Where do you want to eat dinner on your cruise? (John's poll)

[Merion_Mom]

Here is John's poll.

Edited June 14, 2016 by Merion_Mom

[King of Cruising]

Love to try any and everything. Always find something new and different. :cool:

[davy jones]

I voted "whatever I want", which is usually the MDR.

[LMaxwell]

I voted "whatever I want", which is usually the MDR.

 

Same vote, same mindset

[George C]

We eat half our dinners in MDR other half specialty restaurants, so on 7 day cruise 3 or 4 each

[halfapair]

We are both introverts and have a hard time socializing with table-mates at the MDR. We also didn't like the food that much in the MDR. We only ate there once on a 7 night cruise. We ate in Chops twice, Portofino twice. I think we were on the Jewell in 2014.

[PhoenixCruiser]

I wanted to select more than one!

 

We only eat in the MDR when traveling with family. We enjoy the specialty restaurants and the Windjammer when it is just us.

 

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[George C]

We are both introverts and have a hard time socializing with table-mates at the MDR. We also didn't like the food that much in the MDR. We only ate there once on a 7 night cruise. We ate in Chops twice, Portofino twice. I think we were on the Jewell in 2014.

 

We normally get a table for 2 in MDR

[iheartbda]

You forgot one more choice.

Who is John?:D

[ridgecrest]

We usually get a two top in the main dining room. However, sometimes we do not want to have a 1.5 hour meal or don't want to change out of our shorts and tees to go to the MDR so we go to the Windjammer. The first time that we chose the Windjammer for dinner, 3 cruises ago, we were pleasantly surprised by the ambiance, food, and the service. We now eat there 2 or 3 time during a 7 day cruise.

[fredflint]

Don't do formal nights, table for 2 for sure, would eat in our room if we could easily. Windjammer was very up and down.

[thejewgernaut]

We mix it up pretty heavily. Usually 3-4 nights of specialty, Coastal Kitchen now that they have it, but we still usually do MDR for formal nights. No complaints with the MDR, we just think the specialty restaurants are worth it.

[psupa]

We eat all our dinners in the MDR. The food is good (in our opinion) and I don't see a reason to pay extra for food in a specialty restaurant. Matter of act we eat in the MDR for breakfast and lunch when MDR is open on sea days. We try to stay out of the buffet

[JamesEM]

Prefer the Windjammer because I can build myself a nice salad, and then graze for a while.

[pattle66]

It's my vacation and I will do what ever I want...

 

This is usually My Time Dining in the MDR with a few kid free nights in the Specialty restaurants. If it is a longer cruise and we have eaten way too much we throw in a couple of Windjammer nights for no dinner snacks.

[ZoeyVictoria]

Whatever I want, but I usually go along with whatever my SO wants. I am so tired of MDR food and the amount of time it requires, in spite of how much we usually enjoy our table mates. It is not a dressing up thing (I would dress up no matter where we went), just a "tired of sitting there forever for the same old food" thing. I keep telling myself that at least it is cheaper to sit there than in the casino :D

[xxHadleyxx]

I picked the wherever I feel like option--since there wasn't one for usually the MDR but not the all out LOVE the MDR one.

 

We do like the MDR and most ships the food there is good for us and we like to meet new people.

Once in a while we might want a specialty--though we have been disappointed more often than not other than Izumi and their prices sure jumped recently so we skipped them last trip.

 

Rarely, we have dinner at Windjammer, if we really want to be at several activities and there is no good way to work that with a sitdown meal in the MDR.

[champagne123]

Hahahahaha...I just logged on and that is the FIRST thing I thought!!! Who is JOHN????

[John&LaLa]

You forgot one more choice.

Who is John?:D

 

Apparently someone unable to correctly set up a poll ;)

[John&LaLa]

Here is John's poll.

 

I like the way you worded the questions, thanks again

[John&LaLa]

Whatever I want, but I usually go along with whatever my SO wants. I am so tired of MDR food and the amount of time it requires, in spite of how much we usually enjoy our table mates. It is not a dressing up thing (I would dress up no matter where we went), just a "tired of sitting there forever for the same old food" thing. I keep telling myself that at least it is cheaper to sit there than in the casino :D

 

ANYWHERE is cheaper than the casino. Bars, spa, restaurant ;)

[bigque]

I didn't really have a response to any of the poll questions. We like the MDR but can't say "Love" it. We eat there each night for dinner but will also make a reservation in a specialty restaurant just for something different but not because we don't like the MDR. I'm sure we will be trying out the Costal Kitchen on Oasis next year since we will be in a suite for the first time. We do lunch in the Windjammer everyday and do not have desire to eat there for dinner also. :cool:

[nelblu]

MDR with a sprinkling of specialty restaurant.

[JupiterTwo]

We enjoy the MDR for the camaraderie with our table-mates. We've been fortunate to always be paired with nice engaging couples.

 

That said...

 

On our last cruise on the Liberty, we ate at Giovanni's on the first night for the Murder Mystery Dinner, which had a special menu for that night only. We ate at the MDR for the rest of the cruise. Several of the other couples at at Chops on different nights.

 

On our next cruise, we are thinking about trying more specialty dining, mostly because it's there and we want to experience all that the ships have to offer. We will have to trade that off with enjoying our nightly cruise debriefs with our table-mates.

 

Steve