I have no idea what/where I want to eat 48 hrs. from now, let alone months in advance. We recently completed the WC, & we made our reservations either same day or day before through our butler. We were never disappointed. We are big fans of Compass Rose, & always will find something there if all else were to fail. We are on the Grandeur Holiday cruise, & will apply our "system" there as well. It works for us, & has done for our 250+ nights on Regent so far. As they say, "don't sweat the small stuff"...