We eat most of our meals in the buffet or casual dining, etc anymore because of how long service takes in the MDR. We arent' interested currently in the 2 hour dinner. We like to be done in 30 minutes and then move on to something else. In the MDR there are people still handling you food, several of them in fact, but I think overall I did prefer right after covid when they were dishing out to your specs. Seemed more overall sanitary.
On the Sky in December, the ice dispensers in the buffet were not working consistently at all, to the point they were putting ice in trays and it was self serve to get your ice. Saw many adults and children reaching in either with hands and grabbing ice, or dipping their cups into the ice instead of using the tongs. I complained to servers, nothing got fixed. If a server was getting ice for your table, he was getting it from the same place. I now bring my own ice and drink to the buffet if the dispenser is broken.