Crazy planning mom Posted September 1, 2022 #1 Share Posted September 1, 2022 This will be only our 2nd time on Celebrity and our other time was a lifetime ago. We will be on the Apex which has 4 regular main dining rooms. We selected my time so we can try all 4 . Can we reserve our dining times in advance or do we have to wait until onboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted September 1, 2022 #2 Share Posted September 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Crazy planning mom said: This will be only our 2nd time on Celebrity and our other time was a lifetime ago. We will be on the Apex which has 4 regular main dining rooms. We selected my time so we can try all 4 . Can we reserve our dining times in advance or do we have to wait until onboard? You can select all 4 of them if you want. You can reserve your SD times and restaurants now in your CP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SbbquilterUT Posted September 1, 2022 #3 Share Posted September 1, 2022 We discovered that even with reservations it was still first come with no line for those with reservations, and the first night was a bit of a mess with very crowded lobby. After that we cancelled all our reservations and went at about 7:15 and always got seated quickly as folks were leaving for the 7:30 show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy planning mom Posted September 1, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted September 1, 2022 35 minutes ago, davekathy said: You can select all 4 of them if you want. You can reserve your SD times and restaurants now in your CP. Do I have to be past final payment to reserve in cruise planner? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare WrittenOnYourHeart Posted September 1, 2022 #5 Share Posted September 1, 2022 10 minutes ago, Crazy planning mom said: Do I have to be past final payment to reserve in cruise planner? Thanks. Nope. At least I've got mine all reserved and haven't pif yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy planning mom Posted September 1, 2022 Author #6 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Thank you both. I just made reservations! Yeah! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted September 1, 2022 #7 Share Posted September 1, 2022 2 hours ago, SbbquilterUT said: We discovered that even with reservations it was still first come with no line for those with reservations, and the first night was a bit of a mess with very crowded lobby. After that we cancelled all our reservations and went at about 7:15 and always got seated quickly as folks were leaving for the 7:30 show. Agree about the first night, no matter if it's SD or TD. The great thing (for us) about having reservations for SD is we always request the same table for the entire cruise. Walk right in and sit down. Now where is the sommelier. 🍷 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prish Posted September 1, 2022 #8 Share Posted September 1, 2022 We were on the Apex two weeks back and I had made SD reservations at the different MDRs. Surprisingly there were long lines on Day 2, at both Tuscan and Normandie, people wanting reservations as well as those like us with reservations. But it was just that one evening, other days were just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torfamm Posted September 2, 2022 #9 Share Posted September 2, 2022 10 hours ago, SbbquilterUT said: We discovered that even with reservations it was still first come with no line for those with reservations, and the first night was a bit of a mess with very crowded lobby. After that we cancelled all our reservations and went at about 7:15 and always got seated quickly as folks were leaving for the 7:30 show. We didn’t have that experience at all. It worked like any restaurant on land - one line to check in then those without reservations have names and stepped aside to wait, those with reservations were seated pretty much right away 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CK57 Posted September 2, 2022 #10 Share Posted September 2, 2022 What the show times on Apex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamer321 Posted September 4, 2022 #11 Share Posted September 4, 2022 It depends on the itinerary but it usually is 7pm and 9pm or 7:30pm and 9:30pm. You won't know for sure until you are aboard the ship but look in the app at a cruise with the same itinerary as yours but with an earlier sail date and you should get a pretty good idea as to the show times. (Also the menu rotation) Don't forget about Caravan which is in The Club. It's usually 6pm and 8pm or 8:30pm and 10:30pm, once again depends of your particular itinerary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bru92 Posted September 7, 2022 #12 Share Posted September 7, 2022 I was on Apex in May. The first day they give you a card in your stateroom with a suggested dining room and time "reservation". Thereafter, we booked our dinner time and venue on the Celebrity APP. It was strange, however, because the app didn't allow you to book a reservation too close to the end of your shore excursion. It didn't say that but that's what it did. Onboard phone bookings also worked efficiently. Mike in Ohio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstTeacher Posted September 7, 2022 #13 Share Posted September 7, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 9:14 PM, dreamer321 said: It depends on the itinerary but it usually is 7pm and 9pm or 7:30pm and 9:30pm. You won't know for sure until you are aboard the ship but look in the app at a cruise with the same itinerary as yours but with an earlier sail date and you should get a pretty good idea as to the show times. (Also the menu rotation) Don't forget about Caravan which is in The Club. It's usually 6pm and 8pm or 8:30pm and 10:30pm, once again depends of your particular itinerary. Just another note about Caravan. It’s a delightful circus-like show- one of the best shows we saw on our Apex cruise in June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickmar Posted November 9, 2022 #14 Share Posted November 9, 2022 We had Anytime Select dining without reservations and the most we had to wait was 5-10 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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