Where's Dinner?
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Among the decisions you make when booking a Princess cruise, is your choice for dining - traditional or any-time. There are other choices such as specialty dining and buffet, but we'll just focus on main dining in this post.
With traditional dining, you pick your table size and dining time, and the cruise line matches you with other passengers with similar requests. We reserved early traditional dining (5:30 pm) for this cruise. We actually prefer that to late seating (8:30 pm). Our assigned table was #65 in International Dining Room which is located on deck 6 aft. Note that it is necessary to get there via deck 7 Promenade.
There are several dining rooms on Sapphire Princess. Your stateroom card contains information about your dining room, table number and dining time. On the first night of the cruise, you present your stateroom card to the header waiter or Maître D' who then informs the waiting servers who escort you to your table. Had we selected any-time dining, we would have been at one of the dining rooms and each night would be escorted to a different table and wait staff. We enjoy having the wait staff and table mates get to know us, so traditional dining is our preferred choice.
We were escorted to our table, which was located in the rear of the dining room. It was a nice location, and warmer than other parts of the dining room. The table was set for 8 people. Another couple from Australia were already seated. We placed our dinner orders and shortly after that were joined by two other couples.They were continuing their voyage, having begun in Bali on December 30th. They preferred to arrive at 6 pm and asked if we didn't mind doing that as well for the remainder of the cruise. The wait staff has several tables and that was OK with them. We all agreed. It was quite an enjoyable dinner as we got to know one another and exchanged travel stories.
Dinner is Served
For those that aren't familiar with Princess dining options in the main dining rooms, you are
presented with a menu that has Princess Favorites (available every night) and the evening's menu options (which change daily). You select one or more starters and your main course. Later, the waiter will bring the dessert menu. Our choices:
Crispy Hand-Rolled Vegetable Spring Rolls - hoisin-peanut dip, lemongrass, cilantro
Main:
Basa with Pineapple-Papaya Salsa - pan-seared filet, pea pods, bamboo shoots, daikon sprouts, potato cake.
Stir-Fried Beef with Scalliions - oyster and dark soy sauce.
Dessert:
Creme Brulet & Make your own sundae
Note that you typically pick one or two starters. You have several options from either the favorites or daily menu, as well as appetizer size portions of one of main entrees (such as a pasta dish).
We were finished with dinner about 7:15 pm which gave us time to get to the Princess Theater for the evening's show which started at 7:45 PM. We found out that on production show nights, it was necessary to get to the theater early or it would be completely filled.
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