Thrak Posted June 28 #2901 Share Posted June 28 37 minutes ago, memoak said: Back when we had TD and got a bad table we would go to the manager and request a different restaurant and table. We had some bad experiences glad TD is over It's always "interesting" to be seated at a table with someone who is Incredibly Important and Knows Everything and also knows so very many Extremely Important People - at least in their own mind. 😬 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted June 29 #2902 Share Posted June 29 34 minutes ago, Thrak said: It's always "interesting" to be seated at a table with someone who is Incredibly Important and Knows Everything and also knows so very many Extremely Important People - at least in their own mind. 😬 Those are bad but my favorite ones were the couple who declared that “their” table was a non drinking table and the racist who made comments about the race of the servers. Both of those we ran from 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzyed Posted June 29 #2903 Share Posted June 29 (edited) 37 minutes ago, memoak said: Those are bad but my favorite ones were the couple who declared that “their” table was a non drinking table and the racist who made comments about the race of the servers. Both of those we ran from 37 minutes ago, memoak said: Those are bad but my favorite ones were the couple who declared that “their” table was a non drinking table and the racist who made comments about the race of the servers. Both of those we ran from Years ago my two daughters and I were seated at a table with two women who barely said hello as we sat and then when we ordered a bottle of bubbly they didn't say a single word to us for the rest of dinner. Just looked at us with a look of disgust the whole meal. And worse, we were on a cruise with 2 other couples and when we asked our server what flavor ice creams they had he responded with an accent telling us "banella" (vanilla) and one of the men of the other couple made fun of the accent and kept repeating the mispronounced word over and over. UGH! What a jerk he was! Edited June 29 by suzyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted June 29 #2904 Share Posted June 29 29 minutes ago, memoak said: Those are bad but my favorite ones were the couple who declared that “their” table was a non drinking table and the racist who made comments about the race of the servers. Both of those we ran from Weirdos. One of the most interesting things about cruising is the crew. It's cool how they come from so many different places. We talked with people from multiple cultures and it's interesting. It can be quite informative and sometimes humbling. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted June 29 #2905 Share Posted June 29 2 minutes ago, suzyed said: Years ago my two daughters and I were seated at a table with two women who barely said hello as we sat and then when we ordered a bottle of bubbly they didn't say a single word to us for the rest of dinner. Just looked at us with a look of disgust the who meal. And worse, we were on a cruise with 2 other couples and when we asked our server what flavor ice creams they had he responded with an accent telling us "banella" (vanilla) and one of the men of the other couple made fun of the accent and kept repeating the mispronounced word over and over. UGH! What a jerk he was! Hey! I get Banilla Lattes at IC many mornings! It's never bothered me a bit. I'd like to see some of these uppity passengers try to pronounce things in Tagalog... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay S Posted June 29 #2906 Share Posted June 29 1 hour ago, Thrak said: It's always "interesting" to be seated at a table with someone who is Incredibly Important and Knows Everything and also knows so very many Extremely Important People - at least in their own mind. 😬 Thanks for remembering me Thrak! 🤣 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Hag Posted June 29 #2907 Share Posted June 29 15 hours ago, Kay S said: I guess we have just been lucky. 40+ cruises over five lines, and we have only had maybe three bad experiences with tablemates. We like TD and also fared pretty well over the years. I do remember one really pretentious lady that I chose to find funny instead of annoying. That was fine. But on one of our cruises before the pandemic, we were seated at a six top that pretty well finished us with shared tables. One of the couples always - always - showed up seriously late when they showed up at all. A couple of nights they never showed up at all. Our waiter kept us waiting around every night to see if/when they would be there. We did ask him to move things along, which didn't help at all. That inconsiderate couple kept us and the third couple waiting every dang night. The third couple was nice, so we stuck it out. Never again with the shared table! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted June 29 #2908 Share Posted June 29 1 hour ago, Sea Hag said: We like TD and also fared pretty well over the years. I do remember one really pretentious lady that I chose to find funny instead of annoying. That was fine. But on one of our cruises before the pandemic, we were seated at a six top that pretty well finished us with shared tables. One of the couples always - always - showed up seriously late when they showed up at all. A couple of nights they never showed up at all. Our waiter kept us waiting around every night to see if/when they would be there. We did ask him to move things along, which didn't help at all. That inconsiderate couple kept us and the third couple waiting every dang night. The third couple was nice, so we stuck it out. Never again with the shared table! My other issue was the passenger who ordered multiple appetizers, soup corse, salad course, main and two desserts. Dinner took forever and we gave up after 2 nights 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Hag Posted June 29 #2909 Share Posted June 29 6 minutes ago, memoak said: My other issue was the passenger who ordered multiple appetizers, soup corse, salad course, main and two desserts. Dinner took forever and we gave up after 2 nights Oh yes, that too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generichandle Posted June 29 #2910 Share Posted June 29 We always do Anytime, but ask to share a large table. Someone new every night. And it's easy to talk, just ask them about themselves [who doesn't want to talk about themselves?]. After that, common ground almost naturally appears and viola! I always prefer to plan dining around my other activities, rather than vica versa. And I love people, they are so varied yet similar. And, of course, after the cruise they get to say they know me .......... 🤩 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinsince75 Posted June 29 #2911 Share Posted June 29 1 hour ago, memoak said: My other issue was the passenger who ordered multiple appetizers, soup corse, salad course, main and two desserts. Dinner took forever and we gave up after 2 nights Yep! Had a couple that invited us to dine with them. Wife had some kind of disorder and kept re-buttering her breadsticks after every bite. That evening took over three hours. We also had the braggadocious loudmouthed guy at the table next to us trying to impress two girls he was seated with that kept droning on and on about himself. When he told them he was a pathologist, I said to my wife, yes, a pathological liar! 😁 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacMadame Posted June 29 #2912 Share Posted June 29 My first cruise was in my early 20s and I went solo. I knew nothing about cruising except what I saw on The Love Boat. I had no idea that pretty much no one goes solo especially back then. For dinner, they told me they'd put me at the "singles" table. It was a bunch of guy friends who were traveling together and a bunch of gal friends traveling together. And me. And some other guy also traveling solo. The two groups of singles got along and started hanging out. The other solo traveler seemed to think we should group up too but he wasn't my type and I was busy with the piano player in the Jazz bar. LOL Anyway, I had a good time -- that piano player was cute and there was a ballroom dance group on board so I had plenty of people to dance with -- and dining with a bunch of strangers was fine. Until it wasn't. Near the end of the cruise, there was drama between the women over one of the guys in the Rock band. Or something. All I know is there was a lot of yelling and stomping of feet and leaving the dining room in a huff. I found it pretty entertaining, tbh. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted June 29 #2913 Share Posted June 29 1 hour ago, MacMadame said: My first cruise was in my early 20s and I went solo. I knew nothing about cruising except what I saw on The Love Boat. I had no idea that pretty much no one goes solo especially back then. For dinner, they told me they'd put me at the "singles" table. It was a bunch of guy friends who were traveling together and a bunch of gal friends traveling together. And me. And some other guy also traveling solo. The two groups of singles got along and started hanging out. The other solo traveler seemed to think we should group up too but he wasn't my type and I was busy with the piano player in the Jazz bar. LOL Anyway, I had a good time -- that piano player was cute and there was a ballroom dance group on board so I had plenty of people to dance with -- and dining with a bunch of strangers was fine. Until it wasn't. Near the end of the cruise, there was drama between the women over one of the guys in the Rock band. Or something. All I know is there was a lot of yelling and stomping of feet and leaving the dining room in a huff. I found it pretty entertaining, tbh. You sound like fun to cruise with. See you in January 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palolake Posted June 30 #2914 Share Posted June 30 I've tried searching topics and reading half of this thread and can't find an answer to this. Hopefully someone knows :) If you have Premier and book a specialty restaurant now, is there no charge for the first two? Or do you get charged and then have to go to Passenger Services onboard or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamtoonarmy Posted July 1 #2915 Share Posted July 1 12 hours ago, palolake said: I've tried searching topics and reading half of this thread and can't find an answer to this. Hopefully someone knows 🙂 If you have Premier and book a specialty restaurant now, is there no charge for the first two? Or do you get charged and then have to go to Passenger Services onboard or something? The app is not supposed to charge you for the first two but its a bit hit and miss. I was charged for my second reservation and I got a refund via UK customer services live chat. It was a bit challenging and took 2 weeks and several contacts to get it sorted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenky Posted July 1 #2916 Share Posted July 1 Has anyone successfully booked dining reservations today? I tried this morning and no go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorri111 Posted July 1 #2917 Share Posted July 1 13 minutes ago, Lorenky said: Has anyone successfully booked dining reservations today? I tried this morning and no go. Not me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenky Posted July 1 #2918 Share Posted July 1 Is there any information on which dining room is going to have traditional dining in which dining room is going to have reservations? Also, does anyone know if we choose reservation dining if we can ask for table for two? Or is that only for traditional dining? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRoot Posted July 1 #2919 Share Posted July 1 53 minutes ago, Lorenky said: Is there any information on which dining room is going to have traditional dining in which dining room is going to have reservations? Also, does anyone know if we choose reservation dining if we can ask for table for two? Or is that only for traditional dining? Thanks. In the past you could reserve a table for two in reservation dining. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mermaid792 Posted July 1 #2920 Share Posted July 1 The dining reservation system is now live on the app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamtoonarmy Posted July 1 #2921 Share Posted July 1 13 minutes ago, Mermaid792 said: The dining reservation system is now live on the app. Not on mine it isnt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwalaska Posted July 1 #2922 Share Posted July 1 14 minutes ago, Mermaid792 said: The dining reservation system is now live on the app. Did it actually work? Just now, adamtoonarmy said: Not on mine it isnt Did you upgrade your app? I had an upgrade waiting when I went in and looked, but I need to pay mine in full now so that I can make my reservations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZaTaz Posted July 1 #2923 Share Posted July 1 1 minute ago, adamtoonarmy said: Not on mine it isnt I just booked mine for July on Enchanted. Just out of curiosity are you paid in full or elite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1sttimeAlaska Posted July 1 #2924 Share Posted July 1 I was able to confirm the Botticelli Dining Room every night for our September cruise on the Emerald. I think the servers are getting hammered, because I had to try several times before it successfully reserved it. We wanted traditional early, but 5pm is just too early for us. Times for traditional are 5pm and 7:30pm. So we chose the reservation one instead. Hopefully this works well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mermaid792 Posted July 1 #2925 Share Posted July 1 8 minutes ago, alwalaska said: Did it actually work? Did you upgrade your app? I had an upgrade waiting when I went in and looked, but I need to pay mine in full now so that I can make my reservations. It did work. We have paid in full and no I didn’t upgrade the app. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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