Everyone knows that one of the drawbacks of the dining packages is that you can't make a reservation in advance. Yes, you can jump on board as early as possible, get to any of the dining venues and make all your reservations. That being said, if a specialty restaurant is fully booked, it's booked. I have had the experience myself of getting on early, going to Chops to make our reservation ( We had a Chops +1) and it being fully booked. For that reason for our upcoming Wonder cruise (spring break so high chance of restaurants being booked in advance) I booked Mason Bar brunch as a stand along and not part of a dining package. We do not want to get skunked out of Mason Bar brunch.
I'm wondering, does anyone see an issue with this plan: Book a dining package ( looking at a 3 night for this cruise) and doing a bit of a switcher-roo. Basically, right when we get on board going to book The Mason Bar Brunch as a part of our package. If there is a spot, cancel our stand alone. If there are no openings, I can still cancel our stand alone reservation, and then slide into the spot we vacated...
Would that work??