When do they open reservation booking for dinners etc

[Tiggertastic]

We have some cruises booked for next year - June and December

 

I want to book some dinner reservations and spa reservations and it does not work at present

 

Can anyone advise how many months prior to sailing should I be able to make bookings. I don't remember having to wait before

 

thanks

[gdpups]

I have a cruise booked on Equinox next November. I just booked our "select" dining reservations for each night and they are also taking reservations for all the specialty restaurants. Not sure about all ships, but I was really surprised this one is taking all reservations so early. Shore excursions are open for booking as well.

[Tiggertastic]

thanks - it must be a technical hitch as I am getting 'under maintenance'

 

Will give it a couple of days

[Archer0749]

I've been seeing that for several days. Was told it was due to some issue they had this past weekend and are still working out.:p

 

[QE=Tiggertastic;40521887]thanks - it must be a technical hitch as I am getting 'under maintenance'

 

Will give it a couple of days

[BobbyD]

Do you need to be paid in full to book excursions, dining, etc.?

[KiwiFunCruiser]

Do you need to be paid in full to book excursions, dining, etc.?

 

No! I booked our select dining times,excursions and also specialty restaurants three months before I paid in full, and they are still their. You should get an email confirming your select dining and the rest you pay on your credit card.

[Project_gal]

Jan

 

There is no set date when reservations open. They have, on occasion, been available well over a year in advance - if memory serves me right up to 18 months once. On some cruises it has been less than 6 months in advance. For our cruises, I just check frequently from the date we book the cruise.

 

For the cruise on Infinity immediately post-dry-dock, reservations for the SS United States were available early but those for Qsine were not available until about 3 months pre-cruise.

 

I believe that it is a manual process because, once or twice, I have become impatient with how late it is and have emailed Miami about it. By "magic", reservations then open. [incidentally, indicate that you are looking to spend money in an email to Miami always appears to receive a response and they reply to let you know when hotels, excursions, etc will be available!]

 

The thing to understand is that they only pre-sell one reservation for each time slot. I have experiemented with this. There also never seems to be a 7:30 slot available online in the "Murano-type" restaurant on M-class ships.

 

Sue