large group dining on Glory?

[Janespup]

We have a group of 23, booked for Anytime Dining on the Glory. Does anyone know if there is a possibility of us all sitting together for dinner?

[iowagirl411]

Only if you are the first 23 in line. Anytime Dining just does not work at all for large groups.

[zirka]

we had a group of 17 on the Elation last April and they sat us together every night. We just made a reservation and always seemed to eat at 6pm. You just have to make sure everyone is there when you show up.

[Janespup]

Thanks, Leslie. That's what I was afraid of.

[iowagirl411]

we had a group of 17 on the Elation last April and they sat us together every night. We just made a reservation and always seemed to eat at 6pm. You just have to make sure everyone is there when you show up.

 

You must have had exceptional dining staff, as ordinarily Carnival does not allow reservations for Anytime Dining.

[fuddrules]

You must have had exceptional dining staff, as ordinarily Carnival does not allow reservations for Anytime Dining.

 

I'm not sure they meant a true "reservation", it may be more like, we all show up at the same time, got in line, put our names in together (the reservation) and then they sat us all together. Perhaps I'm wrong but......

 

We just did 13 on the dream. We either could get 2 round tables next to each other or 1 long table for all of us. We did it both ways and we were always seated in less than 5 minutes.

[carrieluvsgreg]

We just had a group of 14 on the Paradise in December and they were somewhat accommodating... Although we had my time dining, and there was a table for 14 in the dining room, it was for reserved seating guests... Which was confusing to me since I thought they were supposed to be in the other dining room. Apparently, on this ship, half of the dining room was my time and half was reserved seating... Anyway, we sat with a great waitstaff the first night and wanted to be in their section every other night. So they put us at one of the long booths. It all worked out in the end.