New to Royal. Specialty dining question.

[aricczona]

I have pre-paid and booked specialty dining on my upcoming Explorer cruise to Alaska. I know when you dine in the MDR you can order multiple appetizers, entrees, desserts. However, I am wondering how it works in the specialty restaurants. I have reserved dinner at Chops and Giovanni's. The menus look great. However, I am having difficulty narrowing down the options on the appetizers. Can you order more than one?

[Clarea]

You can order multiple appetizers and desserts, but only one entree is included. Extra cost for extra entrees.

[halfapair]

Also, at Giovannis you can order half-orders of the pastas. We ordered several different half-orders and shared them. Too many things looked really good and we couldn't decide. So we basically sampled quite a few different pastas. Yum!

[aricczona]

Thanks, it was unclear when I booked the reservation. Going to take a bit to get my sea legs on Royal. Much more pre-planning than I am used to.

[xranger39]

At Giovanni's the waiters will also bring you additional small plates of other entrees if you have a hard time deciding. Was on Allure two weeks ago and it was a great dining experience.

 

 

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[JoyMouse]

Also, at Giovannis you can order half-orders of the pastas. We ordered several different half-orders and shared them. Too many things looked really good and we couldn't decide. So we basically sampled quite a few different pastas. Yum!

 

 

 

Thanks for sharing that hint. I only eat at specialty restaurants when cruising solo and usually end up skipping the soup course and still leaving too full. This is good to know.

 

 

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[Merion_Mom]

Thanks, it was unclear when I booked the reservation. Going to take a bit to get my sea legs on Royal. Much more pre-planning than I am used to.

 

There is basically very very little that you can pre-plan on the Explorer.

 

You have chosen a specialty dining package. For that, you only have to pick a first night dining time.

 

What else are you "pre-planning"?

[aricczona]

I did not purchase a dining plan. I bought "First night done right". I actually booked and chose my time slots for my time dining. I did not choose traditional set time due to the long days in port. Also, I purchased and had to choose time slots for lunch and a dinner at Chops as well as a dinner at Giovanni's. So yes, there was some planning and coordinating to select the times that worked well within the parameters of the itinerary.

Edited July 14, 2017 by aricczona