OCSC Mike Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 That’s more expensive than individually booking Chops and any other specialty dinner at the usual pre-cruise price. Baked Alaska, CruzOnBye, TessFromFlorida and 3 others 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 That's funny. My cruise next month has the +1 for $119, Then individually, Chops for $52.99, Giovanni's table for $42.99 and Izumi for $35.99. Baked Alaska and OCSC Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 On one of mine it's cheaper to buy the 3-night package. Baked Alaska, OCSC Mike and WAAAYTOOO 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted May 6 Author Report Share Posted May 6 @FionaMG wins! Baked Alaska and FionaMG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 I didn't even notice that. The 3 night package is cheaper for me, too. Baked Alaska, OCSC Mike, FionaMG and 1 other 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted May 6 Author Report Share Posted May 6 Just now, smokeybandit said: I didn't even notice that. The 3 night package is cheaper for me, too. It's not for mine but it's close. Everything is more expensive on Wonder I guess. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rackham Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 Could be a glimpse of things to come. The other prices might not be updated to reflect where prices might be soon. Baked Alaska and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 Assuming grats are not included on the Chops + 1, it's cheaper to get the 3- night package on my other one too. OCSC Mike and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted May 6 Author Report Share Posted May 6 3 minutes ago, FionaMG said: Assuming grats are not included on the Chops + 1, it's cheaper to get the 3- night package on my other one too. Good point. Those are my Wonder prices. FionaMG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 Just now, OCSC Mike said: Good point. Those are my Wonder prices. The first one I posted is Freedom; the second is Anthem. I have found that Q-class and O-class often have the same prices for add-ons. OCSC Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug_Texas Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 3 hours ago, OCSC Mike said: Good point. Those are my Wonder prices. ZBrady, OCSC Mike and Rackham 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted May 6 Author Report Share Posted May 6 Even with grats included it's a crappy price compared to the 3N package on my upcoming sailings... it's only $12pp more with grats also included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 I was just going to post this, for every sailing I have but one the Chops+ 1 is more than the 3N package. Personally, I really have grown to dislike Chops dinner and would rather do any other specialty restaurant before that one. Baked Alaska and bobroo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 My MDR or Windjammer every night is still a better deal than all of those! TessFromFlorida, ZBrady, Ampurp85 and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geezer Of The Seas Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 When the bottom falls out of specialty dining package purchases, maybe there will be a specialty dining card trotted out mid cruise, like the 10 drink card? WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rackham Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 17 minutes ago, Geezer Of The Seas said: When the bottom falls out of specialty dining package purchases, maybe there will be a specialty dining card trotted out mid cruise, like the 10 drink card? Royal sends people around offering discounted dining reservations and the waitstaff in their restaurants will also make pitches when bookings are low. TessFromFlorida 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplashOfWater Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 7 minutes ago, Rackham said: Royal sends people around offering discounted dining reservations and the waitstaff in their restaurants will also make pitches when bookings are low. This happened on Adventure last week. They were offering 30% off. We already had specialty lunches booked so we weren't interested in additional meals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TessFromFlorida Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 13 hours ago, FionaMG said: Assuming grats are not included on the Chops + 1, it's cheaper to get the 3- night package on my other one too. This is the crazy price I see for Anthem this summer. A head scratcher, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geezer Of The Seas Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 On 5/6/2024 at 7:29 PM, Rackham said: Royal sends people around offering discounted dining reservations and the waitstaff in their restaurants will also make pitches when bookings are low. Experienced that on Mariner last November. Had to negotiate the carnival barkers stationed outside Chops & Jamie's on the way in to Windjammer. They were going at it pretty heavy, could have mistaken it for a Florida timeshare sales presentation. WAAAYTOOO and TessFromFlorida 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 On 5/7/2024 at 12:29 AM, Rackham said: Royal sends people around offering discounted dining reservations and the waitstaff in their restaurants will also make pitches when bookings are low. One time DH, SIL, BIL and I watched a guy spend over half an hour at a neighbouring table in the WJ trying to talk the people there into booking specialty. They probably did it in the end just to get rid of him. He must have thought we looked like cheapskates though as he never even glanced at us. TessFromFlorida and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZBrady Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 As funny as it is, seems like a typical Cruise Planner misfire where something went live before intended, since there don't seem to be any discounts applied. Across my bookings, the Chops + Your Choice (with gratuity included) is *slightly* cheaper than individually booking Chops and the most expensive option. My guess is once it is permanent and sales are applied it will be an attractive alternative and/or a replacement for the 3-night plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Regular Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 It's not an option on my Brilliance sailing. Specialty dining is more limited on smaller ships so I wonder if that's why? We do have the option for 3 night dining and ultimate dining packages though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenra Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 20 hours ago, ZBrady said: As funny as it is, seems like a typical Cruise Planner misfire where something went live before intended, since there don't seem to be any discounts applied. Across my bookings, the Chops + Your Choice (with gratuity included) is *slightly* cheaper than individually booking Chops and the most expensive option. My guess is once it is permanent and sales are applied it will be an attractive alternative and/or a replacement for the 3-night plan. This is my assumption as well. Any combo of Chops + a specialty booked individually on my upcoming Mariner trip is cheaper than the "Chops + Your Choice" deal. Even if you look at them "full price" they're either about the same or like $4 cheaper in the case of Izumi (because of the $15 cover charge they add if you do Hibachi). Another thought is they're definitely using it as a stepping stone to get people to get the UDP since the price difference is roughly the same as doing 1 more specialty dinner. Why have 2 when you can have "Unlimited"? At least that's the logic I'd use to get it if I were to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinK Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 On 5/6/2024 at 8:47 AM, FionaMG said: On one of mine it's cheaper to buy the 3-night package. On my Aug 25. Symphony of the sea. Mine 3 nites Dining Package is @ $159.99. which that's crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMeJoe Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 2 minutes ago, KevinK said: 3 nites Dining Package is @ $159.99. which that's crazy. Agreed, yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 1 hour ago, KevinK said: On my Aug 25. Symphony of the sea. Mine 3 nites Dining Package is @ $159.99. which that's crazy. Back in the day when speciality restaurants charged $25 I used to think that was a lot but the prices they're charging now are just plain bonkers. And yet someone must be paying them. You can't help but wonder how much longer it will be till common sense returns and with it more sensible prices. JustMeJoe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMeJoe Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 16 minutes ago, FionaMG said: Back in the day when speciality restaurants charged $25 For historical reasons (and my sanity); I saved a RCCL screenshot of the 2019 Unlimited Specialty DIning --- things have indeed gone bonkers! FionaMG, mom2mybugs and WAAAYTOOO 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 Looks like they updated the Chops+1 listing to make it clearer that grats are included. It wasn’t there when I started this thread. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 33 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: Looks like they updated the Chops+1 listing to make it clearer that grats are included. It wasn’t there when I started this thread. Yes, I'm seeing that now too. OCSC Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted May 10 Author Report Share Posted May 10 8 minutes ago, FionaMG said: Yes, I'm seeing that now too. Still an awful deal compared to the 3N package with grats included from everything I've seen but at least it's clearer. WAAAYTOOO and FionaMG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 I wonder why the changed the name from “Chops + 1” to “Chops + Your Choice” ? JustMeJoe and OCSC Mike 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMeJoe Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 1 hour ago, WAAAYTOOO said: I wonder why the changed the name from “Chops + 1” to “Chops + Your Choice” ? Plus; why did they decide to include grats in the 'sale' price, when other dining packs don't? OCSC Mike, Baked Alaska and WAAAYTOOO 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rackham Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 2 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: I wonder why the changed the name from “Chops + 1” to “Chops + Your Choice” ? I'm assuming to reduce confusion. Look at how many questions on the forms would never have been asked if people bothered to read all the text on a cruise planner page. In this case, I'm willing to bet Royal has dealt with many angry passangers that "Chops + 1" didn't mean the guest booking the reservation gets to bring a guest as part of the booking. i.e. people were taking the +1 to mean an extra guest versus getting to dine at Chops plus another specialty resturant during the cruise. WAAAYTOOO, KristiZ and Baked Alaska 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 15 minutes ago, Rackham said: I'm assuming to reduce confusion. Look at how many questions on the forms would never have been asked if people bothered to read all the text on a cruise planner page. In this case, I'm willing to bet Royal has dealt with many angry passangers that "Chops + 1" didn't mean the guest booking the reservation gets to bring a guest as part of the booking. i.e. people were taking the +1 to mean an extra guest versus getting to dine at Chops plus another specialty resturant during the cruise. I never thought about that....it never occurred to me that anyone would think they could bring another person. I think you're right ! JustMeJoe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 My Icon sailing has a Giovanni's Night 1 + Your Choice which I've never seen before. You would think that by purchasing this you would get to select your reservation time, but nope. Doesn't give you an option at all or force you to pick a time like the other dining packages usually do. WAAAYTOOO, JustMeJoe and OCSC Mike 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMeJoe Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 3 hours ago, AshleyDillo said: My Icon sailing has a Giovanni's Night 1 + Your Choice which I've never seen before. 3 hours ago, AshleyDillo said: I've never seen this either. Only 1 Left; my A$$. 3 hours ago, AshleyDillo said: Doesn't give you an option at all or force you to pick a time like the other dining packages usually do. Something very strange with this new marketing ploy... My CP Dining only shows "Gratuities Included" on Chops + Your Choice. Why? Seems like the smart marketing thing to do is to just sock you with the grats at checkout (like the normal CP Dining Package purchase). Oh, maybe Royal IT and Marketing have teamed up to keep us on our toes! Nah; surely not. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilley Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 On Icon its Giovanni’s + 1 WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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