The do's and don'ts of open seating/ anytime dining?

[Danni3ll3]

Some tables for two can be uncomfortably close. We found this on the Coral Princess and since the tables are bolted to the floor, they can't be moved.

[polySeraph]

We had Open Seating on the Westerdam earlier this month. As soon as we embarked, my husband reserved a table for two for the first three evenings. When we arrived at the dining room we told the maître 'd that we would prefer a more private location and, if possible, we'd love for it to be near a window. The maître 'd told us that he had tables for two near a window but they were not particularly private. We opted for the more secluded two-tops elsewhere and had a wonderful experience all week.

[57redbird]

That's a really great suggestion! Thanks. Is that in the downstairs section only or anywhere on the dining room?

 

 

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In the lower dining area...glad to help!

[ski ww]

We like fixed seating, late, table for 8. This way with a late shore excursion we're not in a rush. It's always nice in the evenings talking about how our day went we normally make a night of it sometimes the last ones to leave just in time to catch the 10:00 show. Different strokes for different folks.

Allan & Marlane

[bjarrett7]

Thanks to everyone for the help! I don't know what I would do without my CC friends. Little by little I am figuring out the HAL way. 😄

 

 

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[jtl513]

What we do is, after depositing our carry-ons in our cabin, head to the main dining room & check out 2-top tables in the area we'd like to be seated.

All of the MDR layouts (both upper/Fixed and lower/Open levels) are available on halfacts.com, so you can scope out your desired tables before leaving home. For example, here is the Noordam:

http://halfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/NODM.pdf

Choose your class of ship, and the link to the MDR map is the first "Info" after each ship name.

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Edited December 23, 2014 by jtl513

[catl331]

On our last cruise we reserved the same table for two for the first two nights. After that we got a card every day saying that the table was "assigned but not guaranteed" - even when we told them the night before that we would be dining elsewhere!