Costa Luminosa MDR - lower or upper floor?

It is possible to choose between upper and lower floor dining in the MDR. I couldn't find any information on the differences - which one is usually preferred?

We have never been offered that choice, but have often been on the upper dinning room.

The main difference is the noise level lower floor being larger whereas the upper floor consist of basically just a balcony round the restaurant. Given the choice upper for me every time.

On our recent cruise on Costa Mediterranea some people were given that choice. It depended on what kind of ticket you had. If you have a preference, check on the MyCosta website. That is where you can fill in your preference of dining time and seating location. If I had the choice, I would have chosen upstairs since it is the calmer location.

sometimes one is reserved seatings and the other is for "as you wish" dining.......check with cruise line