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room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On 12/13/10 8:36 AM, in article , "Tom K" wrote: 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 Funny you mention "shower". I just soap down the walls and rub against them. I wish they were a bit larger. I wonder what people do that are larger than I. They try to squeeze every inch out of those ships at the expense of comfort for the guest. If you don't have one of those over priced suites, and you are with a friend or spouse, you are hard pressed to move about your cabin at the same time. I usually stay out on the balcony while my wife gets ready. I'm also a napper, so I have to get in a couple hours of z's around 3 p.m., then I'm ready to go. Rich |
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room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
We have a balcony room. I'm not actually too worried about the space
- I was involved in a spelunking club for a few years, and I enjoy dark, damp, cramped spaces. My college dorm room was also on the small size, since it was a room in an old women's marine barracks that the college had towed onto the campus - about 9' long, 7' wide, and perhaps 8' tall. I was able to make maximum use of the room by using a bunk bed, and having my computer and dresser under it. I was just wondering if the room service menu was pretty much just stuff they took off of the buffet and wheeled to your room, or if they had some fancy stuff to choose from. Regarding the dialup - yes, it is slow for a lot of things. I've tried using the 'mobile' websites to make some things a bit faster. I actually signed up for Earthlink cable internet, but when Time Warner called to hook things up, they wanted my SS#. I explained that I don't give that out to any of our other utilities, and wouldn't be giving it out to them, either. It says on my card "not to be used for identification", and as a matter of principle I stick to that. Anyway, that has caused a delay in getting the faster cable Internet, because I had to send a copy of my drivers license to the local Time Warner Cable folks instead. |
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room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:23:16 -0500, Ohioguy wrote:
We have a balcony room. I'm not actually too worried about the space - I was involved in a spelunking club for a few years, and I enjoy dark, damp, cramped spaces. I have a penis just like that. My college dorm room was also on the small size, since it was a room in an old women's marine barracks that the college had towed onto the campus - about 9' long, 7' wide, and perhaps 8' tall. I was able to make maximum use of the room by using a bunk bed, and having my computer and dresser under it. A computer at college, what are you, 30? I was just wondering if the room service menu was pretty much just stuff they took off of the buffet and wheeled to your room, or if they had some fancy stuff to choose from. Both. Regarding the dialup - yes, it is slow for a lot of things. I've tried using the 'mobile' websites to make some things a bit faster. I actually signed up for Earthlink cable internet, but when Time Warner called to hook things up, they wanted my SS#. I explained that I don't give that out to any of our other utilities, and wouldn't be giving it out to them, either. Smart move...however if you pay a large enough deposit or have your own self-install, they don't require your SSN. It says on my card "not to be used for identification", and as a matter of principle I stick to that. Anyway, that has caused a delay in getting the faster cable Internet, because I had to send a copy of my drivers license to the local Time Warner Cable folks instead. Huh? You do realize that your DL info is enough for them to do a trace to your SSN. No, I suppose you don't. -- Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services I never have nor ever will solicit or accept a booking. |
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room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
No, I suppose you don't.
Well, my driver's license USED to actually have the SS# on it, but not since I requested to have it taken off. (figured that would just be too easy for an identity thief) Regarding the menus, it looks like this place has a pretty good overview: http://www.cruiseclues.com/menus.htm |
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room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:48:57 -0500, Ohioguy wrote:
No, I suppose you don't. Well, my driver's license USED to actually have the SS# on it, but not since I requested to have it taken off. (figured that would just be too easy for an identity thief) Good idea. But once they have a positive ID on you (via your DL), your SSN is theirs. -- Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services I never have nor ever will solicit or accept a booking. |
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room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On 12/13/2010 12:23 PM, Ohioguy wrote: We have a balcony room. I'm not actually too worried about the space - I was involved in a spelunking club for a few years, and I enjoy dark, damp, cramped spaces. My college dorm room was also on the small size, since it was a room in an old women's marine barracks that the college had towed onto the campus - about 9' long, 7' wide, and perhaps 8' tall. I was able to make maximum use of the room by using a bunk bed, and having my computer and dresser under it. I was just wondering if the room service menu was pretty much just stuff they took off of the buffet and wheeled to your room, or if they had some fancy stuff to choose from. Room service is very simple food, not from the buffet and nothing fancy. Breakfast mostly is continental, but if you want eggs/bacon or something simple write it on the card and you might get it. Other then breakfast it is mostly sandwiches, salads, cookies and some other simple stuff. Since you do have a balcony, I would do room service breakfast and sit out on the balcony with it. sue |
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room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On 12/13/2010 12:48 PM, Ohioguy wrote: No, I suppose you don't. Well, my driver's license USED to actually have the SS# on it, but not since I requested to have it taken off. (figured that would just be too easy for an identity thief) Regarding the menus, it looks like this place has a pretty good overview: http://www.cruiseclues.com/menus.htm This has always been a good website, glad you found it. sue |
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room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On 12/13/2010 10:35 AM, Rich Greene wrote:
On 12/13/10 8:36 AM, in article , "Tom K" wrote: 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 Funny you mention "shower". I just soap down the walls and rub against them. I wish they were a bit larger. I wonder what people do that are larger than I. They try to squeeze every inch out of those ships at the expense of comfort for the guest. If you don't have one of those over priced suites, and you are with a friend or spouse, you are hard pressed to move about your cabin at the same time. I usually stay out on the balcony while my wife gets ready. I'm also a napper, so I have to get in a couple hours of z's around 3 p.m., then I'm ready to go. We never have a problem moving around in the cabin. We have even showered together. We're not big people, so maybe that's part of it, but we just don't seem to get in each other's way in the small cabin. In the 2,200 sq. ft. house where only 2 adults and one 8 pound dog live, we are always in each other's way, however. -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On 12/13/2010 1:25 PM, Sue Mullen wrote:
On 12/13/2010 12:48 PM, Ohioguy wrote: No, I suppose you don't. Well, my driver's license USED to actually have the SS# on it, but not since I requested to have it taken off. (figured that would just be too easy for an identity thief) Regarding the menus, it looks like this place has a pretty good overview: http://www.cruiseclues.com/menus.htm This has always been a good website, glad you found it. sue It needs a whole lot of updating. -- Janet Wilder Way-the-heck-south Texas Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does. |
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room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?
On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:56:34 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
Well, my driver's license USED to actually have the SS# on it, but not since I requested to have it taken off. (figured that would just be too easy for an identity thief) Regarding the menus, it looks like this place has a pretty good overview: http://www.cruiseclues.com/menus.htm This has always been a good website, glad you found it. sue It needs a whole lot of updating. With an emphasis on *whole*. From the author: "Few cruise menu links to this page. Note, not many people publish menus from their cruises. In addition, the cruise menus are from different times. Some are recent, but some are from a cruise taken two or three years ago or more. Within all those photo links we have, we must have missed some menus from cruises. If you spot any, we would be grateful if you could point them out. A number of these cruise ship menus will be changed..." At best, the website is a sampling of past items which makes it entertaining but, as the author readily admits, hardly factual for this day's cruiser. Fun. That's all. -- Ari Silverstein, C.T.A; C.T.A.S, FREE Cruise Travel Advisory Services I never have nor ever will solicit or accept a booking. |
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