Experience for first time cruise with Grand Princess

Item: Grand Princess
Rating: 3.4
Author: li9wang

Grand Princess Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

li9wang

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

Verified Review

10 Night Alaska Inside Passage With Glacier Bay (San Francisco Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 06, 2018

Ship: Grand Princess

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: C201

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

I loved the cruise, especially Glacier Bay. The whole cruise was marred by my dining experience. Since we can't eat in dining rooms until after 8pm we missed the shows we really wanted to attend. The food in Horizon sucks. Meats are overcooked and selections are poor. I had to eat breakfast and lunch in Horizon since i was assigned anytime dinning even though I requested 1st seating. I was shooed away by the MaitreD of Boticelli and Da Vinci because I was assigned anytime dinning. This was not my first cruise but the first with Princess line. I was never treated as a second class diner on my other cruises. Anytime dinning means I choose the time to eat but not only after 8pm and definitely not qualified to have sit down breakfast and lunch. I do not enjoy buffet dinning at all.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Insist on set dining schedule. Anytime dining means you eat last and not allowed in dining rooms until after 8pm

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Ports of call

Juneau, Alaska

4 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

4 out of 5

Ketchikan, Alaska

3 out of 5

Victoria, British Columbia

2 out of 5

need more time to explore this beautiful city

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

5 Comments

JLRoyer 6 years ago

Why couldn’t you eat breakfast and lunch in the dining room?

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imfaerae 6 years ago

Michelangelo is strictly for Anytime Dining between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. Botticelli features two set-seating dining times: 5:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. DaVinci hosts early set-seating dining at 5:30 p.m. and then opens for Anytime Dining from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

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imfaerae 6 years ago

I believe anytime dining on the Grand operates out of the Michelangelo dining room. Boticelli and DaVinci are the early/late scheduled seating dining rooms. Not that it helps now but it's a shame they didn't direct you to the correct dining room. :-(

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lrabe 6 years ago

Anytime dinning is exactly what it says. Go to dinning room and let them know how many are in your party, you may have to wait a few minutes. There are a lot of anytime dinners that I met eating at 6:00 pm and earlier. Everyone can eat in the dinning room for breakfast and lunch. You should have gone to guest services if the MaitreD wasn’t able to assist you.

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Blondy 6 years ago

Sorry!🤔🤔🤔

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