A Question re My Morning Coffee!

[summersigh]

I didn't want to start a new thread so I'm jumping in on yours as I am planning on having morning coffee on my deck as well.

 

I was reading some reviews and came across this comment:

 

"I started ordering coffee via room service. Maybe I should have asked but since I did not, I will share this with you. Room service sounds good but it does not matter what you get, the price is $11.50 when you get the bill."

 

Is this correct? I thought that room service was complimentary if you were ordering items commonly available in the MDR. I just want to be clear because $11.50 for 11 days could be a pretty big surprise at the end.

 

We've never been charged $$ for anything off the regular room service menus. Some lines charge around $5 for deliveries in the middle of the night but never during other times.

[Linda&Vern]

I didn't want to start a new thread so I'm jumping in on yours as I am planning on having morning coffee on my deck as well.

 

I was reading some reviews and came across this comment:

 

"I started ordering coffee via room service. Maybe I should have asked but since I did not, I will share this with you. Room service sounds good but it does not matter what you get, the price is $11.50 when you get the bill."

 

Is this correct? I thought that room service was complimentary if you were ordering items commonly available in the MDR. I just want to be clear because $11.50 for 11 days could be a pretty big surprise at the end.

At this time there is NO charge for room service. Some of us do give the delivery steward a tip. Regarding the situation you are quoting (I read that review too), I think that the cruiser who reported that was confused about the $11.50 hotel service charge on his bill and assumed it was room service.

Edited July 18, 2014 by Linda&Vern

[allustoms]

I started thinking about this after I posted, I think that the person was charged the $11.50 daily tip and thought it was the charge for their room service. The $11.50 would have been charged even if they had not ordered any room service. I should have thought this through further before I posted the question.

[allustoms]

At this time there is NO charge for room service. Some of us do give the delivery steward a tip. Regarding the situation you are quoting (I read that review too), I think that the cruiser who reported that was confused about the $11.50 hotel service charge on his bill and assumed it was room service.

 

Great minds think alike and in unison -- I wrote the same thing the same time you were responding to me. Thanks

[thetexasaggiecruiser]

Is the cream that comes with room service a "creamer" or real half & half or milk? Sometimes I have to order a milk because I don't use creamers.

 

It's half/and/half. We checked. We would write "cream for 4" on the room service menu the night before because DH uses a ton. Then if we had any left over we just kept it in the fridge.

[krazy4kruisin]

anyone that has pix of having room service on veranda in Alaska and would like to share I would love to see them, I am taking my first Alaska cruise may 2015 and we happen to have a veranda got a great deal and got free airfare. Life is good. I need some good coffee on the veranda!!!!

[MarElz]

If you call in the morning, how long does it usually take for the coffee to arrive?

[Crew News]

anyone that has pix of having room service on veranda in Alaska and would like to share I would love to see them, I am taking my first Alaska cruise may 2015 and we happen to have a veranda got a great deal and got free airfare. Life is good. I need some good coffee on the veranda!!!!

 

If you scroll down on this link, you will come to a Room Service Breakfast with the items removed from the delivery tray. The items are on the table in the room. Verandah tables are 42-inch diameter and we have a table cloth when we eat on the verandah.

 

We are sailing on the Noordam next year (5/9 - 5/23) to Alaska. Will you be on with us?

[Crew News]

I fill a steel thermos with hot coffee from the Lido Restaurant before retiring for the evening. It is still hot when we awaken and before room service arrives.

[cccole]

It's half/and/half. We checked. We would write "cream for 4" on the room service menu the night before because DH uses a ton. Then if we had any left over we just kept it in the fridge.

 

Thank you to you and Sapper1. I love my morning coffee, especially on the veranda of a cruise ship, but I do get a bit cranky if it is accompanied with the fake stuff which I will not use. Cherie

[shops54]

Sadly, I am dairy sensitive; whey, lactose, casein. I do hope they have a non-dairy option. I would think our Jewish friends would also require it.