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Old 05-06-2010, 03:18 PM   #1
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Do you have to dine in the dining rooms everynight or do they have buffets that you can eat at instead? I know on princess and carnival they had the big buffets for bfast, lunch and dinner. I don't have alot of really fancy dining room stuff and I would rather just keep my capri's or shorts on instead of dressing up!! Thanks.

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No you do not have to go to the dining room. The buffets, on the last cruise, had the exact, food. We are tossing the idea around of not doing late seating. 8:15pm is very late for a 2 year old to be eating. I have been on the wait list for 1st dining from August with no luck either.
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Oh yes, there are buffets and smaller CS type places near the pools. And don't forget about the 24hr. room service
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Oh yes, there are buffets and smaller CS type places near the pools. And don't forget about the 24hr. room service
There are plenty of places to eat if you don't want to go to the dining room.
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Keep in mind that you don't need to get as dressed up on DCL as on some lines. You will see the gamut from formalwear to capris and tops in the dining rooms.
I think it's fun developing a relationship with your servers, since they follow you from restaurant to restaurant. But I'm not a big buffet lover...
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As long as it is not semi-formal or formal night, you can wear your capris in the regular dining rooms. We wore jeans and POTC t-shorts on Pirate Night.

The one night we chose to dine at the buffet rather than our assigned dining room, our server told us that the buffet is handled differently for dinner. it is not actually a buffet. You get a menu and the waitstaff brings your food. I believe it is the same menu from the dining rooms.
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