Table for 6 - Anytime Dining

[Jollyholiday]

How easy is it to get a table for 6 on Anytime Dining? We will be on the Regal on 6th August and prefer to eat at around 8pm.

 

Will we be able to prebook a table earlier in the day? (This was available on Celebrity)

[kuldalai]

See the Maitre d for a number of pax as a group they are usually very accommodating booking a group table for a set time, even better if it the same group each night at your preferred time they love that .

[-Lew-]

 

How easy is it to get a table for 6 on Anytime Dining? We will be on the Regal on 6th August and prefer to eat at around 8pm.

 

Will we be able to prebook a table earlier in the day? (This was available on Celebrity)

I think you will be okay at 8:00pm. You can try to book a table by calling the DINE line from your cabin in the morning.

 

Enjoy your cruise...

 

Lew

[paul929207]

We usually eat about 7:30 and ask for a table for 6. Never have to wait.

[Jollyholiday]

Thank you for your replies. We are on waitlist for second seating but this seems unlikely. I had seen many posts regarding tables for 2 on Anytime Dining.

This is our first Princess cruise and can't contain the excitement:)

[Colo Cruiser]

Every ship is different about making a res in anytime, but as stated see the head waiter at the door to the DR and he should be able to help you.

[OCruisers]

At 8 o'clock you should have no problems. :)

[2pbears]

We cruised with two other couples a few years ago and requested a table for 6 in Any Time Dining every evening with no problems. We did not make a reservation for any of the evenings. One evening they did seat us at a table for 8, which was fine, but I felt sorry for the young newlyweds that we were seated with as I am sure they felt a little uncomfortable with a group of older people who all knew each other.

[Jollyholiday]

That's good to hear. We are two families travelling together with teenage children. I am not sure that anyone would want to sit on our table as we are mad as a box of frogs:)

[gmann]

We recently returned from a 30 day b2b2b sailing on the Emerald. Anytime dining for any more than 2 who are willing to share, was difficult. The reservation hotline wouldn't take reservations for the normal dining times ( 5:30 - 7:00). Even speaking to the maître d didn't accomplish our goal.

 

 

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[J-D]

When going to Anytime dining with no reservation, we always ask to sit at a table for six. (With eight people, I rarely can hear anyone other than the two people on either side of me. Princess really should install a few acoustic panels in the dining rooms to cut down on the din.)

 

As others have said, at 8:00 pm, there is rarely any problem in being assigned to a table for six (no reservation needed). At 7:30, we sometimes have to wait a few minutes, or fend off "pressure" to sit at a table for eight.

 

John

[caribill]

Thank you for your replies. We are on waitlist for second seating but this seems unlikely.

 

I do not know how far down on the waitlist you are, but if you do not clear (your cruise card at check-in will let you know for sure), the Matre d' has hours on embarkation day afternoon to take care of requests and he might be able to still get you that second seating. See the Patter that will be in your stateroom for the location and time.

 

Also, I assume the bookings for your families are linked in the Princess computer system so Princess will know to put you together if you do clear.

 

If you do clear, it is possible you will be assigned a table for eight along with two other people who you will no doubt want to make a part of your family.