Tiffins Posted January 3, 2023 Report Share Posted January 3, 2023 Hello! This will be my first royal cruise. I was just wondering when the my time dinner times go to? I know you can sign up during the week of what time you want. I'm figuring we would go around 8:30ish or later since we always eat late. Would there be a long wait time if we just show up? Debating if I want to change my time to the 8 dinner time. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChessE4 Posted January 3, 2023 Report Share Posted January 3, 2023 If you are assigned My Time Dining (rather than Traditional Dining, second seating), you'll want to reserve a dining time for each night of the cruise. This is done in Cruise Planner, you "check out" like you were buying something, but it is 0 cost because it is complimentary. We did have a cruise in June when the available times were late, from 7:45 PM to 8:15 PM, and we were able to be seated with the same staff each night. We actually had fast service later than when we had MTD earlier (on a different cruise). Your invoice will indicate whether you have Traditional or My Time Dining, and once confirmed as MTD, book your desired time for each night. Depending upon the ship you are sailing, you may need to consider your show reservations (larger ships require show reservations, smaller ships don't and offer a show twice each night as a general rule). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 So even with a reservation you may experience a line for MTD. On my last cruise(s) Odyssey and Harmony I had MTD, I waited almost 20min with my reservations and about 15-25min without one. You can make reservations now on the app or in cruise planner. But be prepared to wait. ChessE4 and Neesa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaa Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 If you want that time each night, I think you're better with Traditional. Then you'll just go right to your table. CruiseGus, KristiZ, ChessE4 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie M Posted January 4, 2023 Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 We did MTD on our last cruise and only had to wait 5 minutes or so on a few of the 7 nights. We had the same wait staff each night too (our preference) - the earliest option for us with MTD was 6:15pm so we selected that for every night without a problem on the app. It was a good experience but we opted to go with the early seating for our upcoming cruise so we have 1 less thing to plan in advance. michaelp1446 and Pooch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cakemeister Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 We loved MTD on our last two cruises, but they were low-population cruises with no lines. We never made a reservation and walked in whenever we wanted. Our next cruise in a few weeks is likely to be a full ship, so we'll see if we still love MTD after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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