So, just kind of an observation after a recent Allure cruise.
It was just my wife and myself and we were content with MTD, made reservations in advance for the same time every night.
The first night, we were give a lovely table that was actually for four, right by the window and had a great time. The wait staff was attentive and friendly, and the head waiter was very nice. He said "if you like this table, we will see you every night!". We were happy to hear this, but had no actual expectation of such. He told us to ask for him by name when we arrived the next night and he would see to it. We did so the next night, and all was good.
Night three, we showed up and I again told the woman at the stand to let him know we were there, and she was basically giving that a hard no. She said "we have a different table for you tonight, you're all set". I again asked " is (so and so) available?" and she said they couldn't give us our table (not what I asked), because it was set for a party of fourteen (!).
Not wanting to put up a fight, we were led in. We walked past where our table was, and it had two people at it (not fourteen LOL!). They then brought us to a table for four that was three tables away from the window. I told the person seating us we would prefer the window seat, and he stated "I'm sorry, that one is reserved already". I said, "it's my understanding that there are no reserved tables in MTD, which is why we don't have ours tonight, but that is a lovely window table and we are here now, so we would like to sit there". He politely relented and we were seated by the window.
Come night four, our original head waiter found us and took care of us the rest of the week.
So to me, the issue is, you can't have it both ways. We didn't ASK for a reserved table, but they offered it. If that's the case, great. But make sure you honor it. When they switched us up on night three, in my mind all bets were off. Don't tell me I can't have a reserved table, but then seat me in a less desirable one because another empty table IS reserved.
Overall, the service and food were excellent!