cruiseboy89130 Posted February 28 #1 Share Posted February 28 Hi, i just read that there is a 3rd new traditional dining time inroduced to all the ships. Currently the 3rd time is at 6.45 pm to 7.30 pm depending on ship and itinerary. It is already available on Wonder and Icon but will be rolled out fleetwide! Which other ships have it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisegirl1 Posted February 28 #2 Share Posted February 28 (edited) It wasn't on the Wonder a few weeks ago, but it would be perfect for us. Hope it is implemented fleet wide soon. I read an article about the new dinner time it mentioned a 60-75 minute dinner teem allotment. I thought the new streamlined menu was to speed up dinner to less than an hour. At least that's what we were all told. M Edited February 28 by cruisegirl1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted February 28 #3 Share Posted February 28 5 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said: It wasn't on the Wonder a few weeks ago, but it would be perfect for us. Hope it is implemented fleet wide soon. I read an article about the new dinner time it mentioned a 60-75 minute dinner teem allotment. I thought the new streamlined menu was to speed up dinner to less than an hour. At least that's what we were all told. M We were consistently in and out in that time frame on our cruise on Symphony last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheezsmith Posted February 28 #4 Share Posted February 28 Was the early dining at 5:00 or 5:30? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-leg5 Posted February 28 #5 Share Posted February 28 18 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said: I read an article about the new dinner time it mentioned a 60-75 minute dinner teem allotment. I thought the new streamlined menu was to speed up dinner to less than an hour. At least that's what we were all told Are you seriously concerned about a discrepancy of 15+ minutes? They have to allow for different size groups. People choosing multiple courses. Groups not arriving together or on time. I am sure if there are two of you eating 3 courses and you say you are in a hurry, they will try and comply with your timeframe. Personally, I am eating dinner not competing in a race. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveru621 Posted February 28 #6 Share Posted February 28 34 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said: Currently the 3rd time is at 6.45 pm to 7.30 pm 45 minutes for dinner? It's possible, but it won't work for large tables. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseboy89130 Posted February 28 Author #7 Share Posted February 28 (edited) 4 minutes ago, steveru621 said: 45 minutes for dinner? It's possible, but it won't work for large tables. The starting time is at 6.30 pm to 7.45 pm please read the whole sentence! Could we also please stay on topic this is not about how long it takes but about the new 3rd starting time! Edited February 28 by cruiseboy89130 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted February 28 #8 Share Posted February 28 39 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said: It is already available on Wonder It is not currently available on Wonder. I know the article says it was tested on Wonder but it is not an option for any of my 3 Wonder cruises that sail between March and July of this year. I even asked my TA about it in the past 2 hours and he had never heard of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-leg5 Posted February 28 #9 Share Posted February 28 3 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said: The starting time is at 6.30 pm to 7.45 pm please read the whole sentence! Could we also please stay on topic this is not about how long it takes but about the new 3rd starting time! I understood your time frame but is the intention to have three separate sittings or will the start times overlap on different floors? If separate, consecutive sittings a start of 7.45 will make first or last sitting very early or late depending on whether that is the second or final sitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseboy89130 Posted February 28 Author #10 Share Posted February 28 Just now, c-leg5 said: I understood your time frame but is the intention to have three separate sittings or will the start times overlap on different floors? If separate, consecutive sittings a start of 7.45 will make first or last sitting very early or late depending on whether that is the second or final sitting. They will overlap I assume the other 2 times will stay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrussell Posted February 28 #11 Share Posted February 28 Petty squabbles notwithstanding, there was no mention of this on Wonder on our Feb 11-18 sailing and in fact we had some deeper discussions with a more senior member of MDR staff and this topic came up in a round about way. Personally I think this would do wonders (pardon the pun) of fixing the cluster that is my time on Oasis class. Is there any reference to this anywhere besides rumor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickGold Posted February 28 #12 Share Posted February 28 (edited) Since context is everything, here's the source of this news: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2024/02/28/royal-caribbean-introduces-third-dining-time-give-cruise-ship-passengers-more-choice Edited February 28 by QuickGold 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveru621 Posted February 28 #13 Share Posted February 28 I am curious if this will only work on ships with 3-deck dining? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted February 28 #14 Share Posted February 28 (edited) We'd like to see RC got back to 6:PM and 8:30 PM TD and same times for MTD. We hate the later start time for MTD and not thrilled with the 5:30 start time for early TD. But we've gone back to early TD. We don't cruise on the huge ships. Freedom class is the biggest we've been on. Edited February 28 by doghog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-leg5 Posted February 28 #15 Share Posted February 28 14 minutes ago, edrussell said: Personally I think this would do wonders (pardon the pun) of fixing the cluster that is my time on Oasis class. It might go some way to helping some people, although I see it being a very popular option (especially if 6.45) and oversubscribed. However it doesn’t address the fundamental attraction of MTD which is flexibility. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted February 28 #16 Share Posted February 28 I am on Wonder right now. There is no such thing. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted February 28 #17 Share Posted February 28 1 minute ago, island lady said: I am on Wonder right now. There is no such thing. I just asked you on your live Wonder thread if you would comment on this. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted February 28 #18 Share Posted February 28 4 minutes ago, doghog said: I just asked you on your live Wonder thread if you would comment on this. Thanks. I did...our posts came in at the same time. That info is totally untrue. 💩 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starry Eyes Posted February 28 #19 Share Posted February 28 (edited) 31 minutes ago, doghog said: We'd like to see RC got back to 6:PM and 8:30 PM TD and same times for MTD. We hate the later start time for MTD and not thrilled with the 5:30 start time for early TD. But we've gone back to early TD. We don't cruise on the huge ships. Freedom class is the biggest we've been on. 5:30 start time for early dining? Consider yourself lucky. We’ve had 5:00 early dining start times lately. 51 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said: They will overlap I assume the other 2 times will stay When I read that blog article, I thought they planned to squeeze in three faster seating (trying to get diners out in 75 minutes, and leaving a bit for leeway and cleaning) and push back late a bit. For example on ships in earlier dining cultures: early at 5:00, middle at 6:45, and at late at 8:30. Or on other ships maybe early at 5:30, middle at 7:15, late at 9:00. Edited February 28 by Starry Eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted February 28 #20 Share Posted February 28 Just now, Starry Eyes said: 5:30 start time for early dining? Consider yourself lucky. We’ve had 5:00 early dining start times lately. When I read that blog article, I thought they planned to squeeze in three faster seating (trying to get diners out in 75 minutes, and leaving a bit for leeway and cleaning). For example on ships in earlier dining cultures: early at 5:00, middle at 6:45, and at late at 8:30. Or on other ships maybe early at 5:30, middle at 7:15, late at 9:00. The more accurate information comes from someone actually on the ship.... 😉 That info is false. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Sean Posted February 28 #21 Share Posted February 28 Funny - I just came here to ask about a conversation with royal Caribbean customer service that ended up with my party (8 of us) with a 7:45 traditional dining time for a Bermuda cruise in the summer - Maybe this is the explanation for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted February 28 #22 Share Posted February 28 16 minutes ago, steveru621 said: He's known for snarky comments. I'm not sad. Think he'll apologize, or just EDIT his original comments? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doghog Posted February 28 #23 Share Posted February 28 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Starry Eyes said: 5:30 start time for early dining? Consider yourself lucky. We’ve had 5:00 early dining start times lately Yikes. Gad we are lucky. We booked our B2B RC cruise last March while on the Apex. I made 5:30 TD reservations for both legs as soon as the bookings went thru. Edited February 28 by doghog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted February 28 #24 Share Posted February 28 4 minutes ago, CT Sean said: Funny - I just came here to ask about a conversation with royal Caribbean customer service that ended up with my party (8 of us) with a 7:45 traditional dining time for a Bermuda cruise in the summer - Maybe this is the explanation for it? 7:45 second seating for traditional dining currently on Wonder is deck 3 and deck 5. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starry Eyes Posted February 28 #25 Share Posted February 28 1 minute ago, island lady said: The more accurate information comes from someone actually on the ship.... 😉 That info is false. I understand it has not started on Wonder, but they may be planning to roll it out🤷♀️. A small pilot program could have been done sometime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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