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We are going on our first river cruise in October. Question...can you dine in your cabin instead of going to the group dinners?
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We are going on our first river cruise in October. Question...can you dine in your cabin instead of going to the group dinners?
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Room service is available for the 300 sq. ft. cabins—category seven (7) on the older ships and category (5) on the Andorinha and the new ships for the Seine and Rhône Rivers.
If your concern is having to eat with a group of people, there are a few tables for two (2) in the main dining room. We have never had a problem securing those tables; just get to the dining room when it opens.
I'm sure you could do room service. When you say "group dinners" do you mean the initial "meet and greet"? Or all dinners during the cruise? Dinners after the "meet and greet" are not group dinners.
If you want to do all your dinners in your cabin, why do you want to avoid the restaurant?
[I don't have a lot of river cruise experience, mostly ocean cruising.]
Patti1955 - Contrary to the aforementioned post, room service is not available to all cabins. Of course, if one feels ill a meal can be arranged to be delivered to your cabin.
The main dining room hours are typically 1800 to 2000. There are usually two (2) “special” dinners where guests are asked to enter the dining room as a group, but you sit wherever you wish.
Have a great cruise!
There is typically only 2 times the guests eat at the same time and that's the Chefs Signature dinner on board which is a bit of a production and any off ship dinners like at a castle. The rest of the time you can go down to the main dining room (Compass Rose) when you want within a time range or there is Arthur's Bistro which is much smaller and has a limited menu.
We've never used it but they used to offer something called Snack Attack that had a couple of options like cheese and crackers, cookies, etc. Arthur's always has some snacks and a self serve coffee machine, continental breakfast in the morning and the limited menu at lunch and dinner.
We've never had a suite so no authority but I thought room service there was just breakfast. Then again, Scylla keeps changing and mostly improving things so maybe that's new.
Reality is you never have to eat any particular meal. A couple we met once on tour skipped the off ship dinner. The crew offered them some simple options like a Caesar salad, etc. The only thing you need to show up for are the welcome and safety and briefing in the lounge the first night and the daily discovery briefs if you want to know what's happening.