This is true for sure. However our main server had been with DCL for 14 years . The head server was leaving in a month to be a head server on the Adventure. Not sure about our assistant as we saw twice on a 4 night cruise. I guess I would have expected DCL vets to be more personable and attentive to service like we had come to expect with DCL
) new employees...err...cast members to staff the dining rooms and staterooms, etc. So the "seasoned" cast member becomes harder and harder to come by. Also, if the rumors are true that Virgin Voyages regularly poaches DCL cast members, it makes it even that much worse.Yeah just reopen the buffet like before COVID when it was transformed at night into a sit down resturants... that seemed to be used for training. Now the train seems to be done in the main resturants, and with their new ships and turn over rate... that seems to be much to common now.
I wish they would do this! Dinner on DCL is actually a big negative for us and a reason why we have looked at other lines. I don’t like having a set dinner time every night, I don’t like maybe sharing a table with strangers, and I don’t like how the dining rooms are so crowded. Some times you just want to have a quick dinner at 6 pm (that’s not pizza or burgers) because that’s when you are hungry and not have to wait until 815 for a 90 minute dinner.
If I've said it once I've said it a million times, but the fact my wife and I hate dinner shows and would prefer at least one non-MDR dinner option other than a single pool deck option is why we've been exploring other cruise lines. I wish Disney had stuck with a single tame dinner show the way they used to have, instead of shoving a ton of noisy ones down our throat
Yes! It was so nice on our non DCL cruise this past summer to show up to dinner when we wanted and get a table to ourselves with a view of the water and not have serviced stopped for awhile while some show was going on.
r.e. bold -- if value for $$$ spent is important and *Disney
* takes a back seat to true relaxation, venturing out is wise.There is both palos and enchante. Excellent food and service. Why are people pretending these restaurants dont exist.
Oh please. Palo and Enchante are not what the poster is talking about and you know it. Let me point out some differences…
Possibly because they cost extra?
I don't think anyone's pretending they don't exist. I think people know Palo and Remy/Enchante are not substitutes for main dining. They're an added cost, can be hard to get reservations for, you can't eat there every night, and they are specific cuisines (that may or may not appeal to everyone).
They are a substitute for the one out of 3 night you get the dinner show. No one said every night. Palos is easy to get at night. And the added cost is tiny compared to the cost of the cruise and cost of equivalent dinner on land. On most other cruises a lot of the restaurants are added costs. This isnt just a disney thing.
If you think they are a significant cost then how do you even afford a disney cruise? They are so cheap compared to anything on land even remotely equivalent. And make a reservation just like anywhere else in this world. And if you want a quick meal with kids then go for the food on the top deck. Everyone is catered for on this ship. Quick junk food perfect for kids then top deck, moderate family restaurant then main dining rooms or quality food then one of two fine dining restaurants. Everyone is catered for. The complaints here are just ridiculous.
Paying another 50-100+ a person (then adding in gratuity) for multiple dinners adds up for people that don’t want to do MDR every night. On a 7 night Treasure cruise you have some form of show 4/7 nights (2 in Coco and 2 in Marvel). Can you even book that many reservations for dinner at those restaurants, or is it limited?
Just because I can afford it doesn’t mean I want to go throwing extra money at a bunch of extra dinners.
Enchante/Remy is minimum $135 a person. I would not call that "cheap."
Ahhh, Giordano's... what I wouldn't do for really good pizza on the ships
Exactly! Preach!Paying another 50-100+ a person (then adding in gratuity) for multiple dinners adds up for people that don’t want to do MDR every night. On a 7 night Treasure cruise you have some form of show 4/7 nights (2 in Coco and 2 in Marvel). Can you even book that many reservations for dinner at those restaurants, or is it limited?
Not everyone wants “quick junk food” for their kids nor do all kids want that.
You have luck getting a Palo or an Enchante dinner reservation the day of if you decide MDR is not what you want that evening? Have you had luck walking up with no reservation?
Thanks for your concerns about my personal finances, I can afford a Disney cruise
