Princess Cruise Ship Receives New Eating places and Enhancements

A Princess cruise ship has returned from a two-week dry dock that noticed new additions to the vessel that embrace new specialty eating places.

Sapphire Princess spent the final two week in a dry dock in Portland, Oregon. Along with routine upkeep, two of Princess’ standard specialty eating eating places have been added, Crown Grill and Makoto Ocean Sushi.

The Crown Grill was taken the place of the Savoy Eating Room on Deck 5. This steakhouse has been named one of many “Finest Cruise Ship Steakhouses” and is a favourite amongst Princess cruisers.

Makoto Ocean Sushi by Chef Makoto Okuwa is now positioned the place the previous Web Cafe was on Deck 7.

The restaurant brings the genuine artistry of Chef Makoto Okuwa’s Edomae-style sushi to sea. Company can get pleasure from a premium menu of specialties, together with truffle salmon, snow crab temaki, and toro tartare, alongside handcrafted cocktails such because the Genmai Negroni (a refined Japanese twist on the basic) and Kodai No Hana (mixing yuzu juice with Doburoku, an historical sake).

Each new eating places on Sapphire Princess are priced at $60 per individual however they’re included within the cruise line’s Princess Premier package deal. The eating places will open to friends on November 16, 2025.

The ship will now sail a cruise to Mexico earlier than heading to a season in South America and Antarctica. Within the spring of 2026, Sapphire Princess will cross the Atlantic for cruises within the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.

Sami Kohen, Princess Cruises Vice President of Meals and Beverage, stated the next:

“With the addition of Makoto Ocean and Crown Grill, our friends aboard Sapphire Princess will get pleasure from two of our hottest eating experiences, elevating the culinary journey throughout her itineraries,.

“We’re particularly proud to deliver these enhancements as Sapphire Princess prepares for outstanding seasons forward, together with our historic dual-ship deployment in Japan in 2027.”

Sapphire Princess is a 115,875 gross-ton ship that may carry 2,670 friends.