room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
Greetings! My wife and I went out to a nice supper and movie last
night, followed by a couple of episodes of "The Love Boat" when we got home (1 episode had my wife's favorite - Charro - to her delight) Man, that brings back memories - I used to watch this show as a kid, along with Fantasy Island sometimes. The show holds up particularly well, with a fantastic guest list, good writing, and a theme song that makes me want to look up the singer to see if he has any CD's available. Anyway..... it got us thinking about our upcoming week long cruise on the Caribbean Princess. (now just 28 days away!) I come from a pretty frugal family, so I was wondering what might be included on the cruise that I would normally shun? For example, I thought I read somewhere that room service is included, but I find rather vague info online when I try to get more details: "If you order room service, there might be a fee during some hours on some ships, and the menu is often limited, and all of that will be outlined in the information folder in your cabin. Also, if you order room service, please hand a cash tip to the person who brings the food to you! The custom is $2 for the first person having food delivered, and an extra $1 or $2 for each additional person getting room service." I think I would be really tempted to enjoy room service for the first time in my life, if I knew for certain that there was no fee involved, other than the tip. Can any of you who have actually been on the Caribbean Princess shed any light on this for me please? Danke! |
room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On 12/11/2010 6:50 AM, Ohioguy wrote: Greetings! My wife and I went out to a nice supper and movie last night, followed by a couple of episodes of "The Love Boat" when we got home (1 episode had my wife's favorite - Charro - to her delight) Man, that brings back memories - I used to watch this show as a kid, along with Fantasy Island sometimes. The show holds up particularly well, with a fantastic guest list, good writing, and a theme song that makes me want to look up the singer to see if he has any CD's available. Anyway..... it got us thinking about our upcoming week long cruise on the Caribbean Princess. (now just 28 days away!) I come from a pretty frugal family, so I was wondering what might be included on the cruise that I would normally shun? For example, I thought I read somewhere that room service is included, but I find rather vague info online when I try to get more details: "If you order room service, there might be a fee during some hours on some ships, and the menu is often limited, and all of that will be outlined in the information folder in your cabin. Also, if you order room service, please hand a cash tip to the person who brings the food to you! The custom is $2 for the first person having food delivered, and an extra $1 or $2 for each additional person getting room service." I think I would be really tempted to enjoy room service for the first time in my life, if I knew for certain that there was no fee involved, other than the tip. Can any of you who have actually been on the Caribbean Princess shed any light on this for me please? Danke! There will be a room service menu in a binder in your cabin, if you don't see it just ask your cabin steward. The room service menu is limited, but mostly free and the extra fee items will be marked with the price. It is customary to tip the person deliverying your food, not a lot but base it on how much you order. If you order just coffee I would give $1 or $2, a full breakfast a little bit more. This is truely a tip and you can give what you want. Enjoy your cruise! sue |
room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
ive never understood tipping..is it you tip so the person wont screw up
ya service.... if so im not going to tip a terrorist.....lol |
room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
There will be a room service menu in a binder in your cabin, if you
don't see it just ask your cabin steward. This may sound silly, but does anyone happen to have a copy of a typical Princess room service menu I could take a look at ahead of time? |
room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On 12/13/2010 8:23 AM, Ohioguy wrote: There will be a room service menu in a binder in your cabin, if you don't see it just ask your cabin steward. This may sound silly, but does anyone happen to have a copy of a typical Princess room service menu I could take a look at ahead of time? You could probably find it on the cruise critic Princess boards, you can post asking for it or do a search for it. You have to register to post, but there is no charge. Lots of good info on cruise critic. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=197 sue |
room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On 12/13/2010 9:21 AM, Sue Mullen wrote:
On 12/13/2010 8:23 AM, Ohioguy wrote: There will be a room service menu in a binder in your cabin, if you don't see it just ask your cabin steward. This may sound silly, but does anyone happen to have a copy of a typical Princess room service menu I could take a look at ahead of time? You could probably find it on the cruise critic Princess boards, you can post asking for it or do a search for it. You have to register to post, but there is no charge. Lots of good info on cruise critic. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=197 sue Yes, but it's too slow to browse on dialup. So much easier to ask people here to search for him. Bill |
room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On 12/13/10 8:23 AM, Ohioguy wrote:
There will be a room service menu in a binder in your cabin, if you don't see it just ask your cabin steward. This may sound silly, but does anyone happen to have a copy of a typical Princess room service menu I could take a look at ahead of time? It's actually pretty limited. But, why on earth would you want to have food delivered to your room? Rooms are small, they don't want you there, except for sleeping. They want you out and about. Plus, why would you want food that's been sitting around. Go up to the buffet and get a fresh omelet or eggs benedict. There's all kinds of fresh fruit on Princess. Cookies. Pastries. A zillion things to pick from. Don't limit yourself to a room service menu. I think you'll see that once on board, getting room service makes very little sense, unless you're a celebrity who wants to stay away from crowds, and you have a gigantic suite with a dining room table on the ship. Room are not sized for you to eat in them. To me, a better scenario... you wake up early, and head up to the buffet by yourself while your wife is still asleep. Bring back a plate of chocolate croissants and some cups of coffee, tea or hot chocolate, and have pre-breakfast nibbles in bed. Then shower and head up to either the dining room or the buffet. --Tom |
room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
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Tom K wrote: u. I think you'll see that once on board, getting room service makes very little sense, unless you're a celebrity who wants to stay away from crowds, and you have a gigantic suite with a dining room table on the ship. Room are not sized for you to eat in them. Depends on the room. Pretty much every sea day, we get breakfast in the room, go to the balcony, and enjoy a nice breakfast. -- "Even I realized that money was to politicians what the ecalyptus tree is to koala bears: food, water, shelter and something to crap on." ---PJ O'Rourke |
room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On 12/13/2010 9:36 AM, Tom K wrote: I think you'll see that once on board, getting room service makes very little sense, unless you're a celebrity who wants to stay away from crowds, and you have a gigantic suite with a dining room table on the ship. Room are not sized for you to eat in them. Room service for breakfast works great for us, balcony or not. It just allows us more time to wake up before moving around the ship and seeing people. sue |
room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
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