Princess Cruises has unveiled a significant enhancement to its main dining options across its fleet, aimed at providing guests with increased flexibility and choice in their dining experiences. This enhancement introduces 3 distinct table service options – Traditional, Reservable, and Walk-in Anytime – complemented by the brand's exclusive OceanNow location-based service.
In an effort to cater to individual preferences and offer personalized service, Princess will allocate separate dining rooms on each ship for the three table service options. One dining room will be dedicated to traditional dining, offering both early and late seating every evening. Another will provide reservable dining times, while a third will offer open seating to accommodate walk-ins anytime. These options seamlessly integrate with Princess's OceanNow service, allowing guests to order anything, anytime, and have it delivered anywhere onboard.
The decision to make all dining formats available fleetwide follows the success of this approach already implemented aboard the new Sun Princess. The ship introduced a 3-story dining room, with each floor dedicated to a different dining option.
Beginning April 15, 2024, the new dining approach will launch on Princess voyages departing September 14, 2024, and beyond. To facilitate the transition, main dining reservations made for voyages sailing on or after September 14, except for Sun Princess, will be canceled. Existing reservations for voyages through September 13 will remain unaffected.
Starting June 17th, guests with bookings will have the option to use the app before their voyage to select between traditional seating in a dedicated dining room, where they will have the same waiter, table, and time each night, or flexible dining in either the Reservable or Open Seating dining rooms.
These changes do not impact guests booked in specialty dining restaurants or those in suite or reserve collection accommodations, as they already have access to dedicated dining rooms where reservations are not required.