Rare Lois R Posted January 21, 2005 #51 Share Posted January 21, 2005 hi Mcboo:) ........who knows, one of these days maybe I will be able to afford Seabourn.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcboo Posted January 21, 2005 #52 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Lois, When Seabourn has a sale you cant beat the prices. Remember they are all suites and all inclusive including liquor and tips. Also their single rate run of the ship starts at 110% not the 200% percent on most lines should you need it. Keep an eye out for those great deals. mcboo:):):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefajax Posted January 24, 2005 #53 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Hi to All..... I thought this thread was funny. As a chef myself, I find food is VERY subjective (no slight to mrsfanci, who has excellant taste :)) I find that each line has its highs and lows. Crystal has excellant fine dining, but their burgers are not the greatest. Princess has the desserts I love, but the buffet is marginal. Royal Carib does a wonderful job on Northern European faire and Burgers but their desserts are poor(slight to them for that low budget of around $1.00 per day, per passenger) Carnival has nice presentation, but lacks strength in flavors. HAL has excellant breads, but cutbacks in the food quality are showing. So to say who is the best is up to the individual............Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cotto22 Posted January 29, 2005 #54 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Of Cunard, Norwegian and Radisson, Radisson has the freshest and best seafood. Great bread too!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmeister Posted January 29, 2005 #55 Share Posted January 29, 2005 I agree with chefajax that different lines have different strengths in food service, but my overall choice would be Celebrity, for both food quality and service. We've also tried RCCL and Princess and we're about to try Carnival. We're encouraged by the good things we read on these boards about the way Carnival has improved. Our first cruise was 1992, and then we didn't start cruising again until 1999. On all lines, we've found that food quality has slid over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CateW Posted February 6, 2005 #56 Share Posted February 6, 2005 We've sailed on Radisson, Celebrity, RCCL, NCL and most recently HAL. We have a Crystal cruise coming up in March and from what I've read, that's supposed to be fabulous - I can't say anything bad about any of them; they were all wonderful at the time. I love to cook, especially on the weekends but always look forward to kicking back and being served rather than being the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickilynn223 Posted February 7, 2005 #57 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Having sailed with RCCL, Princess and Costa, I have to say the best food so far for us, has been on the Costa Mediterranea. We are cruising on the Carnival Destiny 3 weeks from today, so we will see who will be #1 with us after that. Vicki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbie9703 Posted February 17, 2005 #58 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Epikure75 Do you have a pug? I love your icon. I have one too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosun Posted February 23, 2005 #59 Share Posted February 23, 2005 Princess grand has the best pizza! Someday we hope to go with her again (just for the pizza)! We ate it every morning when they opened at 11 and again as a late afternoon snack:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daw6id Posted March 3, 2005 #60 Share Posted March 3, 2005 I vote Radisson. As a veteran of RCCL and Renaissance, Radisson Mariner blew our socks off with 7 days of meals of very good NY restaurant quality, coupled with superior service. The cream of blueberry soup for lunch was to die for, and both meals in Signatures, the fancy restaurant [at no extra charge!] were outstanding. The corned beef hash at breakfast, the rack of lamb, the smoked salmon appetizer all get me salivating eight months later! Touring the galley was a pleasure too. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzikim Posted March 6, 2005 #61 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Hello all, I'm going on my very first cruise next week, on the Maasdam. I was wanting to know if any of you know anything about the Dutch High Tea that they have once per cruise. I've read online about it, but, I forget where. Also, I've read alot of posts where you've said that the food is going downhill. Did I just waste a boat load :) of money? Thanks, Kim Cleveland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird71 Posted March 17, 2005 #62 Share Posted March 17, 2005 I was on the old Celebrity Horizon and out of fifteen cruise they were the ONLY cruiseline with hot breads at dinner.. I do not know why the others do not serve bread warm... LOL then there was the breakfast buffet on the RSSC Mariner :p:p I just got off the last leg of the around South American cruise and maybe it was a supply problem but they had a thing for Cambell's Baked Beans on the breakfast buffet. That I could live with,,,, BUT every morning they had a special of the day.. one morning it was Huevos Rancheros..Well something is lost in the translation when it is made with Cambell's Baked Beans :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mslvp7 Posted March 19, 2005 #63 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Surprised to hear anything good about NCL food - after the first night, we reserved the Bistro for the remaining nites of the cruise. Bristo was 10 out of 10. I think we were on the NCL Wind (to Alaska in '01) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mslvp7 Posted March 19, 2005 #64 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Does anyone know which cruise lines still offer the midnight buffet every night? I know that Carnival still does, but is this becoming a thing of the past? Also, does any cruise line offer 24/7 pizza except Carnival? Thanks for the info, I just love this site and the boards. cmccauley Last 2 cruises I've been on, NCL & Princess had 1 midnite buffet on the entire trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artvlay Posted March 26, 2005 #65 Share Posted March 26, 2005 Someone mentioned that they like pizza onboard the best. The best by far was HAL Zuiderdam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caribcruzin Posted March 27, 2005 #66 Share Posted March 27, 2005 I vote for Creme Brulee!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaBelle Posted April 8, 2005 #67 Share Posted April 8, 2005 Is everything on the Carnival Room Service menu available 24/7? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celbercrz333 Posted April 11, 2005 #68 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I've been on Celebrity Zenith and Carnival Fascination, so my choice is limited. Celebrity had equisite french cuisine. The pastries were outstanding. Carnival looked like they opened a box of Sara Lee and pulled out some pastries. In all fairness, we did a 3 night cruise on Carnival and opted NOT to do the formal dining room, so we can't compare the food there. As for the lunch in the casual dining room, they had servers give you a slice of whichever pastry you wanted and then informal dinner had "leftovers" for dessert. Ok, now you know I'm a sugar junkie, but with Celebrity you could take whatever dessert you wanted on a buffet and as much as you wanted. Overall, we just liked Celebrity better. Would we do another Carnival cruise? Not sure. Would we do another Celebrity cruise, definitely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane110 Posted April 12, 2005 #69 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I've been on Celebrity, Princess, Oceania, HAL and NCL. In my experience, the best food overall was on Oceania. The worst food was on HAL's Maasdam. Dinner was barely passable (overcooked fish, tough steak, waterlogged crab legs) and the lunch buffet was downright awful.......sauerkraut w/ russian dressing is not a dish in my book! For non-dining room fare - Princess has the best pizza I've ever eaten on a ship. (as well as a fantastic soup selection in the dining room) Oceania has the best poolside burgers and room service selection. Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bldsld Posted April 13, 2005 #70 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I have to agree with McBoo and Cruisecrazeyone: Seabourn, Seabourn and Seabourn, without hesitation!!! In high second place is Silversea, also excellent. Unlike other posters, however, I found Crystal disappointing. Denyse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleacat Posted June 1, 2005 #71 Share Posted June 1, 2005 We like HAL best, NCL used to be good but last time was awful. Were on Princess last year, had to be the worst food we'd ever had on a cruise ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2vacation Posted June 4, 2005 #72 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Is everything on the Carnival Room Service menu available 24/7? Thanks in advance. We were on the Carnival Miracle last year and room service was 24/7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2vacation Posted June 4, 2005 #73 Share Posted June 4, 2005 As long as I don't have to cook it, serve it, or clean up after it, I'm good to go on most any food. Having only been on 2 cruises in the past I would have to say that RC was better overall, however I think the buffet on the Miracle was better and had more choices especially for desserts. My husband disagrees about the buffet comment because on RC they would grill him a steak of choice at the buffet. Cruising has ruined me for any restaurants on land!:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportStarMarc Posted June 22, 2005 #74 Share Posted June 22, 2005 For all of you carnival fans, the Chicken Satay is to die for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June Bug Posted July 7, 2005 #75 Share Posted July 7, 2005 First I have to say that both dining rooms in the evening were pretty comparable. We really thought both lines did dinner very well. I felt that Carnival's desserts were better though as Princess seemed very bland with desserts. The Carnival buffet for lunch wins hands down. The Golden Princess buffet was just awful...we were so disappointed. I can't tell you how much pizza we ate on that last Princess cruise...and what was worse, was if we were too tired to change to go to the dining room at night after an excursion...we were forced to have the buffet as the only other option....No (FRESH) pizza or burgers after 7pm on Princess!!!!!!!! You got some left over pizza cut into little cubes and burgers and hot dogs that looked to be left over from lunch...YUCK! So if you cruise the Golden, just be sure to eat in the dining room each night...there you won't be disappointed! June Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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