Main Dining Room lunch and breakfast

Why do you have to give your cabin number when going to MDR for lunch or breakfast?

Probably for distribution of tips.

What cruiseline? I can't recall ever being asked.

What cruiseline? I can't recall ever being asked.

ditto .... have never been asked that I can recall ...

if they did ask, it didn't bother me at all I guess ....

Just on Royal Caribbean did not ask for room number once .Had many lunches and breakfasts in M.D.R. I know N.C.L. does ask and I think scans you card. Don't know why.

The waiter also ask at times at dinner time even after being seated.

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All of my cruises have been with RCCL and we have never been asked for our room number, when we reserved dining for the MTD they asked for our card but we normally do the traditional dining. I highly doubt that you will be asked your room number, I honestly can't remember a time where I have been asked for my room number. Not sure what other cruise lines do but like I said we have always sailed with RCCL just so you know.

Pure speculation, but it could be so if you order a drink/anything that costs extra they don't have to bother with getting your card/room number in the middle of service and disrupting the flow. I think it's a good idea to do that, if they don't already.

Pure speculation, but it could be so if you order a drink/anything that costs extra they don't have to bother with getting your card/room number in the middle of service and disrupting the flow. I think it's a good idea to do that, if they don't already.

Yes, I was just going to say that- some people will have a Buck's Fizz or mimosa, perhaps, or a speciality coffee?

Pure speculation, but it could be so if you order a drink/anything that costs extra they don't have to bother with getting your card/room number in the middle of service and disrupting the flow. I think it's a good idea to do that, if they don't already.

I've never been on a cruise where they ask for your room card during dinner when you get a drink, they always ask for it at the end of the meal.

They def asked for mine during the meal/right after ordering on my last cruise on Royal.

What cruiseline? I can't recall ever being asked.

On the Ruby Princess a few weeks ago, we were always asked. Can't remember them doing this before, but no biggy.

Carnival asks for it. It helps them identify people with dietary restrictions or other special requests, as well as the tracking of servers.

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I don't ever recall being asked at breakfast or lunch. Not a big deal if they do ask, tho!

Just on Royal Caribbean did not ask for room number once .Had many lunches and breakfasts in M.D.R. I know N.C.L. does ask and I think scans you card. Don't know why.

RCI always wants to know cabin numbers for breakfast lunch and dinner .

It's no big deal, and it doesn't bother us at all....I just wondered why. We've had this occur with Carnival and Hal.

We are on NCL and for any meal we had at the MDR we were asked for a card to be seated. Then we were asked for a card if we ordered something extra too. I’m guessing it is inventory and tracking purposes.

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We've been asked for room number at dinner if we use Anytime/My Time Dining - some cruise lines won't admit people who aren't signed up for it. We've never, however, been asked at breakfast or lunch unless we were ordering a beverage that costs extra. Actually, if we're ordering a beverage, they want the 'folio' or account number rather than the room number.

Was asked for our cabin number every time we went to breakfast and lunch on the HAL Eurodam last month

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We've never been asked but obviously it must depend on cruise line.

Keith

OP will be on the Koningsdam -- HAL.

And yes HAL always asks for your cabin number for breakfast, lunch and open seating dinner. They keep tract of who eats where. It has nothing to do about tips.

On HAL, many days the dining room is not open for lunch.

Probably for distribution of tips.

That would be my guess too.

Probably for distribution of tips.

It's hard to see what any logical connection with tips might be.

I'd guess it might be data-gathering to profile dining preferences .

On Grandeur in August they asked cabin number when arriving for MTD without a reservation. Easy way for them to learn your names.

Of course, when you do have an MTD reservation, they want your cabin number to show the reservation having been seated.

And when ordering drinks that were extra, they took the Sea Pass card on the spot to charge, and brought it back with the drink.

Sometimes we've been ask -- other times not.