Norwegian Cruise Line dining room dress code enforcement.

[mjkacmom]

I've also only been on one NCL cruise but it was my experience as well that it was a lengthly wait to get into anything other than the main dinning room at peak meal times. I wouldn't say that any of the food on NCL (even at the specialty restaurants) was worth waiting for, but we picked NCL specifically for the itinerary so we just considered it as fuel.

You need reservations for the specialty dining venues, NCL usually offers some free dining offers which keep the specialty restaurants busy.

 

[DCLGirlie]

On DCL you either have to eat extremely early or extremely late. It's been an issue discussed at nauseam on this boards. An alternative would be nice. I would be Okay showing up at 7pm grabbing a drink and waiting until 730 to be seated. I would imagine 630-730 would be prime time on any cruise line offering my time dining.

And not only do you need to eat extremely early or extremely late, they give zero buffet option and force you to deal with loud and slow dinner shows as the only proper dinner option.

 

[DCLMP]

And not only do you need to eat extremely early or extremely late, they give zero buffet option and force you to deal with loud and slow dinner shows as the only proper dinner option.

I don't mind any of the cruise lines dining options. Disney, Royal, Carnival they all have their positives and negatives. Im flexible, I do my research and now what to expect. I agree with you options are nice. I would suggest anybody that wants opinions on NCL freestyle dining to go to reddit or cruise critic where you get a larger sampling of opinions then a Disney forum. Most of the posters on here are just looking for validation for choosing Disney.

 

[happycamper47]

La Cucina was never listed as a no-shorts venue. It was the Haven restaurant, Cagney's, and Le Bistro specifically. La Cucina has always been more casual.

The dress code on the app says "You'll see go to shorts with a collared shirt" for Cagney's and LaCucina. Apparently the new code is already off the table or shorts were allowed in Cagney's previously.