artlee

thank for the tip

I was the someone and yes they are allowed. The dog was enjoying things in the buffet today.

just to clarify…Indian and British were different nights, lol

honestly, besides fish and chips, nothing looked familiar. I always had thought there was not much food the British were famous for? I didn’t see bangers, lol. As for the cute little furry white dog…..I would be shocked if it was a service dog, but maybe I’m wrong. Maybe undercover? All comfy in a baby stroller. I was curious as to the popularity of Indian food in the USA. (I know it’s a bigger world than just the USA but it’s what google gave me.) It’s in the top 10, number 8. I was surprised so maybe others thought it a good choice.

food is such a subjective thing. What I hate someone else loves, etc. We are currently on the TA to Trieste. This is day 7 of 23 for us. So far we find the food to be average at best. We sailed Riviera in Dec 21 and were generally pleased which encouraged us to take this cruise. So far we have only been in Toscano’s, Grand Dining Room, Waves, and Terrace Cafe. My wife liked her lobster dish in Toscano’s. My veal piccata was tasty but a bit tough. The Terrace Grill has had several Market takeovers where a theme took over the entire cafe — Indian, British Bermuda, etc. the British one ran 2 strait days. Again its personal taste, but not ours. I didn’t realize British food was a thing? We had mexican night, and asian lunch which were fine but nothing special. During Mexican night the grill at Terrace that had fixed steaks/fish/lobster/chicken was replaced with a Churro stand. My wife had had grilled shrimp and lobster there on another night and was looking forward to more but she would be disappointed. Two nights in the main dining room were fine but I can’t say memorable. Two nights we did not find anything on terrace or the main dining room that appealed to us so we had pizza at Waves which turns into a Pizzeria at night. It was excellent!! Today at lunch a passenger was hand feeding her dog in between her own eating. Not a dog owner so maybe this is ok? Overall, I am finding myself question whether the best cuisine at sea is actually pretty close to the standard fair from Princess/Holland/RCL/NCL/etc. I hope the balance of the trip changes our mind. I was going to book the next cruise while on board but having second thoughts. I’m sure others may have a different opinion and I totally get that, but this is ours so far. art

Looks amazing. We board Riviera for our TA in 2 days and can't wait. Thanks for the great post with such positive comments.

Maybe we just hit it on a bad day, but sometimes the Miami airport can be awful. We happened to hit it when it was the worst experience I can recall at an airport. It was a day when several ships had come in and the lines were unbelievable. It would have made it impossible to do anything quickly that day. Thank goodness we did not have a short window to catch our plane. Could have been a one off. IDK

Have a great time! We are on the next one and can't wait

I know it's not exactly the same, but we had one of the "virtual" balcony's on a Celebrity cruise instead of a traditional one and really did not like it. It opened up with the window to the balcony going up or down. UGH. It would be a deal breaker for us. I imagine everyone has their on opinion though. We prefer having a separate space for the balcony and being able to sit out there.

thanks for the feedback. I think my main worry is the more limited food options with the small ships. We typically do longer cruises, especially TA, and wondered if that would be a problem.

We have only sailed on Riviera. We like'd it very much and have a TA coming in March on again, Riviera. As we plan future cruises going forward I am curious if any of you have any thoughts on how the experience changes based on the ship size? Did you find any advantages with the smaller ships or did you find you missed the additional dining options or other things? I know the smaller ships are also older. Is that a factor to consider? Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks