What is champagne waterfall?

[helpmesailaway]

OK - it may not be fine champagne but it is beautiful!!!! You don't have to have a picture taken. Just enjoy the fun.

 

I've seen it several times and I still enjoy it. It is also fun to watch it being built.

[rugbypopsie]

OK - it may not be fine champagne but it is beautiful!!!! You don't have to have a picture taken. Just enjoy the fun.

 

I've seen it several times and I still enjoy it. It is also fun to watch it being built.

 

I agree, it doesn't matter that it is cheap bubbly, it looks great, look at the faces of the crowd enjoying themselves. Life's a journey..enjoy the experience.

 

As for "'penny pinching", I'd rather drink good champagne than turn it into a fountain. Good Australian "sparkling wine" that is, each to their own.

[Cruisin' Chick]

Here's my girl taking a turn at "pouring" the champagne. Of course, she didn't get any. I did see a waiter taking away glasses from a couple of teenagers who got some champagne from their father.

[Boiler Cruiser]

When do they do the "champagne fountain"?

[janetz]

I remember it being on the second formal night. :)

[nw2this]

How long do they run it? Long enough for everyone to get their fill? or a just long enough for a glass or two?

[janetz]

I think as long as people are stepping up to take their turn and get the picture taken...:)

[flamomo]

Even if you don't get to actually pour any of the bubbly onto the stack of glasses, it's neat to watch and photograpy. They pass out streamers for unfurling off the balcony above the waterfall set-up. And if you are alert for where the waiters are, you can snag a few extra glasses of what the waiters are passing out. And after the pouring is finished, there is dancing in the Atruim.

Despite the negative comments about the ritual and quality of the bubbly stuff by some, we always attend because, to us, it's a fun tradition.

[aaerobear]

Yes, they do serve it as they are also pouring it in the waterfall, but you are not drinking the waterfall "bubbly" until after they finish, then they serve those glasses. It is also a great party as the crew are invited (waiters, asst waiters etc.) and it is a fun disco party.

 

It is really inexpensive sparkling wine and the name "champagne waterfall" is just fine with most of us (nobody really believes that they would pour real French Champagne in that quantity for show).

 

If you go to a Champagne Bar in most large cities (London included) you can also get sparkling wine from all over the world even though it is called a Champagne Bar. If they were staying true to their name you would not be able to get anything but Champagne now would you???

 

Maybe Princess should pour the first bottle of the waterfall with a really cheap bottle of French Champagne just to make the purists happy.

 

We in California have many different sparkling wines (most made by local wineries that are owned by the great French houses..such as Moet and Piper, but we do not generally call them Champagne. We do sell California Sparkling Wine, Bubbly, Me'thode Champenoise, and even some called (hold your breath now) Champagne. The wineries here are not bound by the EU rules that say you have to be true to the area names that are protected there.

[weberman]

On our October Trans-Atlantic on the Emerald the waterfall strted sometime after midnight. We were all so tired we skipped it as we have seen it before on other ships. Seeing it once is enough. :confused:

 

But having to wait until after midnight was a little much especially since we don't drink iyt anyway. :D

[98Charlie]

Even if you don't get to actually pour any of the bubbly onto the stack of glasses, it's neat to watch and photograpy. They pass out streamers for unfurling off the balcony above the waterfall set-up. And if you are alert for where the waiters are, you can snag a few extra glasses of what the waiters are passing out. And after the pouring is finished, there is dancing in the Atruim.

Despite the negative comments about the ritual and quality of the bubbly stuff by some, we always attend because, to us, it's a fun tradition.

 

Agree with your comments.

 

We missed the ritual on our first Princess cruise but caught up with it on our second Princess cruise. We were among those holding streamers and waiting for a glass of the bubbly to come our way.

 

Will be back on Princess next month and looking forward to the tradition.

 

Dianne

[dclark]

Call it a tradition that if Princess were to cancel it, this board would light up with angry posts.

The sparkling wine is pretty nasty, but it is cheap buzz if you have the stomach, however, the whole affair is rather elegant.

On the Dawn New Years sailing, they turned on the snow making machines for it!!