But it was the maiden call at the port so maybe they don't get the timing right.
Heard some uncle talking the next day that got 3 people didn't make it on time to return to ship and have to take a flight to Bali to rejoin the cruise. Not sure now true was that.
Btw anyone familiar with the casino chips on board genting dream ?
So black one is $100 and green one is $ 25 ?
What is the shopping place call? It is big or or only sell souvenir?
For 5 nights cruise they got a talent show for kids on the last day afternoon. The performance can be quite good though.
Food wise it's more asian oriented. Don't have the fine dining amg moh food like RC.
Usual trick is to check the menu at all 3 places then decide where you want to eat.
So no problem if you get hungry.
Btw there is absolutely no dress code for the complimentary restuarants at all.
Not sure about the speciality ones.
They split some of the 5 nights sailing to 3 and 2 night, I think they can't fight RC in term of price and promo.
RC casino no feel to play one, but GD casino I also got impulse to go play, it has the gambling mood. But no use gamble on GD I heard they hire Feng shui master u 10 gamble 9 lose one.
I just got off a 2-nite cruise on a suites room. The best part was that we get to avoid the hassle of having to queue for boarding or meals, and priority best seats for shows.
Although we are supposed to only eat at one place per meal time, my group was never checked whenever we walked into Lido or the buffet space outside Lido. On all 3 occasions that I tried this (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and over different days, no one scanned our cards even though there was staff manning the entrances. They merely just watched as guests walked in and out so we could actually eat twice per meal if we wanted to. Am not sure if this is only specific to Lido/outside Lido but I did see queues outside the Dream dining rooms and function 8, probably the cards are scanned there.
The queue for the events desk was very long on day 1, but that might be a normal thing since everyone would want to get their reservations done. For suites guest, your butler would make the reservations for you. Ours came to knock on our door to introduce himself, he said he saw that he had missed our call and came over personally, and he settled all the reservations for us.
Other than Lido (which ppl could just walk in freely somehow), i only dined at Palace Dining restaurant and the teppanyaki and steak speciality restaurant. I must say the food at the specialty restaurants are very good. I enjoyed my beef steak and also my beef teppanyaki, highly recommend! The food at the palace dining room is ok, not super fantastic but I have nothing to complain. Other than the occasional slow service, it was a welcome respite from the other places with long queues. Tea and supper is also available there daily, and suites guests also seem to be able to drink non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages freely at the many restaurants and lounges. Good if you like to drink a bit.
For balcony and below, there is no complimentary food options after 9pm or so. Heard people asking the restaurant staff if there was complimentary supper options and the answer was no. So I guess that would be thumbs down for dining since most of the guests would be balcony and below, and you have to either eat till bursting at dinner or buy your supper.