Pros and Cons of MTC vs Traditional dining with MFTD?

[cwnhokie]

If I understand this correctly, to do My Family Time Dining you have to do the early traditional dining. We are a group of 7, three kids 4,9, and 11 and Grandparents. Will be have a long wait for a table to 7 with MTD? Sorry this is all new to me.

[cb at sea]

That's correct....if you want the kids to be picked up from the dining room for evening activities, you must choose early (main) seating.

 

If you do MTD with a larger group, it's best to have reservations, so they can get a larger table ready for you. Just like at any restaurant, larger parties are harder to seat!

[cwnhokie]

I've only ever cruised on the older, smaller Carnival ships and without kids. This new big boat has too many choices for me!