Interesting. I didn't know that about Deck 3 MDR. My wife and I just sailed on Freedom a couple weeks ago and went straight up to the MDR when we got on board to ask for a table for 2 and a table by a window. We had early traditional dining time of 6pm on deck 3. They could not give us a window seat but we did have a table for 2. Unfortunately, it looked like they just separated a large table and the other tables for 2 were seated about a foot apart from each other. We definitely did not like the arrangement. Our upcoming cruise in June I'll make sure we take a look at our table arrangement before speaking to the maitre'd. One thing for sure, I'm glad we didn't do the MTD because the lines were huge.