On my last cruise of 14 days I think it was open 3 days at lunch. I'd be over the moon to go to the MDR every day for lunch. Going to the dining room or calling room service is so much nicer than dealing with the lido which most of the time borders on being a zoo. Besides looking at sandwiches with mayo sitting out un-refrigerated! Yuck! I have just about given up on eating there unless it is absolutely necessary. All the individual serving 'stations' with people forming lines on both sides of where people are being served. I'm sorry, but if items aren't self service why not just go to the dining room and get served there? And you even get to sit while you wait? And further you don't even have to carry hot plates! I just don't understand a 'buffet' that isn't self service.Īs far as I am concerned the Lido is already a disaster. I'll be on the Veendam I nay for 14 days. I think the problem there is one of the dining staff take the order and then gives it to the cook. Hot dog without the bun and the spicey mustard. Yes, after a few days it would get better but they seemed flustered that you didn't want it in a sandwich.Īlso would have a problem at the grill. I would go over and ask for some turkey and they just couldn't understand why I wanted that. You want 3 tomatoes? You want 5 onion slices? You want half spoon of corn? Small amount of cheese? Try explaining that to the staff. Not only will that slow everything down how can that work. No more self service salads? I am not happy about that at all. Reading about the wonderful changes coming our way was one that interests me a lot.

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