Comments on: New Flexible Dining Option To Be Tested On Carnival Legend Beginning June 29

By: cruisenow

cruisenow — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:46:35 +0000

Also the popularity of Optional Dining is growing fast…other cruiselines that have always been traditional dining are also piloting the program.

I like both traditional and optional…I like building a relationship with my waiter, I like to sit with the same people each night. But when I am on a cruise that offers Optional Seating, I enjoy the freedom of eating when I want. And if it is ran well by Carnival, as I am sure it will be, the waits in line will not be bad. To attract a lot of the market who have never cruised or who have only cruised on NCL; Carnival needed to go in this direction. As an agent I applaud Carnival!!! http://www.cruisesource.us -happy sailing.

By: Beverly

Beverly — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:59:27 +0000

Please keep the traditonal Setting. We have stop sailing NCL because of this and their service going down. I do not want to see the samething happen to Carnival. We have sailed on the Legend two years ago and loved so much that we are sailing on it again in December. We love having the same wait staff everynight. This promotes personal service and friendliness on the part for the staff. For our part this also means extra tips for them. Please do not change this!

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:52:40 +0000

As a Platinum card holder with Carnival,I too Prefer the Traditional dining. Having sailed on NCL with anytime dining I found it to just be ok. You never get to know your waiters or servers and the service shows it. In additon if you travel with a large group you will never be able to dine togeather as they dont hold any large tables for groups. Also they took reservations wich made it some times impossible to eat as they were full with reservations so all you could eat was buffet. I know it this is an option I will choose traditonal dining!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:34:56 +0000

I like the way dinning is now. I cruise on NCL with free-style and it was ok, but you had to wait until a table was ready and sometimes it was a wait. Your waitier rushing and you don’t get a chance to talk to them. I hope you keep the traditional dinning for guest who preferred it.

By: SHawn

SHawn — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:18:12 +0000

I am not a big fan of the idea. We are heading out on carnival Legend in September. I will stick with traditional seating. The service this way is much better than free-style.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:05:02 +0000

I like the traditional seating. I took my mother on a cruise back in September of 2006 and we met 4 of the most wonderful women. We became fast friends and I keep in contact with holiday cards and emails. I am hoping that one day we can all get together on the same cruise again. In October of this year I am going on a cruise with my sister and I hope that I am again seated with wonderful people, who will remain my friends.

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:01:08 +0000

I personally like the traditional way too. I think it is nice and more personable. I hope that they will not totally eliminate the traditional way , as I feel many others may feel the same way.
It is great though to offer both , as it does seem that some people would also prefer this way.

I just feel that when they do open seating for breakfast & lunch …it seems way more rushed also , then the traditional dining does … and I fear that may also happen with open seating flexible dining.
Anyone else feel this way?

By: Nique

Nique — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:20:15 +0000

My family and I didn’t like the flexible dining. And that’s why I like Carnival the service is great unlike NCL. They never knew how many people were coming, it was crowded, the food was cold, you don’t get the same table, it was a mess! we ate every night at the buffet because it was faster than waiting in that dining room line.OMG please don’t do it!

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:02:37 +0000

We have been going back and forth between Princess and Carnival for a few years now (Platinum on both). The only thing that separated Carnival from Princess in our opinion, is that we love Anytime dining. We now cannot wait for Carnival to roll it out fleetwide!

By: sailing sally

sailing sally — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:30:53 +0000

Great idea- that was one of the best things about NCL- freestyle dining- glad Carnival is implementing in time for our August cruise