My soon to be hubby and I are cruising on the Allure of the Seas June 18th, 2017.
Our first cruise EVER was on the Liberty of the Seas May 1st, 2016. We fell in love with cruising!
This next cruise will be a "honneymoonish" cruise along with celebrating my mother's birthday. We will be traveling with some friends and family.
We both thoroughly enjoyed the food in the MDR where we had the traditional dinging at 8pm.
We also ate one night at Chop's Grill where I was thoroughly impressed and he was not so much.
This upcoming cruise we chose the My Time Dining for everyone.
Now here come the questions...
1. I understand how MTD works but can I still make reservations ahead of time online for the times we would want to avoid the wait for a larger party?
2. Which specialty restaurant's would you suggest? We are thinking about the Brazilian Steakhouse or Giovanni's Table but open to other options. Since we are celebrating some special occasion's we would like something "kid free" and nice.
3. Now, we are over a year out from our cruise but I am a planner, how far out do you think or recommend I start making reservation's for dinner's and entertainment?
4. The MDR food on the Liberty of the Seas was wonderful but the reviews for the bigger ships have not been great. Now we consider ourselves "foodies" but do understand the logistics of the bigger ship's so tend not to be too picky...Should we pick a specialty dining package or is the food in the MDR good considering the circumstance?
Tank you in advance for any advice you can offer some still somewhat novice cruisers.
Also, any suggestions about the ship in general or excursions would be awesome!
We are going to St. Maarten, San Juan, and Labadee, Haiti.
Thanks,
Kim and Jeff