Specialty Dining Reservations

[jkbec101]

I learned something when making our specialty dining reservations that I thought was odd, but I thought I would share with all.

 

If you have the free at sea, where you get 2 free dinners at the specialty restaurants, the free tag applies to the first two reservations, regardless of the date. 

 

I made the reservations in this order:

La Cucina - Night 6

Cagney's - 2nd night

Teppanyaki - 1st night

 

Even though Teppanyaki is the first restaurant reservation, the system tried to charge us.  However, when I cancelled everything and rebooked the reservations in the following order, we were not charged:

 

Teppanyaki

Cagney's

La Cucina

 

Now we know that when we go to La Cucina on night 6, we'll have to pay for it, which we're fine with.  

 

I think it might be a glitch in the system, maybe not, but I wanted to share what we learned and how we handled it.

[ChiefMateJRK]

I believe that this is how it has always worked.

[KeithJenner]

29 minutes ago, jkbec101 said:

I learned something when making our specialty dining reservations that I thought was odd, but I thought I would share with all.

 

If you have the free at sea, where you get 2 free dinners at the specialty restaurants, the free tag applies to the first two reservations, regardless of the date. 

 

I made the reservations in this order:

La Cucina - Night 6

Cagney's - 2nd night

Teppanyaki - 1st night

 

Even though Teppanyaki is the first restaurant reservation, the system tried to charge us.  However, when I cancelled everything and rebooked the reservations in the following order, we were not charged:

 

Teppanyaki

Cagney's

La Cucina

 

Now we know that when we go to La Cucina on night 6, we'll have to pay for it, which we're fine with.  

 

I think it might be a glitch in the system, maybe not, but I wanted to share what we learned and how we handled it.

Yes, this is how it has always been. See the link in my signature for more details (it needs a few updates).

 

Just one thing I would mention. Regardless of which order you reserved the meals you can still choose which one you pay for and which ones are covered by your package. Just let them know when you turn up how you will be paying.

Edited June 17, 2022 by KeithJenner

[hallux]

37 minutes ago, jkbec101 said:

Even though Teppanyaki is the first restaurant reservation, the system tried to charge us.  However, when I cancelled everything and rebooked the reservations in the following order, we were not charged:

 

Teppanyaki

Cagney's

La Cucina

Yup, I've suggested booking specialty venues in this way (cover charge before a-la-carte) in the past for this very reason...

[btc1951]

Hallux - I don't understand what you mean by "cover charge before a-la-carte". 

[KeithJenner]

10 minutes ago, btc1951 said:

Hallux - I don't understand what you mean by "cover charge before a-la-carte". 

When reserving restaurants do the ones that have a cover charge first.

[btc1951]

2 minutes ago, KeithJenner said:

When reserving restaurants do the ones that have a cover charge first.

Got it, thanks!

[altarr]

which ones can you not use the dining package on?

[ChiefMateJRK]

33 minutes ago, altarr said:

which ones can you not use the dining package on?

You can drink for free in all of them! 😎