sellwingri Posted May 30, 2023 #1 Share Posted May 30, 2023 I cruise on Royal frequently and have never seen the MDR open for lunch on embarkation date. However, several people have recently stated that it has been open. Is this something that happens and I just haven’t lucked out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted May 30, 2023 #2 Share Posted May 30, 2023 1 minute ago, sellwingri said: I cruise on Royal frequently and have never seen the MDR open for lunch on embarkation date. However, several people have recently stated that it has been open. Is this something that happens and I just haven’t lucked out? B2B cruisers have a lunch in there. I've seen Key holders meet another side of Mdr for lunch, though it might not always be there. There are people who eat in there not general pax that I've seen. Do a b2b and you will be invited. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellwingri Posted May 30, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted May 30, 2023 21 minutes ago, firefly333 said: B2B cruisers have a lunch in there. I've seen Key holders meet another side of Mdr for lunch, though it might not always be there. There are people who eat in there not general pax that I've seen. Do a b2b and you will be invited. Yup. I do have a b2b coming up and hope we’re given a lunch although I’ve been on a few where we got nothing. I should have been more specific. I was referring to those boarding that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFerrington Posted May 30, 2023 #4 Share Posted May 30, 2023 We boarded Mariner on 5-26 and the MDR was serving GenPop. We were told that Mariner was running a month-long trial. It was a limited menu but was very good. I hope they make this permanent and take it fleet-wide. I will say….they did a horrible job of advertising this embarkation meal. Had it not been for a lovely lady in the D Club, we would never have known about it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted May 30, 2023 #5 Share Posted May 30, 2023 When we've done a B2B very limited menu...we walked out...haven't bothered to try again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giantfan13 Posted May 31, 2023 #6 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Same here. We did a B2B and were able to have lunch in the MDR. We order a meal, took over 1/2 an hour just to get a bowl of soup and it was the wrong one. We got up and left. Service was horrible. Cheers Len 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisegirl1 Posted May 31, 2023 #7 Share Posted May 31, 2023 We’ve had recent cruises on Mariner (one in April and B2B in May) and they have opened the MDR (deck 3) on embarkation day to anyone. Menu is somewhat limited and includes just a few apps, entrees and desserts. It is NOT the same menu offered to the Key guests. m 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Rogueperson Posted May 31, 2023 #8 Share Posted May 31, 2023 I was on Enchantment last year in March and they surprised me by opening the MDR for Lunch on embarkation day. However, I have heard that they have discontinued it as it was a limited time offering. I was on a B2B in September of last year, and we were given the same menu in the MDR as the lunch offered for Key Members boarding. In fact, we were allowed to sit with the Key People, as we had friends who had the Key for the 2nd leg of our cruise and we were allowed to join them. It appears that it is ship dependent and some ships do, and some ships don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bead Pirate Posted May 31, 2023 #9 Share Posted May 31, 2023 The dining room is open to all of the casino "Masters" members on embarkation day as well. They serve Chops menu items... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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