Room service and to go food

[Kingofwylietx]

it's midnight or two AM and I just want to grab some wings and go back to my cabin or suite to eat them.

 

They have buffalo style chicken wings?!?! Good grief, my wife is going to be thrilled. She loves extra spicy wings.

[bbryan5]

They have buffalo style chicken wings?!?!

 

They sure do:D:D

[sparks1093]

I don't get -If one has the UDP, can't you just go back numerous times that evening/week going to different specialty restaurants especially for dessert? The reason why I asking, is that majority of doomsayers on CC have the UDP anyway, so there's technically no reason to have leftovers because you can always go back and get it. I can see the people who don't have the UDP, wanting to take leftovers but then again, one shouldn't be a light eater going to specialty restaurant anyway...

 

Same thing with O'Sheenan's - its open 24 hours plus the general menu doesn't change just like the specialty restaurants. I really don't see the big deal here....[emoji52]

 

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So, it's not a big deal to you. Does that mean that other people can't be concerned about it? As I recall you said that the room service charge didn't bother you because you could just pop up to the buffet and bring your food back making the room service charge easy to avoid. It isn't looking so easy to avoid now.

[Leavethekidswithmom]

They have buffalo style chicken wings?!?! Good grief, my wife is going to be thrilled. She loves extra spicy wings.

 

 

Or that's what they call them, don't get your hopes up but they fill the spot!

[maywell]

So, it's not a big deal to you. Does that mean that other people can't be concerned about it? As I recall you said that the room service charge didn't bother you because you could just pop up to the buffet and bring your food back making the room service charge easy to avoid. It isn't looking so easy to avoid now.

How about this rumor being proven 1st? Because, how is NCL going to stop people from going to buffet and then outdoor seating right outside the buffet doors or upstairs/where outdoor grill is? Hmm, think about that for a second before going Chicken Little - pondering minds would like to know.....Let alone to their rooms or elsewhere on the ship.

 

Edit- Doom & Gloom forgot that obvious glaring fact about the buffet /grill outdoor seating

 

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Edited April 27, 2015 by maywell

[maywell]

Someone on the Epic confirmed it

The Epic in Europe that ruled by different governing laws - how about the other ships sailing from United States? Did any passengers from those ships confirm that NCL is doing it fleetwide, as well?

 

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Edited April 27, 2015 by maywell

[sparks1093]

How about this rumor being proven 1st? Because, how is NCL going to stop people from going to buffet and then outdoor seating right outside the buffet doors or upstairs/where outdoor grill is? Hmm, think about that for a second before going Chicken Little - pondering minds would like to know.....Let alone to their rooms or elsewhere on the ship.

 

Edit- Doom & Gloom forgot that obvious glaring fact about the buffet /grill outdoor seating

 

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Yes, there are holes in their policy just as there are holes in many of their policies but that doesn't change the underlying policy. Again, I get that you don't see it as a big deal but your saying it isn't a big deal doesn't make it so to those that do care about it (and by itself it isn't a big deal but in the bigger picture it takes on new meaning but I know, you don't see it that way. C'est la vie {that's French for *shrug*}).

Edited April 27, 2015 by sparks1093

[missdixie]

Well I have always liked to snack on my balcony. From room service or get it myself. Will I have to be sneaky?

[NMLady]

Find it incredible that you would want to take left overs away with you. Isn't there enough food onboard ?

 

We take some of leftovers because we hate to waste food. We eat them instead of another meal. It depends on what kind of leftovers.

[restasured]

I will continue to head to the buffet in the morning, get breakfast for myself and my wife, and bring it back to our cabin. If true, it's a stupid rule and I will refuse to follow it. The crew will have to forcefully knock my eggs and bacon on the floor to stop me :D:D:D

 

Yep, that is what makes cruising such a fun experience, people that refuse to follow the rules. NOT

[searoses]

I will be sad....my husband brings me fruit,a hard boiled egg and a cafe mocha for breakfast in bed....he loves doing it.....I hate getting up before I have to and not keen on breakfast but with all the swimming and snorkeling have to have something.....would not bring back leftovers...maybe a dessert that doesn't require refridgeration...let's hope that at least the buffet will be exempt.....almost all of the rumors have,unfortunately,m turned out to be true...

[SissasMomE]

I will be sad....my husband brings me fruit,a hard boiled egg and a cafe mocha for breakfast in bed....he loves doing it.....I hate getting up before I have to and not keen on breakfast but with all the swimming and snorkeling have to have something.....would not bring back leftovers...maybe a dessert that doesn't require refridgeration...let's hope that at least the buffet will be exempt.....almost all of the rumors have,unfortunately,m turned out to be true...

 

That is just absurd. There is no reason he cannot continue to do so. What are they going to do - block his way?? LOL

[Trevor Fountain]

Something I don't get is those that order a dessert knowing they are too full to eat it. Then they want to take it back to their room.

Would you eat in a restaurant back home, order a dessert and take it home?

Just sound like a bunch of slobs to me. Not like there isn't tons of food to be had 24 hrs a day on board.

[mintsugarcube]

I just don't get why some of the posters here are so opinionated about what other people eat! I don't give a damn about when you poop or how often you blow your nose, so stay out of my mouth!!

 

Fully plan on going up to the buffet with a CLEAN NEW tray (just in case some of you think it might be an old dirty one) and bringing back whatever the heck I want for breakfast back down to my cabin. I don't plan on wasting any of it, but God forbid if I don't eat my last bite of toast :eek: feel free to eat it yourself ;)

 

..and then I'll follow you around the ship for the rest of the cruise and point out all of my opinions about what you do "wrong." And you will welcome my opinions about as much as I welcome yours! :p

[sparks1093]

Something I don't get is those that order a dessert knowing they are too full to eat it. Then they want to take it back to their room.

Would you eat in a restaurant back home, order a dessert and take it home?

Just sound like a bunch of slobs to me. Not like there isn't tons of food to be had 24 hrs a day on board.

 

I have known people to order a desert to go in a restaurant on land, it's not at all unheard of (I have also known people to order a meal to go to take back to someone that couldn't join them). And as pointed out some, people don't like to waste food and knowing that they will eat it later they want to take it with them. Since it's food that is included in the cruise fare or paid for in a specialty restaurant and therefore purchased by the passenger why does NCL care where said food is consumed?

[newmexicoNita]

Just saw this on another site

 

 

"I am on the Gem right now. I asked at guest services about this and they told me the room service charge will go into effect next cruise (May 2) and it is true that restaurants will no longer let you take leftovers back to your cabin or have them sent there."

 

Geri

 

thanks for the update; did you ask about the cost, is it 7.95, 4.95 or something different?

[newmexicoNita]

Great. Another "my barbers uncle who is cruising right now posted...." thread that will develop legs of it's own and be written in stone on the pyramids.

 

Why do people bother to post this stuff? It's just hearsay gossiping that serves no purpose.

 

thanks for a reaslistic approach. I am glad op posted what he/she had been told, but until we see the policy in print it is nothing but gossip. Though I can't, personally imagine anyone bothering with a doggy bag, I am not judging: I just wonder how accurate a statement is about not bringing anything back to the cabin. On the other hand I can understand NCLs reason for discouraging this practice.

[LadySpoilt]

Something I don't get is those that order a dessert knowing they are too full to eat it. Then they want to take it back to their room.

Would you eat in a restaurant back home, order a dessert and take it home?

Just sound like a bunch of slobs to me. Not like there isn't tons of food to be had 24 hrs a day on board.

 

Yes, I would and have ordered a dessert at a restaurant and taken it home to eat. More than once I have wanted that "piece of chocolate cake" but at that moment (right after a meal) have I felt to full to completely enjoy it......so YEP I have ordered it, had it boxed up and taken it home for a snack later when I can fully enjoy it. So you think that makes me a slob???

 

And as for taking something back to the room like cookies or cake back from the buffet or restaurant, you are darn right I will. Before I would have ordered it from room service.....however since NCL has decided that its going to be 7.95 (or whatever it is) to have a cookie or piece of cake delivered to my room.....I will simply take it there myself.....to enjoy whenever I want it.

[Trevor Fountain]

Yes, I would and have ordered a dessert at a restaurant and taken it home to eat. More than once I have wanted that "piece of chocolate cake" but at that moment (right after a meal) have I felt to full to completely enjoy it......so YEP I have ordered it, had it boxed up and taken it home for a snack later when I can fully enjoy it. So you think that makes me a slob???

 

And as for taking something back to the room like cookies or cake back from the buffet or restaurant, you are darn right I will. Before I would have ordered it from room service.....however since NCL has decided that its going to be 7.95 (or whatever it is) to have a cookie or piece of cake delivered to my room.....I will simply take it there myself.....to enjoy whenever I want it.

Thanks for that. I live and learn. How the other half live.

Taking it away from a land based restaurant doesn't make you a slob in my eyes, just something I haven't seen. However I do think it's a bit slobbish to take away from ships restaurants, when there is food available 24 hrs.

As for the attitude of another poster, along the lines of I paid for the udp so I'll have it, well says it all really.

[sparks1093]

Thanks for that. I live and learn. How the other half live.

Taking it away from a land based restaurant doesn't make you a slob in my eyes, just something I haven't seen. However I do think it's a bit slobbish to take away from ships restaurants, when there is food available 24 hrs.

As for the attitude of another poster, along the lines of I paid for the udp so I'll have it, well says it all really.

 

If you are referring to my post I do want to point out that that isn't my attitude at all (unless we are discussing taking food from the buffet to the cabin, since I do that in order to bring breakfast in bed to my sweetie), but I do know people that do have that attitude and they are more than civilized an not slobs at all.

 

Again I ask, since the customer has paid for it in one fashion or another why do you or the cruise line care where that food is consumed? Shouldn't matter a bit, nor should their motivation for wanting to eat it elsewhere.

[Trevor Fountain]

If you are referring to my post I do want to point out that that isn't my attitude at all (unless we are discussing taking food from the buffet to the cabin, since I do that in order to bring breakfast in bed to my sweetie), but I do know people that do have that attitude and they are more than civilized an not slobs at all.

 

Again I ask, since the customer has paid for it in one fashion or another why do you or the cruise line care where that food is consumed? Shouldn't matter a bit, nor should their motivation for wanting to eat it elsewhere.

It doesn't matter to me. I am just openly expressing my thoughts on the subject. I try to stick to the rules and if I don't like them I take my future business elsewhere.

To hear people coming up with their "ideas" on flouting these rules is quite amusing.

When the room service fee was announced I wasn't happy as I had paid in full. Plenty of people here then sprang to the defence of NCL and either agreed they would pay, or would bring food back from the buffet. Now that is becoming an issue, we'll have to wait and see where this thread goes, but it is amuseing.

TBF I should point out that I have upgraded to a suite, so I couldn't care less. I also realise that this is a terrible attitude, but the way NCL have implemented changes in the last few weeks, I doubt I'll be back.

[Dorhead1230]

I have read thread after thread about all of the NCL changes and remained largely silent. I try to stay as positive as I can on these boards and also to avoid being flamed, as I have enough stress in the real world and don't need it here. Go through my past posts if you don't believe me...I am usually a little ray of sunshine :p or, at least, someone who just tries to get and give useful information.

 

However, when I am on the Breakaway this summer, if anyone tries to tell me that I cannot take a plate of snacks back from the buffet to enjoy on my large, lovely aft balcony, they are going to encounter a stereotypical loud Italian New York crazy woman...I'm talking the stuff legends are made of.

 

NCL can raise fees, add charges, etc. and, while I may not agree with the way in which they were implemented, I'll deal with them as services that I may or may not choose to use. However, I will definitely not be told when or where I can consume a plate of cheese, fruit, pretzel rolls, etc. that I paid for, along with the balcony that I paid for in order to relax how I want to, which...oh my GAWD...might include with some darn cheese.

 

By the way, I totally understand that it is not confirmed whether people have actually had problems with taking food from the buffet to enjoy in other places, but in case it arises as an actual issue, I just felt the need to do some advance venting...and also to plan the Mission Impossible-style maneuvers by which I will evade the pretzel roll police. Rant over...returning to optimism now :D.

[sparks1093]

It doesn't matter to me. I am just openly expressing my thoughts on the subject. I try to stick to the rules and if I don't like them I take my future business elsewhere.

To hear people coming up with their "ideas" on flouting these rules is quite amusing.

When the room service fee was announced I wasn't happy as I had paid in full. Plenty of people here then sprang to the defence of NCL and either agreed they would pay, or would bring food back from the buffet. Now that is becoming an issue, we'll have to wait and see where this thread goes, but it is amuseing.

TBF I should point out that I have upgraded to a suite, so I couldn't care less. I also realise that this is a terrible attitude, but the way NCL have implemented changes in the last few weeks, I doubt I'll be back.

 

You and I aren't too far off in our thinking. If this is the rule then it's NCL's job to enforce it and I know that I would comply with it, even if it means not bringing something back to the cabin from the buffet as I've usually done in the past. My wait and see attitude is slowly changing though with each change, which saddens me because NCL has given me some great memories.

[Trevor Fountain]

You and I aren't too far off in our thinking. If this is the rule then it's NCL's job to enforce it and I know that I would comply with it, even if it means not bringing something back to the cabin from the buffet as I've usually done in the past. My wait and see attitude is slowly changing though with each change, which saddens me because NCL has given me some great memories.

Let's hope the changes settle down and things are eventually better than they appear right now. I wish you many more great memories.

Edited April 28, 2015 by Trevor Fountain
My appalling grammar.

[Cauzneffct]

Assuming arguendo that this policy is/will be implemented, it strikes me as bizarre. I really doubt that NCL is concerned with food waste given the copious amounts of food they provide and toss; they provide room service, so it clearly isn't about wanting to prevent food from entering the rooms. Seems to me the only rationale is to force people into ordering room service and, thus, pay the fees.