Sea42 Posted January 29, 2023 #101 Share Posted January 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, foodsvcmgr said: Probably HAL should more strongly suggest that booked passengers reserve their dining in advance of boarding. I’m trying to use my two credits for Rotterdam in October but website keeps saying unavailable, try later. What is the time frame for opening reservations, anyone have experience? On a similar note a shorex I was looking at for Bruges went up $20 pp last week. So another lesson in timeliness learned. As long as you’re reasonably sure you are actually going to take the cruise no good reason to hesitate completing your arrangements IMO. Our restaurant booking became available about 4 1/2 months before our upcoming May sailing. I notice the excursion I booked went up $10 since I booked it in November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea42 Posted January 29, 2023 #102 Share Posted January 29, 2023 25 minutes ago, lobsternight said: I guess I will be calling in tomorrow to change times. You can do this online and save yourself the possibility of a long hold time. Just cancel your current reservation and book the new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsternight Posted January 29, 2023 #103 Share Posted January 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, Sea42 said: You can do this online and save yourself the possibility of a long hold time. Just cancel your current reservation and book the new one. Yes good point. Just being cheap with credit card exchange rates and what not. Not worth the frustration. Waiting to hear back from family members about new proposed time or date. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laminator Posted January 29, 2023 #104 Share Posted January 29, 2023 I am on the NS Feb 11th. Every venue shows reservations available for every night including Valentine's Day. This cruise has been sold out for a few weeks now. Considering the vast amount of info shared on here I can't imagine anyone would take a chance waiting to book onboard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipeeinthepools Posted January 29, 2023 Author #105 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Laminator said: I am on the NS Feb 11th. Every venue shows reservations available for every night including Valentine's Day. This cruise has been sold out for a few weeks now. Considering the vast amount of info shared on here I can't imagine anyone would take a chance waiting to book onboard. I can tell you that the Valentines Day special dinner at the Pinnacle Grill is sold out by all of the people on this sailing. The passengers that board on February 4 won’t even get a chance to book the special dinner. Edited January 29, 2023 by Ipeeinthepools Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laminator Posted January 29, 2023 #106 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Ipeeinthepools said: I can tell you that Valentines Day special dinner at the Pinnacle Grill is sold out by all of the people on this sailing. The passengers that board on February 4 won’t even get a chance to book the special dinner. It appears to be the case when you look at the dining reservations. However Valentines day for the Pinnacle is listed separately with 4 times still available. After a discussion with my wife we agreed that we will not go anywhere near any specialty restaurant on Valentine's day. Edited January 29, 2023 by Laminator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipeeinthepools Posted January 29, 2023 Author #107 Share Posted January 29, 2023 I’m not sure what is showing online, I only know what the hostess at the Pinnacle Grill told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman48 Posted January 29, 2023 #108 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Just curious? Is the problem no reservations available or at times you want. If none are available, then that is something HAL needs to address. If you cannot get the times, you want that is another issue. Have noticed on recent short cruise (7 day) it was hard to get times we normally dine but when we checked once we got on board, we could fine times we could live with. On our longer cruises we were able to find days and times more to our liking. Specialty restaurant capacity is obvious an issue, their limited capacity and different menu options are what make the special and set them apart from the MDR. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laminator Posted January 29, 2023 #109 Share Posted January 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, Ipeeinthepools said: I’m not sure what is showing online, I only know what the hostess at the Pinnacle Grill told me. It's showing 4 times available. 5, 5:15, 8:45 and 9. Those times being available would make sense. I would bet that if I made the reservation we would be seated. But like I said we will not go anywhere near a specialty restaurant on Valentine's day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea42 Posted January 29, 2023 #110 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Out of curiosity I checked on reservations that were available for our May cruise. Every restaurant has all times still available on each night I checked except 2. Pinnacle didn't have anything for 7 pm one night and Tamarind didn't have a 7:30 reservation available. Granted, I didn't check every single night for each venue. The Taste of Librije and the Indonesian dinner and Rudi's also still have several slots available but are not a part of HIA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 3rdGenCunarder Posted January 29, 2023 #111 Share Posted January 29, 2023 26 minutes ago, Sea42 said: Out of curiosity I checked on reservations that were available for our May cruise. Every restaurant has all times still available on each night I checked except 2. Pinnacle didn't have anything for 7 pm one night and Tamarind didn't have a 7:30 reservation available. Granted, I didn't check every single night for each venue. The Taste of Librije and the Indonesian dinner and Rudi's also still have several slots available but are not a part of HIA. How soon do the special nights show up on the booking site? I don't remember seeing them for my recent cruise, although I didn't search every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea42 Posted January 29, 2023 #112 Share Posted January 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, 3rdGenCunarder said: How soon do the special nights show up on the booking site? I don't remember seeing them for my recent cruise, although I didn't search every night. For our cruise they were shown as soon as we were able to book reservations at about 4 months out. They were listed on the main page along with each individual restaurants. They are each one night only in the Pinnacle restaurant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipeeinthepools Posted January 29, 2023 Author #113 Share Posted January 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Laminator said: It's showing 4 times available. 5, 5:15, 8:45 and 9. Those times being available would make sense. I would bet that if I made the reservation we would be seated. But like I said we will not go anywhere near a specialty restaurant on Valentine's day. There are really two seatings an early and late. They stagger the early seating at 5, 5:15 and 5:30 and the late seating at 8:30, 8:45 and 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laminator Posted January 29, 2023 #114 Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Ipeeinthepools said: There are really two seatings an early and late. They stagger the early seating at 5, 5:15 and 5:30 and the late seating at 8:30, 8:45 and 9 Must have been a change then. Last week I could have booked any time til 9:30. Including 6, 7 and 8pm. Edited January 29, 2023 by Laminator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipeeinthepools Posted January 29, 2023 Author #115 Share Posted January 29, 2023 5 minutes ago, Laminator said: Must have been a change then. Last week I could have booked any time til 9:30. Including 6, 7 and 8pm. That was before they put in the special times. They still haven’t finalized the menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaCapt Posted January 30, 2023 #116 Share Posted January 30, 2023 4 hours ago, 3rdGenCunarder said: How soon do the special nights show up on the booking site? I don't remember seeing them for my recent cruise, although I didn't search every night. Reservations and specialty nights are already showing for our July cruise, with all dates and times available, and I've booked everything we want at the the times we prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted January 30, 2023 #117 Share Posted January 30, 2023 6 hours ago, Ipeeinthepools said: I’m not sure what is showing online, I only know what the hostess at the Pinnacle Grill told me. You might want to try booking online, via the app, and see if it accepts your reservations request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida_gal_50 Posted January 30, 2023 #118 Share Posted January 30, 2023 7 hours ago, Hlitner said: You might want to try booking online, via the app, and see if it accepts your reservations request. There is something very odd about that situation. I believe that the next cruise on that ship is February 4th. I’ve always been told that can’t see the reservations for the next cruise until about 2 days before so how can she possibly see what has been booked for February 14 this early? I’ve heard it multiple times so it not something made up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea42 Posted January 30, 2023 #119 Share Posted January 30, 2023 13 hours ago, davemac44 said: As a retired Mariner, I'm amused to hear the term used as a passenger! It's a person that assists in navigating a ship! Isn't that why they give us the Navigator app? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laminator Posted January 30, 2023 #120 Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, Florida_gal_50 said: There is something very odd about that situation. I believe that the next cruise on that ship is February 4th. I’ve always been told that can’t see the reservations for the next cruise until about 2 days before so how can she possibly see what has been booked for February 14 this early? I’ve heard it multiple times so it not something made up. I booked my Tamarind dinners for the 2/11 cruise on 1/8 on the app as you can see. Am I not understanding what you are saying? Edited January 30, 2023 by Laminator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shack Posted January 30, 2023 #121 Share Posted January 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Laminator said: I booked my Tamarind dinners for the 2/11 cruise on 1/8 as you can see. Am i not understanding what you are saying? Booked specialty dining and excursions for May 27 cruise on Jan 1. Carrying the printed confirmations in case of SNAFUs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipeeinthepools Posted January 30, 2023 Author #122 Share Posted January 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, Laminator said: I booked my Tamarind dinners for the 2/11 cruise on 1/8 on the app as you can see. Am I not understanding what you are saying? I think the question is can you see them on your itinerary after you book them. I’m on the current cruise and the Feb 11 trip as a continuing voyage and restaurants that I booked were not visible until yesterday. I also do seem to be able to book anything on the app for the rest of this cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laminator Posted January 30, 2023 #123 Share Posted January 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, Ipeeinthepools said: I think the question is can you see them on your itinerary after you book them. I’m on the current cruise and the Feb 11 trip as a continuing voyage and restaurants that I booked were not visible until yesterday. I also do seem to be able to book anything on the app for the rest of this cruise. That's been there since I booked also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipeeinthepools Posted January 30, 2023 Author #124 Share Posted January 30, 2023 It must be a feature of the Navigator system 🤷🏻♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laminator Posted January 30, 2023 #125 Share Posted January 30, 2023 7 minutes ago, Ipeeinthepools said: It must be a feature of the Navigator system 🤷🏻♂️ Maybe if you book them online they will show up. If you book them onboard they do not. This is HAL so who knows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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