This will be my first cruise on Royal Caribbean (I have done Carnival and Princess before), so I am trying to understand how the Main Dining Room operates. My family and I will be on Harmony of the Seas in April and we chose My Time Dining because 5pm for early seating is way too early and 8pm for late seating is way too late for us. Below are the listed times for dinner in the RC app:
MDR Deck 3
Dinner 6:30pm-9pm
MDR Deck 4
Early 5pm-5:15pm
Late 7:45pm-8pm
MDR Deck 5
Dinner 8:30pm-9pm
When I try and make reservations for MTD, the earliest time available is 7:15pm everyday on MDR Deck 3. I ended up booking it everyday, as I did not want to not book it and end up with only later times as I wait to see if anything else pops up. However, is there a way to check if earlier times becomes available without cancelling your current reservation? I don't want to lose my current reservation if nothing earlier is available. In addition, is the MDR Deck 5 really only available from 8:30pm-9pm? Is that utilized for MTD also? It is spring break, so I am confused why all the dining rooms are not being utilized for the full dinner hours, or is it? Lastly, if no earlier reservations pop-up, should I just go and wait at 6:15pm and hope to get seated at MDR Deck 3 when it opens up if I want an earlier time to eat? Not sure what is the best solution for my family when we tend to eat between 6pm/6:30pm.