Cruise passengers usually have a choice of restaurants included in the base price of their holiday.

Many guests opt to dine at the buffet, which is usually the largest of the ship’s restaurants, as it has so much choice.

However, a frequent cruise holidaymaker has warned tourists to avoid the buffet restaurant on the first day.

Posting on Reddit, the cruise tourist ‘madmaxx’ said: “The buffet is usually crazy busy on embarkation day, but speciality restaurants and the main dining room…