rbschultz Posted January 4, 2017 #401 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I was on Quantum back when Dynamic Dining first started (or a few months after at least). Pros: 1. The ability to choose the restaurants you want to go to along with the times was excellent. 2. Choose whether or not to do formal nights. Don't want to put on a suit/nice clothing? Don't go to The Grande Major Con (for my sailing at least): Not enough staffing. There were piles of dirty dishes in the bussing area, and nobody cleaned them up. It was pretty appalling to look at, but they were still shaking out the kinks. My family enjoyed DD as a whole. It was a nice change from traditional, but wouldn't have been able to see us booking SPECIFICALLY for DD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfan Posted January 4, 2017 #402 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Harmony came out with different styled venues and never had DD.;) Except Harmony was supposed to have DD, same as Oasis and Allure. That's why Oasis and Allure were upgraded to the DD restaurants during their dry docks. It was only later that the decision was made to not do DD on the Oasis class ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moltar Posted January 4, 2017 #403 Share Posted January 4, 2017 There were 7 daily distinct menu for each restaurant on our Aug. '16 Anthem cruise. Therefore, in a week's sail it totaled 27. he menu repeated on the 8th day of our 9 night cruise. Complete BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC1957 Posted January 4, 2017 #404 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I really feel sorry for this dead horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted January 4, 2017 #405 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Except Harmony was supposed to have DD, same as Oasis and Allure. That's why Oasis and Allure were upgraded to the DD restaurants during their dry docks. It was only later that the decision was made to not do DD on the Oasis class ships. The idea of DD on Oasis class ships was cancelled more than a year before Harmony MDR was decorated at the shipyard. Who is taking bets on what O4 MDR decoration will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadPhish Posted January 4, 2017 #406 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I really feel sorry for this dead horse. They should rename this forum the Dead Horse. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 4, 2017 #407 Share Posted January 4, 2017 The idea of DD on Oasis class ships was cancelled more than a year before Harmony MDR was decorated at the shipyard. Who is taking bets on what O4 MDR decoration will be? I'll bet it's the same as O3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnjen Posted January 4, 2017 #408 Share Posted January 4, 2017 (edited) Sailed on the Quantum & Anthem and did not experience any of what you are identifying. We had excellent waiters & asst. waiters and it was a big advantage as we had a table for 2 and completed our meal in a little over an hour. We were always the 1st to give our dining orders and did not have to wait for any tablemates which delays the process. Yeah, it was probably at a different cruise, time, etc. It just reminded us of the rush job on Carnival. That experience has us henceforth going to book only Explorer class and below. Had enough of the megaships. Of course, there were other reasons for us to make that decision! Edited January 4, 2017 by johnjen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted January 4, 2017 #409 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I'll bet it's the same as O3. I'm leaning that way as well, which begs the question: If DD is so dead, why decorate a brand new ship in DD theme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 4, 2017 #410 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I'm leaning that way as well, which begs the question: If DD is so dead, why decorate a brand new ship in DD theme? Maybe it's not irrevocably dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkbiiii Posted January 4, 2017 #411 Share Posted January 4, 2017 (edited) Call me George, "The Deplorable, Dynamic Diner Whiner"!!! Edited January 4, 2017 by gkbiiii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbschultz Posted January 4, 2017 #412 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Maybe it's not irrevocably dead. That would be my assumption as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted January 4, 2017 Author #413 Share Posted January 4, 2017 I see that says the Anthem - However, I was on the first 12 night caribbean sailing of the Quantum, the first ship to incorporate the dynamic dinning ordeal- I may say it was AWFUL, and a fiasco - it took several months, with extremely long phone wait times to even make dinner reservations, and some of our group was from the UK - and they couldn't even get into the group because of their home country. (US and Europe could not schedule meals together) On or about the 10th night of the cruise they ran out of food in almost every dining venue. The last two mornings at breakfast they were serving lunch items made into breakfast. Wait times were about 30+ min behind your reservation times, which made long standing lines outside the restaurants. Do I remember seeing your id and that you also cruised on that sailing too? But I don't think there were many people that enjoyed such a hassle while on a "vacation" that should be relaxing. I think it is such a positive move by RCCL to dump that program. --- I haven't cruised any ship that has had it since the first one I experienced. Truly irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitchman Posted January 4, 2017 #414 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Call me George, "The Deplorable, Dynamic Diner Whiner"!!! Lol .......... We are deplorable ......... Didn't ask for it. Don't want it. Comparisons to the EU and Hilary Clinton then [emoji3] Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfan Posted January 4, 2017 #415 Share Posted January 4, 2017 The idea of DD on Oasis class ships was cancelled more than a year before Harmony MDR was decorated at the shipyard. Who is taking bets on what O4 MDR decoration will be? I'm not so sure of that, because it was dynamic dining when the ship opened up for booking, but I don't know when the dining room decorating was done in comparison to when the bookings opened. Also I'm guessing that Royal had already paid for the designs /décor and it might have been too expensive to change it last minute. Likely the same reason Allure was changed during her dry dock, even though I think DD was cancelled before her dry dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbschultz Posted January 4, 2017 #416 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Truly irrelevant. When you sign up to be a guinea pig on a brand new class of ship with a brand new technology and a brand new dining style and expect it to be perfect, you're setting yourself up for failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted January 5, 2017 #417 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I'm not so sure of that, because it was dynamic dining when the ship opened up for booking, but I don't know when the dining room decorating was done in comparison to when the bookings opened. Also I'm guessing that Royal had already paid for the designs /décor and it might have been too expensive to change it last minute. Likely the same reason Allure was changed during her dry dock, even though I think DD was cancelled before her dry dock. The decorations happen quite late in the construction process - probably around February of this year for Harmony. DD on Oasis class was canceled about a year before that. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitchman Posted February 7, 2017 #418 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Have we stopped whinging now ? Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted February 8, 2017 #419 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Give it another month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugboat Posted February 12, 2017 #420 Share Posted February 12, 2017 http://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Anthem/Dining_FAQs_2016 since your unhappy have you considered NCL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelblu Posted February 12, 2017 #421 Share Posted February 12, 2017 since your unhappy have you considered NCL You just woke up to this thread and this is your contribution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireStation46 Posted February 12, 2017 #422 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I am not familar with Dynamic Dining vs. what they now provide. What was taken away in the switch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaK Posted February 12, 2017 #423 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I am not familar with Dynamic Dining vs. what they now provide. What was taken away in the switch? It was restaurant style dining. 4 restaurants with distinct menus for each one (different from the standard fleet-wide menus). Initially, you had to make reservations so it was like My Time Dining, but then they added a traditional option where you were assigned a dining time and a restaurant rotation. What was lost in the switch was the unique menus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LMaxwell Posted February 12, 2017 #424 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I am not familar with Dynamic Dining vs. what they now provide. What was taken away in the switch? On Quantum-class ships they had four distinctly themed dining rooms, each with their own menu (plus the always available portion that was the same for each restaurant). Each restaurant would have more than one menu depending on the length of the cruise (think A menu, B menu, etc.) The original idea was that anyone could choose any restaurant any night for any time. I guess in practice that didn't go so well and people ended up having to do much more planning (not so "dynamic"). The four restaurants were Grande (which served lobster nightly but did have a "formal attire" requirement), Chic, Silk, and American Icon (which did not have any formal requirement on any nights; but also no lobster). I believe at some point they basically made the Devinely Decadent restaurant as an included restaurant instead of a pay venue, thus really increasing the number of restaurants to five. It seems menu complaints, capacity issues (none of the restaurants are close to the size of a traditional MDR), not being able to turn tables as fast as anticipated, etc. lead to a less than promised experience. They did try a rotational setup for a while but not sure how long that lasted or the results. Instead of continuing with the concept, Royal reverted back to more of a My Time Dining format in the various restaurants which maintain their decor, but the menus are now standardized. I believe a set time format option has been introduced as well and ship wide formal nights are back, so for those who were advertised lobster every night, that is not an option, and for those who didn't care about formality and were advertised a free wheeling experience and various menus, that is not an option. There may be other details and nuances to this, but that's sort of the gist of it. Hope that helps. Others may be able to explain more succinctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireStation46 Posted February 12, 2017 #425 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Thanks, so a nice concept but logistically they coukd not pull it off I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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