"LeeNY" wrote:
>Rosalie B. wrote:
>
>> I didn't
>> observe at 8 because we don't ever eat that late, but I would not
>> think there would be a line then. We didn't eat that late because we
>> would have missed the late show or other things that started at 9.
>
>On HAL, the show for the late seating guests starts at 10:00 or 10:30,
>so there's still plenty of time to enjoy a leisurely day on shore,
>relax for a few hours before dinner once back on board, eat a relaxing
>meal in the dining room, and still see the show. The shows are only,
>like 45 minutes long. So, you're out of the show by 11:00-11:30. Still
>plenty early for some gambling, dancing, etc. Carnival ran the shows
>before dinner, for the late seating. Didn't like that at all, and as a
>result, didn't see many of their shows. For me, the whole point of late
>seating is to slow down the pace of my day...having to rush back to the
>ship to get ready to see the show is no different than having to rush
>back to get ready for dinner.
>
But that's not a fault of Freestyle. And actually I would think that
it would be better for you, because you would not have to schedule
your pace to meet the dining time. So if you wanted to see the show
and didn't think you would have time without rushing back to the ship,
you could decide to eat in the buffet, and if you didn't care about
the show, you could eat in the dining room at your leisure and then go
dancing or do some gambling. Even withOUT Freestyle, you still have
to go with the ship schedule for shows.
We are incurably early to bed people. Bob is rarely awake past 10:30
and we are usually up by 6:45. When we are on our boat, we like to
see the sunrise. This is even though we are retired and don't have
any schedule to keep - it is just the natural schedule for us. Not
everyone likes to sleep in. When we are home is that I have to get
out to meet my personal trainer at 9 instead of having to be at work
at 8 like before, so it is a little more relaxed.
We normally eat dinner while watching the 6:00 news when we are home,
and when we eat out, we try to arrive at restaurants before the 6:00
rush and also in time to get Early Bird Specials if there are any.
We HATE waiting to be seated, and will leave a restaurant rather than
wait. So going to dinner at 5:45 to avoid the rush is not any
different from normal for us and doesn't require rushing. We don't
dance (Bob because he doesn't and me because of back problems) and we
don't gamble, and it has only been with great persuasion from Bob that
I will even GO to a show. YMWV.
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