Sunchaser46 Posted February 27, 2017 #1 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Does anyone know if I can prebook specialty restaurants on the Regal or do I have to wait until I get on board? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennybenny Posted February 27, 2017 #2 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Check your personalizer. It will be there if you can book it. I have pre-booking available on some upcoming cruises and not on others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyVeteran Posted February 28, 2017 #3 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Note that you have to pay in advance when you book if you pre-book online. You can't use a promotion or onboard credit to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyboy Posted February 28, 2017 #4 Share Posted February 28, 2017 If your voyage on the Regal does not allow yet pre-booking on your Cruise Personalizer, suggest you book at once when on board. Most reservations on specialty restaurants fill up fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hllwdcruiser Posted February 28, 2017 #5 Share Posted February 28, 2017 We are sailing on the Regal on March 26th and have not been able to reserve any specialty restaurants on my Personalizer. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KONA VILLAGE KID Posted February 28, 2017 #6 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Just booked the Crown Grill on the Ruby in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmoger Posted February 28, 2017 #7 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Reservations are available for our April Coral cruise, but not yet on our September Regal or March 2018 Caribbean Princess cruises. It seems they don't allow reservations until you get closer to your sail date. Personally, besides for the OBC and having to pre-pay issues, I have no desire or idea where and when I want to go to a specialty restaurant months in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted February 28, 2017 #8 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Reservations are available for our April Coral cruise, but not yet on our September Regal or March 2018 Caribbean Princess cruises. It seems they don't allow reservations until you get closer to your sail date. Personally, besides for the OBC and having to pre-pay issues, I have no desire or idea where and when I want to go to a specialty restaurant months in advance. I can reserve online for our 28 day this October but not for our 14 day in March 2018. It's a new thing and isn't available everywhere as of yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromep Posted February 28, 2017 #9 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Our cruise on the Star just opened up bookings for specialty restaurants. The graphic and logo for specialty dining have been on the cruise personalizer for some time now, but only within the past week has it offered reservation functionality. I suspect that this functionality opens up 6-8 weeks before the sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted March 1, 2017 #10 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Our cruise on the Star just opened up bookings for specialty restaurants. The graphic and logo for specialty dining have been on the cruise personalizer for some time now, but only within the past week has it offered reservation functionality. I suspect that this functionality opens up 6-8 weeks before the sailing. Like I said above, I have availability to pre-book now and my cruise isn't until October 8. I've clicked the graphic and it definitely takes me to the spot where it offers to let me book. I can book either Crown Grill or Share. The prices are there. The spot to do the booking is there. I haven't booked but others on my roll call have done so. It's Princess. Things aren't consistent. How usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Flyer Posted March 1, 2017 #11 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Our cruise on the Star just opened up bookings for specialty restaurants. The graphic and logo for specialty dining have been on the cruise personalizer for some time now, but only within the past week has it offered reservation functionality. I suspect that this functionality opens up 6-8 weeks before the sailing. This is a new option that recently began & like other changes is slowly being implemented & may eventually be available fleetwide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcmftwayne Posted March 1, 2017 #12 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Does anyone know if I can prebook specialty restaurants on the Regal or do I have to wait until I get on board? Thanks! You can pre-book ahead of time BUT my issue with Princess is even though we have Specialty Restaurant Credits we can't use those to book now. We'd have to pay to pre-book. Princess needs to fix that ! Now we have to wait until we board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiFunCruiser Posted March 1, 2017 #13 Share Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) My Steward confirmed with us that pre-booking specialty restaurants was mostly aimed at the ships that had "Share", and add to the rest of the fleet later. Princess is hoping that "Share" will get it's share of the early bookings. I am not saying that this is the case, only that it was what he said. Edited March 1, 2017 by KiwiFunCruiser Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Flyer Posted March 1, 2017 #14 Share Posted March 1, 2017 My Steward confirmed with us that pre-booking specialty restaurants was mostly aimed at the ships that had "Share", and add to the rest of the fleet later. Princess is hoping that "Share" will get it's share of the early bookings. I am not saying that this is the case, only that it was what he said. Based on my recent experience, I'm skeptical about that being accurate. About 2 months before sailing on the Star in January I discovered the pre-booking with pre-payment option on my Cruise Personalizer. Based on subsequent discussions the Star was the first, or one of the first to have this new option...and the Star doesn't have Share. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky TGO Posted March 1, 2017 #15 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Does anyone know if I can prebook specialty restaurants on the Regal or do I have to wait until I get on board? Thanks! I always ask my head waiter to do it for me and never had a problem. Just give him something for his service. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted March 1, 2017 #16 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Pre booking for those ships that have it so far there are only 3 times available to book. 5:30 7:30 9:30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted March 1, 2017 #17 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Pre booking for those ships that have it so far there are only 3 times available to book. 5:30 7:30 9:30 D'Oh! I meant to mention that limitation. Thanks for posting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted March 1, 2017 #18 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Pre booking for those ships that have it so far there are only 3 times available to book. 5:30 7:30 9:30 That may carry through to apply to booking on board also. After all, if they have a number of pre-booked reservations at those times, they cannot let on board reservations be made at other times without screwing up the availability of tables for the pre-booked times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted March 1, 2017 #19 Share Posted March 1, 2017 That may carry through to apply to booking on board also. After all, if they have a number of pre-booked reservations at those times, they cannot let on board reservations be made at other times without screwing up the availability of tables for the pre-booked times. Always a ray of sunshine....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyVeteran Posted March 1, 2017 #20 Share Posted March 1, 2017 That may carry through to apply to booking on board also. After all, if they have a number of pre-booked reservations at those times, they cannot let on board reservations be made at other times without screwing up the availability of tables for the pre-booked times. Actually, they can book other times without a problem. I've normally seen empty tables even when they are sold out. I believe they limit the reservations based on staff availability - not just on table availability. If they have some people come in in the middle of these times, it spreads the work out, since everyone is not ordering at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrosso Posted May 6, 2017 #21 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Has anyone had any recent experience with pre-booking specialty restaurants but not booking just waiting until on board. My wife and I always enjoy doing the CG on the final evening. However this time, we are travelling with 4 other people, so are after a table of 6, and 4 of the 6 have a specialty dinner credit. You cannot book this online using the credit. However if i were to pay for the 6 of us, it has to be all pre-paid, and the times are very limited. So my question is: Do they keep a number of reservations free for onboard booking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare WrittenOnYourHeart Posted May 6, 2017 #22 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Has anyone had any recent experience with pre-booking specialty restaurants but not booking just waiting until on board. My wife and I always enjoy doing the CG on the final evening. However this time, we are travelling with 4 other people, so are after a table of 6, and 4 of the 6 have a specialty dinner credit. You cannot book this online using the credit. However if i were to pay for the 6 of us, it has to be all pre-paid, and the times are very limited. So my question is: Do they keep a number of reservations free for onboard booking? This is my question also as I have a specialty dining credit. Also, if I may piggy-back... My credit is for $29. If I wanted to go to SHARE (and could get a reservation obviously) would I just be charged the difference? Or am I "stuck" with Crown Grill since it's $29. (I'm on the Ruby, so no Sabatini's as an option.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted May 6, 2017 #23 Share Posted May 6, 2017 So my question is: Do they keep a number of reservations free for onboard booking? Yes. We have never had issues booking once onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted May 6, 2017 #24 Share Posted May 6, 2017 This is my question also as I have a specialty dining credit. Also, if I may piggy-back... My credit is for $29. If I wanted to go to SHARE (and could get a reservation obviously) would I just be charged the difference? Or am I "stuck" with Crown Grill since it's $29. (I'm on the Ruby, so no Sabatini's as an option.) This was not allowed on our Ruby cruise last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare WrittenOnYourHeart Posted May 6, 2017 #25 Share Posted May 6, 2017 This was not allowed on our Ruby cruise last month. Bummer. Thanks. On the other hand, good to know so I can go ahead and book it on my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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