Rare jimbo5544 Posted April 13, 2022 #1 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Heard from someone on the ship, as of 5/1 the free dining at these two will end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyJacks17 Posted April 13, 2022 #2 Share Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said: Heard from someone on the ship, as of 5/1 the free dining at these two will end. That's such a shame and a mistake in my opinion. I guess Carnival is gonna do anything they can do recoup these pandemic funds. ETA: Should we assume this would be the same for Guys Pig & Anchor dinner as well? Edited April 13, 2022 by BabyJacks17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthworm Jim Posted April 13, 2022 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Will the no charge dining room be able to accommodate the additional Anytime Dining passengers that previously went to Chibang/Cucina because it was free? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jamman54 Posted April 13, 2022 #4 Share Posted April 13, 2022 I guess we will find out first hand, as we are on the 4/23 & 4/30 cruises. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noleguy84 Posted April 13, 2022 #5 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Hopefully they will at least let us pre-book them then. We still can’t for our May 7th sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TravelBluebird Posted April 13, 2022 #6 Share Posted April 13, 2022 41 minutes ago, Earthworm Jim said: Will the no charge dining room be able to accommodate the additional Anytime Dining passengers that previously went to Chibang/Cucina because it was free? Very good question When we were on the Mardi Gras, there were a couple of nights (as Anytime Dining passengers) when the wait for dinner after checking into the app was very long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserbrianj Posted April 13, 2022 #7 Share Posted April 13, 2022 I'll take the up charge at Cucina if it means they bring the full menu back. No calamari. No garlic rolls were notable items missing last week. Kinda disappointing really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WKUTopperFan Posted April 14, 2022 #8 Share Posted April 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, cruiserbrianj said: I'll take the up charge at Cucina if it means they bring the full menu back. No calamari. No garlic rolls were notable items missing last week. Kinda disappointing really. I hated my Cucina experience on Mardi Gras a couple weeks ago. It wasn't Cucina. Nothing was made to order. The menu wasn't the same. The only positive thing I have to say about it was the wait staff were the nicest on the ship. I eat dinner exclusively at specialty restaurants on Vista Class ships... and ate specialty every other night on Mardi Gras. I would have been THRILLED to pay the usual Cucina service charge for the usual Cucina menu and experience. Maybe Carnival will bring it aboard Mardi Gras and ditch the imposter product they are passing off currently. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoneman69 Posted April 14, 2022 #9 Share Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Jamman54 said: I guess we will find out first hand, as we are on the 4/23 & 4/30 cruises. Well Jamman please report back as i am on the May 7th. Can't make a reservation. Enjoy you B2B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted April 14, 2022 Author #10 Share Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, cruiserbrianj said: I'll take the up charge at Cucina if it means they bring the full menu back. No calamari. No garlic rolls were notable items missing last week. Kinda disappointing really. Bingo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babygrljaz Posted April 14, 2022 #11 Share Posted April 14, 2022 It was announced from the beginning that they would only be free during inaugural season, it would end in April 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpstateCruizer Posted April 14, 2022 #12 Share Posted April 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, babygrljaz said: It was announced from the beginning that they would only be free during inaugural season, it would end in April Yes but when questioned John Heald insisted they had no plans to start charging. I won’t be shocked if he’s wrong yet again. I did enjoy being able to try these restaurants on the Mardi Gras in February. I was looking forward to them again in November. I’m not sure if I’d pay $18pp but we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellaleah Posted April 14, 2022 #13 Share Posted April 14, 2022 I purposely changed from traditional dining to anytime for my Celebration cruise 12/27/22 as I am hoping they have the same policy for their inaugural season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4coco Posted April 14, 2022 #14 Share Posted April 14, 2022 (edited) 1. NO WAY the YTD dining room can accomadate all the people then if they do this it is way to small. 2. Who did you hear this from, who is your source. 3. They better not it will screw all my dinner plans I made for the week with my other paid specialties 4. If it is true then they should have those 2 on our acct so we can book them as a specialty restaurant Edited April 14, 2022 by b4coco 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scurvy Seadog Posted April 14, 2022 #15 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Who specifically did you hear this from? I got off the Mardi Gras last week and was discussing this very topic with the manager of ChiBangs and he told me he didn't see it ever changing to a paid dining venue. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare csoud68 Posted April 14, 2022 #16 Share Posted April 14, 2022 I assumed on that class ship it would remain free. It's going to be a madhouse at dinner time if those places start charging. There is already a significant wait time In the mdr as it is.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nessz79 Posted April 14, 2022 #17 Share Posted April 14, 2022 9 minutes ago, csoud68 said: I assumed on that class ship it would remain free. It's going to be a madhouse at dinner time if those places start charging. There is already a significant wait time In the mdr as it is.. Maybe they'll flip dining rooms, assuming the other dining room is larger? I think more and more ships have been flipping so that the YTD is in the bigger dining room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted April 14, 2022 Author #18 Share Posted April 14, 2022 6 hours ago, b4coco said: 1. NO WAY the YTD dining room can accomadate all the people then if they do this it is way to small. 2. Who did you hear this from, who is your source. 3. They better not it will screw all my dinner plans I made for the week with my other paid specialties 4. If it is true then they should have those 2 on our acct so we can book them as a specialty restaurant Have a good friend on board who heard it at the diamond luncheon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joebucks Posted April 14, 2022 #19 Share Posted April 14, 2022 7 hours ago, b4coco said: 1. NO WAY the YTD dining room can accomadate all the people then if they do this it is way to small. If I had to guess, the goal was never to fill the YTD room. It was probably more along the lines of how to incorporate the large number of extra eating venues to increase value. Whether it was higher fares or individual charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristin1112 Posted April 14, 2022 #20 Share Posted April 14, 2022 It has been said REPEATEDLY that there are no plans to start charging for these restaurants. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnocchi_mommy Posted April 14, 2022 #21 Share Posted April 14, 2022 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knights on the Beach Posted April 14, 2022 #22 Share Posted April 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, gnocchi_mommy said: I hope this is the correct info but I guess we'll sure hear about it in a couple weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnocchi_mommy Posted April 14, 2022 #23 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Just now, cruisemom2 said: I hope this is the correct info but I guess we'll sure hear about it in a couple weeks. I’m gonna assume it is. I don’t see the point in assuming the worst when there’s zero evidence to support that conclusion. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisegirl1919 Posted April 14, 2022 #24 Share Posted April 14, 2022 John Heald replied to another poster 30 minutes ago saying "Hello, no this is not true. Once again I'm afraid my friends cruise critic got it completely wrong. There are no plans to change these to paid" 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nascartim Posted April 14, 2022 #25 Share Posted April 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Cruisegirl1919 said: John Heald replied to another poster 30 minutes ago saying "Hello, no this is not true. Once again I'm afraid my friends cruise critic got it completely wrong. There are no plans to change these to paid" Sounds like John doesn't have much confidence in the reliability of the CC fandom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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