GROUCHPUSS Posted December 31, 2018 #1 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Carnival to charge for all room service! Starting mid January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoDidly Posted December 31, 2018 #2 Share Posted December 31, 2018 No surprise here, but that's not the only change coming . Thanks' for bringing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MississippiMom Posted December 31, 2018 #3 Share Posted December 31, 2018 10 minutes ago, GROUCHPUSS said: Carnival to charge for all room service! Starting mid January. I never, personally, used room service, but I know people who do. It is disappointing that it will no longer be a free option on Carnival. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie717 Posted December 31, 2018 #4 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Disappointing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blarko Posted December 31, 2018 #5 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Even thought there are plenty of free food options available, this news is disappointing. Where was this announced? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbtbear Posted December 31, 2018 #6 Share Posted December 31, 2018 John Heald's post, where I assume you got this from, clearly said that continental breakfast room service will still be free. Just sayin'... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickrate Posted December 31, 2018 #7 Share Posted December 31, 2018 You would have thought if they decided to charge for room service, they could have come up with a new menu with better options! Pat 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Shoes2Go Posted December 31, 2018 #8 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Less waste and trays in the hallway. We seldom use RS, but happy coffee and danish are still available. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1025cruise Posted December 31, 2018 #9 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I cruised on RCI last year. Outside of breakfast, room service did have a charge. Its sad to see this becoming the norm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lccruiser Posted December 31, 2018 #10 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I personally don't use room service.... but Carnival just keep taking away things and charging more 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanmarcosman Posted December 31, 2018 #11 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) John drops the bad news yet reminds everyone to tip the room service staff well. John misses the fact that room service orders will be so few that staffing will be reduced and those laid off will make zero tips. Christine Duffy got her year-end salary "kicker" with this move. The Bottomless Bubbles program will be increased $1 per day effective at midnight tonight. Edited December 31, 2018 by sanmarcosman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n6uqqq Posted December 31, 2018 #12 Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) And the hits just keep on coming! Pretty soon beds will be optional 🤣 Edited December 31, 2018 by n6uqqq 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audcc77 Posted December 31, 2018 #13 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I never really minded if hot food showed up at my door “room temp.” Meh, what are you going to do? Ask for a refund? That changes now. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyree39 Posted December 31, 2018 #14 Share Posted December 31, 2018 At least Carnival isn't the line we're always using. I predict we'll be using it less and less. And less. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakersdozen12 Posted December 31, 2018 #15 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Correction: no, not all room service. The continental breakfast items are still free; there will be no charge for them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRockCruiser Posted December 31, 2018 #16 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Like others here, I don't use room service, but now I really won't even think of it. It must be annoying for those that do "need" to use it, like one lady who commented on JH's post that her young daughter takes afternoon naps in the cabin, and this is how she (the Mom) would get some food while the young-one slept. Also don't use bottomless bubbles, and the new price isn't really all that much if you typically drink 7 or eight sodas a day, but it is more than the inflation rate. I wonder what else is next? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purvis1231 Posted December 31, 2018 #17 Share Posted December 31, 2018 We rarely use room service so this is no big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micahs Grandad Posted December 31, 2018 #18 Share Posted December 31, 2018 And to think JH used to make fun of RCCL for nickel and diming. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted December 31, 2018 #19 Share Posted December 31, 2018 12 minutes ago, Micah's Grandad said: And to think JH used to make fun of RCCL for nickel and diming. Not only JH, but also a few posters here who are thinking now about how to phrase the requisite "this option is a good thing" response. I'm pretty disappointed, although not surprised. What's next? 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapi Posted December 31, 2018 #20 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Carnival is just following what other major cruise lines are doing. I’m actually surprised that they didn’t do this before. We just returned from a Med cruise on the MSC Meraviglia. Same thing there. The only free thing was continental breakfast. Even in their Aurea suites they charged for room service. That, in my opinion, is like charging passengers flying first class for their inflight meal. Next: Guy’s Burgers and Iguana Cantina for a fee. Wait for it.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted December 31, 2018 #21 Share Posted December 31, 2018 15 minutes ago, bury me at sea said: I'm pretty disappointed, although not surprised. What's next? paying for the TV networks, and we'd do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted December 31, 2018 #22 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Just now, coevan said: paying for the TV networks, and we'd do it I think we're going to see most, if not all, alternative food stations changing to for-charge establishments. Fish and Chips, decent fried seafood, morphed into the Seafood Shack, for an extra charge. I won't be particularly upset if the over cooked, dry Guy's hamburgers move this direction, but I enjoy most of the other included alternatives. Watering down the cruising experience, nickel-diming, regardless of what it's called, the trajectory is pretty much a constant downward slope. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobikins Posted December 31, 2018 #23 Share Posted December 31, 2018 That's pretty disappointing. We use it every morning for coffee and toast, and at least a couple days in the afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljd Posted January 1, 2019 #24 Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 hour ago, GROUCHPUSS said: Carnival to charge for all room service! Starting mid January. Does any one have any version of this that is actually legible? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted January 1, 2019 #25 Share Posted January 1, 2019 you must have missed the part about breakfast was still free 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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