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is this posted on Celebrity website?

I signed up for Select dining on our next cruise because we got stuck in the miserable abyss known as the late seating the last time. This girl needs dinner by 7:00 or bad, bad things happen. I dealt with it before by having "pre-dinner" in the OVC at around 5:00 to tide me over the many hours before we were seated, but I don't desire to have another four-meal-a-day cruise next time!

 

I did take notice, though, of the veritable log-jam of diners waiting in line for Select dining arrangements when we were on the Reflection. I'm beginning to have second thoughts about my choice. Waiting on a line and not-knowing doesn't sound like a step in the right direction.

 

Is it possible to reserve a set/regular dining time after the first night?

 

If not, does the Maitre d' hand out buzzers to let diners know when a table is available? I'm not keen on taking up residence outside the MDR doors waiting to hear my name called.

 

Would one greatly increase their chances of dining at a particularly popular time if we were open to eating with other passengers? (I feel like this may have been what sunk us last time - I innocently requested a 2-top, but perhaps this limited our choices a lot more than I assumed it would?)

 

Do you have any other Select dining tips/tricks/warnings you can share with me?

yes you can reserve online - we always do for 7 and always get a table for 2, and we like our table the first night we request to have it again the rest of the cruise.

Any suggestion for hotels in Fort Lauderdale that offer shuttles to cruise port of Miami? Or, any suggestions of transportation from Fort Lauderdale to cruise port of Miami.

Land trip for sure!:)

Thank you all for your wonderful advice. On our own it will be!

Will be in Venice in October and should we take ship excursion for gondola ride or rent one when we get off the ship?:)