We are presently on the ship and after a slightly delayed boarding due to a major cleaning all seems to be going well. We are still in sanitation mode and are unable to do typical dining things for ourselves but all in all this is a minor inconvenience compared to contacting noro. I do have a question because I am a bit off balance by what happened last night. Some background to know, friends of ours surprised us and showed up on this sailing to our delight. We had dinner with them in Tuscan Thursday night (first night of the cruise) which was fantastic but wear your stretchy pants because it is a lot of food. Friday we were at sea, and they wanted to just head to the buffet for dinner since they are not fans of the long hour and half dining experience. Saturday was a Bermuda day and although the weather was up and down after running all day again, we joined them at the buffet. Sunday, we found our table in the main dining room, and we were seated. This is the 8:30 assigned seating. We arrived at our table for two which is a row of 4 tables for a total 8 people in the row.
The next thing that happened has shocked me because never in 24 years of cruising has anyone been so rude. The waiter approached us and said "nice of you to finally show up". He did not welcome us, he did not introduce himself, and he continued this cold shoulder throughout the dinner. When dinner was served, he placed the other 6 meals on the tables in the row we are part of, and the assistant waiter brought mine and my husbands out. He never asked if we needed anything else or how our food was.
Before you ask, we were not late for dinner, we just had not gone to the main dining room because we had done other things which last time I checked this is still my right to do especially with the dining packages. We are going to go back again tonight and give the waiter another chance because everyone has a bad day sometimes this was just very unexpected. Not sure what I will do if this is a repeat performance. The rest of the staff has been fantastic and fun to speak with.