Aurora breakfast time

[subterranean]

Our 1st cruise leaves on 15th Nov' and we were wondering what time breakfast is served from and to, on the Aurora, and in which places other than the main restaurant.

 

Thanks in anticipation

[BrianI]

Brekafast is served in the main restaurants from 7:30-9:00 on port days and 8:00 to 9:30 on sea days.

The self service restaurant starts serving a continental breakfast from around 6am and full breakfast from 7am and is open continously then throughout the day.

Breakfast is also available in the Cafe Bordeaux which is open 24hours.

You must be on the same cruise as me

Brian

[Rum Rat]

How long is a piece of string?

 

How do like your breakfast and when do you want it?

 

Our breakfast is as follows (and I see quite a few doing this)

 

I am an early riser and am usually washed and dressed anything after 7.00.

 

I leave the 'Please do disturb' on the door and go to the Buffet. At this time of the morning it is usually quiet. Both my wife and I have a bowl of cereals, (they come in little boxes) I load two bowls, two sets of cutelry, one pot marmalade and one jam pot, four packs of butter and two glasses of orange juice, two side plates and four rounds of toast.

 

Socialise with others, stack my dirties on a table where I have been eating, take the tray down to the cabin. By then my wife is awake, drunk the cuppa I left her with and either has breackfast in the cabin or on the balcony. :)

 

Could be done with a full breakfast, but would be a bit cold when it arrives in the cabin. :(

 

The buffet at that hour, is quite queit, bit of a scrum later if you don't know where everything is, and judging by the masses, that is most.

 

More leasurley and sit down? Use a Resturant. we did ...... once. The service was poor waiting for such as tea and toast :(

 

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Mike

[Rum Rat]

 

 

More leasurley and sit down? Use a Resturant. we did ...... once. The service was poor waiting for such as tea and toast :(

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Mike

 

Just had it pointed out to me, that the Resturant breakfast was on Cunard's Queen Victoria ................ (Don't bother with that ship. Not a patch on Aurora)

 

Mike

[subterranean]

Thanks for your replies. They have answered my question perfectly. Your method Mike my be just the ticket, but will try all options.

Just to stray a little - would suit and tie be out of place for semi-formal. All the talk seems to be about what you can get away with, but it seems a shame not to dress up as there are fewer and fewer places where you are not out of place.

 

Chris

[BrianI]

Good to hear Mike. I've never had a problem with waiters on Aurora or any other P&O ship for that matter. Always excellent and friendly service. Can't quite say the same about Cunard.

 

It always impresses me at breakfast time when the waiter goes round the table taking the orders and every one is a different combination of the large menu on offer. It always gets delivered exactly as ordered.

 

Brian

[BrianI]

Chris,

Suit and tie would be fine on semi formal. You can never be overdressed. I always wear on tie on semi formal although that is not mandatory but most seem to do.

Brian

PS Should add - not for breakfast, dress code only applies in the evening, which I am sure you know already

[LibraLass41]

You can have a free room service breakfast as well. You fill out a card and put it on the cabin door the night before like in a hotel, no cooked though (unless in a suite), Choice of cereals, danish, toast, croissants, yogurts , fruit juice etc. We usually have room service on port days, it acts as a wake up call too and saves time going down to the buffet or main restaurant. Especially if we have a coach trip planned with a early start.

 

If its a sea day, we go to the waiter served main restaurant there are lots of choices there and its lovely. I usually have a fan of assorted melon and a natural yougart, with a large glass of fresh ornage juice which is much nicer than buffet orange juice. After that you can have almost anything you fancy - eggs cooked anyway, kippers, cooked breakfast for example you can say 3 rashers bacon, 1 egg2 sausages etc anything you want in the quantities you want, or just have the 'P&O cooked breakfast which includes liver and black and white pudding as well. There are also healthy options and chefs special, for example one day it was 'devilled kidneys' which I fancied, had with a pice of bacon and a hash brown, lovely.

 

The ss buffet has already been discussed, everything available there, but does get busy as peak times, and personally I can never be bothered to queue for food and then walk around looking for a table at that time in the morning., I like a bit of luxury being waiter served.

 

Cafe Bordeaux also serves breakfast, maybe quieter in there than the above, and also serve unusual things like eggs benedict and kippers again , kedgree etc.

 

I am on Aurora 3 weeks and Saturday and may try CB for breakfast, will report back on the menu choices if I can.

 

Hope that helps:)

[subterranean]

WOW!!!!!!!!!! and this is just the breakfast. - I only asked about the earliest time one could get breakfast, so thanks for all the info guys, it it very much appreciated.

My wife is a bit of a poridge fiend (we have it 6/7 days a week with fruit),does this appear anywhere in any of the above mentioned places?[/url]

Thank you for your offer LibraLass41 to post when you are onboard the menu choices. Which leads to another question - Wi-Fi. How do I get it, where and how much is it?

This is probably another thread if so please ignore, I will search for other posts on the subject.

It's funny that Cunards Queen Victoria should be mentioned as we were only looking at it for a trans-atlantic; maybe we will look else where.

Anyway we have our first cruise in a couple of weeks, which we are both excited about and many other questions we have, but I think the best way is to find answers onboard ourselves as we explore this new holiday experience.

Chris:):)

[BrianI]

Hi Chris

Yes there is porridge on the breakfast menu and fruit. There is wi-fi but it maybe a bit hit and miss around the ship but you can get it in the cyber room (next door to the crows nest). The price is the same as using the ships computers 50p/min down to around 35p/min by buying a package. It is however extremely slow, slower than dial up if you can remember that so it can work out very expensive. Best to find a cyber cafe ashore.

See you on board.

Brian

[Rum Rat]

Porridge is very popular and there is always a big steaming pot in the buffet :D

 

Internet charges are here http://www.myalbum.com/Album=SREJUPDR Take your laptop, log on, down load messages, log off, reply to messages on something like word, log on, cut and paste, post, log off. Doing it that way, with a bit of practice, you will use less than 5 minutes of your on air time.

 

Another hint. Buy a package on your first day, yes I know it's sick thinking of the computer and emails etc, but you get extra minutes for buying on day 1.

 

Another tip, read the newspaper, at some time or other during your cruise, you will ge ten free minutes when you use ten minutes. "Use 10 get 10 free"

 

Have a souper crooze

[BrianI]

Hi Chris

Yes there is porridge on the breakfast menu and fruit. There is wi-fi but it maybe a bit hit and miss around the ship but you can get it in the cyber room (next door to the crows nest). The price is the same as using the ships computers 50p/min down to around 35p/min by buying a package. It is however extremely slow, slower than dial up if you can remember that so it can work out very expensive. Best to find a cyber cafe ashore.

See you on board.

Brian

[BORDER REIVER]

We tried various options for breakfast. For early starts on tours we ate in the Orangery. We normally ate in the Medina and found it the nicest option, with a good menu choice and different dining companions each time. We also tried a room service continental breakfast for a change and enjoyed it as well - not so much choice, but you don't have to rush to get dressed.

We enjoyed all of them.