Tag: Princess Cruises
Swooning over Specialty Dining
Last week I shared our dining experiences on Princess' Discovery Princess in the main dining rooms, available to all passengers every evening. The meals were very nice and the service was excellent, but we also were treated to some fabulous meals in some of the ship's specialty restaurants, which require a cover charge for the elevated experience.
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Dining Room Dinners on Princess
We were really fortunate on the Discovery Princess to be able to sample several of her fine-dining specialty restaurants (for which guests pay a cover charge) while also sampling dinner in her main dining rooms on three different evenings. Meals there are included in the cruise fare, as is the food at the World Fresh Marketplace, the buffet-style casual dining establishment open all day and night. There one can find cuisine from around the world --- as well as the most delectable treats in the Pastry Shop --- one could get overwhelmed with all the choices! I'll just share a few pictures of those marvelous pastries I snapped on the afternoon we embarked. This was the only time I saw the full works on display; but throughout the cruise there were small plates with a swoon-worthy variety of temptations.
Shipboard Entertainment with Princess Cruises
Have you checked out the September issue of Global Traveler yet? We're pleased this month to once again bring you our Cruising Issue, last published in 2019 before the pandemic left the cruising industry dead in the water for nearly two years. In March I was able to see for myself that it's happily sailing along quite nicely once again, and I've already shared some of my experiences on a Mexican Riviera cruise with Princess Cruises aboard the brand-new Discovery Princess. (Check out my GT Tested review of the cruise in our latest issue.) I've mostly described the ports of call and my shore excursions (Princess has been recognized by our readers for seven consecutive years as having the Best Cruise Ship Excursions in our annual Leisure Lifestyle Awards) in past blogs, though, so in recognition of our September theme, my blogs this month will be focusing on my shipboard experiences.
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Puerto Vallarta and Beyond
Our final port of call on our Princess cruise to Mexico was Puerto Vallarta, and once again we were blessed with mild temperatures and a beautiful sunny sky. The shore excursion I'd booked promised "Rare spirits and traditions at a private countryside resort," but we first stopped in downtown PV for an opportunity to stroll the Malecón and do a little shopping.