I’ve taken five cruises in the past year.
On all of them, I selected a time, dining room and pro care table for two and reserved it for the whole cruise.
On the Grand, we asked and were given the same table and waitstaff every night. We were able to modify our dining times some nights and still got the same table and waitstaff.
On the Majestic, we asked and were told absolutely not. We could not have the same table or waitstaff. We couldn’t even have the same section. The Head Waiter was pretty rude about it.
Recently disembarked the Sapphire on a 10-day cruise and had the same experience as the Grand: same table and waitstaff every night, even when we changed our dining time some nights.
I still prefer Traditional dining but at least on three cruises, we were able to replicate it. Not so on two Majestic cruises.