wprater1

I take my family on a cruise each year (18 people) 7 grandchildren. We especially like to show the kids what formal dining is like and have waiters we get to know. With 3 levels of dining rooms the Allure should have no problem assigning some to each type. This year we are being forced into my time time because traditional is full. We will not have tables adjacent or possibly the same dining times. If traditional is so favored, why get rid of it. We do My Time for lunch and breakfast every day.

I booked Diamond Princess 1 yr in advance for May 2011, 23 day sailing. I requested traditional dining, but when my reservation came I was wait listed and assigned "anytime" dining. My TA promised that Princess would take care of this. I later read on another forum that Princess had converted one of the "anytime" dining rooms to traditional due to need for more traditional space. It is obvious that there was empty space in "anytime" dining rooms.

Even with this extra capacity, I am still waitlisted.

Is there a business reason why Princess is trying to force passengers into "anytime" dining?