tkimber

I wandered past the entrance to the main restaurant on 5 yesterday and today and it seems to be open earlier in the evening and tables are laid for dining. I think it was either closed that one night, or it closes after the first sitting. Since my last post we've been going for dinner between 7 and 7.30, most nights we've been sat immediately, one night we've had to wait almost an hour. Seems to depend on dining options in port at lunch time.

I'm currently on Connie, most dining appears to be on 4, doors to restaurant on 5 have been closed since the first day. We're on Anytime dining and only if we arrive before 7.15pm have we been seated, any later and we've queued to get a buzzer then had to wait 15-40 minutes for a table. The first night everyone seemed to arrive around 8.40, queue to check in for a table was blocking the stairs. We gave up and went to the buffet and saw a lot of people from the queue had done the same. There were people still waiting for a table at 9.30pm according to the spa staff. We were told that there's nearly 2000 guests at one of the shows, but the ship feels understaffed.