OCSC Mike

Thanks. We even saw Sun Chips at one point a while back; that’s what my wife was hoping for but she’ll live with classic Lays if that’s all they have in 3 weeks.

Yeah, I went to check the same thing in the app and the only time that showed up from my above example was 12:00, not the other times I saw on the website... and 12:00 is actually exactly what we already booked, lol. I already knew not to trust the app but on Allure in October, we had dinner reservations one night and wanted to switch the time that day on the ship (we just decided we'd rather eat earlier or later, I forget, not important). The app showed no availability. We went to the restaurant and the hostess said every single 15 minute time slot was available and we could switch to anything we wanted. It was empty that night and my wife and I couldn't help but wonder how many people may have checked the app and said oh well, no availability, we won't eat there. We felt horrible for our wonderful server who clearly wasn't making many tips.

Maybe it's an app vs. website issue? I've never used the app to book dining.

When I do that (my screen shot is from the website on my phone) most times are missing (i.e. unavailable) & the red line is only there for the conflict time(s).

I can see remaining available times for specialty dining I have booked (including ones that overlap and are around the time I have). Maybe I'm misunderstanding.

This has my wife very excited, lol, but she wants to know what types of chips you saw. Anything besides classic yellow Lays?

Glad it went smoothly for you. It was a mess in March.

I think it was Allure in October when we had out first 5:00... there was actually a sign posted outside the MDR that listed early seating as 5:00-5:15pm. Our impression is that there's a 15 minute grace period and anything beyond that is considered late.

They usually do and Wonder had me sign receipts for my voucher drinks in March far more often than any past sailing. There can always be mistakes or exceptions, that's all.

This is why I said value is subjective. I also have no idea what the poster who mentioned the Sky JS paid compared what price they could have paid for OV balconies. Personally, I don't think any of these are worth it. I sail interiors b/c I don't use my balcony when I have one and spend almost no time in my cabin except to sleep, shower, and get changed. That's my subjective valuation, of course. I totally understand why others like balconies... but they hold zero value for me.

SKY makes it a completely different situation IMO. One still has to weigh the cost/benefits (and value is subjective) but getting Sky Class perks like CK access & SL drinks makes the deference from a balcony cabin MUCH greater IMO.

That’s how I handle it, especially with CocoCay where I’m not sure all our voucher drinks have ever showed up in our account and we don’t even drink a lot. Last trip I think we had 3-4 there… zero showed up.

That’s a hard pass for me. I’ll look into it when it can be booked in advance like the normal times. I want no parts of dealing with anything MTD-related on Wonder. We had early seating on deck 4 in March & the MTD “line” as we left the MDR was more like a sea of people extending out towards the elevators.

Which 10 ships & where does this info come from?

Be aware that on many ships, 5:30 is actually 5:00 now even though it may say 5:30 on your cruise docs.