New Room Service Menus - Large and Legible (huge pics)

[hpecorari]

Many RS questions still unanswered. So do they add the $7.95 convenience fee to the $5.00 pizzas, making the total $12.95, plus of course the 18% gratuity and service charge fee on the total? But, if you order your pizza from somewhere else on the ship, like the pool deck, you would only incur the $5.00 charge?

 

And what about if you order your sandwich after 12am. Is it 7.95 plus the fee for wee hour orders ( 3.95?) tacked on? Plus the 18% auto grat of course on all the fees.

 

Since they deliver the pizza anywhere on the ship for $5.00 I think they're going to get many calls saying, "Please deliver a pizza to deck 10 by the elevator, please deliver a pizza to deck 9 by the stairs, please deliver the pizza to the hallway in front of room XXXX.

 

Harriet

[kcfoxy]

Some positives: Thank you for posting such a highly legible menu.

I am glad to see an expanded room service menu, as the previous one was pretty bare bones, unless you are used to/prefer a Continental Breakfast :p

 

The hot breakfast choices are one we enjoyed as Suite passengers.

Unfortunately, we now require AC cabins, and for our next cruise, not available above mini (non) suite level. As a diabetic, protein is the key thing for maintaining reasonably level blood sugar readings for my Type 2 diet & exercise controlled variety.

 

It appears that they have also forwarded what looks to be pretty much the (former) "Always Available" or now "Classic" portion of the MDR menus...

Will this help with the increased wait time, reduced staffing situation in the MDRs overall? Hard to tell, but a nice alternative when you don't have a butler or aren't in the mood to schlepp chow back to your stateroom from the Buffet.

 

I believe that the Always Available $5 large pizza is different from the Personal Size pizza where you can have a bit more choice in your toppings. It would seem that the delivered anywhere cardboard & grease sort does not incur an additional fee, even if ordered in the wee hours of the morning. :cool:

 

A question or two. Right now we've been told that the $7.95 Breakaway and $4.95 Getaway charges are a form of market testing (or threshold tolerance).

 

Are the full hot menus, (sans specialty items so marked), available now on all other NCL ships? And at no (thus far) charge?

 

If the true Continental type items (coffee, tea, milk, juice, pastries, cold cereals), were kept free of charge and other non-specialty menu choices posed a nominal fee 5 a.m. to midnight, how would that sit...especially if posted in advance, and in a large enough font that most of us might read of it without high power magnification? ;)

[richstowe]

Isn't this a copy of the trial menu that they used before deciding that if $4.95 is good ,$7.95 is better?:eek: Also isn't there a limit of how many items you can now order at this low low low price ?

I LIKE THIS! For only $4.95 I can have food for four delivered to my cabin! Between us that will be a pizza, four burgers, two BLTs, and a few side items! In a heart beat I would pay $4.95 for the convenience of sitting on my butt out on my balcony while someone else brings us all food.

Good .You have you wish as you are no longer allowed to bring food to your own cabin .

Or you are if it's a snack . Or maybe not . It keeps changing.

Edited May 9, 2015 by richstowe

[Cuizer2]

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=6382

 

(5:15 p.m. EDT) -- Norwegian Cruise Line has reversed a policy prohibiting passengers from taking food from restaurants to their cabins, effective immediately, President and Chief Operating Officer Andy Stuart told Cruise Critic.

 

The decision came in response to feedback from Norwegian's passengers, who were unhappy with the concept when it rolled out earlier this month. At that time, Norwegian said it had asked passengers to refrain from taking food from restaurants, including the main buffet, to eat elsewhere in the interest of keeping its cruise ships clean.

 

When the new rule went public, multiple threads were launched on the Cruise Critic message boards. Community members speculated, among other things, that the policy was an effort to force passengers to pay a newly instituted $7.95 room service fee if they wanted to eat in their cabins.

 

The reality, said Stuart, is the timing was coincidental.

 

"It was more about the guest experience, not about room service," Stuart said.

 

In fact, the decision to ban food came after Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. President and CEO Frank Del Rio sailed a Norwegian ship and noticed numerous dishes in the hallways, as well as passengers carrying plates loaded with food, sloshing over the sides and onto the carpet, Stuart said. When Del Rio returned from his cruise, he spoke with Stuart, and they decided to ask passengers not to transport food.

 

Stuart said the conversation lasted about 2 minutes. There was no motive, he added, except "how do we fix this issue?"

 

The passionate response came as a surprise, said Stuart, adding the topic is "clearly important to guests." The cruise line has reverted to the previous policy; passengers can once again carry out food from all restaurants.

 

Further, crew onboard will fix the problem Del Rio identified by making more regular sweeps through corridors, picking up dishes and cleaning up spills.

 

"Obviously, this was an emotive issue for people," Stuart said.

 

Stuart lamented the fact some of the great things Norwegian Cruise Line has rolled out have been lost in the discussion of the policy. In particular, Stuart cited the success the line has seen on its ships since it eliminated the cover charge for its Asian restaurants -- 12 venues across its 13 ships. The number of diners in these restaurants averages 250 a night, up from 50.

 

He also pointed to the variety -- and volume -- of add-on deals Norwegian has offered, saying items such as a complimentary Ultimate Beverage Package or Ultimate Dining Package create value that makes cruising a more inclusive product.

 

"The number [of people] who booked during this time period, with a much more inclusive product than ever before, is astounding," Stuart said. Also this year, Norwegian announced, beginning in 2016, Norwegian Sky will be fully inclusive, allowing passengers to pay one fare that includes items like beverages and alternative dining.

 

--By Colleen McDaniel, Managing Editor

[tvguy72]

http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=6382

 

 

 

(5:15 p.m. EDT) -- Norwegian Cruise Line has reversed a policy prohibiting passengers from taking food from restaurants to their cabins, effective immediately, President and Chief Operating Officer Andy Stuart told Cruise Critic.

 

 

 

The decision came in response to feedback from Norwegian's passengers, who were unhappy with the concept when it rolled out earlier this month. At that time, Norwegian said it had asked passengers to refrain from taking food from restaurants, including the main buffet, to eat elsewhere in the interest of keeping its cruise ships clean.

 

 

 

When the new rule went public, multiple threads were launched on the Cruise Critic message boards. Community members speculated, among other things, that the policy was an effort to force passengers to pay a newly instituted $7.95 room service fee if they wanted to eat in their cabins.

 

 

 

The reality, said Stuart, is the timing was coincidental.

 

 

 

"It was more about the guest experience, not about room service," Stuart said.

 

 

 

In fact, the decision to ban food came after Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. President and CEO Frank Del Rio sailed a Norwegian ship and noticed numerous dishes in the hallways, as well as passengers carrying plates loaded with food, sloshing over the sides and onto the carpet, Stuart said. When Del Rio returned from his cruise, he spoke with Stuart, and they decided to ask passengers not to transport food.

 

 

 

Stuart said the conversation lasted about 2 minutes. There was no motive, he added, except "how do we fix this issue?"

 

 

 

The passionate response came as a surprise, said Stuart, adding the topic is "clearly important to guests." The cruise line has reverted to the previous policy; passengers can once again carry out food from all restaurants.

 

 

 

Further, crew onboard will fix the problem Del Rio identified by making more regular sweeps through corridors, picking up dishes and cleaning up spills.

 

 

 

"Obviously, this was an emotive issue for people," Stuart said.

 

 

 

Stuart lamented the fact some of the great things Norwegian Cruise Line has rolled out have been lost in the discussion of the policy. In particular, Stuart cited the success the line has seen on its ships since it eliminated the cover charge for its Asian restaurants -- 12 venues across its 13 ships. The number of diners in these restaurants averages 250 a night, up from 50.

 

 

 

He also pointed to the variety -- and volume -- of add-on deals Norwegian has offered, saying items such as a complimentary Ultimate Beverage Package or Ultimate Dining Package create value that makes cruising a more inclusive product.

 

 

 

"The number [of people] who booked during this time period, with a much more inclusive product than ever before, is astounding," Stuart said. Also this year, Norwegian announced, beginning in 2016, Norwegian Sky will be fully inclusive, allowing passengers to pay one fare that includes items like beverages and alternative dining.

 

 

 

--By Colleen McDaniel, Managing Editor

 

 

I believe it was published in Travel Weekly. Not directly to CC????

[Cuizer2]

I believe it was published in Travel Weekly. Not directly to CC????

 

Take that up with Cruise Critic - not me. Besides which, the article says that Andy Stuart spoke to Cruise Critic.

Edited May 27, 2015 by Cuizer2

[cacj]

At the top of the room service menu posted by the OP, it says $4.95. This seems like the "trial" run menu, not the current RS menu.

 

It lists yogurt....but we have read here that yogurt is not included and the fee is $7.95. So does anyone have a readable RS menu that is CURRENT.

[mking8288]

Harriett posted one of these before, here we go again - try this one in PDF format

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64025118/NCL%20Cruising%20-%20General/RSMenu1.pdf

[hpecorari]

At the top of the room service menu posted by the OP, it says $4.95. This seems like the "trial" run menu, not the current RS menu.

 

It lists yogurt....but we have read here that yogurt is not included and the fee is $7.95. So does anyone have a readable RS menu that is CURRENT.

 

That's an old one. Here's the most current Continental Breakfast Menu:

 

 

Only good until 10 a.m.

 

Harriet

[hpecorari]

Harriett posted one of these before, here we go again - try this one in PDF format

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64025118/NCL%20Cruising%20-%20General/RSMenu1.pdf

 

LOL - I just posted....I should have read ahead!

 

Harriet

[PSULion]

Those wine prices are absurd! I just bought a few Blackstone Merlots at our local Costco on offer at $4.29, I think the regular prices was about $6.50. $35.00 for room service?!?!?! That is a NICE markup!

 

John

[missintuitive]

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