The two premium specialty dining reservations included in your plus package are for the Crown Grill and Sabatini’s Italian restaurant. The Boticelli, DaVinci, and Michelangelo are the 3 regular restaurants which are included for all meals (still make reservations ahead of time so you don’t have to wait in line). You don’t have to rely on the buffet for any of your meals. Also, the International Cafe (deck 5 in the Piazza near the art gallery) is also included for all passengers and is open 24 hours with a constant change of offerings; sandwiches, desserts, etc.. We just got off the Crown Princess a couple hours before you boarded. The food in the main 3 dining rooms is much better than the buffet.
Nice! Okay, I'm learning all this now haha still kinda new to the cruise dinner options. I went ahead and made reservations tonight for Michaelangelo's 😁
I know the “ Crown”, Ruby & Emerald are all sister ships. As I said earlier we went on Ruby twice, just returned on 2 week Hawaiian cruise this past Oct. 15th. This ship looks exactly like the Ruby! Love the ship. Next year we will be going on the Emerald. Great video! Thanks for sharing. The buffet is low quality for sure. We ate only in dining room and international Cafe for a quick bite!
@ We loved the Alaskan cruise, same ship Ruby princess. You don’t need excursions to see beauty, but if we go again we will take a train excursion or dog sled.
We were on the Crown Princess 3 times in the last 12 months. March/April 2023 for a 28 day Tahiti cruise. Oct 2023 for a CA coastal and earlier in Feb for a 5 day getaway. For afternoon snack, they have a Ramein station in the Horizon court at 3:30 along with a DIY burger station and scones. Be sure to try sit down afternoon tea when you get a chance. The scones are excellent! Ruby Princess will be coming back to home port in San Francisco in September while Crown Princess will redeploy and will be home ported in Australia. At that time, You can take a 31 day repositioning cruise, 1 way from San Francisco to Sydney!!
Wow! That's some good info! Thank you! I just tried the burger bar today in the buffet station. It was pretty good! It'll be in tomorrow's video. I was on a coastal cruise in October 2023! We may have been on the same one! I loved it! I definitely wanna do it again. I wish I could do the cruise to Sydney! One day, maybe I hope to do that. We'll see where this channel goes 😁
My first cruise was on Crown back in 2010. Loved it. I did another one in 2011 on Ruby and now my next one with Princess is on Sapphire on April 5 for a 32 days Hawaii and South Pacific. I so excited and can't wait. ⛴️😎
Whaaat! That's awesome!! I love the sapphire! That's my favorite ship out of all 4 of my cruises lol I miss that ship. You're going to have a lot of fun!
Thank you for taking us along on your cruise !! Thank you for the tip on the casino play. I will make sure to play on my next cruise. I don't cruise again until April 2025. We will be on the Ruby Princess, which is a sister ship to the Crown. We are doing a B2B from San Francisco.
Thank you for your videos! We’re doing the Hawaii Cruise on the Crown on 4/4. It will be our first on Crown and Hawaii so all your vids are extremely helpful in planning our trip. Have a blast and looking forward to your videos!
I'll try and record some of them. It was hard catching some of the shows because they played a lot of copy write music. I'll try recording some and talk over it. Thanks for watching so far!
Thanks for sharing your trip. I'll be on the Crown to Alaska in September. I just happened upon your channel this afternoon, and I'm going to check out your other posts. Continue to enjoy your trip.
Hey! Welcome to the channel! I booked an Alaska cruise in September of 2025. 11 day cruise. I may book more before hand, just depends on how work goes.
Thanks for the comment! Hey, if you can do it once a year, do it! I am planning on doing a cruise at least once a year myself. So much fun. So far, the weather is still pretty bad... should be better tonight 🤞
We were on the Crown for the Super Bowl. Had a blast watching it on MUTS. AND I got dinner at the buffet, prime rib no less! It was perfect! Sabatini’s is one of the specialty restaurants and I’ve heard it’s even better than the Crown Grill. -Joan in Lodi
Really fun to see your trip. I think Princess beds have the reputation of being some of the best of all the cruise ships! Hopefully after tomorrow your weather will start warming up and you'll be able to take advantage of the pools. I thought on this trip (from some other posts) there's an opportunity to learn to play the ukelele (sorry for spelling)... might be some other fun things like that you can take advantage of... On the other hand, a good book while you watch the waves go by works too (my fave!) :)
Omg they are so comfortable... its so hard to get up in the morning haha Yeah, from what I'm hearing, tomorrow should be a lot better. Haha you're fine with the spelling. I would have guessed it's spelled the same way lol I would have definitely loved the balcony and just relaxing on these sea days but the balcony has been anything but pleasant haha it's okay, it's only for a few days.
@@Eldons_Excursions This is a bucket list trip. Just hard to get 16 days off at once from work. What a great deal you got - seriously! I booked the repositioning cruise for end of April from Honolulu to Vancouver. Only stops in Kona for 2 days, and does a drive by the Napili coast on Kauai. Bummer it doesnt stop more places but we love the sea days. Im bad - actually hoping for at least a bit of bumpy seas going over to Vancouver. It's on RC's Quantum of the Seas. A bit of different vibe from crown princess, but love Crown (think it's sister ships with Grand and ruby?). Hopefully your balcony will open up for reading day after tomorrow (and not be so wet). Have fun and thx for sharing!!!! :) PS sad the buffet food isnt great.. All the buffets have gone downhill. We've been on Carnival recently and dont even attempt to eat in the buffet, so everything on RC will be better!!
@Lealelan yeah! I think Coral is the sister ship to this one, and Ruby, I was told, is the smaller one. I never thought I'd be on a 16-day cruise. At least not for a very, very long time lol. I got very lucky with this cruise offer. That trip from Honolulu to Vancouver sounds fun!! I'd love to do that. As for the buffet, sometimes you'll get lucky with some good foods. Today, they had a burger bar. It was actually pretty good, haha. Carnival never had that great of food. I always went and had guy fierri burger bar. It was always so good!
I was just on the Discovery Princess and the Churchill's cigar lounge right outside of Take 5 Lounge was closed on the first part of the trip and on the next cruise, they converted it to a Video Arcade which was pretty cool
@@Eldons_ExcursionsThe seas where rough for the entire trip. It was so bad on the return trip we had to hunker in port at Ensenada after being told that port had been cancelled due to rough seas/ incoming weather. We arrived there in the Morning and stayed (on ship) until 11:30pm. That's when the Captain decided to make a run for LA....Those were the roughest seas I've ever been on!
Thanks you! I'm trying 😁 Yeah, all these dinners are included. After 6, there isn't much of a wait time. Also, take advantage of trying different foods! You can order whatever you want when dining.
Thank you!! You can choose 2 specialty restaurants. Two of them are pretty much the same place (Italian/sea food), just slightly different layout. One steak house, and the wheelhouse. They have a really good burger!
The casual choices are the Gastro Pub, which is located in the Wheelhouse lounge, I believe it opens at 5 or 5:30 PM. The other is Vines, the wine bar. Only one offering there, Veggies with dip, a charcuterie board and really good chocolate truffles for dessert. The included specialty restaurants, Crown Grill and Sabatini's, are only if you have the Premiere package. For us, the $20 per day per person wasn't worth it so we stick with the Pus. Happy cruising!
@michaelcroom2601 Honestly, the buffet is okay. It's a hit and miss. What I did was kinda scoped it out and tried out things I thought would be good. Most of the time, I ate at one of the restaurants.
@michaelcroom2601 nice! The staff on the ship was so much fun. You're going to love it. Hope you're enjoying my series! I have another one from the same ship back in October. You might like that one as well.
Last year we took this cruise in January for 15 days, it was miserable until we hit tropical waters then it was heavenly 👍 My client and I enjoyed a balcony room service breakfast. Nawiliwili was not much, a port
We are thinking about booking a Princess Cruise to Hawaii March of 2026. I’m concerned about the sea days getting sea sick. How were the sea days on your trip?
It honestly wasn't bad. I got a little sea sick only one day tbh and that's because I was on my phone, on the bed, and didn't eat anything lol we were also avoiding a huge storm just north of us. The cruise back was absolutely amazing. So problems at all.
We went on 2 princess cruises 1 year apart on the Ruby, and both times the beds were both the most comfortable beds I’ve ever slept in!! That’s a fact 😊
@@Eldons_Excursions thank you for responding, that’s good for Princess but not for me I enjoyed smoking a cigar now and then! I’m going on the same cruise the day you’re getting off . So it’s nice to see what the weather is going to be like? Keep doing your videos!!!
Im going to have to disagree with your buffet statement lol. I took the crown princess feb 7-17 2024 also from sf to mexico and i ate there everyday. I enjoyed it and was actually surprised that the quality was good, minus a couple things....now if u really want crappy buffet food, go on the carnival miracle 😂😂😂😂 One of the reasons i didn't go to the dining room is because i didn't want to sit with strangers; my social anxiety didn't let me lol. Youre so brave for doing that ✊️
@Lealelan oh definitely. The only thing that I don't really like is I only get 2 premium dinners on the cruise for the entire 2 weeks. For 360$ more, I could have gotten unlimited... which is out of my budget 😕 so I'll stretch the buffet food and pizza until I get onto the islands lol
ARCADE!!!! pretty cool. whales are everywhere, i was on the ferry at the clock tower building and there was a whale and her baby only like 20 feet away from the ferry i was in.
@Cruises_and_Coasters all Hawaii cruises stop at Ensenada. It has something to do with the taxes cruiselines have to pay. Are you only going to 3 islands then? I'm taking this cruise next year, that's why I'm asking. Thanks!
Dude, Botticelli and DaVincis are included free. There is no upcharge for them. And they aren't really Italian restaurants. The only casual dining option on Crown is the Salty Dog Pub. You don't have to eat in the buffet only. The only upcharge is for Sabatellis and Crown Grill.
Yeah. Those restaurants are free. And you can order as much as you want. Dan and Steve would always order 2 shrimp cocktails each as appetizers. Steve would order more than 1 entree if he wanted to try different things, and always more than one dessert! The cold soup is the best!!
@@Eldons_Excursions They serve breakfast and lunch in there too. And some sea days they have high tea around 3pm. I'm the mom with the kids who don't eat fast food.
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The two premium specialty dining reservations included in your plus package are for the Crown Grill and Sabatini’s Italian restaurant. The Boticelli, DaVinci, and Michelangelo are the 3 regular restaurants which are included for all meals (still make reservations ahead of time so you don’t have to wait in line). You don’t have to rely on the buffet for any of your meals. Also, the International Cafe (deck 5 in the Piazza near the art gallery) is also included for all passengers and is open 24 hours with a constant change of offerings; sandwiches, desserts, etc..
We just got off the Crown Princess a couple hours before you boarded. The food in the main 3 dining rooms is much better than the buffet.
The specialty restaurants aren't included in the princess Plus package, they are in the Princess Premier package which is $20 a day more.
Nice! Okay, I'm learning all this now haha still kinda new to the cruise dinner options. I went ahead and made reservations tonight for Michaelangelo's 😁
@charlesclawson4588 also the wheel house counts towards one of your free premium dining restaurants. If I upgrade, I get unlimited.
I was going to say that really looked like the MDR and not one of the specialties 🙂
@cacourtney haha I am learning as I go 😅
I know the “ Crown”, Ruby & Emerald are all sister ships. As I said earlier we went on Ruby twice, just returned on 2 week Hawaiian cruise this past Oct. 15th. This ship looks exactly like the Ruby! Love the ship. Next year we will be going on the Emerald.
Great video! Thanks for sharing. The buffet is low quality for sure. We ate only in dining room and international Cafe for a quick bite!
@@traveltimes4109 Thank you! I'll he going on the Ruby in September to Alaska 😁
@ A year from now?
@ We loved the Alaskan cruise, same ship Ruby princess. You don’t need excursions to see beauty, but if we go again we will take a train excursion or dog sled.
@@traveltimes4109 Yup! September of next year. Oooo! I'd love to do one of those. Both sound like a lot of fun!
@@Eldons_Excursions Yes, they both are, although we didn’t take any.
We were on the Crown Princess 3 times in the last 12 months. March/April 2023 for a 28 day Tahiti cruise. Oct 2023 for a CA coastal and earlier in Feb for a 5 day getaway. For afternoon snack, they have a Ramein station in the Horizon court at 3:30 along with a DIY burger station and scones. Be sure to try sit down afternoon tea when you get a chance. The scones are excellent! Ruby Princess will be coming back to home port in San Francisco in September while Crown Princess will redeploy and will be home ported in Australia. At that time, You can take a 31 day repositioning cruise, 1 way from San Francisco to Sydney!!
Wow! That's some good info! Thank you! I just tried the burger bar today in the buffet station. It was pretty good! It'll be in tomorrow's video.
I was on a coastal cruise in October 2023! We may have been on the same one! I loved it! I definitely wanna do it again. I wish I could do the cruise to Sydney! One day, maybe I hope to do that. We'll see where this channel goes 😁
My first cruise was on Crown back in 2010. Loved it. I did another one in 2011 on Ruby and now my next one with Princess is on Sapphire on April 5 for a 32 days Hawaii and South Pacific. I so excited and can't wait. ⛴️😎
Whaaat! That's awesome!! I love the sapphire! That's my favorite ship out of all 4 of my cruises lol I miss that ship. You're going to have a lot of fun!
Thank you for taking us along on your cruise !! Thank you for the tip on the casino play. I will make sure to play on my next cruise. I don't cruise again until April 2025. We will be on the Ruby Princess, which is a sister ship to the Crown. We are doing a B2B from San Francisco.
Nice!! I've heard good things about the Ruby. I think you're going to have a lot of fun!
Thank you for your videos! We’re doing the Hawaii Cruise on the Crown on 4/4. It will be our first on Crown and Hawaii so all your vids are extremely helpful in planning our trip. Have a blast and looking forward to your videos!
Awesome! I hope I can cover everything for you! I'm still learning as I go haha 😄
@@Eldons_Excursions You are doing awesome! I’m a subscriber now!
@marshc9576 😍😍 thank you!! Can't Wait to share more with you!
Love your Video. Fun watching everything. Wondering what activities they have going on during the day on sea days. 🍹
I'll try and record some of them. It was hard catching some of the shows because they played a lot of copy write music. I'll try recording some and talk over it.
Thanks for watching so far!
Thanks for sharing your trip. I'll be on the Crown to Alaska in September. I just happened upon your channel this afternoon, and I'm going to check out your other posts. Continue to enjoy your trip.
Hey! Welcome to the channel! I booked an Alaska cruise in September of 2025. 11 day cruise. I may book more before hand, just depends on how work goes.
Such a fun cruise. My wife and I have done it twice (on the Ruby) and are trying to plan for a once a year repeat! Hope the weather improves!
Thanks for the comment! Hey, if you can do it once a year, do it! I am planning on doing a cruise at least once a year myself. So much fun. So far, the weather is still pretty bad... should be better tonight 🤞
We were on the Crown for the Super Bowl. Had a blast watching it on MUTS. AND I got dinner at the buffet, prime rib no less! It was perfect! Sabatini’s is one of the specialty restaurants and I’ve heard it’s even better than the Crown Grill. -Joan in Lodi
You know, sometimes the buffet will surprise you lol it's got decent food sometimes. I'll have to try that restaurant! Sounds Italian 😍
Really fun to see your trip. I think Princess beds have the reputation of being some of the best of all the cruise ships! Hopefully after tomorrow your weather will start warming up and you'll be able to take advantage of the pools. I thought on this trip (from some other posts) there's an opportunity to learn to play the ukelele (sorry for spelling)... might be some other fun things like that you can take advantage of... On the other hand, a good book while you watch the waves go by works too (my fave!) :)
Omg they are so comfortable... its so hard to get up in the morning haha
Yeah, from what I'm hearing, tomorrow should be a lot better. Haha you're fine with the spelling. I would have guessed it's spelled the same way lol
I would have definitely loved the balcony and just relaxing on these sea days but the balcony has been anything but pleasant haha it's okay, it's only for a few days.
@@Eldons_Excursions This is a bucket list trip. Just hard to get 16 days off at once from work. What a great deal you got - seriously! I booked the repositioning cruise for end of April from Honolulu to Vancouver. Only stops in Kona for 2 days, and does a drive by the Napili coast on Kauai. Bummer it doesnt stop more places but we love the sea days. Im bad - actually hoping for at least a bit of bumpy seas going over to Vancouver. It's on RC's Quantum of the Seas. A bit of different vibe from crown princess, but love Crown (think it's sister ships with Grand and ruby?). Hopefully your balcony will open up for reading day after tomorrow (and not be so wet). Have fun and thx for sharing!!!! :) PS sad the buffet food isnt great.. All the buffets have gone downhill. We've been on Carnival recently and dont even attempt to eat in the buffet, so everything on RC will be better!!
@Lealelan yeah! I think Coral is the sister ship to this one, and Ruby, I was told, is the smaller one. I never thought I'd be on a 16-day cruise. At least not for a very, very long time lol. I got very lucky with this cruise offer. That trip from Honolulu to Vancouver sounds fun!! I'd love to do that.
As for the buffet, sometimes you'll get lucky with some good foods. Today, they had a burger bar. It was actually pretty good, haha. Carnival never had that great of food. I always went and had guy fierri burger bar. It was always so good!
Hey there! I enjoy your videos. Thank you 😊
No problem! I'm glad you enjoy them 😊
I was just on the Discovery Princess and the Churchill's cigar lounge right outside of Take 5 Lounge was closed on the first part of the trip and on the next cruise, they converted it to a Video Arcade which was pretty cool
Yeah! I like that they're doing that. Aiming towards more of the younger crowd. Looks like some pretty cool games from what I can see.
Loved sailing on the Crown to Hawaii Last February
Was it as stormy as this one? Lol it's been a bit choppy.
@@Eldons_ExcursionsThe seas where rough for the entire trip. It was so bad on the return trip we had to hunker in port at Ensenada after being told that port had been cancelled due to rough seas/ incoming weather. We arrived there in the Morning and stayed (on ship) until 11:30pm. That's when the Captain decided to make a run for LA....Those were the roughest seas I've ever been on!
Are these dinners you’re having all included?? Great content man!
Thanks you! I'm trying 😁
Yeah, all these dinners are included. After 6, there isn't much of a wait time. Also, take advantage of trying different foods! You can order whatever you want when dining.
I have the plus on the crown this year. What are my choices for my 2 included casual dining meals? Loving your videos!
Thank you!! You can choose 2 specialty restaurants. Two of them are pretty much the same place (Italian/sea food), just slightly different layout. One steak house, and the wheelhouse. They have a really good burger!
The casual choices are the Gastro Pub, which is located in the Wheelhouse lounge, I believe it opens at 5 or 5:30 PM. The other is Vines, the wine bar. Only one offering there, Veggies with dip, a charcuterie board and really good chocolate truffles for dessert. The included specialty restaurants, Crown Grill and Sabatini's, are only if you have the Premiere package. For us, the $20 per day per person wasn't worth it so we stick with the Pus. Happy cruising!
@@MarySteele-wh5fj thank you 😊
How is the buffet on the this ship? I was on the Ruby and wasn't very good.
@michaelcroom2601 Honestly, the buffet is okay. It's a hit and miss. What I did was kinda scoped it out and tried out things I thought would be good. Most of the time, I ate at one of the restaurants.
@Eldons_Excursions thanks for the reply. I go same ship October 15. Watching your Ensenada vid now. Witching the hole series.
@michaelcroom2601 nice! The staff on the ship was so much fun. You're going to love it. Hope you're enjoying my series! I have another one from the same ship back in October. You might like that one as well.
Ms. Martinez loves how you slaughtered “flambé” 😆
Haha I can't say it right 🤣 wait for my next video haha
Last year we took this cruise in January for 15 days, it was miserable until we hit tropical waters then it was heavenly 👍 My client and I enjoyed a balcony room service breakfast. Nawiliwili was not much, a port
Livin the dream!
Trying to man! Haha you and your wife gotta go on one! They have a place for the kids.
We are thinking about booking a Princess Cruise to Hawaii March of 2026. I’m concerned about the sea days getting sea sick. How were the sea days on your trip?
It honestly wasn't bad. I got a little sea sick only one day tbh and that's because I was on my phone, on the bed, and didn't eat anything lol we were also avoiding a huge storm just north of us.
The cruise back was absolutely amazing. So problems at all.
We went on 2 princess cruises 1 year apart on the Ruby, and both times the beds were both the most comfortable beds I’ve ever slept in!! That’s a fact 😊
@@traveltimes4109 The beds are so amazing! Nothing else like it!
I would absolutely love to hot tub in that weather with no one around. We just booked this cruise for next year but out of LA/San Pedro area
Right! I think I may get in a hot tub tonight 🤔😁
You're going to have fun! Hopefully better weather than me this trip haha
Is there a cigar bar right next to the casino entrance? On the Crown
Used to be, now it's an arcade with games.
@@Eldons_Excursions thank you for responding, that’s good for Princess but not for me I enjoyed smoking a cigar now and then! I’m going on the same cruise the day you’re getting off . So it’s nice to see what the weather is going to be like? Keep doing your videos!!!
Im going to have to disagree with your buffet statement lol. I took the crown princess feb 7-17 2024 also from sf to mexico and i ate there everyday. I enjoyed it and was actually surprised that the quality was good, minus a couple things....now if u really want crappy buffet food, go on the carnival miracle 😂😂😂😂
One of the reasons i didn't go to the dining room is because i didn't want to sit with strangers; my social anxiety didn't let me lol. Youre so brave for doing that ✊️
😆😆 I responded to you in today's video haha
You can always get a table by yourself. That way you can enjoy the dining room food. Much different than the buffet!
@Lealelan yea I tried but whenever I wanted to modify my reservation it was always suggested with other people lol
@Lealelan oh definitely. The only thing that I don't really like is I only get 2 premium dinners on the cruise for the entire 2 weeks. For 360$ more, I could have gotten unlimited... which is out of my budget 😕 so I'll stretch the buffet food and pizza until I get onto the islands lol
@marivega3294 same! I tried but they put me with others. Which turned out totally fine. Everyone was very nice and welcoming.
ARCADE!!!! pretty cool. whales are everywhere, i was on the ferry at the clock tower building and there was a whale and her baby only like 20 feet away from the ferry i was in.
What! That's awesome! I hope to see some whales!
I will be on the Crown 5/15 to Alaska, would love to know who the bartenders are and which bars are the most fun.
I will keep an eye out for you and others in the future 😁
Wow I need to go on a cruise. Looks amazing! They have slot machines?
@CCcastro336 yes!! We should all go on one haha
@@Eldons_Excursionsthat would be a blast
Are you stopping at Maui? If not what did they substitute for it?
We are not, I think they added Ensenada in its place for the last stop.
@Cruises_and_Coasters all Hawaii cruises stop at Ensenada. It has something to do with the taxes cruiselines have to pay. Are you only going to 3 islands then? I'm taking this cruise next year, that's why I'm asking. Thanks!
@@dannasilva9079 no problem! Kauai, Honolulu, Kona, and Hilo.
@@Eldons_Excursions thank you for the info. Hope you are having an amazing time!
@dannasilva9079 So far, it's not bad! 😁
Anytime! I hope you're enjoying the series lol
You taking the ukalali classes?
No, they weren't offering them on the ship.
Bar hopping is fun when the weather is not great.
Haha, I've done a lot of that 😅
You can eat in the main dining rooms for free besides the buffet.
I just found out about this lol I made reservations tonight 😁😁
Dude, Botticelli and DaVincis are included free. There is no upcharge for them. And they aren't really Italian restaurants. The only casual dining option on Crown is the Salty Dog Pub. You don't have to eat in the buffet only. The only upcharge is for Sabatellis and Crown Grill.
See, they told me at wheel house I only have 2... its kinda confusing lol
I'm going to get better clarity on this. I guess I should have asked the guest services 🤡
Yeah. Those restaurants are free. And you can order as much as you want. Dan and Steve would always order 2 shrimp cocktails each as appetizers. Steve would order more than 1 entree if he wanted to try different things, and always more than one dessert! The cold soup is the best!!
@jen4joy625 whaaa, that's awesome!! Definitely doing this!! 😍😍 Thanks Jennifer!
@@Eldons_Excursions They serve breakfast and lunch in there too. And some sea days they have high tea around 3pm. I'm the mom with the kids who don't eat fast food.