Midnight buffet?

Theres an "expense" associated with EVERYTHING on board...including the pens. If you've never experienced it, you probably wouldn't notice something isn't done anymore or its missing. mebbe they'll ban stewards from making towel critters...takes too long..

Well we managed to go to them as a REGULAR thing when they were a REGULAR thing. I can assure you they weren't populated with night owls or drunks, altho many folks (and their kids) were clearly up past their bedtime. If you had more of an opportunity to attend, I'm sure you would've appreciated it. As it is, they've probably been stopped as a cost saver fleetwide. It really didn't matter how popular they were, since it was free. After about an hour, not much left of the goodies, or the ice sculpture...Just something else that's a thing of the past, and most folks either didn't know, or just don't care anyway.

Been sailing Celebrity lately - haven't seen it there other than in the Ocean view Cafe, they offer late night pizza. But that's not a midnight buffet

I don't know, but we only made it to one when they were a regular thing... and we didn't manage to see it when on the Journeys cruise in February. They would open it up to photos at 11:30 PM and then open it for eating. Mostly extreme night owls and drunks were around for the eating part. All that work often went to waste (waist as well).

Was just on the Carnival Fascination in June and they had what they called "late night snacks" in the buffet area that started at 11:45pm. I don't eat that late so I can't tell you what they served.

Princess doesn't have a midnight buffet, but their International Cafe is open 24 hours with deserts, salads, sandwiches, and other things.

I was kidding when I posted that...but apparently all it takes for me to be accurate is a cynical attitude when it comes to cruise lines and their income stream. Come to think of it, its not just cruising. But it seems worse on board, because there ARE people who have cruised long enough to remember the things that made it a luxury vacation, even tho once you did it you realized what a bang for the buck it was. Now, it seems like everybody cruises, and are willing to pay more to get less, without even knowing it. The cruise lines know it, and if you surf around and read some of the cruising emags, and get the statistics, its clear reading between the lines, todays cruisers just don't care.

Yeah, about that...

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/florida-cruise-guide/os-ae-norwegian-cruise-line-towel-animals-20190409-story.html

As for 24-hour food, at least on Norwegian, O'Sheehan's is always open. I prefer their wings to buffet food, anytime.

When we first started cruising back in 1996 on Royal Caribbean they had the midnight buffet. It was good and I really enjoyed the presentation of the foods. We ate like kings. I miss the late night retreat. I also remember the horse races that were held on the pool deck that has gone by the wayside as well.

Too bad, because the Midnight Buffet and the Grand Buffet were the two things I liked about cruising when I was a kid. I've been cruising since I was 5 years old, so staying up late at night was a big deal to me! Then seeing all the artwork that went into preparing the food was astonishing.