That brunch looks so good!
I have both brunch and dinner reserved for our April cruise and I was thinking of cancelling the dinner and now I'm possibly considering cancelling the brunch as well. I just can't eat that much and I kind of hate the really stuffed feeling I get after eating at buffets. For some reason, I'm able to control myself at Cabanas, and I end up getting some eggs and yogurt, but I think If I was paying $100 for the two of us, I'd want to "get my money's worth," and just feel gross for the rest of the day.
I think I have up until 3 days before the cancel so I'm still thinking about it. If I kept either one though, it would be brunch since that appeals to me more than the dinner.
Yes you can cancel up to three days before the cruise. Both dinner and brunch make me stuffed, but I was a little less stuffed at dinner. Although they try to make you eat the entire restaurant you don't have to walk out extremely full. It's nice to have one meal that's adult only and a more relaxing experience than the MDR. So I think you should keep one.
I agree with you about Palo brunch. I thought it was good, but not as good as it is hyped up to be. I doubt we'll do it on our next cruise.
Ya, from reading on here I think I went in with really high expectations. I've just had better elsewhere. Not that the food was bad or anything. We won't be doing a brunch again I don't think.
I personally think there is quite a difference between Palo brunch on the Wonder/Magic vs. Dream/Fantasy. The Magic/Wonder has a larger selection and more dramatic presentation that "wows" me every time. I was underwhelmed on the Fantasy, where they were missing several of my favorite items and the buffet was put into a dark room in the back, with no wow factor at all.
That's interesting that they are so different. Maybe I'll try it out when we are back on the Classics. What items were missing from the Fantasy that you liked?
I preferred our Palo brunch on the Magic to our Palo dinner on the Wonder. I'd happily do either one again, however.
I think if I had had the brunch in the beginning of the cruise I might have enjoyed it more. I was just so over food by that point lol.
We always enjoy Palo brunch, its a favorite and a must do for us.
Our tradition is to do it on the first sea day, no-one is feeling "stuffed" yet. The thing with the brunch for us is its usually our only full meal of the day.
We may grab a salad later in the evening, but thats about it.
I think that's a good plan. Having it at the end of our cruise we were already so stuffed with food from the week I was a bit over it all lol. And we had a full dinner that night too lol.
Re the Bellini request,it does irritate me that they always do that in Palo. Say no to special requests and then come back with a big production of making an exception after all. I’ve seen that on so many trip reports and it happened with us as well. It’s cheesy. And kind of dishonest.
That's interesting that this is a thing. I didn't realize that, just thought they were doing us a favor. It does make them seem like they are going above and beyond so I guess I could see why they'd do it that way.
Your brunch looked very good. We have previously done it and I believe it was $20 (this was 4 years ago), I don't think I will do it at the $40 price point.
$20 would have been nice lol. I could see how you wouldn't want to pay double for it. They keep raising their prices. We had been on the fence about going back to Remy, but the huge price increase we won't be going back there for sure. Palo dinner is still ok for now.
So we did both brunch and dinner on the Fantasy last April. We enjoyed brunch but honestly I would be okay with not doing it again. However, dinner I loved. I am dreaming of having the dover sole again in April.
That's exactly how I was with both meals. I'll need to try the dover sole, I thought about getting it, but there were so many items I wanted to try it was hard to pick.