MDR Tips For Quiet(er) Dining

[HugoBoss344]

Does anyone have tips on when to go and where to sit in the MDR on specific ships or all the ships in general so that one could avoid the part of the dinner when the music starts playing and the napkins start twirling and the conga lines start going?

We, in the past, have done specialty dining or Windjammer for dinner and would like to give MDR another chance but the one time we went, the party and napkin twirling weren't our style.

[SpeedNoodles]

I believe? they only do that on the last night.  I can't say that I've seen it in years, but I'm usually not there on the last night.

[KristiZ]

Yes, that's a last-night thing.

[KJones]

I think you can also avoid it by scheduling dinner for 6:45 or so if you have MTD - you'll be after the early seating's "show" and too early for the late seating's.

[FloatyBoaty]

^This. My last night on Anthem last month I walked up to the MTD lines at 6:30 and they were just finishing the parade through the MTD dining rooms. I finished my meal and was out of there before it started up again.

 

[HugoBoss344]

54 minutes ago, KristiZ said:

Yes, that's a last-night thing.

Ah ok.  Now granted I've only been on two RC (2019 and 2022) and one Carnival (1994!!!!!!).  We did not do MDR in 2022 but we did in 2019 and I'm sure it was one of later nights in the cruise that the napkins were going, but not the last one because we went to a specialty restaurant on our last night. I know a lot has changed since 2019.  

1994 was in the 4th grade and I seem to remember conga nights every night but everything seems over the top when you're a 4th grader.

For context: we are trying to save a bit of money by maybe only doing the 3-night dining package along with the MDR and could simply avoid MDR last night in that case.  However, the unlimited dining is really such a deal and it's just two of us so we are very flexible on dining times, plus you get a deal on bottles of wines which gives us a reason to not get the unlimited booze package. 

Well, for now we will just avoid the last night in MDR or dine at 6:45!

[Ampurp85]

Just avoid the late seatings, they do that annoying and unsanitary napkin thing almost every night, at least that was the case on Grandeur last month. Thankfully MTD was on upper level, so I just had to hear it. 

[HugoBoss344]

Ah! But you may have answered the question. They obviously didn’t do it on the upper level so maybe I just need to ask to sit on the level where the conga lines aren’t planned. 

[smokeybandit]

They're doing MDR "shows" again?  I haven't seen one post restart

[barjpoe]

10 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

They're doing MDR "shows" again?  I haven't seen one post restart

Haven't seen it on my last cruises.  Odyssey and Liberty just last week.  Though was only in the MDR 3 times over the 2 weeks. And not on the last night.