jamscckmc Posted April 24, 2014 #26 Share Posted April 24, 2014 My experience has always been that unless you ask no one tells you lunch is available in the MDR. They always have directed us to the buffet. Even when asking about it the have been evasive. Anyone else experience this? I do like eating in the IC before the newbies discover it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare geoherb Posted April 24, 2014 #27 Share Posted April 24, 2014 We ate lunch three times on embarkation day on the Ruby in the past five months--twice on our b2b cruises in December and again last month. The menu was the same as posted, except maybe for the beef. If it was tenderloin, it wasn't very tender. Fortunately for me, I had ordered an appetizer size portion of the ravioli but the waiter had brought me a full one, so I did not go hungry passing up eating all of the beef on my plate. In addition to the desserts listed, you can order the fruit plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted April 24, 2014 #28 Share Posted April 24, 2014 We ate lunch three times on embarkation day on the Ruby in the past five months--twice on our b2b cruises in December and again last month. The menu was the same as posted, except maybe for the beef. If it was tenderloin, it wasn't very tender. Fortunately for me, I had ordered an appetizer size portion of the ravioli but the waiter had brought me a full one, so I did not go hungry passing up eating all of the beef on my plate. In addition to the desserts listed, you can order the fruit plate. I agree, kind of at a loss where this misleading info comes from. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHayesShip Posted April 24, 2014 #29 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I have had the same experience more than once. I love the embarkation DR lunch to decompress from the excitement of boarding. My experience has always been that unless you ask no one tells you lunch is available in the MDR. They always have directed us to the buffet. Even when asking about it the have been evasive. Anyone else experience this? I do like eating in the IC before the newbies discover it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted April 24, 2014 #30 Share Posted April 24, 2014 No, it'll go like this:(a) We found the two offerings to be more than enough food. (b) There were all kinds of other places to eat on the RP. and © If lunch is that important to you, there are other ships on the fleet that serve lunch. Plus, a bonus retort: (d) Eating a smaller luncheon merely makes it easier to fit onto our smaller balcony. Thank you for understanding my frustration in acknowledging any reality less than perfection regarding the Royal Princess, which is obviously so unfairly maligned that it needs its own self-appointed advocates. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IECalCruiser Posted April 24, 2014 #31 Share Posted April 24, 2014 (edited) Is it being cut back fleet wide ? Some have reported no choice of appetizers or desserts. We don't eat at Horizon Court for a number of reasons, so we hope lunch is not being phased out. There is already no lunch on port days. We were assured that gluten free options would be available at the buffet. While this is true, cross contamination is possible. I was happy that the gluten free muffins at HC were kept in the back and we had to ask for one. Unfortunately, we were given the sugar-free muffin instead. Since I knew what the gluten free muffin looked like, I questioned this and it was corrected, but I won't take that risk again. It seems the workers at HC don't have the same level of training as those in the dining room, so with food allergies, we prefer the dining room. The only reduction of selections on the embarkation day lunch menu I have experienced was on a 4 day Coastal in January on the Sapphire out of San Pedro. There was a new set of 2014 Coastal cruise menus used on that cruise. People have posted that the standard embarkation lunch menu in use since 2009 was used on the 4/5 day cruises out of FLL. We had the old embarkation lunch on the Grand out of San Francisco last month. Even though the 2014 Coastal embarkation lunch menu had reduced choices, there were appetizers and desserts, but my favorites of orange souffle and nutella ice cream were not on the dessert menu :( Edited April 24, 2014 by IECalCruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julia’s Journey’s Posted April 25, 2014 #32 Share Posted April 25, 2014 No, it'll go like this:(a) We found the two offerings to be more than enough food. (b) There were all kinds of other places to eat on the RP. and © If lunch is that important to you, there are other ships on the fleet that serve lunch. Plus, a bonus retort: (d) Eating a smaller luncheon merely makes it easier to fit onto our smaller balcony. Well at least everyone is getting some ROFL from the Royal and all the threads ROFL ;) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - Oy, excuse the auto correct ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julia’s Journey’s Posted April 25, 2014 #33 Share Posted April 25, 2014 On the Royal we had embarkation lunch at Alfredo's ...and it was an excellent choice!! It is nice to have another option for a served lunch.. I forgot or never took note on Royal but did Alfredo's have gluten free pizza? I'm booked on Regal and my son needs gluten free which is all new to me :( Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - Oy, excuse the auto correct ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IECalCruiser Posted April 25, 2014 #34 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I forgot or never took note on Royal but did Alfredo's have gluten free pizza? I'm booked on Regal and my son needs gluten free which is all new to me :( Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - Oy, excuse the auto correct ;) If ordered, gluten free crust is available at Prego Pizzeria on Lido. I would hope with a pre-order that gluten free crust is also available at Alfredo's Sent from my iPad using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Shadow Posted April 25, 2014 #35 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) Sorry, I submitted a duplicate post. How can you delete a post? Edited April 25, 2014 by D'Shadow delete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Shadow Posted April 25, 2014 #36 Share Posted April 25, 2014 My experience has always been that unless you ask no one tells you lunch is available in the MDR. They always have directed us to the buffet. Even when asking about it the have been evasive. Anyone else experience this? I do like eating in the IC before the newbies discover it! This has happened to us a couple of times. On our last cruise in March we went to the dining room almost a half hour before it closed and were told they were full and our wait would be longer than that. The attitude drove us to Alfredo's - a great choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IECalCruiser Posted April 25, 2014 #37 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Sorry' date=' I submitted a duplicate post. How can you delete a post?[/quote']Unfortunately you can't delete a post but only modify it within 15 minutes link you did. Sent from my iPad using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IECalCruiser Posted April 25, 2014 #38 Share Posted April 25, 2014 This has happened to us a couple of times. On our last cruise in March we went to the dining room almost a half hour before it closed and were told they were full and our wait would be longer than that. The attitude drove us to Alfredo's - a great choice!I have not had that happen to us but we try to get there by 12:30. Lunch in the DR can take up to an hour. I believe they want to wrap up service and get people out soon after 1:30 and at times close the doors early to accomplish that. Sent from my iPad using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted April 25, 2014 #39 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Not documentation but it's definitely been cutback on the Royal Princess. We noticed it immediately on our October Royal Princess cruise, and thought it might be a fleet wide change, but then the Emerald Princess had the old menu all winter. Then in March we were on the Royal Princess for the BVE and had that same, cutback menu again. Yes, there have been reductions but it's not fleet wide. (waiting to be told I've ruined someone's memory of their Royal Princess cruise by saying this...) Just had a thought that there seems to be a lot of "cut backs" on the Royal. They "cut back" the cabin balconies, "cut back" the promenade, "cut back" the central staircase, etc. Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60plus Posted April 25, 2014 #40 Share Posted April 25, 2014 We just got off the CB last week and they have shortened there menu to one fish and one beef. They are trying to do away with the dining room on embarkment day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted April 25, 2014 #41 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) We just got off the CB last week and they have shortened there menu to one fish and one beef. They are trying to do away with the dining room on embarkment day There is always only 1 fish and 1 beef..... All they would have to do is close it, not eliminate the menu. :cool: Edited April 25, 2014 by Colo Cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted April 25, 2014 #42 Share Posted April 25, 2014 There is always only 1 fish and 1 beef.....All they would have to do is close it, not eliminate the menu. :cool: The menus in place on most ships still have the ravioli, chicken (I think...cacciatore?), and more starter and more dessert options. Also the Royal Princess fish is trout (yuck- our waiter warned against it) instead of yummy salmon. Definitely a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted April 25, 2014 #43 Share Posted April 25, 2014 You just have to ask .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted April 25, 2014 #44 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Also the Royal Princess fish is trout (yuck- our waiter warned against it) instead of yummy salmon. Definitely a difference. That's a shame - we had salmon (my favorite) on the Royal in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted April 25, 2014 #45 Share Posted April 25, 2014 That's a shame - we had salmon (my favorite) on the Royal in December. For embarkation day lunch? That's strange, because it wasn't on the menu in October nor March. That implies that they switched to the more widely used embarkation day lunch menu for a period of time, and then back again. Very curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted April 25, 2014 #46 Share Posted April 25, 2014 For embarkation day lunch? That's strange, because it wasn't on the menu in October nor March. That implies that they switched to the more widely used embarkation day lunch menu for a period of time, and then back again. Very curious. Yes it was the embarkation lunch. About half of our party of 12 had salmon, the other half had beef tenderloins. I remember salads, fettucine (of course), a seafood appetizer, and a couple of desserts (love the souffle). It was basically the same menu we had on the Caribbean in August and the Ruby in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfish55 Posted April 25, 2014 #47 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Sad to see this cutback by Princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonbeam Posted April 26, 2014 #48 Share Posted April 26, 2014 One thing to consider is that the Royal has the largest Pax count of any Princess ship (I think). They may have gone to a smaller menu there to account for the increased demand on staff for turnover to handle the extra passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casavaha Posted April 26, 2014 #49 Share Posted April 26, 2014 It has always amazed me how the employees on embarcation day always direct the pax to the Horizon Ct. I do not ask anymore which dining room is open. I ask for the Patter and check myself. Sometimes I have to go the front desk, sometimes to my cabin if I have time. I try never to ask employes anything for fear of getting the wrong answer. Check the Patter, the info you are looking for is probably there. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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