A huge shout out to princess for moving the Lido buffet. One of my pet peeves has always been how hot The buffet is because the doors are always open to the outside, with the buffet on a lower level. That problem is solved.😅
I have sailed Princess a few times, my last cruise was on the Sapphire Princess, the FOOD was horrible! On previous Princess cruises the food was OK, I haven't been on a Princess cruise since 2019. I also follow JJ Cruises. If JJ gives the Sun Princess a good review as you have, I will book the Sun Princess, Thanks for your honest review.
I also have sailed on Princess many times, and the food has always been exceptionally good, one of the reasons I sail Princess. Except my last cruise, which was also on the Sapphire Princess. The food was HORRIBLE. It was like the head chef had never acquainted him/herself with tastes in the western world--or eastern--european--who knows? All I know is that the food, on a fifteen-day round trip cruise to Hawaii, was downright terrible.
We loved all of the food on the Sun Princess. Our favorite spot was the American Diner with their expanded hours and breakfast whenever you want. Also I'm convinced the Sun has the best pizza at sea.
Don, I think I’m in trouble for my Sun Princess cruise on April 17! We’ve planned to try the food in our ports for lunch. Don’t know if I can handle a big dinner as well! Glad your report on the food on board is so positive. I may have to save some room for those specialty restaurants after all. 😊
Don, I have to say the food on Princess has been consistently very good, which is why they are my favorite line when it comes to R&R. I've never been disappointed since my first sailing with them in 1994. Good food and a good bed are my priorities. And live music. And great staff...and their 8-9 flavors of freshly made ice-cream. And great price point. Thanks for sharing your impressions.
Don, I loved seeing you on JJ's video. You were so light and having the time of your life! I think hangong out with them brings out the fun in Don! Looking forward to more of your fun Sun videos. 🎉
Always enjoy your commentary, Don. So glad you're having a good time and spending some time with #JJCruise - great guys and very down-to-earth. All that food - you're making us hungry. Be good to yourself.
Sounds like Princess has really expanded the food options on board. I am so happy to hear how much you are enjoying my dear friends Voronkova Sisters. Yes, they can play anything. Check with them about purchasing their new CD. It is fabulous.
I wonder if they (Princess) are spending more on the food during the first couple cruises like RCCL did with the Icon launch? Glad it tastes good through, I always liked Princess food.
Don, I rarely comment on anything, positive or negative. My wife and I just got off Carnival Valor and the food was the worst we’ve had in 10 cruises. We are about to reach Platinum and am excited about that but are concerned we’ve hitched our wagon to a diminishing value/service level cruise line…..thoughts…. The dining room was so bad we spent the money and ate in steakhouse 3 out of 5 nights.
Do you think the new ships have better food to gain the a reputation of great food and then they start pulling back pulling back on quality and variety after awhile. I think when the press is their for their cruises the quality is definitely top notch, so not counting that.
Hey Don good info on the specialty dining options, I'm one that eat at the specialty restaurants and very seldom go to the buffet and never go to the main dining room.
Love JJ Cruise, I know you probably had a great time with them. Went on one of their group cruises and they were so hospitable, warm and caring and so much fun. Thank you for the review, I really enjoyed it.
All the food sounds amazing. I'd like hear your take on the buffet and the free food. Spell bound sounds super fun. We are excited to see and hear about that for sure.
Do you think that the food is just good because Princess wanted to leave a good impression during the first set of inaugural cruises or will this be the norm going forward?
Thank you for the Sun. Princess updates, I appreciate them very much. I cannot help but to let you know that you continue to inform and entertain me. Having said that, I have continually wondered how many Japanese people might feel, a little bit offended by your pronunciation of the word teppanyaki. I guess being Canadian would account for the pronounciation you render, tapanaki, lol. HAVE A GREAT DAY, A
Don, do you think they break out all the best food since, there are vloggers, bloggers, and journalists aboard? This way maybe it seems better than what the "normal" passenger would get?
On our last Princess cruise, right before Covid, the dining room food was not good. The Crown Grill and Sabatini’s were very good, as was the International Cafe. The included food in the dining room and buffet were sub par. You appear to be dining in specialty restaurants. If you pay extra, you will get good food.
Evidently people commenting that you never showed the ships on your videos must never watch your videos. Thanks for all you do done. Can't wait to see your other videos
Great video Don! I loved how you showed what the different foods look like from different restaurants. I hope you can try the buffet before you get off the ship as I would like to know how the service and portions are (since they have the crew serving in the buffets). Glad you liked the food and I also hope you can visit Spellbound because it sounds exciting. QUESTION: Is the Love Britta (sp) restaurant solely for couples? I'll be a solo passenger when I go on the ship so I'm trying to figure out now what specialty restaurants and other things I'd like to visit on the ship.
Hi Don, we are on Celebrity Infinity in Piraeus with you (on Sun Princess) today. Why is Sun Princess flying the British Red ensign and not the Burmudian ensign? Hope you're having a great cruise and it didn't take you too long to get back on board, the queue looks very long at the moment, good job it's not raining.
