Fixed Dining / Anytime Dining

[coffeehit]

We are booked for an Alaska cruise on Koningsdam in July. We have only cruised a couple of times but have always done anytime dining. But I have been reading different posts about long lines and was just wondering if we were to select our preference to set dining, could we swap to anytime dining once onboard if we didn't like not having the flexibility of when to eat?

[richwmn]

1 minute ago, coffeehit said:

We are booked for an Alaska cruise on Koningsdam in July. We have only cruised a couple of times but have always done anytime dining. But I have been reading different posts about long lines and was just wondering if we were to select our preference to set dining, could we swap to anytime dining once onboard if we didn't like not having the flexibility of when to eat?

You are able to switch from fixed to open (or the other way) once. You also have the option of eating at the Lido or in Specialty Restaurants at any time.

[coffeehit]

2 minutes ago, richwmn said:

You are able to switch from fixed to open (or the other way) once. You also have the option of eating at the Lido or in Specialty Restaurants at any time.

Great. I will leave as anytime then and see how it goes!

[mahi mahi]

Strongly suggest you go to the podium outside either MDR or Pinnacle once you board and make reservations if you know you prefer to eat at a certain time.  We prefer to eat early (I realize this isn't for everyone) and have the same table and waitstaff.  Our table for 2 was near the main entrance and we witnessed long lines at times and several upset people who weren't able to get tables when they wanted to dine.

And yes, you can switch once on board from fixed to any time and vice versa but no guarantees.  We also saw people in the anytime dining room being escorted upstairs to the fixed dining room - they must have had space there to accommodate the overflow.