Room Service Dishes Outside of Room? Cool or not?

We am sailing on Carnival Splendor tomorrow. We booked an inside cabin, and are bringing the customary two bottles of wine. My grand idea is to order room service at 2AM and take the food out of the room and find a romantic deserted spot to feast and sip our wine. THE QUESTION: Do we have to bring the dishes back to our stateroom when we are done, or can we just leave them on any table anywhere on ship? My fear is that when they collect the room service cart they will see the missing dishes and charge us for them like they do for the towels and bathrobe:eek:?

It will be delivered on a tray. You can just leave the dishes in a dining area. Please do not leave in an out of way spot or on an open deck.

I don't think they've ever brought room service on a cart on any cruise I've taken..... just a tray that they leave on the desk or table. But yes, it would be fine to take it from the cabin and eventually leave it in a food-area. We've enjoyed the cheese plate available in the dining room as a late night snack.

Please don't leave the tray/dishes outside your cabin door in the hallway.

With a moving ship, they could roll or move and people could trip on them.

Someone using a wheelchair or scooter could have a hard time navigating past them.

We never leave dishes in the hall but absolutely every single cruise there are dishes and trays littering the hallways. Very dangerous and unsanitary. OP, you will not be charged for dishes. ;)

Dishes in the passageway are a sign of.......

hmmm......

well, they are not a positive sign.

You will not be charged for missing dishes.

We always call room service and tip them to remove dishes if we don't want to wait for our room steward to remove dishes. Works out well.

Interesting.

Maybe this is a cultural or generational thing?

We always leave room service trays in the hall, thought that was proper procedure?

That way they could be picked up without disturbing occupants of the cabin(us).

In some cases, such as our honeymoon cruise *blush* if we hadn't put our dishes in the hall, they wouldn't have been picked up for days.

Interesting.

Maybe this is a cultural or generational thing?

We always leave room service trays in the hall, thought that was proper procedure?

That way they could be picked up without disturbing occupants of the cabin(us).

In some cases, such as our honeymoon cruise *blush* if we hadn't put our dishes in the hall, they wouldn't have been picked up for days.

Please don't do this any more. Ship corridors are just too narrow, and looking at/stepping over other people's half-eaten food and dirty dishes is unsafe and untidy.

Leave in the room.

Keith

On my cruise a couple of weeks ago on Disney, they had a card that said to leave them in the hallway.....

I don't think they've ever brought room service on a cart on any cruise I've taken..... just a tray that they leave on the desk or table. But yes, it would be fine to take it from the cabin and eventually leave it in a food-area. We've enjoyed the cheese plate available in the dining room as a late night snack.

They bring on a cart to higher level suites. If course if the OP was sailing in a suite, they'd have a large private balcony to dine in and wouldn't have to be looking for some place in deck. ;)

OP, you are over thinking this. The food will come on a tray. Please do not leave the dirty dishes in the hallway outside your cabin. Find a spot near the buffet to leave them so they will be found early the next morning. Also keep in mind that late night room service is very limited, and you might be rather disappointed in the offerings available.

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Interesting.

Maybe this is a cultural or generational thing?

We always leave room service trays in the hall, thought that was proper procedure?

That way they could be picked up without disturbing occupants of the cabin(us).

In some cases, such as our honeymoon cruise *blush* if we hadn't put our dishes in the hall, they wouldn't have been picked up for days.

They ask you to call for pick up for a reason. Those hallways are too narrow and having trays cluttering them causes trip hazards, plus no one wants to see your half eaten leftover food. It is not cultural nor generational, just good manners and common sense.

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On my cruise a couple of weeks ago on Disney, they had a card that said to leave them in the hallway.....

We were always asked to call for pick up and not leave them in the hallway on DCL, and we ordered at least one meal a day to our suite every day.

Autocorrect responsible for most typos...

On my cruise a couple of weeks ago on Disney, they had a card that said to leave them in the hallway.....

I think you mis-read the card.

I believe the card said we could call for a pick-up, or just leave them in the hallway.

I just left them for our steward to take care of, rather than place them in hall.

Dishes in the passageway are a sign of.......

hmmm......

well, they are not a positive sign.

I guess in our case it was a sign that we followed directions....when placing the order we always ask where to place the tray when finished. We always place it where requested....each time we have been told by room service staff to put it in the hallway. Should we disregard the instructions given to us by the people who provide the service?

Please don't leave the tray/dishes outside your cabin door in the hallway.

With a moving ship, they could roll or move and people could trip on them.

Someone using a wheelchair or scooter could have a hard time navigating past them.

On Carnival's JH Blog he said to leave the tray out in the hall so that as room service drops off a tray the can pick up anything out there.

We usually ask our steward which he prefers and most times he says to leave it in the room and he will take it to the service station for pickup himself.

Interesting.

Maybe this is a cultural or generational thing?

We always leave room service trays in the hall, thought that was proper procedure?

That way they could be picked up without disturbing occupants of the cabin(us).

In some cases, such as our honeymoon cruise *blush* if we hadn't put our dishes in the hall, they wouldn't have been picked up for days.

that is because people assume hotels and cruise ships are more similar than not. in this instance, they are NOT..

it is normal to leave RS items in the hallway in a land hotel. but, as previously been noted, the corridors are MUCH wider, and do not rock and roll.

I have seen the Housekeeping carts NOT be able to get down a hallways due to trays being left on both sides of the corridor.

I personally leave them on the table or bar.. they do not take up a lot of room and I know they will be disposed of properly at turndown or in the morning when the room is serviced.

DO NOT leave the tray/dishes 'just anywhere' on the ship. Inside or at the very least protected from wind is best such as along the covered seating for the buffet. do not leave them in a secluded area of the open seating where it an easily be missed.

Interesting.

Maybe this is a cultural or generational thing?

We always leave room service trays in the hall, thought that was proper procedure?

That way they could be picked up without disturbing occupants of the cabin(us).

In some cases, such as our honeymoon cruise *blush* if we hadn't put our dishes in the hall, they wouldn't have been picked up for days.

Just ask roomservice to pick up the tray when they bring your next meal. Chances are you were disturbing the neighbours enough! No need to make them trip on your tray left in the hall and lay them up in their cabin without anyway to escape!:eek::D

I think a little common sense goes a long way. :)

How can it be a good idea to leave trays, dishes, glasses in a hallway on a moving ship. It's an inconvenience at best and an accident waiting to happen at worst, IMO

YMMV.

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I have rarely seen trays of dishes and scrap sitting in the hallways on the cruises I have taken. However, I don't cruise on Carnival so can't say if that is common or not on that line. If unsure, err on the side of caution and don't leave them there.

Interesting.

Maybe this is a cultural or generational thing?

We always leave room service trays in the hall, thought that was proper procedure?

That way they could be picked up without disturbing occupants of the cabin(us).

In some cases, such as our honeymoon cruise *blush* if we hadn't put our dishes in the hall, they wouldn't have been picked up for days.

That would certainly have been your problem, not someone else, especially In a wheelchair or scooter. :mad: :eek:

Cato

In some cases, such as our honeymoon cruise *blush* if we hadn't put our dishes in the hall, they wouldn't have been picked up for days.

All you had to do was call the stateroom attendant to pick them up at an agreed upon time, and when he knocked on the door, thrown on a robe for, what, 15 seconds? Then you could have gotten back to whatever non-stop activity you deemed necessary to fulfill your honeymoon responsibilities. Besides, you had to stop whatever you were doing to each other for a minute or two to receive the room service tray in the first place. The similar pause in the action could have occurred for the tray pickup.

On Carnival's JH Blog he said to leave the tray out in the hall so that as room service drops off a tray the can pick up anything out there.

 

We usually ask our steward which he prefers and most times he says to leave it in the room and he will take it to the service station for pickup himself.

We have been told by room service staff that they would never collect dirty dishes at the same time they deliverying other orders, unsantitary. Makes sense. If they pick up a dirty tray while deliverying, they probably are moving it to an area on the floor where room stewards would get rid of it later, if possible.