Hardcover Menus Back

[cwis]

We on're the Disney Magic. I don't remember having received hardcover menus in the MDR before yesterday evening diner.

Nice to be able to see again the Mickey animation on the cover at Animator's Palate!

 

[FightingIrishman]

Great to hear. I really don't want to be looking at my phone any more than I have to on vacation.

 

[PsylockeSmythe]

We were on the Wonder for the first Alaska cruise of the season and had to request a physical menu. They really try and push you to use your phone or tablet to see them, but would provide one if requested. The only hard copy menu that they didn't have was the disembarkation breakfast menu, we had to use or phones for that.

Psy

 

[Intr3pid]

Good to hear and we like to see one every now and then - though nothing beats the convenience of looking up multiple menus on multiple days in multiple venues right there in the app from anywhere on the ship.

 

[insureman]

Good to hear and we like to see one every now and then - though nothing beats the convenience of looking up multiple menus on multiple days in multiple venues right there in the app from anywhere on the ship.

I think some of us boomers get aggravated at times when we have to use the DCL app on the phone when it worked perfectly fine on paper before. (Menus and navigators) . Now back in my day.....

 

[Intr3pid]

I think some of us boomers get aggravated at times when we have to use the DCL app on the phone when it worked perfectly fine on paper before. (Menus and navigators) . Now back in my day.....

Yes, I understand - and for shorter cruises, the app doesn't add much value. For longer cruises, menus inside the app add a dimension that wasn't there before. I can now see, say, the next 3 days of menus in one place and plan where I want to eat. Or whether I should make my way to an MDR for lunch or grab something on the top deck. Or which night to request a Palo dinner. Or what sort of cuisine to try in port that won't be on the MDR menu the following day.

In general, having paper navigators and menus en masse sounds more like a waste of resources. If anyone needs them, we will happily volunteer to be the ones who don't.

 

[mullysisters]

I will ask for a menu when we go in July to Alaska. It's only my life experience talking, aged 64. At our favorite restaurants we have to practically climb over tables set up to accommodate Uber eats, Skip the dishes etc. just to get into the restaurant. Sometimes we have to wait while they serve the drivers. I feel that we are sinking to the lowest possible experience so that businesses can maximize profit. I know it's a business and needs to make a profit but there is no excellence in service anymore. Looking at my phone is not reading a lovely printed menu. It's there for Disney not me, it detracts from my restaurant experience in every way.

 

[happycamper47]

Again it's a "server by server" thing. When we were on the FANTASY in Feb we were handed a paper menu every night without asking. Or maybe it was because we're "OLD"....

 

[randumb0]

I was offered paper menus in April on the Fantasy

 

[Kwami]

Paper menus have always been available since the restart. I think the point of this thread is that the real, non-disposable menus are finally back.

 

[cwis]

Paper menus have always been available since the restart. I think the point of this thread is that the real, non-disposable menus are finally back.

OP here, thanks for clarifying.

Indeed for about 10 days we received the “disposable” menus and now the “real” menus are back.

 

[Disney_Alli]

We were on the Wonder for the first Alaska cruise of the season and had to request a physical menu. They really try and push you to use your phone or tablet to see them, but would provide one if requested. The only hard copy menu that they didn't have was the disembarkation breakfast menu, we had to use or phones for that.

Psy

On that same cruise our servers asked the first night and when we stated we preferred physical menus they were provided for the rest of the week. One night they were a bit delayed as our servers looked for some but we had them every night. My nephew loved playing with my menu at AP - to the point I had to borrow a menu for someone else in our party to actually order my dinner lol - as he loved the "magic" on the cover.

 

[PsylockeSmythe]

On that same cruise our servers asked the first night and when we stated we preferred physical menus they were provided for the rest of the week. One night they were a bit delayed as our servers looked for some but we had them every night. My nephew loved playing with my menu at AP - to the point I had to borrow a menu for someone else in our party to actually order my dinner lol - as he loved the "magic" on the cover.

Our main servers started bring us the physical menu's starting on the 2nd night, but each time we went into one of the main dining rooms for breakfast or lunch, we kept having to ask for one.

Psy

 

[Disney_Alli]

Our main servers started bring us the physical menu's starting on the 2nd night, but each time we went into one of the main dining rooms for breakfast or lunch, we kept having to ask for one.

Psy

We did sit down breakfast most days and they offered menus each time - it might have been because I was with my parents (67/69) so they assumed they couldn’t use the tech maybe? Not sure. I didn’t do any sit down lunches so I can’t speak to that.

 

[PsylockeSmythe]

We did sit down breakfast most days and they offered menus each time - it might have been because I was with my parents (67/69) so they assumed they couldn’t use the tech maybe? Not sure. I didn’t do any sit down lunches so I can’t speak to that.

We are older also (both in our 50's) and had to ask each time for a physical copy of the breakfast/lunch menu's. It could have just been the difference in severs, we ended up with a different crew each time for breakfast and lunch. Our MD servers were great and I think they would have supplied us with the menu's if we had them also when eating breakfast/lunch, since they did let us know for the disembarkation breakfast we had to use the app as there were no physical menu's to pass out.

Psy

 

[mullysisters]

Again it's a "server by server" thing. When we were on the FANTASY in Feb we were handed a paper menu every night without asking. Or maybe it was because we're "OLD"....

Do you mean too old to know how to use one of those "new fangled cellular apparatus". In my day phones were stuck to the wall where you couldn't lose them! (my great nephews still don't believe me, and we had a party-line)

 

[insureman]

Do you mean too old to know how to use one of those "new fangled cellular apparatus". In my day phones were stuck to the wall where you couldn't lose them! (my great nephews still don't believe me, and we had a party-line)

Also also we had a 20 foot coiled handset cord so you could stretch to go into another room for privacy.

 

[Happy100]

Yes, I understand - and for shorter cruises, the app doesn't add much value. For longer cruises, menus inside the app add a dimension that wasn't there before. I can now see, say, the next 3 days of menus in one place and plan where I want to eat. Or whether I should make my way to an MDR for lunch or grab something on the top deck. Or which night to request a Palo dinner. Or what sort of cuisine to try in port that won't be on the MDR menu the following day.

In general, having paper navigators and menus en masse sounds more like a waste of resources. If anyone needs them, we will happily volunteer to be the ones who don't.

Does the app show what Cabanas is serving?

 

[TinkLoverSam]

Does the app show what Cabanas is serving?

Just the general hours, not the food selection

 

[Disneygirlxo91]

We had hard cover menus on the fantasy at the end of april. Expect palo we still had to use the phone