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How were the lines each night to get your table assignment. On the Caribbean Princess, the line was a 20 minute wait each night...

Just returned from this cruise. A couple of comments: At Bar Harbor, we were on a tender going ashore and heard one of those great shrill alarms in the boat. The pilot called in a failed starboard motor (on the tender/life boat). It was very slow going ashore. I think the various reasons for slow speed (local rules, hardware issues) forced them to stop taking people ashore. Later in the week I saw that tender being piloted around on a test run (in circles) using the starboard motor. I suspect they were testing their repairs. In the Palm dining room, the line for 'with reservations' usually stretched up the stairs to the deck 7, sometimes to the photo area. Usually 20+ minute waits. The cause: everyone with reservations was assigned a new table each night and had to be escorted to the table. The 'without reservation' line was short and quick. My solution, request the same table each night and arrive 15 minutes before the room opened. What a mess. Formal nights were much worse. Why not use the same table for reservations for the same time every night? This is how it worked on the Emerald the last 3 times.