canyonblue737 Posted November 18, 2018 #1 Share Posted November 18, 2018 I have a post-Easter April cruise on Symphony booked for my family of 4 and I'm anticipating deals on Black Friday for shore excursions, dining, and perhaps drink packages that I'd like to book. Having once before cruised on the Allure I know that the entertainment "shows" are a big deal on these ships, at least for my family, so I'd like to plan speciality dining etc. around the show days and times. It doesn't appear there is anyway to book or see when Entertainment is scheduled for the April cruise, when does this typically become available? If I book reduced rate dining or other options on Black Friday can I later change the times and dates of the dining reservations while keeping the reduced rates? Thanks, my kids haven't cruised in about 3-4 years and are older now (13/10) so we'd like to really create a big blowout vacation out of this next cruise and we know how planning is useful on these ships. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted November 18, 2018 #2 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Symphony’s entertainment has been released later than most and has been somewhere around 60-75 days prior to sailing. Whether this will change based on her now being in the US is unclear. With the purchase of any dining package you cannot select the times or locations of when you want to dine other than the first night where you decide the time only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaNana Posted November 18, 2018 #3 Share Posted November 18, 2018 I am on several sights and most are saying 60 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare vacationlover_mn Posted November 18, 2018 #4 Share Posted November 18, 2018 We are 76 days out, and while some things are now showing up in the Royal app (like the sail away party, and the various paid wine tastings), the bookable shows (like comedy, ice shows) aren’t showing up yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Alligator Posted November 18, 2018 #5 Share Posted November 18, 2018 48 days (sailing 01/05/2019) and none of the shows are bookable yet. Like others, we book dining around the schedule of shows my wife wants to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoeyVictoria Posted November 18, 2018 #6 Share Posted November 18, 2018 111days (March 9) and still nothing. I have been checking daily, will continue to do so - probably for a long time before it becomes available, but it is too important to slack off now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canyonblue737 Posted November 18, 2018 Author #7 Share Posted November 18, 2018 I typically book speciality dining around the shows and since they aren't going to be released for a long time it seems can I book any "sales" on Black Friday and then change the times later? I won't buy dining "packages" as we want to have a set time and schedule in advance of the ship but can I safely book a time now for a particular venue (it is 155 days till sailing on the Symphony and I *already* am allowed to book speciality dining dates and times on my cruise planner!) and then just have the option of changing it (at the same pricing) to another date/time once I have the entertainment booked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare vacationlover_mn Posted November 18, 2018 #8 Share Posted November 18, 2018 24 minutes ago, canyonblue737 said: I typically book speciality dining around the shows and since they aren't going to be released for a long time it seems can I book any "sales" on Black Friday and then change the times later? I won't buy dining "packages" as we want to have a set time and schedule in advance of the ship but can I safely book a time now for a particular venue (it is 155 days till sailing on the Symphony and I *already* am allowed to book speciality dining dates and times on my cruise planner!) and then just have the option of changing it (at the same pricing) to another date/time once I have the entertainment booked? We have done that in the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canyonblue737 Posted November 18, 2018 Author #9 Share Posted November 18, 2018 27 minutes ago, vacationlover_mn said: We have done that in the past thanks, if they have any deals this black friday on individual reservations (i have a suspicion it will be on the packages and BOGO's which offer much less flexibility than i want) i'll book something and hopefully be able to move it around (subject to availability) at the same price once they allow entertainment reservations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Alligator Posted November 24, 2018 #10 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Entertainment booking (shows) for our January 5th sailing opened 46 days before sailing on web site (Cruise Planner / Entertainment) but not showing up in app yet. Symphony of the Seas departing 01/05/2019 For anyone interested, shows available to pre-book on the first day bookings opened were: 1 Miami 8:45 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:30 PM 10:45 PM Hiro Comedy Hairspray Comedy Hiro 2 At Sea 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 10:30 PM 10:30 PM 10:45 PM 1977 Comedy Hairspray Comedy 1977 3 At Sea 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:30 PM 10:45 PM Hairspray Comedy Hiro Comedy 1977 4 St Kitts 8:45 PM 8:45 PM 9:00 PM 10:30 PM 10:45 PM 10:45 PM 1977 Hiro Comedy Comedy 1977 Hiro 5 St Thomas 8:45 PM Flight 6 At Sea 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 10:30 PM 10:45 PM Flight Comedy Comedy Flight 7 Nassau 8 Miami Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglovestocruise Posted November 24, 2018 #11 Share Posted November 24, 2018 On 11/18/2018 at 6:52 AM, canyonblue737 said: I typically book speciality dining around the shows and since they aren't going to be released for a long time it seems can I book any "sales" on Black Friday and then change the times later? I won't buy dining "packages" as we want to have a set time and schedule in advance of the ship but can I safely book a time now for a particular venue (it is 155 days till sailing on the Symphony and I *already* am allowed to book speciality dining dates and times on my cruise planner!) and then just have the option of changing it (at the same pricing) to another date/time once I have the entertainment booked? On our Symphony cruise two weeks ago entertainment opened 50 days before sailing. We had the BOGO and the 5 night package, had absolutely no problem booking the 7 nights at the times, days, and restaurants we wanted. All our reservations were for 8 - 8:30. There were long lines at most restaurants for making reservations on embarkation day. We went up to Wonderland and made all our reservations for the 12 nights within 15 minutes. On Symphony they no longer make a first night reservation for you, at least on our cruise that was the policy. Book your Aqua show for early in the week as that is the one show they seem to cancel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelblu Posted November 24, 2018 #12 Share Posted November 24, 2018 (edited) My Symphony Feb. 2 sail opened at the 70 day mark. Surprising no afternoon performances. Edited November 24, 2018 by nelblu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lake show cruiser Posted November 24, 2018 #13 Share Posted November 24, 2018 We are on the Symphony March 9 sailing and our entertainment was available to book at about 108 days out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoeyVictoria Posted November 24, 2018 #14 Share Posted November 24, 2018 On 11/18/2018 at 9:11 AM, ZoeyVictoria said: 111days (March 9) and still nothing. I have been checking daily, will continue to do so - probably for a long time before it becomes available, but it is too important to slack off now. Updated to say that entertainment was available for reservations on November 21, or 108 days in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuCruise Posted November 24, 2018 #15 Share Posted November 24, 2018 (edited) Anyone able to pre-book the Headliner? We could on our Allure cruise but similar to example above, it is not listed in our cruise planner. Our cruise as well has nothing on last evening which is odd. Edited November 24, 2018 by LuCruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare vacationlover_mn Posted November 24, 2018 #16 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Here’s an odd thing I noticed... once they added the real entertainment to my planner, I can no longer see the other things like the all access tour, sushi class, etc anymore... note, I log on via my phone (Safari). Maybe I should try the computer, to see if they are there that way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanannjen Posted November 24, 2018 #17 Share Posted November 24, 2018 We're 55 days out on Anthem (1/18), and we're unable to book any entertainment yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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