Princess Cruises is making significant changes to the main dining options found across its fleet, designed to give guests the ultimate in flexibility and choice. Beginning September 24, the line will offer three table service options – Traditional, Reservable, or Walk-in Anytime.
Princess will designate separate dining rooms aboard every ship in the fleet to the three table service options – one dedicated to traditional dining offering an early and a late seating every evening; one offering dining times by reservation; and a third with open seating to support walk-ins anytime. The only exceptions with be aboard Coral Princess and Island Princess, where Reservable and Walk-in Anytime Dining will be combined into a single Main Dining Room location.
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The three table service options integrate with the line's OceanNow, which provides guests the convenience of ordering anything, anytime, and receiving it anywhere onboard. Taken together, Princess says the new approach uniquely positions it to accommodate all guest dining preferences.
Making all dining formats available fleetwide follows what Princess calls “the resounding success” of this new approach already implemented aboard the new Sun Princess. With the introduction of the new next-level Love Boat came the debut of a three-storey dining room with one floor dedicated to traditional dining, another serving guests with a flexible reservation and a third for anytime walk-ins.
"Our guests have been delighted with the dining flexibility aboard Sun Princess and we're pleased to extend the concept to all the other ships in our fleet," said Sami Kohen, Princess Cruises vice president of food and beverage.
Sun Princess. (Photo Credit: Princess Cruises Media)
"Now whether guests prefer an early seating every evening, or change things up every night, or even change their mind, these flexible dining options ensure that their dining preference is effortlessly accommodated."
Beginning April 15, the new approach will launch on Princess voyages departing September 14 and beyond. To support these changes and the transition to the new system, main dining reservations already made for voyages sailing September 14 and beyond for any ship except Sun Princess will be cancelled. Main dining reservations for guests sailing through September 13 will not be affected.
Starting June 17, booked guests will be able to use the app ahead of their voyage to opt for traditional seating in a dedicated dining room with the same waiter, same table and same time each night, or flexible dining, allowing them to enjoy dinner at any available time and table size of their choosing, in either the Reservable or Open Seating dining rooms.
This change does not affect guests booked in specialty dining restaurants or suite or reserve collection accommodations, who enjoy a dedicated dining room on Princess ships, where no reservations are required.
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