Lexster

Yep, still doesn't work. Not a huge deal, I guess, as long as it eventually works on the ship.

Yep, did it just now, same thing. The weird thing is I have a menu for 150 Central Park and Sabor, but nothing else. There were there before I did your suggestion, though.

I tried this previously when I saw this, but it just went back to my sailing again and didn't show the menus, unfortunately.

Normally if you tap on Dining and pick a restaurant, there's a menu there, but this disappeared for me weeks ago. Was just hoping it was a glitch and would re-appear, but guess I'm not the only one!

Did the menus all disappear from the app for you all? They were there and disappeared around the time of check-in. I was hoping they'd be back, but I still got nothin.

I would certainly either find the maitre d, but if you can't find them go to the customer service desk and let them know there are issues.

Haha, very true. It always looks fast in hindsight.

Only two more Fridays and it'll be time! I can feel it! These next two weeks better go by fast!

I think they mean getting hot dogs at a food business is relatively easy. Not so much with brats.

Yep, I also don't like Facebook and not much of a gambler, but have fun!

I forgot about all the parties, so that's exciting. When I did my last cruise, it was right after things were still getting used to starting back up last year so they didn't have many parties or parades or anything.

Yep, you're pretty busy! And hey, we're doing the Mayan Eden Eco Park too!

You're not wrong. Indeed, no doubt the cost of food in the MDR is factored into your ticket price and you can absolutely have a great time never paying anything extra. It is vacation, though, and some people enjoy splurging on extra things that may be a higher value than the included food and I think that's valid, too. To be fair about "fighting for a reservation", the OPs issue was they wanted to book Izumi which can only be done there. Izumi has extremely limited seating, so that's likely why they do that. There are only two hibachi tables and dinner is probably around two hours, so that's why it sells out fast. If you're trying to go anywhere else, they have a reservation desk usually on boarding day on the Promenade and if you do it soon after boarding, you'll likely get most, if not all, of the spots you want with minimal issue. That being said, I would agree that unless you're going to completely forego the MDR and Windjammer for your meals, I wouldn't get the UDP since you are then wasting your money.

Yeah, one of the issues is the menus for specialty dining don't ever change, so once you've gone there once, you've seen everything they have. This is opposed to the MDR and Windjammer which changes things up every day. For me, personally, I think the Chops +1 or the 3 day package is a good balance unless you're on a shorter sailing where you won't have to double up on visiting restaurants.

I usually eat at 5, so I'm okay with that.

I'm glad to know only main entrees come out one at a time. Looking forward to trying it out myself.

20 Days Left Today we went shopping for some new vacation clothes and also got a bunch of snacks for the road trip. We'll be doing a two week quarantine before the trip starting Tuesday. I did this last year and figured I'd do it again even if there aren't covid tests anymore. I don't want to risk getting sick.

Weird, I didn't have an issue with the brats on Oasis last year.

Oh man, three weeks left! For me, it's 20 days since my vacation starts on the 4th!

Right, unless they put in Sleep Number mattresses in the cabins, they'll never be able to please everyone, unfortunately.

I didn't mind the mattress, but I had an aching neck most nights from the pillows. I'll be bringing my own memory foam pillow for sure.

Haha, I had NO idea what was a code for swingers!

Yeah, I've read that subsequent dishes are smaller than the first entree.

What I meant was them bringing dishes out one at a time as opposed to all at once is going to cause that person's meal to take longer to complete which goes counter to Royal's claims of wanting to speed up the meal.

Yeah, luckily like I said we don't have any planned excursions there, so if we have to skip it, I won't be super sad or anything.