gm217 Posted October 9, 2007 #1 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I know it's been explained over and over, but can someone do it so I can understand how it works. We are a group of 10, will we all be seated together. Do you have the same waiter, how do you tip??? When do you make a reservation? Any help would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sept10dsm Posted October 9, 2007 #2 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I know it's been explained over and over, but can someone do it so I can understand how it works. We are a group of 10, will we all be seated together. Do you have the same waiter, how do you tip??? When do you make a reservation?Any help would be appreciated With anytime, you can make a reservation for the week if you like. You can request a certain waiter or take the first available at the time you reserve. Tipping is included in the automatic tips. We have tipped additionally if great service from a wait staff that we will not see again. Traditional is same wait staff and table for the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franksandy Posted October 9, 2007 #3 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I have some friends that just got off a Princess cruise with their family of 10...They wouldn't do the anytime dining again for a large group...but would when its just the 2 of them...The reason because they couldn't do it anytime...They had to wait to long for a table for 10 to be availabe for such a large group. You probally would be better off with traditional. Sandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm217 Posted October 9, 2007 Author #4 Share Posted October 9, 2007 thanks, that makes alot of sense. I don't know why our TA did this, but I think we will change to traditional seating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul929207 Posted October 9, 2007 #5 Share Posted October 9, 2007 There are not many tables for 10. So you will probably do best with traditional dining unless you are willing to split up. Contact your TA immediately to get a reservation for the seating you prefer (first seating is about 6:15 and second is about 8:15). Make sure the TA knows to put all of you at one table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.Oceanlover Posted October 9, 2007 #6 Share Posted October 9, 2007 thanks, that makes alot of sense. I don't know why our TA did this, but I think we will change to traditional seating If your cruise is coming up soon I don't think you will have a chance of getting traditional dining unfortunately. You usually need to book about a year out for that. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted October 9, 2007 #7 Share Posted October 9, 2007 For a group that size, definitely try to get Traditional Dining. If you aren't able to, see the maitre de the first day of your cruise, and ask for the same table (or 2) every night at the same time in Anytime Dining. You will probably have to choose a 6pm or 8:15pm dining time if you do this. True Anytime Dining does not seem to work well at all for large groups who wish to dine together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytime53 Posted October 10, 2007 #8 Share Posted October 10, 2007 I think traditional makes sense for a large group if for no other reason than that you only have to make a group decision once as to what time to eat. Can you just imagine trying to satisfy 10 people? "What time does everyone want to eat tonight?" "Oh, that's too early"...."that's too late", etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasetf Posted October 10, 2007 #9 Share Posted October 10, 2007 If your cruise is coming up soon I don't think you will have a chance of getting traditional dining unfortunately. You usually need to book about a year out for that. Bill We have never booked that far out and every Princess cruise we have gotten our Late Traditional all times except once (Med cruise). We have booked a month before and still gotten it. Early is usually harder to get just because it is more popular with a more elderly group of passengers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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