Anytime vs Traditional Dining

[shredie]

I really don't know how you can others to decide what dining is best for you. It is your decision.:)

 

 

Obviously. Does a little advice hurt?

[Husky61]

Obviously. Does a little advice hurt?

 

Depends on the advice.

[shepp]

We had asked for TD but could not get it. Your statement that we did show up at 6 and the HW turned us away and told us to come back because our party was too big. The second DR was so full after we ent there they were willing to take us but by that time it was so busy it would have been the same time. It was later that night that in the second ATD dinning room that the Matre D' gave us a permanet reservation after that. But there was not a lot of sweet talk in between, just very frustrating. It was good after that.

 

Really? They didn't just give you a beeper for a six-top? But they would have if you'd asked for a table for two or four? I'm gobsmacked, really. Just never heard of that happening.

[shepp]

We had asked for TD but could not get it. Your statement that we did show up at 6 and the HW turned us away and told us to come back because our party was too big.

 

Y'know, I just thought of something. If the DR you went to opened at 5:30 and you got there at 6:00 without a reservation, then it was already filled with pax in the early stages of their meals. You probably would have had to wait an hour for a table, of whatever size (though I bet two-tops turn over faster than sixes). That's not the fault of ATD, it's just a matter of scheduling...and why the DINE line won't make ressies for 6:00 - that would mean keeping tables empty for at least a half hour, thereby inconveniencing other passengers.

[AZbeachboy]

Y'know, I just thought of something. If the DR you went to opened at 5:30 and you got there at 6:00 without a reservation, then it was already filled with pax in the early stages of their meals. You probably would have had to wait an hour for a table, of whatever size (though I bet two-tops turn over faster than sixes). That's not the fault of ATD, it's just a matter of scheduling...and why the DINE line won't make ressies for 6:00 - that would mean keeping tables empty for at least a half hour, thereby inconveniencing other passengers.

 

I just posted an expierence and why I think it is better for larger groups to have traditional dinning. It would have save a lot of problem at the beginning of our cruise. We had never had ATD and really did not expect what happend. If I knew what I know now, it would have been a different situation. Now I know how to handle it if it should arise again.