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Old November 4th, 2006, 04:46 AM posted to rec.travel.cruises
Dick G[_3_]
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Default First cruise - CARIBBEAN - questions

"Tom K" wrote in message
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Having done Navigator, Jewel and Mariner OTS the past 3 Decembers with the
Viking gang, I can honestly say that RCI food is pretty much below my
minimum level. Your Legend sailing may be an exception... but to me, RCI
food isn't close to Celebrity food, other than the night that Celebrity
has the stupid lamb shank. Over that same period that I've gone with the
Viking gang, I've done 3 Connie sailings, 4 Zenith sailings and 1 Century
sailing. So I think I have a decent point of comparison.

I've simply nibbled-without finishing too many RCI dinners over the past 3
years to consider the food up to Celebrity's standards. It gets to the
point where I don't even bother asking the waiter for something
different... And I won't even bother with RCI's fish of any kind. The
hake and congrio fish on Celebrity are excellent. Salmon is lousy (over
cooked and bone dry) on both. And the desserts on RCI are so bad. The
only good dessert I've had on RCI the past 3 years was the exceptional
apple pie that they serve in Johnny Rockets. Now I'm not saying all the
Celebrity meals are top notch. They're not. But I get a lot more good
meals on Celebrity than on RCI. Though it may help that I know what to
pick on Celebrity based on experience.

To me, Celebrity and RCI aren't even remotely close in terms of food.
Though maybe I'm just pickier than other. I know that a lot of the RCI
meals that I just picked at, others at the table devoured to the last
drop. They're sending back clean plates, and I'm sending back most of the
meal. So maybe I'm more fussy.

--Tom


Clearly, TK, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and while it has been
some time since I have sailed either RCI or Celebrity, there was, as of my
last sailing, no comparison in the quality of the food. I always felt that
having a pirate attack me with a fake sword while I was dining was an
attempt to distract me from the quality of the food. That was RCI.

I always felt that having the table captain ask if there was anything
special we would like, and having one of our tablemates ask for Seafood
Louie, a dish I was not familiar with, and having him provide this marvelous
feast at lunch put that line a notch above the rest. That was Celebrity.

And we love lamb shank. VBG
--
DG in Cherry Hill, NJ