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Subject: Re: Dining times Posted on: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:28:01 ADT

Since I started this conversation I may as well add my 2 cents worth . We
have been on 9 cruises as I said in my original post and have always chosen
either a late sitting or an early sitting . We enjoy having a designated
table and meeting everyone at our table. On the Hawaii cruise I did not
understand the concept of FREESTYLE dining I guess. If you did not rush to
the various restaurants to book a reservation at boarding they were totally
booked and you were forced to eat in the cafeteria buffet . How does this
give you freedom of choice as to where to eat . At least with a set sitting
you know you will have a seat where you like to eat.
Because the various places were booked we often missed the show because the
only opening to eat was show time.
On a cruise we took on RCL there were times when we could not get a seat in
the showroom . We had early sitting dinner and tried to go to the show
afterward. The seats were filled with people who had late sitting but
decided to eat at the buffet and take in the early show instead of going to
there assigned show. I do believe they should control the seating in the
showroom a little better to be fair .



"Fran & Ray" wrote in message
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We have taken about 9 cruises but the last cruise to Hawaii was our first
with Freestyle Dining . I must say neither my husband nor I liked this form
of Dining . We enjoy the company of 8or 10 others at our table at set times
. Also we had a very hard time being able to get to dine in any of the
dining rooms . The cruise lines say eat when you want but you need to
reserve and many times were full. Can anyone tell me if there are any cruise
lines that still offer set dining times with choice of table size

--
Fran