On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:04:23 -0500, George Leppla
> wrote:

>On 9/30/2014 4:46 PM, Jeßus wrote:
>>> >We recently had lunch at a Johnny Rockets (on a cruise ship) and I had a
>>> >burger with fried onions and mushroom with Swiss cheese and a little
>>> >mayo. They call it a Route 66. It was excellent and something I had
>>> >never tried.
>
>> Is that like a chain store or franchise... on a cruise ship??
>>
>
>Yes it is. Royal Caribbean entered into a licensing agreement with
>Johnny Rockets about 10 years ago. Many of their ships have Johnny
>Rockets restaurants. The price is a $5.95 pp service charge... no
>additional fee for whatever food you order so you can try everything if
>you wish. The menu is pretty similar to what you would find at a Johnny
>Rockets on land... but the staff and management onboard are all cruise
>line employees.
>
>It is becoming a common thing. Carnival had hamburger joints licensed
>by Guy Fieri.
>http://www.carnival.com/cruise-food/guys-burger-joint No cost for the
>food there and it is pretty good. Other ships have Seattle's Best,
>Starbucks.
>
>Years ago I wrote a satirical piece about how someday there would be
>food courts on cruise ships with McDonald's, Pizza Hut, etc. While it
>hasn't gone that far yet, most ships now have some sort of burger
>counter and a pizzeria.

Sounds like it's not far away now George!

Personally, If I was on a cruise ship, the last thing I would want to
have on there is franchise food that I can get any time I'm in my
local area.