antsp Posted March 19, 2017 #1 Share Posted March 19, 2017 just a heads up, for our cruise in April you can book the Crown Grill and Sabatinins through your personaliser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cruise 11 Posted March 20, 2017 #3 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Thanks. I was able to book Crown Grille yesterday for our cruise next week. Awesome! Will save me time once I board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisincdns Posted March 20, 2017 #4 Share Posted March 20, 2017 just a heads up, for our cruise in April you can book the Crown Grill and Sabatinins through your personaliser Yes, but you must pre-pay in advance. We always book on board and use our OBC's to pay for it. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted March 20, 2017 #5 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Yes, but you must pre-pay in advance. We always book on board and use our OBC's to pay for it. Paul The price for convenience.` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare grouchomarx Posted March 20, 2017 #6 Share Posted March 20, 2017 It's a dream come true for me!!!! I like to plan ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoCruisers Posted March 20, 2017 #7 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I will book my specialty dining reservations while on board. If Princess starts charging ahead of time for excursions, then I will book them on board also. If I can’t use my cruise credits for something useful then what’s the point? And I am talking about in excess of gratuities. Maybe I’ll just play the system and cash it all out through the casino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Woobstr112G Posted March 20, 2017 #8 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Yes, but you must pre-pay in advance. We always book on board and use our OBC's to pay for it. Paul Nothing wrong with prepaying.....:):):) Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky TGO Posted March 20, 2017 #9 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Yes, but you must pre-pay in advance. We always book on board and use our OBC's to pay for it. Paul I like to use my OBC also. So I always book on board also. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsetbeachgal Posted March 20, 2017 #10 Share Posted March 20, 2017 For a special occasion I would definitely book/pay ahead. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted March 20, 2017 #11 Share Posted March 20, 2017 It's a dream come true for me!!!! I like to plan ahead. I find it hard to plan an evening at a specialty restaurant without knowing in advance the activity and entertainment schedule for that evening and what the menu in the main dining room may be for that evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antsp Posted March 20, 2017 Author #12 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I find it hard to plan an evening at a specialty restaurant without knowing in advance the activity and entertainment schedule for that evening and what the menu in the main dining room may be for that evening. I agree, last thing I want to do is decide to go the Crown grill 3 months in advance, wii definitely suit some, but not me. Didn't realise you had to prepay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishfulone Posted March 20, 2017 #13 Share Posted March 20, 2017 If only we had a Sabatini's to book. All they're offering us is Share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom10 Posted March 20, 2017 #14 Share Posted March 20, 2017 We will wait to book onboard and use our OBC certainly not paying it in advance and then having to waste OBC on something we don't really want to purchase. Also like to know when Formal nights are so another reason to wait until onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyVeteran Posted March 20, 2017 #15 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Nothing wrong with prepaying.....:):):) Bob However I have two nights complimentary specialty restaurants on each of my next three cruises, so I won't be able to pre-reserve. I'm sure I won't have any problem making reservations onboard though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthomp5 Posted March 22, 2017 #16 Share Posted March 22, 2017 We have complimentary specialty dining so I guess we'll wait to book onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonyy7 Posted March 22, 2017 #17 Share Posted March 22, 2017 I don't believe this is for all ships because it's definitely not available in my personalizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Womble99 Posted March 22, 2017 #18 Share Posted March 22, 2017 It is available on Golden now, we have it in the personaliser for the March 31 sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmoger Posted March 22, 2017 #19 Share Posted March 22, 2017 They must be rolling it out to more (and perhaps all cruises). A week or so ago, of out 3 cruises currently booked, Specialty Dining reservations were available on our next cruise which is currently 26 days out. However, now our September TA on the Regal and our March 2018 cruise on the CB are both offering reservations. I totally agree with others that have no desire to plan our dinner schedule months or a year in advance and also want to be able to use OBC (although we would probably not have any problem using them up anyway :D). My biggest complaint, and this is not the case on NCL, the only other cruise line we've sailed (Princess is much better from our perspective ;)), is the very limited time slots. We almost always dine between 8:00 and 8:30. 7:30 is too early, it falls smack in the middle of the cocktail hour :D and 9:30 is too late. Given my age, that's when that cocktail hour starts to kick in ;p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Woobstr112G Posted March 22, 2017 #20 Share Posted March 22, 2017 However I have two nights complimentary specialty restaurants on each of my next three cruises, so I won't be able to pre-reserve. I'm sure I won't have any problem making reservations onboard though. Good point sir.....:):):) Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBGuy Posted March 22, 2017 #21 Share Posted March 22, 2017 My biggest complaint, and this is not the case on NCL, the only other cruise line we've sailed (Princess is much better from our perspective ;)), is the very limited time slots. We almost always dine between 8:00 and 8:30. 7:30 is too early, it falls smack in the middle of the cocktail hour :D and 9:30 is too late. Given my age, that's when that cocktail hour starts to kick in ;p. I'm pretty sure that the limited time slots for the pre-booking is to allow plenty of slots for people who will not be making their reservations until they board. This seems reasonable to me. I have no issue with prepayment, but I really don't like to plan very far in advance. So, I'll be making all our dinner reservations after we board. We also have a lot of flexibility in our dining times. If only early reservations are available, we'll take one. If only late reservations are available, we'll take one of those. I also believe you can't pre-book a reservation for embarkation evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted March 23, 2017 #22 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I'm pretty sure that the limited time slots for the pre-booking is to allow plenty of slots for people who will not be making their reservations until they board. Maybe. Maybe not. Limited could mean limited to the total number of seats in the restaurant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyVeteran Posted March 23, 2017 #23 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Maybe. Maybe not. Limited could mean limited to the total number of seats in the restaurant. I believe they limit the number based on staffing - not physical space. They also want to stagger arrivals so that everyone doesn't arrive at the same time in order to even out staff workload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cr8tiv1 Posted March 23, 2017 #24 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Originally posted by NavyVeteran However I have two nights complimentary specialty restaurants on each of my next three cruises, so I won't be able to pre-reserve. I'm sure I won't have any problem making reservations onboard though. Good point sir.....:):):) Bob Why can't I make reservations for complimentary dinners? Are reservations only for pre-pay guests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyVeteran Posted March 23, 2017 #25 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Originally posted by NavyVeteran However I have two nights complimentary specialty restaurants on each of my next three cruises, so I won't be able to pre-reserve. I'm sure I won't have any problem making reservations onboard though. Good point sir.....:):):) Bob Why can't I make reservations for complimentary dinners? Are reservations only for pre-pay guests? Advance reservations must be prepaid. They cannot be complimentary from a promotion or for suite first night and they cannot be paid with OBC. They do not allow prepaid reservations for the first night - probably because of the complimentary dinners for suite passengers. Also they limit the number and times of prepaid reservations on other nights, so there will still be times available for booking onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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