Embarkation Day Lunch

[cruisekitty22]

Can we eat in the main dining room on embarkation day or do we have to go to the buffet? I understand they don't serve lunch on port days in the Main dining room either! Is this true? We are sailing on the Carnival Fascination, Oct. 1, 2017.

[springs741]

Embarkation day the MDR is closed

SeaDays brunch from 8 ish to 1 ish (I have seen the time vary depending on the ship)

PortDays MDR closed.

[cruisinqt]

If your ship has the Italian place it's free for lunch. And on embarkation day no one goes there because they don't know about it yet and it's kind of hard to find (up a set of stairs in the buffet area.) Dinner is $15 pp but free for lunch so try it out it's much better than the buffet and it gets really crowded later in the week.

[kwokpot]

As a general rule Carnival doesn't provide Lunch in the Main Dining Room. The closest thing is Seaday BRUNCH which ends rather early and has a couple of lunch type items. Having said that I did experience Embarkation Lunch in the Dining Room on the Breeze. It was SO NICE and relaxing, and some great food choices! I have not sailed another Dream Class Ship and wonder if that experience is unique to the Breeze, or to Dream Class Ships, or is this on any other ship?