We're avid cruisers but we have only sailed HAL once. We're going on the Nieuw Statendam Transatlantic in April. We enjoy a table for 2 in the main dining room. How difficult is it to get a table for 2 at dinner, and also breakfast and lunch.
Also, what time are the early and late on the Transatlantics? Our last 2 cruises have been on MSC and they tend to be later, especially in Europe.
On our 14-day cruise on the Koningsdam last month, we usually wandered down to the MDR around 6:30 and request a "table for two, no sharing". Sometimes we were seated immediately but most times we were given a buzzer and told the wait would be 10-20 minutes. In fact, the wait was never as long as 10 minutes, and there were pleasant, quiet tables for 2-4 outside the MDR for waiting.