KBrote Posted September 9, 2023 #1 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I just made our specialty dining reservations for our upcoming cruise, Istanbul to Athens on Sirena, Oct. 24 - Nov. 3. As I expected, the earliest time available, except for one night, was 8:00pm. Our category is B1. We only have Tuscan Grill and Red Ginger on the Sirena. I did manage to get a 7:00pm in Red Ginger on the final night of the cruise when we leave Mykonos at 7:00pm. Is there a reason there were early time slots available on the final night? Is there something special about dining in the MDR the final night of the cruise? I know we can try to change our times when we get onboard. I will try to do that as we prefer 7:00pm. We are traveling with another couple and made the reservations for the 4 of us since I had their booking number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jondfk Posted September 9, 2023 #2 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I personally don’t think the GDR is especially great that final night, more likely folks are focused on their packing up and the like rather than a nice leisurely meal. We’ve done specialty dining the final evening and found it as good as any other night, perhaps a bit better due to the slightly lighter load. My advice, keep that great reservation! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEFIowa Posted September 9, 2023 #3 Share Posted September 9, 2023 You do have to get all packed up and have your luggage outside by the appointed time, but other than that...just enjoy the meal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaefell3 Posted September 9, 2023 #4 Share Posted September 9, 2023 47 minutes ago, KBrote said: Is there something special about dining in the MDR the final night of the cruise? AIUI, O has a significant number of B2B passengers, so they run a 14-day repeating menu in the GDR since one passenger's "last night" is another's "mid-voyage meal". As @jondfk said, more likely just a significant number of folks busy packing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted September 9, 2023 #5 Share Posted September 9, 2023 1 hour ago, KBrote said: I just made our specialty dining reservations for our upcoming cruise, Istanbul to Athens on Sirena, Oct. 24 - Nov. 3. As I expected, the earliest time available, except for one night, was 8:00pm. Our category is B1. We only have Tuscan Grill and Red Ginger on the Sirena. I did manage to get a 7:00pm in Red Ginger on the final night of the cruise when we leave Mykonos at 7:00pm. Is there a reason there were early time slots available on the final night? Is there something special about dining in the MDR the final night of the cruise? I know we can try to change our times when we get onboard. I will try to do that as we prefer 7:00pm. We are traveling with another couple and made the reservations for the 4 of us since I had their booking number. Some people like to pack & relax the last night so pass on the specialties I would check again in a few days I managed to change a couple of mine to get the earlier time slots on our upcoming cruise I just kept checking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrakeawayTakeaway Posted September 10, 2023 #6 Share Posted September 10, 2023 You can still take your own luggage off right? Is it really that much of a hassle to get your own luggage off the ship? (Cruise newbie sailing in 3 weeks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs f. Posted September 10, 2023 #7 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Just got off Vista. Nothing special in MDR last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pinotlover Posted September 10, 2023 #8 Share Posted September 10, 2023 6 hours ago, BrakeawayTakeaway said: You can still take your own luggage off right? Is it really that much of a hassle to get your own luggage off the ship? (Cruise newbie sailing in 3 weeks) Some passengers are physically unable to get their luggage off the ship alone. Depending upon the port, you may not have a terminal but would have to navigate the stairway offloading. See first sentence. Disembarkment can be chaos. People ignoring ( a popular Oceania passenger action verb) their assigned de boarding colors and pushing, shoving, and otherwise rude behavior. Hauling your own luggage off adds to that. As bad as boardamania can be, at some ports, disembarkment can make it look pleasant. We always disembark it the latter groups to let the hordes go first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted September 10, 2023 #9 Share Posted September 10, 2023 4 hours ago, Mrs f. said: Just got off Vista. Nothing special in MDR last night Did they have Wiener Schnitzel on the menu? Usually they have that on the last night on the other ships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs f. Posted September 10, 2023 #10 Share Posted September 10, 2023 I did have schnitzel on last night. Honestly, can't remember... assuming it was veal not chicken. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Woodrowst Posted September 10, 2023 #11 Share Posted September 10, 2023 When cruising on Oceania we typically eat in one of the speciality restaurants on the last night as it gives us a nice sendoff with a nice meal in a nice setting. Oceania does not do anything special to note the ending of a cruise. It is not like the old days when cruise lines would have a special dinner with chateaubriand and a baked Alaska parade. I do apologize for glaringly showing my age ☺️ 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtravel Posted September 10, 2023 #12 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Any time in Red Ginger is good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmerl Posted September 10, 2023 #13 Share Posted September 10, 2023 We had chateaubriand in the MDR the last night of the cruise. It was wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranquility Base Posted September 11, 2023 #14 Share Posted September 11, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, Woodrowst said: It is not like the old days ……… Nostalgia is not what it used to be. Edited September 11, 2023 by Tranquility Base 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare the more ports the better Posted September 11, 2023 #15 Share Posted September 11, 2023 The only downfall to a specialty restaurant the last night is that we are so full by the end of the cruise that we don’t try everything we might have earlier in the sailing!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mexicobob Posted September 11, 2023 #16 Share Posted September 11, 2023 On our cruise on The Riviera in April we had reservations in one of the specialty restaurants the last night but cancelled and ate at The terrace Cafe instead. Quicker, easier and turned out to be one of the best meals we had on the cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victory2020 Posted September 15, 2023 #17 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Can anyone tell me if they have veal oscar in the regular dining room on the first night? I made specialty reservation then saw a blog with menus but don't know if that was current Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted September 15, 2023 #18 Share Posted September 15, 2023 52 minutes ago, victory2020 said: Can anyone tell me if they have veal oscar in the regular dining room on the first night? I made specialty reservation then saw a blog with menus but don't know if that was current In the past it was usually on the 1st night of the cruise when we have sailed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDincalif Posted September 15, 2023 #19 Share Posted September 15, 2023 We do enjoy dining on the final evening in whatever on that specific cruise happens to be our favorite specialty restaurant. There's something satisfying in packing for departure early, dressing up a little bit and saying farewell in a more intimate dining setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ORV Posted September 15, 2023 #20 Share Posted September 15, 2023 34 minutes ago, JDincalif said: We do enjoy dining on the final evening in whatever on that specific cruise happens to be our favorite specialty restaurant. There's something satisfying in packing for departure early, dressing up a little bit and saying farewell in a more intimate dining setting. If you say so. I don't like having to pack nice clothes late on the last night. But that's just me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaefell3 Posted September 15, 2023 #21 Share Posted September 15, 2023 3 hours ago, victory2020 said: Can anyone tell me if they have veal oscar in the regular dining room on the first night? I made specialty reservation then saw a blog with menus but don't know if that was current AIUI, the GDR runs menus on a two week cycle, irrespective of when voyages start or end, perhaps because they often run overlapping voyages. In other words, no fixed "first night" menu because your Day #1 meal might be Day #3 or #13 for other folks. If I'm wrong, watch for folks mocking me 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysteps Posted September 15, 2023 #22 Share Posted September 15, 2023 We've only done one B2B - in 2021, and on that cruise, day 1 of segment 2 restarted the 14 day menu cycle. All our 15-day-plus cruises were pre-covid, for them day 15 was indeed a restart. Also I haven't paid perfect attention but the " final night" menu might be the same no matter what day of the cycle? And at least in Terrace, embarcation day lunch menu is embarcation day only (does not repeat even on longer cruises). Happy dining! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDincalif Posted September 15, 2023 #23 Share Posted September 15, 2023 (edited) 12 hours ago, ORV said: If you say so. I don't like having to pack nice clothes late on the last night. But that's just me. Even with packing most things early, we're always adding something right up to the 'bags outside the door' deadline. So we don't mind packing one last reasonably nice outfit apiece on the last evening (not talking prom dresses or dinner jackets here). But that's just us 😉 Edited September 15, 2023 by JDincalif typos, always typos... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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