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Midway thru the cruise we said we wanted the same table # each night (Provence); we already had the same time each night reserved, and when we'd arrive I'd say 'xxx' and only once was it already taken (perhaps by someone still there from earlier).

Well maybe we were just lucky - but what we did worked. Hope it works again on the world cruise cause we booked for 1/2023

And did you ever look on your tv dining reservations (don't need a smartphone) to check if it was correct? First thing the head waiter would do upon getting to the dining room would be to scan one of our medallions and the reservation would come right up. Just curious.

I made a comment since I couldn't answer the poll twice (2nd time for my spouse) - the answer for him was YES - I never wore a mask. So there would be at least one 😉

I booked every day using the tv, individually, in advance. Same time, same dining room, table for 2 in Provence, and would check every day to make sure it was still there that day. Mine were for 6pm so that we could make the show; we would arrive about 5:45 or 5:50 each day and were seated immediately. (not counting the first day from LA which was entirely messed up but still got a table for 2 as reserved). Perhaps it's the peak time of 7pm that is the issue...

10 day, 10 day and 15 day. However my spouse tested positive on returning home last week on 15 day. Fairly mild covid case. Both fully vaccinated but not boosted at all.

3 for me between may 2021 and may 2022 - no covid either and no masking.

Can it be taken twice by same person to cover cabin-mate?

We just got of the 5/11-5/26 sailing. Both MDRs were anytime dining. I had reserved private tables prior to the cruise except for a couple of nights when not available. I changed my seating time from 6:20 to 6 via the tv 'app' after the first two nights. We ate in Provence every night since that was the only MDR where we found reservable tables for 2. For 2nd half of cruise we requested a specific table every night and were able to get it expect for one night where we were seated at a different table for 2. On dates where I couldn't reserve a table for 2 and had 'dine with others', I kept checking back and was able to reserve table for two on those dates.

While I didn't use it - just got off on 5/26 - my patters say open 24 hours.

Agree - would need to use the treadmill or something. that said - I was able to get my 3 mi in using promenade, and walking from our aft stateroom to Horizon buffet and the dining rooms and the theater a few times per day plus the stairs Would need to have an eating routine more like we do at home - altho' we didn't gain anything on this cruise...Yes - we did like Vines on Crown Princess and Caribbean Princess and liked having a good view of the aft - on IP it's only the tiny section of deck 8.

We signed up for the JAN 2023 world cruise after/while just doing the LA to FLL segment. Doing the 97 day since don't want to mostly repeat the ports we just did the last two weeks. The crew was great, a ship not used for 2 years is going to have some issues - and I sure wish the promenade deck went all around - but in a lot of ways the smaller ship and older ship is less sterile looking and had more interesting furnishings than the brand new Enchanted when we sailed on her last Dec.