure it out or not use this as well.

[jean-lynd]

30 minutes ago, latebloomer56 said:

Have the package and the only confusing item is this casual dining option. Wish Alfredos had more than pizza options love the eggplant and the ravioli on Regal when this venue started but then it was also free. Not sure where else to go for this, but will figure it out or not use this as well.

What ship will you be on ?

Edited May 21 by jean-lynd

[latebloomer56]

4 hours ago, jean-lynd said:

What ship will you be on ?

Grand to Hawaii.

[cruisequeen4ever]

I know about the Crab Shack; I meant free crab, like pre-Covid. 

[EDVM96]

54 minutes ago, cruisequeen4ever said:

I know about the Crab Shack; I meant free crab, like pre-Covid. 

There has never been free king or snow crab on any Princess ship. At least not in the past 15 years. What free crab are you talking about?

 

[jean-lynd]

5 hours ago, latebloomer56 said:

Grand to Hawaii.

The Casual dining venues on the Grand are Alfredo's (pizza), Vines (charcuterie) and the Salty Dog Gastropub ( it's a popup).

[cruisequeen4ever]

3 hours ago, EDVM96 said:

There has never been free king or snow crab on any Princess ship. At least not in the past 15 years. What free crab are you talking about?

 

In 2019, crab was served on the Royal instead of lobster on the second formal night of our Alaska cruise. Prior to that, we saw it on the special insert at Crown Grill for Alaska a few times and had it in the dining room at least once.

[EDVM96]

2 hours ago, cruisequeen4ever said:

In 2019, crab was served on the Royal instead of lobster on the second formal night of our Alaska cruise. Prior to that, we saw it on the special insert at Crown Grill for Alaska a few times and had it in the dining room at least once.

What crab was that? King? Snow?

 

There's a ban on fishing king crab now since more than two years in Alaska. It's overfished. Snow crab fishery was also banned last season. And prices for those crabs are skyrocketing as you might have seen. The king crab you get in the U.S. is most likely from Norway, as russian food imports are banned since 2022.

 

For example, there was no way to get king crab at Icy Strait Point last year. It was no longer on the menus in the landside restaurants there.

 

So, you won't see any snow or king crab on Princess ships any time soon in the MDRs.

 

[latebloomer56]

6 hours ago, jean-lynd said:

The Casual dining venues on the Grand are Alfredo's (pizza), Vines (charcuterie) and the Salty Dog Gastropub ( it's a popup).

Thanks I miss the eggplant from Alfredos may try Vines this trip though just because haven't done this hubby doesn't drink.

[lahlah57]

2 hours ago, EDVM96 said:

What crab was that? King? Snow?

 

There's a ban on fishing king crab now since more than two years in Alaska. It's overfished. Snow crab fishery was also banned last season. And prices for those crabs are skyrocketing as you might have seen. The king crab you get in the U.S. is most likely from Norway, as russian food imports are banned since 2022.

 

For example, there was no way to get king crab at Icy Strait Point last year. It was no longer on the menus in the landside restaurants there.

 

So, you won't see any snow or king crab on Princess ships any time soon in the MDRs.

 

Wasn't on the Majestic at all last week.

[cruisequeen4ever]

11 hours ago, lahlah57 said:

Wasn't on the Majestic at all last week.

11 hours ago, lahlah57 said:

Wasn't on the Majestic at all last week.

Darn; ok, thank you.

[lahlah57]

13 hours ago, cruisequeen4ever said:

 

They were pushing the crab shack pop up venue at every turn but we didn't go because it was an extra $40pp fee. More shrimp with a few sad spindly crab legs. We didn't go cause it didn't look worth it.

[EDDY0827]

I think that most of the King crab has been replaced by Dungeness crab.

[mahasamatman]

Crab Shack is terrible. The one time we tried it, the crab legs were the consistency of pasta. And I'm talking about the shell, not the meat.

[cruisequeen4ever]

Ok, thank you. Yeah, dungeness just isn’t the same. I think we’ll go to Tracy’s. 

[BeasleysMom66]

On 5/23/2024 at 1:14 PM, cruisequeen4ever said:

Ok, thank you. Yeah, dungeness just isn’t the same. I think we’ll go to Tracy’s. 

 

I was recently in Alaska and in Skagway I ate at Woadies and it was fabulous.  

 

[Shippy]

On 5/23/2024 at 7:35 AM, EDDY0827 said:

I think that most of the King crab has been replaced by Dungeness crab.

We love Dungeness crab. But just like Alaska, Our crab seasons have either been drastically reduced or cancelled the last few years.....California.

[CynCyn]

39 minutes ago, BeasleysMom66 said:

 

I was recently in Alaska and in Skagway I ate at Woadies and it was fabulous.  

 

Same! So glad a local sent me there!

 

Then, Woadie’s sent me to Klondike Brewing- MUCH friendlier than Alaskan Brewing

[telecheck]

On 5/21/2024 at 8:18 PM, EDVM96 said:

There has never been free king or snow crab on any Princess ship. At least not in the past 15 years. What free crab are you talking about?

 

This is not true. The following picture was taken in 2021 on the Majestic Princess during a round trip to Alaska from Seattle. It was one of the first few sailings after the shutdown. King crab legs were offered on the second formal night in the main dining room.

 

[rbelshaw]

On 5/23/2024 at 1:14 PM, cruisequeen4ever said:

Ok, thank you. Yeah, dungeness just isn’t the same. I think we’ll go to Tracy’s. 

It's not at all the same. Dungees are sweeter and more flavorful, and $5.00 for a live one off the boat. In the "before times" snow and king (always frozen) was what was available in the better shoreside buffets.