robbalvey

I'm enjoying your post Robb on Twitter. Nothing beats your klassy cruise on carnival. Keep it up!!!!!

 

 

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Thanks! If anyone else wants to follow along we are live tweeting @themeparkreview

And yeah, there will never be another cruise quite like the "Klassy Cruise!" (And that's a GOOD thing!) :)

Had dinner at Rita's Cantina... I mean Crabshack tonight. The good news is that our one seafood eater thought the fish & chips and the crablegs were GREAT! The rest of us though, aren't big seafood eaters so while we enjoyed hanging out (and the Alaskan Amber beer was great!), we would have preferred the Mexican offerings.

That being the overall reaction was positive! Lots of crew and senior management eating tonight, not a lot of guests, though.

The location on the ship is good, just beyond Windjammer, but on the downside, it's kind of outdoors, so on an Alaskan cruise, it gets cold there. They could really use some outdoor heaters.

The menu (shown in my first post) has a variety of different crab and seafood options. We spoke to executive chef Paul Rouse and he told us this has been in the planning stages for quite a while and whether or not Rita's continues to serve this menu on this ship will be based on customer feedback.

Here's a few images from tonight...

They created a little backstory for why Rita's was now serving crab! It was cute!

Having an Alaskan Amber. Good beer!

Some of the menu was presented on the specials board.

The fish & chips come in a bucket! (I could only vouch for the chips, but they were fresh cut and very good!)

Reed's not sure what to do with this thing!

Corporate Executive Chef Paul Rouse came over to chat with us. Crab legs and Fish & Chips get thumbs up!

And here's a fun little Vine we made called "How the hell do I eat this thing???"

Thanks for reading!

--Robb

We will report back again after it opens!

--Robb Alvey

Currently on Radiance of the Seas on an Alaskan Adventure and we noticed that one of our favorite food locations from Allure, Rita's Cantina is getting a makeover to Rita's Crabshack.

We asked around and were told me several crew members including GR that the Mexican cuisine was not very popular on this ship and they are trying something new. Got conflicting info on if this was permanent of just for the Alaskan sailings.

We will give it a try and report back, although I'm not much of a fish person and I really like Mexican, but if it makes more sense for the audience then I understand the change. Here's a few photos where you can see they are actually re-theming it a bit.

Here was the first sign we saw that we knew something was different! So we went and checked it out about an hour ago, and sure enough, some construction is being done, and Rita's Crabshack is supposed to open tonight!

The sign out front hasn't changed yet, but there is a menu:

And some construction! (Photos take about an hour ago)