Recent Cruisers: MDR Embarkation Day Lunch?

[Saphire]

We are sailing in a few weeks on Nieuw Amsterdam and I am curious if the MDR was open for lunch on embarkation day. There have been conflicting reports about this recently. Thanks!

[rotjeknor]

We are sailing in a few weeks on Nieuw Amsterdam and I am curious if the MDR was open for lunch on embarkation day. There have been conflicting reports about this recently. Thanks!

 

On the last Rotterdam cruise we took in december, the MDR was open for lunch. It 's not the Mariner's welcomeback lunch anymore.

On our next Rotterdam cruise ( june) , we are embarking in a time slot ( 1330-1400) per deck, so no lunch for us then :(

[dakrewser]

There aren't conflicting reports, although some have reported conflicting answers.

 

The MDR serves lunch on embarkation day, pretty much every time. The question is more one of who is eligible to eat there. There seems to no longer be a Mariners-only lunch, but there is occasionally a "private" lunch offered for travel agents, local dignitaries, etc. You won't know until you board if you are able to lunch in the MDR.

[cruz chic]

There aren't conflicting reports, although some have reported conflicting answers.

 

The MDR serves lunch on embarkation day, pretty much every time. The question is more one of who is eligible to eat there. There seems to no longer be a Mariners-only lunch, but there is occasionally a "private" lunch offered for travel agents, local dignitaries, etc. You won't know until you board if you are able to lunch in the MDR.

 

There are conflicting reports. There was no embarkation lunch on the world cruise in the MDR. There was also no embarkation lunch on the Oosterdam in February as reported by retired mustang so it's not available "pretty much every time".

[oduphd]

We just returned from a 7 day on the Veendam and there was a Mariner's lunch in the MDR on embarkation day. There was also a Mariner's lunch with the captain on our first sea day. They may be phasing them out on embarkation day but there does not seem to be any inconsistency across the line.