Following a successful debut on Sun Princess, Princess Cruises announced it is making a significant enhancement to the main dining options found across its fleet. This change will give guests the ultimate in flexibility and choice when it comes to their dining experience.

Like Sun Princess, each of the main dining rooms will offer a different table service option – Traditional, Reservable, or Walk-in Anytime. This is in addition to the brand’s industry exclusive OceanNow location-based delivery service.

Princess Cruises Rolls Out Fleetwide Dining Changes

With a dedication to personal preference and individualized service, Princess will designate separate dining rooms aboard every ship in the fleet to the three different table service options. One dining room will feature traditional dining with an early and a late seating every evening. A second dining room will feature reservable dining times, and a third will feature open seating to support walk-ins anytime. 

The three table service options integrate with the line’s unparalleled OceanNow, which provides guests the convenience of ordering anything, anytime, and receiving it anywhere onboard, making Princess uniquely positioned to accommodate all guest dining preferences.

Making all dining formats available fleetwide follows the success of this new approach already implemented aboard the new Sun Princess. With the introduction of this next level Love Boat came the debut of a three-story dining room with one floor dedicated to traditional dining, another serving guests with a flexible reservation, and a third for anytime walk-ins.

Given that not all ships in the Princess Cruises fleet have three separate dining rooms, Reservable and Walk-in Anytime Dining guests will dine in a single location aboard Coral Princess and Island Princess.

“Our guests have been delighted with the dining flexibility aboard Sun Princess and we’re pleased to extend the concept to all the other ships in our fleet,” said Sami Kohen, Princess Cruises vice president of food and beverage. “Now whether guests prefer an early seating every evening, or change things up every night, or even change their mind, these flexible dining options ensure that their dining preference is effortlessly accommodated.”

When These Changes Take Place

Starting on April 15, 2024, the new approach will launch on Princess voyages departing September 14, 2024 and beyond. To support these changes and the transition to the new system, the cruise line will cancel main dining reservations already made for voyages sailing September 14 and beyond (for any ship except Sun Princess). Guests with main dining reservations for sailings through September 13 will retain their reservations without any change.

Starting June 17, booked guests can use the app ahead of their voyage to opt for traditional seating in a dedicated dining room with the same waiter, same table, and same time each night. Or, they can opt for flexible dining, allowing them to enjoy dinner at any available time and table size of their choosing in either the Reservable or Open Seating dining rooms.

This change does not affect guests booked in specialty dining restaurants or suite or reserve collection accommodations. Suite and Reserve Collections guests enjoy an exclusive dining room on Princess ships, without the need for reservations.

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