Quite big changes to room service

[Beccafcr]

I bet it won't be long until these changes are fleet wide.

 

 

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[gumbocc1009]

Wow, that is a big change. Good thing WJ is open 24/7 (and hopefully has snacks like cheese and crackers!)

[LBB]

Really, that's all? What am I going to get for my balcony sail-away party? I loved the fruit platter, cheese platter, and maybe some cookies.

[UandMe4Ever]

I bet it won't be long until these changes are fleet wide.

 

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Hi, This is absolutely RIDICULOUS:eek: Just as easy to go to the MDR or Buffet for breakfast for eggs. Soon, they'll make us pay for all our free food (which isn't free as we know). We need to protest....

 

OK I'm protesting...N/C room service unless after midnight and 1 flat rate.

 

First them change smoking policies, now they charge for RS eggs. Soon the air won't be free, they will figure out a way to charge for FRESH air! Sorry I'm ranting, but this bugs me.

[peteukmcr]

Shocking

[OfTheSeasCruiser]

This does't necessarily affect me because I actually prefer to walk up to the Windjammer for breakfast anyway, and sometimes even bring it back to the room, but I find it sort of ridiculous to charge for eggs..(Even if they are cooked "Your Way"! ;):rolleyes: )

Edited November 4, 2014 by OfTheSeasCruiser

[LMaxwell]

I guess I will stick to coffee and some fruit for wake up and never bother with RS again.

 

Someone will pay though and validate the whole exercise for them.

[shutterbug63]

That's such an incredibly limited menu..not like the old one at all. It's a shame.

 

Guess we won't be ordering room service on the FOS when we sail her in 2016 if it goes fleet wide. Why should I pay for something I can walk up to the Windjammer and get for free? Sigh...more nickel and diming...

Edited November 5, 2014 by shutterbug63

[yj2cute]

I would love to hear the reasoning from the cruise line on the reason for these changes. Why now charging for items that were previously no charge.

 

I, for one, will never pay for room service. The ship is not a hotel. There should not be a charge for room service items.

Edited November 5, 2014 by yj2cute

[bmarchal]

If I read this correctly, the only items you have to pay for are the things that come from the "For Fee" restaurants.

[LMaxwell]

If I read this correctly, the only items you have to pay for are the things that come from the "For Fee" restaurants.

 

Yes, but they replaced the things that were not for a fee before. You never had to pay for hamburger on RS menu. Now they made it a "specialty" burger and charge a fee. At one point in time they used to offer chicken wings free too, they are now a "specialty" item.

 

The free offerings have been drastically reduced; you used to be able to make an actual meal out of RS if you wanted. No more; at least not without paying. I'll walk to WJ instead.

[ptf2009]

I did not think that wj was open 24/7

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[LMaxwell]

I did not think that wj was open 24/7

 

For Quantum it has been advertised as being 24 hours; I don't know how much of it is 24 hours or what has been expanded. Hoping to see some info in the live reports on WJ.

[DEIx15x8]

I may be alone in this thinking since I never use room service, but since the WJ is open 24 hours a day and has breakfast all the time I think they should really rethink RS. Instead of a limited selection of free items and a large amount of for fee items, they should have everything available elsewhere on the ship for the usual free or fee listed price and then have a flat RS charge and maybe a small secondary charge per additional item. It doesn't cost them anything extra to make the food since they already do, it's having the people to get the food to the rooms that cost the money. This fee exists whether you are ordering off of the fee or free menu but only one makes helps cover the additional costs involved. Seems like this could help reduce the RS load (and abusers if you have a per item fee) while also opening the menu to a much larger selection. People normally tip so if they build the tip into the fee like the specialty venues do it wouldn't be that big of a change.

[Treacher1]

On sister line Celebrity - room service menu includes more free items and all hot items for breakfast, and hamburgers, etc. for SUITE cabins. Does anyone know if the FREE items have more of a variety in a Quantum suite where you are paying much more for a cabin anyway??

[Brad1185]

What a joke the way they changed the rs menu charging for almost everything. Shame on them. Seems they are trying to charge for food items more and more every way they can

[QuantumCruiserAu]

may i ask please - this is a legitimate question

 

 

is this a good thing or a bad thing? and if so why? i do not understand

[QuantumCruiserAu]

after reading the thread, is it safe to say that RCI are being a bunch of greedy stingy mongrel and now charging for what once was free?

[podgeandrodge]

For Quantum it has been advertised as being 24 hours; I don't know how much of it is 24 hours or what has been expanded. Hoping to see some info in the live reports on WJ.

I'm on board Quantum at moment, windjammer has small area open, I think, at all times. I did manage pork chops at midnight!

[roadburner]

I beg to differ, but a cruise ship IS a hotel. A very large and mostly well run hotel. The ships operations are managed completely separate from the hotel operations. There is a hotel manager and assistant managers. As there is a captain and staff captains. Neither would dream of interfering with the others business. There is also a retail operations manager and a spa manager

[yj2cute]

I beg to differ, but a cruise ship IS a hotel. A very large and mostly well run hotel. The ships operations are managed completely separate from the hotel operations. There is a hotel manager and assistant managers. As there is a captain and staff captains. Neither would dream of interfering with the others business. There is also a retail operations manager and a spa manager

It's not a hotel in the sense that on a cruise you've paid for your meals in advance whereas in a hotel you haven't paid for meals and expect to pay for room service.

[suzyluvs2cruise]

If I read this correctly, the only items you have to pay for are the things that come from the "For Fee" restaurants.

 

Agree.....and, for now, this is only on Quantum. No other ships have the "For Fee" restaurants that Quantum does. Time will tell what happens on other ships.