Our last cruise was over 10 years ago, so maybe the portions have changed. Basically, we are not huge eaters. If I remember correctly, dinner was an appetizer, then soup/salad, then main/entree, then dessert. Or maybe app and soup/salad were all in one. And it was carefully timed...you could tell they had the galley ready to bring out only the apps, then so on and so forth. And I understand that's the only way they can feed thousands at once.
Anyway, sometimes we did have all four courses. Sometimes we would want to skip the app because that night's list wasn't our favorites and we were saving room for mains that were, etc. And the servers somehow took this to mean we didn't like the choices and would do things like bring out one of EVERY app to try and find something we liked. And then we just felt worse because many of them are wearing name tags from places known for having starving people and we couldn't finish all of that food (but would try).
So, questions:
1) Do they still serve that much food or are the portions such that 3-4 courses is manageable?
2) Has anyone found a polite and effective way to skip courses here and there?
Thanks!
Anyway, sometimes we did have all four courses. Sometimes we would want to skip the app because that night's list wasn't our favorites and we were saving room for mains that were, etc. And the servers somehow took this to mean we didn't like the choices and would do things like bring out one of EVERY app to try and find something we liked. And then we just felt worse because many of them are wearing name tags from places known for having starving people and we couldn't finish all of that food (but would try).
So, questions:
1) Do they still serve that much food or are the portions such that 3-4 courses is manageable?
2) Has anyone found a polite and effective way to skip courses here and there?
Thanks!