room service on Princess Cruises - fee, or not?

On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:52:55 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:

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.

woof!
--
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.

We never have a problem moving around in the cabin. We have even
showered together.

woof!

Only problem is that the shower is usually on the same wall as the
corridor. ;-)

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:44:58 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:

We never have a problem moving around in the cabin. We have even
showered together.

woof!

Only problem is that the shower is usually on the same wall as the
corridor. ;-)

meow
--
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.

Janet Wilder plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said On 12/14/2010
8:52 PM:
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.

An 8 pound dog? What do you have a Mini Teacup Chihuahua?

--
________
To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address.
Brian M. Kochera
"The poor dog is the firmest of friends, the first to welcome the foremost to defend" - Lord Byron

My Shutterfly Page http://photosbybrianmk.shutterfly.com/
My Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/brian.kochera1

On 12/21/2010 5:15 PM, Brian K wrote:

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.

An 8 pound dog? What do you have a Mini Teacup Chihuahua?


A Toy Poodle, named Mickey Charles after the late, great Mickey Charles
Mantle. DH is an avid NY Yankee fan.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.