Cheer Mom D Posted January 14, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 14, 2020 We are traveling with a group and we have 3 Specialty Dining Nights included. My question is can we just add nights for a cheaper rate or do you have to buy a package at the full price? It's cheaper per night for a 6 night package than a 3 night package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smrtypnts Posted January 14, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Having already booked our dining last week for 3 specialty restaurants I can tell you it was very difficult finding a restaurant and time we liked. As a matter of fact, we were only able to get 1 restaurant at a time we liked; the other 2 we have reservations at 8:30. So checking the restuarants and times for the # of people in your group may answer your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Wheels Only Posted January 14, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 14, 2020 34 minutes ago, Cheer Mom D said: My question is can we just add nights for a cheaper rate or do you have to buy a package at the full price? You have to buy a 3SDP to add to your current 3SDP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Wheels Only Posted January 14, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, smrtypnts said: Having already booked our dining last week for 3 specialty restaurants I can tell you it was very difficult finding a restaurant and time we liked. The majority of reservations open on embarkation day. The online reservations are only a minority of what is available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted January 14, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Cheer Mom D said: We are traveling with a group and we have 3 Specialty Dining Nights included. My question is can we just add nights for a cheaper rate or do you have to buy a package at the full price? It's cheaper per night for a 6 night package than a 3 night package. You can not upgrade the free dining package. You have to buy an additional package with a minimum of 3 nights for $99 pp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted January 14, 2020 #6 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, smrtypnts said: Having already booked our dining last week for 3 specialty restaurants I can tell you it was very difficult finding a restaurant and time we liked. As a matter of fact, we were only able to get 1 restaurant at a time we liked; the other 2 we have reservations at 8:30. So checking the restuarants and times for the # of people in your group may answer your question. You waited too long and it is sold out. Reservations open 130 days prior to departure for suites and 120 nights for other guests. You need to book exactly 120 days prior to departure or wait until embarkation day. On embarkation day, prime time dining is often sold out at popular restaurants by 1 pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smrtypnts Posted January 14, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) clearly i booked "too late", but i booked the restaurants the day after I booked the cruise. 🙄 Do you think when I board I could go straight to wherever and change the timing? Edited January 14, 2020 by smrtypnts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare All-ready2cruise Posted January 14, 2020 #8 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, smrtypnts said: clearly i booked "too late", but i booked the restaurants the day after I booked the cruise. 🙄 Do you think when I board I could go straight to wherever and change the timing? It really depends, the larger ships are more difficult to arrange ressies on. They only allow about 30% of ressies to be pre-booked so if you make your reservations as soon as you board, or soon after, you should be fine. Enjoy your cruise. Edited January 14, 2020 by All-ready2cruise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KeithJenner Posted January 14, 2020 #9 Share Posted January 14, 2020 15 hours ago, smrtypnts said: Having already booked our dining last week for 3 specialty restaurants I can tell you it was very difficult finding a restaurant and time we liked. As a matter of fact, we were only able to get 1 restaurant at a time we liked; the other 2 we have reservations at 8:30. So checking the restuarants and times for the # of people in your group may answer your question. I have never had any problem getting all the reservations we wanted when doing it soon after they open. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheer Mom D Posted January 16, 2020 Author #10 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Thank you everyone for your replies. Encore seems to have a good selection of Specialty Dining so I was thinking we may want more than 3 nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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