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This should be a resource on how different cruise lines offer room service.

 

Cruise Room Service on Major Cruise Lines

Carnival Cruise Line

 

Carnival Cruise Line is currently offering plenty of choices for stateroom dining. A pilot program, originally on Carnival Imagination, Carnival Pride and Carnival Conquest in 2015, has been expanded fleet-wide. It made premium items available for up to US$6. These include such offerings like shrimp, chicken wings, quesadillas, cheesesteaks, pizza.

Carnival Cruise Line joined Norwegian which also charges a flat US$7.95 per order and Royal Caribbean which charges for some items.

However, Carnival premium items, including sushi on cruise ships with a Bonsai dining venue, are offered in addition to such that remain complimentary. A wide range of items aboard Carnival Cruise Line's ships are still available at no charge, such as three salad choices, seven different hot and cold sandwiches, three desserts, eight beverages, and a Continental breakfast menu.

According to the line, the expanded room service menu was designed to broaden and upgrade the culinary choices available for in-room delivery. A wide range of complimentary choices was still available, and the new fee-based options were simply intended to create greater choice and variety.

 

Celebrity Cruises

 

24-hour in-stateroom dining is available.

The service is complimentary, except when ordered between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. when there is a US$4.95 fee per order.

For Suite guests, room service is complimentary 24 hours a day.

 

Costa Cruises

 

All ships of the line provide breakfast service in cabin for an additional cost.

Snacks may be ordered 24 hours a day with a phone call - provided for an extra charge.

A service charge of 15% is payable on orders of wine and drinks.

 

Crystal Cruises

 

All staterooms and suites feature 24-hour complimentary in-room dining service.

 

Cunard

 

24-hour complimentary room service is included in Cunard cruise deals

 

Disney Cruise Line

 

Disney cruise room service is complimentary, included in the price of the cruise.

Gratuity is not included.

An additional fee is added to guest's stateroom for certain wines, beverages, beverage packages and snacks.

 

Fred Olsen

 

A cabin service menu operates aboard all ships of the line between 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. each day, offering light snacks.

In-cabin sandwiches and snacks are included in cruise price.

Beverages are available 24 hours a day (not included).

 

Holland America

 

The line provides complimentary 24-hour room service - "In-Room Dining is a phone call away".

Guests may have an early dinner on their verandah before evening shore excursions.

 

MSC Cruises

 

24-hour room service may bring guests everything from full meals to a combination of appetizers, salads, soups, sandwiches, desserts, fruit, snacks and cheese they prefer.

Additional charge may apply.

There is a very limited menu of complimentary items and a fancier one with items at extra cost.

 

Norwegian Cruise Line

 

Norwegian has introduced an enhanced room service menu with an expanded selection for breakfast and a wider variety of options available 24 hours.

Individual items remain available on a complimentary basis.

However, a convenience charge of up to US$7.95 is added to each order placed.

Continental breakfast, morning coffee and orders placed by passengers sailing in The Haven do not attract a charge.

 

Oceania Cruises

 

Complimentary room service is available 24 hours a day.

Guests may enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner on their private veranda, as they take in spectacular seascapes.

 

P&O Cruises

 

Most room service items are free of charge but there are some exceptions to this.

On ms Adonia is only available between 7:00 a.m. (6:00 a.m. on selected port days) and 11:00 p.m.

 

Princess Cruises

 

The complimentary room service menu includes salads, sandwiches, a selection of hot dishes, delicacies from the pastry shop, plus iced tea, milk and coffee, available 24-hours a day.

 

Regent Seven Seas

 

Offered around the clock, all-included - guests may select from an extensive room service menu.

The wait staff will promptly serve the order in the comfort of guest's suite.

During normal dining hours, passengers may also order from the Compass Rose menu - it changes daily and features Continental, kosher, Canyon Ranch SpaClub and vegetarian cuisines.

Dinners are graciously served course-by-course.

 

Royal Caribbean

 

Room service is available any time of the day or night, but late night service charge of US$3.95 applies.

Royal Caribbean International experimented with fees on a limited range of foods (most from the menu at Michael’s Genuine Pub).

The vast majority of line’s room service menu items are still free when delivered between 5:00 a.m. and midnight.

Beginning December 2016, the new Royal Caribbean room service menu includes a mix of Continental (free) and a la carte breakfast items, as well as sample dishes from the specialty restaurants onboard, which passengers pay for.

 

 

Saga Cruises

 

24-hour included in the fares.

Guests can have a meal, snack, refreshments brought to their stateroom at any time, for no extra charge.

 

Seabourn

 

A varied menu is available around the clock for service in guests' suites, all included.

Passengers may order dinner from The Restaurant menu and have their meal served, course by course, in their suite or on the veranda.

 

Silversea

 

During dinner hours, In Suite Dining course-by-course is available on selections from The Restaurant.

According to the line "Room service is always complimentary and always an option".

 

Thomson Cruises

 

Guests may find a room service menu in line's Life Onboard magazine available in cabin.

They can order 24 hours a day.

The bill will be added to their onboard account.

 

TUI Cruises

 

On Mein Schiff 3 and Mein Schiff 4 the line offers as part of their Diamond Service an exclusive snack and beverage service in all staterooms, operated 24 hours from ship's Diamond Bar.

No additional service costs are added.

On Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 no room service is currently offered.

Around the clock the opportunity to eat something is available at The Cliff 24 - Grill (Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2, on Deck 11) and Day & Night - Bistro (Mein Schiff 3 - Mein Schiff 6, on Deck 5).

Information for Mein Schiff 5 (launched on January 15, 2016) and Mein Schiff 6 (to be launched in 2017) will be soon available.

 

Windstar

 

Room service menu is included in cruise fare, and available 24 hours.

 

What personal experiences have you had with room service? One of my favorite memories was staying in our balcony cabin while in port and enjoying a nice lunch in our stateroom.

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Very comprehensive!

 

We don't do much room service...not a big fan of eating in our cabin OR hotel room. We'd much rather go out, and be served, than have a pile of dishes sitting around...no dining table....just a lot of trouble, IMO! I guess the most we've ordered would be a pot of coffee and a couple pastries to munch on BEFORE breakfast!

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What a useful resource. Just to keep it up to date, P&O (UK) have recently changed their room service menu: most items are now chargeable with the exception of the breakfast menu.

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