Sand and Seas Posted September 7, 2021 #1 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Has anyone been able to book Specialty Dining for their cruises? I should have been able to book at 125 days (Club Balcony) but online it said to come back at 120 days. Then at 120 days, it says unable to book. I called NCL and was placed on hold while the agent talked with a supervisor. He came back with an answer I haven't heard before- Getaway sailings until January are on a "Stop sale for Dining". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KeithJenner Posted September 7, 2021 #2 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I’ve not been paying close attention, but I’ve seen a few mentions on here of people being unable to book dining for 2021 cruises on various ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruizinKittie40 Posted September 7, 2021 #3 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I'm 40 days out and can't book dining for the Epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesea777 Posted September 7, 2021 #4 Share Posted September 7, 2021 With greatly reduced capacities on the ships (down to 50-60%) you’ll find it very easy to book dining, excursions, etc when you board. Don’t fret. ENJOY!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodmanl1975 Posted September 7, 2021 #5 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I booked all my specialty dining reservations at 120 days out for my October 14 cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadacareer Posted September 7, 2021 #6 Share Posted September 7, 2021 We couldn’t for our dec cruise on the getaway..90 days out now, we’re told to book on line as we have a “stop sail notice” which immediately freaked me out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand and Seas Posted September 7, 2021 Author #7 Share Posted September 7, 2021 5 hours ago, bluesea777 said: With greatly reduced capacities on the ships (down to 50-60%) you’ll find it very easy to book dining, excursions, etc when you board. Don’t fret. ENJOY!! Have they stated how long capacities will be reduced? There will be over 3 months of Getaway cruises before our cruise. (Thanks for the good wishes.....we will enjoy this cruise no matter what😎) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewelfine Posted September 7, 2021 #8 Share Posted September 7, 2021 We were told that you can only book once on the ship due to the limited capacity and that they were cancelling anyone that had managed to prebook. We are booked on the Oct 4th cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafevita Posted September 7, 2021 #9 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I was able to pre book at a 120 days for dining ( club balcony), but entertainment was not available to pre book, must be done once on board. Cruise is in November on the Encore. I did book via groups dining and received an email confirmation but none of my dining shows on my “plans” page on my NCL. Hopefully these reservations will still be valid on board! Anyone have this experience? Good Luck OP ! The club balcony suites just have a few amenities and they seem to be diminishing by the day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaminog Posted September 7, 2021 #10 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I was able to book for Dec 23 using the NCL chat agent. On my NCL app and webpage it still does not show any dining reservation options but the agent was very nice and made me 6 reservations on day 120 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand and Seas Posted September 7, 2021 Author #11 Share Posted September 7, 2021 24 minutes ago, flaminog said: I was able to book for Dec 23 using the NCL chat agent. On my NCL app and webpage it still does not show any dining reservation options but the agent was very nice and made me 6 reservations on day 120 for me. That's nice! Is your cruise on the Getaway? I ask because the agent I spoke to sounded like he couldn't see times to book dining either. That's when he went to talk with a supervisor. He came back with the phrase that Getaway was on a "stop sale for dining". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtlantaCruiser72 Posted September 7, 2021 #12 Share Posted September 7, 2021 I spoke to an NCL agent about two weeks ago who informed me that they had an internal memo related to Jade, Epic andGetaway Europe sailings for 2021 that stated due to ever changing EU occupancy/social distancing requirements they were holding back all dining reservations on these three ships so that they did not have to eventually cancel dining reservations due to last minute changes required by the various governments involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sand and Seas Posted September 8, 2021 Author #13 Share Posted September 8, 2021 3 hours ago, AtlantaCruiser72 said: I spoke to an NCL agent about two weeks ago who informed me that they had an internal memo related to Jade, Epic andGetaway Europe sailings for 2021 that stated due to ever changing EU occupancy/social distancing requirements they were holding back all dining reservations on these three ships so that they did not have to eventually cancel dining reservations due to last minute changes required by the various governments involved. Thanks for sharing that conversation with us. That does sound somewhat logical🤔 Maybe they will open up Getaway for reservations when she sails to Miami in December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flaminog Posted September 8, 2021 #14 Share Posted September 8, 2021 19 hours ago, Sand and Seas said: That's nice! Is your cruise on the Getaway? I ask because the agent I spoke to sounded like he couldn't see times to book dining either. That's when he went to talk with a supervisor. He came back with the phrase that Getaway was on a "stop sale for dining". No, the Joy. It sounds like the people having issues were mostly on the Europe sailings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsparties Posted September 8, 2021 #15 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I was able to book all my specialty dining at 120 days out (Getaway for 10/25). I just checked and I am still able to book dining. Not shows or spa reservations though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JezzaC Posted September 8, 2021 #16 Share Posted September 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Luvsparties said: I was able to book all my specialty dining at 120 days out (Getaway for 10/25). I just checked and I am still able to book dining. Not shows or spa reservations though. Am on the same cruise as you and can't book those. However I don't mind much since ship probably will be like 50% capacity so there probably won't be any issues with getting reservations onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsparties Posted September 8, 2021 #17 Share Posted September 8, 2021 31 minutes ago, JezzaC said: Am on the same cruise as you and can't book those. However I don't mind much since ship probably will be like 50% capacity so there probably won't be any issues with getting reservations onboard. When I look at it there seems to be plenty of open times. I don't think there will be an issue at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victory2020 Posted September 8, 2021 #18 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I was able to book for 9/23 Getaway & can still do so, but not a lot of times left(mostly late). How do I cancel a reservation? I booked Teppynak (sp) for the first night but now I would rather go somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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