| When you tell your friends you're off on a cruise | | | | As well as the formal dining options there is a 24 |
| what is the first thing they say? 'All those lovely | | | | hour buffet, a late night bistro, a burger bar and |
| excursions or ' Oh, the entertainment will be | | | | 24 hour room service, so Princess Cruises have |
| wonderful'. No, ten to one the first thing they | | | | food availability to suit everyone. |
| mention will be the food. The benchmark of good | | | | Should you begin to worry that all this delicious |
| cruise holidays is the standard of the food, the | | | | food is stretching your waistline, Princess Cruises |
| selection of eating-places and the availability. | | | | have introduced Lotus Spa Cuisine to the dinner |
| Nothing is worse than feeling like an early meal - | | | | menus - they've been created to provide delicate, |
| or a late one and having to wait for a restaurant | | | | well balanced, but nutritional dishes that won't |
| to open, or finding it closed. | | | | leave you feeling too full for the evening |
| Princess Cruises offer you dining when you want, | | | | entertainment for which the Princess line is rightly |
| not when the restaurant decides to serve it, and | | | | famous. |
| in this they are the only cruise line to offer its | | | | The company realises that passengers like variety |
| passengers a flexible dining experience. They call it | | | | on their cruise holidays, so the ships have a |
| Personal Choice Dining, and it offers a wide choice | | | | traditional steak grill - The Sterling Steakhouse |
| of specialty restaurant options, or casual dining | | | | serves the sort of steaks you'd find in the USA - |
| venues. So where and when you wish to sample | | | | for lovers of Italian cuisine Sabatini's Trattoria is |
| Princess Cruises award winning cuisine is entirely | | | | so authentic you will think you are in Rome - while |
| up to you. | | | | the Bayou Cafe' will give you a real taste of |
| Traditional Dining times are unchanged, with a first | | | | Cajun cooking. For those who appreciate 'surf and |
| seating for dinner at 6pm, and the second seating | | | | turf' The Crown Grill serves delicious seafood and |
| at 8.15, but if you would like more flexibility you | | | | prime steaks. |
| can eat at any time from 5.30 in the evening until | | | | You're bound to make new friends so perhaps |
| 10pm, just like in a high street restaurant | | | | you'd like to throw a drinks party for your new |
| If this freedom appeals to you, it's best to book | | | | cruise chums? Tell Passenger Services about it |
| the Personal Choice Dining option when you are | | | | and they'll arrange it for you... they'll send out the |
| booking your cruise. However, if you change your | | | | invites, prepare the canapes and mix the cocktails. |
| mind, once aboard you can switch choices, but | | | | All you have to do is play the perfect host and |
| they will be subject to availability. | | | | mingle. |