| Johnny Rockets Diner |
If I never eat a burger again it will be too soon! The double burger I had at Johnny Rockets will last me a lifetime. My big mistake? Ordering extra Swiss Cheese! How was I to know that the burger would be the size of Christmas and already have mountains of cheese on it. Johnny Rockets is not to be missed. Just don't eat there 4 hours before dinner. I ended up having an appetiser for my entree in the dining room that night as I was still full! We went to JR's at about 2 o'clock. The cover charge is $3.95 per person but we had two free tickets in our Gold Members booklet. The shakes and malts were $4.10. There was a small queue for tables but we only had to wait about ten minutes. Stayin' Alive suddenly blared out and all the waiters began dancing in the aisle which was fun. We were given a booth for four, and within seconds of sitting down a plate of onion rings and some fries were put on the table. Our waitress brought over an empty plate and proceeded to draw a smiley face on it in ketchup. There was also a dip to dunk your fries and rings in. I ordered a Chocolate milkshake and the Rocket Double (but for some reason I seem to remember this being called the Royal Double but I could be wrong). Mr Wakelover had The Smoke House and a Strawberry milkshake which he thought was the best he'd ever had. My parents both chickened out and had the Original burger and no milkshake.... light weights!!! (but at least they ate their dinner in the dining room later!) I ate half my burger and gave it to Mr Wakelover, who took no effort to finish it off. I think he has hollow legs! The waitress came to take our dessert order. We all said we didn't want one until the waitress mentioned chocolate and my mother placed an order for a chocolate brownie sundae (the name of which escapes me, but you'll recognise it when it comes out of the kitchen as its about 8 inches high and covered in chocolate!!) The waitress convinced me, much against my better judgement, to try the apple pie. I agreed but couldn't eat it. I left Johnny Rockets feeling rather ill. Not because the food was bad, just because it was the last but one day to the end of our cruise and we had already consumed our body weight in food. The visit to JR just broke the camels back! But its not to be missed....I highly recommend it. There opening hours were usually 11.30am to Midnight but this is subject to change as on some days it opened at 2pm. Whatever time you go, just don't eat for 4 days beforehand!!! |
