Yeah, haven't seen a US based ship at 6 PM for a long time. For me, 5:30 is too early, but 6 would be okay. I did do 8 PM late seating for a while, but that become too late for me. I now just schedule MTD everyday at 6:30 or 7.
ETA: I just did a mock booking for June 19th Explorer and dining times are 5:30 and 8.
Same for the Anthem TA (arrived at 12:15 pm).
The only backup I've encountered was Enchantment (Baltimore) in late March. Arrived on time, quickly through security, but then a slow line for check-in (not in Suite or Pinn).
This has been my experience on 7 pre-COVID Grandeur cruises and 1 post-restart Enchantment cruise. I don't recall ever seeing more than 2 people working (or separate lines) at Cafe Lattitudes.
I was "stuck" at 163 points when cruising halted. Now at 309 points. 🙂 Four "solo" cruises (with no solo supplement!) for a total of 31 days (124 points) + 11 days shared cabin (22 points). One more double points cruise in the fall (14 days = 28 points).
I thought $18 was high *. 😜
* At the time of the "mistake", they had diamond breakfast with free specialty coffee and diamond happy hour with unlimited drinks.
I originally booked in March 2021 - Inside guarantee for $513.50 (+ $165.36 taxes) pp .
After several price drops mid March 2022 to April 2, 2022, I ended up with an Obstructed OV balcony for $249 (+ $165.36 taxes) pp. 🙂