happy cruisers 2 Posted December 6, 2023 Report Share Posted December 6, 2023 Does anyone know if a MTD time selection can be changed on the web site after the initial reservation is made? The earliest time available for a future cruise was 7:30, so we begrudgingly reserved that for each night of the cruise. Ideally, we would rather have something like 6:45pm. When going back into the MTD booking area, I don't find a way to see if an earlier option ever opens up. Maybe I need to cancel and then start over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted December 6, 2023 Report Share Posted December 6, 2023 You can change it until 3 days before sailing. I think 6:45 is always the first taken but you should always see availability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruisers 2 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 16 hours ago, Ampurp85 said: You can change it until 3 days before sailing. But do you know how to change it? Once we have a reserved time, I don't find any way to go back and see if anything earlier has opened up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 1 hour ago, happy cruisers 2 said: But do you know how to change it? Once we have a reserved time, I don't find any way to go back and see if anything earlier has opened up. There is the rub. You would have to cancel your booking in CP/app and then go back in on a prayer. PPPJJ-GCVAB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruisers 2 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Ampurp85 said: You would have to cancel your booking in CP/app and then go back in on a prayer. That's what I figured. I wonder what the chances are of changing the MTD time (same time, every night of the cruise) the day we board. Has anyone had experience with doing that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, happy cruisers 2 said: what the chances are of changing the MTD time (same time, every night of the cruise) the day we board. Has anyone had experience with doing that? This shouldn't be a problem at all. Just go to the MTD maitre 'd on boarding day and they should be able to change it, no problem. It has been my experience over the past few months that MTD is really a free-for-all anymore. I show up between 6:00-6:30 when I have a 6:45 or 7:00 MTD reservation and they have never ONCE said a word to me about being early....and I've never had to wait more than 5 minutes to be seated. The most difficult time to do MTD, it would seem, is right before the late seating folks (usually 8:00 but it varies from ship-to-ship) are scheduled to go in. THAT is when you see a long line. Since MTD is going to fill in around the traditional folks, they are not going to seat a MTD person until all of the late traditional folks have been seated. So, I would avoid anything between 7:30-8:00 but early is better....at least, that has been my experience. TessFromFlorida, PPPJJ-GCVAB and OCSC Mike 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruisers 2 Posted December 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 7 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: I show up between 6:00-6:30 when I have a 6:45 or 7:00 MTD reservation and they have never ONCE said a word to me about being early....and I've never had to wait more than 5 minutes to be seated. Thanks, WAAAYTOOO, for your advice. You are always so helpful. Yes, I figured we could talk with the maitre 'd and possibly get an earlier time or else arrive early and see what happens. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruisers 2 Posted January 7 Author Report Share Posted January 7 On 12/7/2023 at 10:05 AM, Ampurp85 said: There is the rub. You would have to cancel your booking in CP/app and then go back in on a prayer. Yay!! We were finally able to get a 6:45pm slot every night - exactly what we wanted. I decided to take a chance and cancel the 7:30 reservation for the first night of the cruise and see what was available instead. Surprisingly, the whole range of times looked open. So.... long story short, we were able to cancel every MTD reservation we had made and rebook them all for 6:45. (The reason this issue came about is that RC made a ship change for our cruise --- and because of that they cancelled ALL or our dining and excursion reservations and we had to start over.) Oh well, all seems fine now. Thanks to you all for the advice and suggestions. Ampurp85 and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChessE4 Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 Just remember that time is approximate and you may need to wait for a table. That was our experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy cruisers 2 Posted January 7 Author Report Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, ChessE4 said: Just remember that time is approximate and you may need to wait for a table. That was our experience. Yes, true. Usually this has worked quite well for us though. We even seem to get the same table each night and often are told we can seat ourselves if we see that it's open. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 2 minutes ago, happy cruisers 2 said: Yes, true. Usually this has worked quite well for us though. We even seem to get the same table each night and often are told we can seat ourselves if we see that it's open. This has been our experience too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRunner01 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 Help! I've been pulling my hair out trying to find in my cruise planner where my MDR dining time is. I've looked everywhere and don't find it. I thought that when I made the reservation online on the RC site I had selected MDR late seating but when I called RC on another matter she asked me to select dining, like it never took during my reservation. She also asked for my bed arrangement selection, which is always together, but she said it wasn't in my reservation. So, she got me set up on that but now I'm 44 days from sailing and did online check in yesterday and thought I'd check dining stuff and cannot find anywhere about MDR at all. Can anyone direct me to where I might find it in the CP? I've looked under Dining (I do see my specialty res and the option for My Time), I've looked under "Cruise Details", I've looked under "Plan My Cruise", I've looked under "View Cruise Details", I've looked at "View Boarding Pass", believe me, I've looked everywhere in my CP in the app and on the desktop. It's driving me crazy. LOL In the past I was always able to find dining time selection and bedding preference but in this version of CP I can find neither. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 I always find mine on my booking invoice. RumRunner01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRunner01 Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 2 hours ago, SpeedNoodles said: I always find mine on my booking invoice. Aha! The one place I didn’t look. I was looking for it in the cruise planner and app and it’s nowhere to be found but it is on my booking invoice. Thank you. I know I’m older verdienst of the cruise planner you could see and change you MDR selection and bedding selection. I don’t see bedding on my invoice or anywhere in the app but RC confirmed together selection when I called them a few weeks ago on another issue. Just weird we can’t see that info online anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted March 8 Report Share Posted March 8 You can also find it on the app by clicking on the head and shoulders icon and then scrolling down. RumRunner01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRunner01 Posted March 9 Report Share Posted March 9 3 hours ago, FionaMG said: You can also find it on the app by clicking on the head and shoulders icon and then scrolling down. Thank you. I guess my app just isn’t showing the info yet. I have no Dining section there. Guess that answers the question of why I can’t find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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