EXCELLENT New Yorker article on RCCL food/bev management

Highlights how much care is put into the dining experience, which is definitely what we saw on the Equinox this summer!

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/03/floating-feasts

Gain only 1 pound per day? Doubt that for myself especially since I will have the alcohol package and I've read all about Cafe Bacio on CC!:D

"Reasonably fancy" land restaurants buy frozen veggies and stock? If that's true, I'm glad I eat mostly at home, as I grow my own and make my own stock and broth.

Excellent article from the New Yorker!!

Great article. Didn't know I ate so much. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing.

This is quite an informative article; also well written.

Cheers

Thanks for the link! I never would have run across that story on my own. So interesting!

Great article..thanks for posting the link.

Having experienced Oasis last Sept...definitely agree that food quality and dining service are not its strong suit (if it has one)...To us it was an oversized .floating mall & food court.....but many folks love it!

Mdr food was pedestrian, service lackluster. Some of specialty spots were one step above but nothing memorable..Chops much better on other Royal ships...waiter tried to hawk a cookbook and wine aerator during dessert at a family b-day dinner...tacky

one surprise was a great dinner we enjoyed at the rear cafe...which at night becomes a lively tablecloth restsurant with perfect service and excellent menu...well prepared!

Anyhow...happily back to Celebrity in Nov

Highlights how much care is put into the dining experience, which is definitely what we saw on the Equinox this summer!

 

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/03/floating-feasts

It helped to convince me that I have absolutely no desire to try either Oasis or Allure, or any other ship of that size.

One of the main reasons I keep on reading Cruise Critic is for the good information like this that gets posted here from time to time.

(But the silly arguments here are fun and entertaining too.) :D

Interesting, many thanks :)

Best line from the article:

One of the challenges in marketing cruises is that more than a few people associate them with vomiting and diarrhea.

:D