3CanadianBears Posted December 3, 2022 #1 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Looking ahead to our May cruise, and considering using some OBC for specialty dining. Specialty restaurants are showing only the above times, I've tried different days. Is this usual or is it because it is so far in advance? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcrabb1513 Posted December 3, 2022 #2 Share Posted December 3, 2022 We saw the same thing for a cruise in March, 2024! We will make switching the dining time a priority on embarkation day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cw2go Posted December 3, 2022 #3 Share Posted December 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, 3CanadianBears said: Looking ahead to our May cruise, and considering using some OBC for specialty dining. Specialty restaurants are showing only the above times, I've tried different days. Is this usual or is it because it is so far in advance? Thanks. Are you already booked for anything during the blocked out hours? I am booked for Aug on Beyond and many are sold out so you may be limited already. On Apex Feb 2024 Eden is sold out on many nights. Patty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CanadianBears Posted December 3, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted December 3, 2022 No, not booked for anything else but maybe I'll go ahead and book and then try to change once on board (?) Thanks for the replies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestLakeGirl Posted December 3, 2022 #5 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Yes that is pretty usual. They would like to turn each table twice during the night so they want people to eat early or later. You probably want to eat at seven or 730 but as you can imagine, that means that they can only sell that table once during the night. So they will try now for two bookings and if they don’t get that, and you are on this ship, you can probably get the time you prefer if their strategy has not worked and your middle-of-the-dinner-service time is available, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelayne Posted December 3, 2022 #6 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Our cruise on the Beyond 6 months had nothing before 8:30 and those times were only at 2 restaurants and on,y 3 of 12 nights. Most were 9 & 9:30. We booked one of the 9 times and nothing earlier opened up so we ended up dining at 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare NutsAboutGolf Posted December 3, 2022 #7 Share Posted December 3, 2022 1 minute ago, jelayne said: Our cruise on the Beyond 6 months had nothing before 8:30 and those times were only at 2 restaurants and on,y 3 of 12 nights. Most were 9 & 9:30. We booked one of the 9 times and nothing earlier opened up so we ended up dining at 9. Was going to say the same, even on my Millie sailing which was at 37% capacity, several months out Tuscan grill only had 830pm or later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisestitch Posted December 3, 2022 #8 Share Posted December 3, 2022 That makes sense as it allows them to book others for that table at an earlier time, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagoffee Posted December 3, 2022 #9 Share Posted December 3, 2022 6 hours ago, 3CanadianBears said: Looking ahead to our May cruise, and considering using some OBC for specialty dining. Specialty restaurants are showing only the above times, I've tried different days. Is this usual or is it because it is so far in advance? Thanks. That is the way it was during my recent Silhouette cruise. As I recall, it is has been that way for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CanadianBears Posted December 3, 2022 Author #10 Share Posted December 3, 2022 7 hours ago, WestLakeGirl said: Yes that is pretty usual. They would like to turn each table twice during the night so they want people to eat early or later. You probably want to eat at seven or 730 but as you can imagine, that means that they can only sell that table once during the night. So they will try now for two bookings and if they don’t get that, and you are on this ship, you can probably get the time you prefer if their strategy has not worked and your middle-of-the-dinner-service time is available, Yes, exactly! 7:00pm would be our preferred time. I understand now the idea of wanting to have two "seatings". I'll go ahead and book 6:30pm. Thanks to all who provided input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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