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When cruise food tries too hard – Holland America’s Le Cirque Dining Experience

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

The way people eat (and expect to eat) on cruise ships has changed quite a bit in the past 15 years, but even the changes (multiple restaurants with different ethnic cuisine, upsold “Higher Quality” dining away from the crowded main dining rooms, etc.) become boring for repeat cruisers. This means that cruise lines are trying to outdo each other with out-of-the-box ways to lure passengers to pay an extra fee for dinner on an already all-inclusive vacation. (more…)

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