Disney Dream for 11 night cruise...dining rotation?

[Megsmachine]

We have only gone on 1 Disney cruise on the Fantasy for a 7 day. This time we will be on the Dream for 11. Does that mean we will be going to the same restaurants 3-4 times each? Will Cabanas be open for dinner at all?

Thanks!

 

[Chipmunkmaniac]

Cabanas wont be open and yes you will but there will be different menus each time. I ve done quite a few longer cruises and every night the menu is unique.

 

[Budzooka]

Did a 12 night on the Magic last summer and did each restaurant 4 times but different menu each time. Really enjoyed the longer cruise.

 

[Marc D]

I’ll add that any show offered in a MDR - for example, Crush talk in AP on Dream - will not be repeated, however long the cruise is. Like others said, on our many longer cruises, we’ve never had the same menu twice.

 

[DCLCruiseFan09]

We have only gone on 1 Disney cruise on the Fantasy for a 7 day. This time we will be on the Dream for 11. Does that mean we will be going to the same restaurants 3-4 times each? Will Cabanas be open for dinner at all?

Thanks!

To get an idea of some of the menus you'll see, look at the DisneyCruiseLine Blog. They post pictures for lots of the longer cruises and their menus.

You don't repeat menus which is why people LOVE the longer cruises.

 

[msmama]

I try to only do 7night or longer cruises and every time I say I'm going to skip the MDR and just eat from the pool deck for dinner one night and I've still never done that because I enjoy the MDR's so much.

Occasionally you'll have a repeat on the menu (Mostly apps or salads, not mains) but there is a new menu every night. Plus, I've always loved our servers!

 

[Chipmunkmaniac]

At a certain point I get tired of cruise food (esp when doing a back to back with a cruise before or after a TA ) therefore I love the app, you can check the menus and on a night that I don't find the menu very appealing I skip dinner.

 

[kiford]

On all of our longer cruises (2 Med, 1 Baltic), there was the usual restaurant-specific menu the first three nights, then some of ones you see on shorter cruises, like Prince and Princess, Captain's Choice, etc. but there were always 3-4 that were themed more to the location. So one of the Med cruises had a Greek menu one night, the Baltic had a Scandinavian inspired menu, etc. All three cruises had different menus every night without any exact repeat appetizers, entrees or desserts. Only one night did we not go to the MDR for dinner and that was when we were in St. Petersberg overnight on the Baltic cruise and we, along with a lot of others, had late-night excursions. When we got back to the ship, they had set Cabanas up as a hot buffet for several hours; we ate there around 10:30 pm.

 

[Chipmunkmaniac]

On all of our longer cruises (2 Med, 1 Baltic), there was the usual restaurant-specific menu the first three nights, then some of ones you see on shorter cruises, like Prince and Princess, Captain's Choice, etc. but there were always 3-4 that were themed more to the location. So one of the Med cruises had a Greek menu one night, the Baltic had a Scandinavian inspired menu, etc. All three cruises had different menus every night without any exact repeat appetizers, entrees or desserts. Only one night did we not go to the MDR for dinner and that was when we were in St. Petersberg overnight on the Baltic cruise and we, along with a lot of others, had late-night excursions. When we got back to the ship, they had set Cabanas up as a hot buffet for several hours; we ate there around 10:30 pm.

No buffet at Cabanas last year for the overnight in Iceland but MDR was free walk-in (your own dining room but not time specific)

 

[lilsonicfan]

I love that the menus on long cruises don't repeat, when honestly, they could have done so. I love that DCL instead rotates their menus so that even on a long cruise you don't have the same menu twice! We did a 13 night EBTA in 2019 and then the 14 night WBPC in 2022 and although as between the two cruises, some menus did repeat, they didn't repeat within the same cruise. We ate at the MDR every night on each of these cruises, have never eaten at Cabanas dinner (even when available) or Palo dinner (or Remy, though both of these long cruises didn't have Remy anyway).

I wouldn't say I got tired of cruise food, but on some nights I definitely didn't eat as much.