RCIfan1912 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 I know Royal was talking about letting people with dining packages to prebook restaurants. Did they ever start that? I'm gonna book the 3 night dining package soon for our cruise the end of February/Early March. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus527 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 I think the last I heard from Matt was "by mid 2024," so there's no confirmed date it will start. It is not in effect yet. RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 10 hours ago, Cactus527 said: I think the last I heard from Matt was "by mid 2024," so there's no confirmed date it will start. It is not in effect yet. Ok good in a way. I'm not booking till early next month so there is really no rush. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Ogre Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 On 1/10/2024 at 7:50 AM, RCIfan1912 said: Ok good in a way. I'm not booking till early next month so there is really no rush. Thanks for the info. It is open now to book but times are limited and as you get closer to your sail date times will slip away. Always book as early as you can for everything, dining, drinks or excursions. WAAAYTOOO and RCIfan1912 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted January 11 Author Report Share Posted January 11 23 minutes ago, Jolly Ogre said: It is open now to book but times are limited and as you get closer to your sail date times will slip away. Always book as early as you can for everything, dining, drinks or excursions. Thanks I didn't know. I'll book it now not to loose times we want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted January 11 Author Report Share Posted January 11 Huh so I booked it but don't see anywhere to pre book restaurants and what's odd is all the specially restaurants say nothing is available at all. This is through the app. Too close to cruise date February 25? Maybe it takes more time for the package to load into the system? Order was about 30 minutes ago or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 You can't book with the dining package yet. They will charge you for individual reservations when you book if you do anything in the cruise planner. You need to wait and book onboard. RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Ogre Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Hmmm... that is odd as in my planner for my Dec 2024 sailing when you go to the 3 day dining the 1st and 2nd day shows up and there are times available to select. Same with UDP. Make a reservation Guests Add guest Select up to 8 guests Your reservation Day Day 1 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida Time 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 8:30 pm WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted January 11 Author Report Share Posted January 11 10 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said: You can't book with the dining package yet. They will charge you for individual reservations when you book if you do anything in the cruise planner. You need to wait and book onboard. Thank you, that's the answer I was looking for. Perfect, we'll do it almost first thing when we board Anthem. We kinda like doing it that way because we always board early and we know to book quickly or lose out. Thank you again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCIfan1912 Posted January 11 Author Report Share Posted January 11 5 minutes ago, Jolly Ogre said: Hmmm... that is odd as in my planner for my Dec 2024 sailing when you go to the 3 day dining the 1st and 2nd day shows up and there are times available to select. Same with UDP. Make a reservation Guests Add guest Select up to 8 guests Your reservation Day Day 1 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida Time 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 8:30 pm What ship and sailing? I thought they were testing it out on a ship or two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Ogre Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 18 minutes ago, RCIfan1912 said: What ship and sailing? I thought they were testing it out on a ship or two? Oasis Dec 2024... they had it open like that for my past Symphony last month too. RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 47 minutes ago, Jolly Ogre said: Hmmm... that is odd as in my planner for my Dec 2024 sailing when you go to the 3 day dining the 1st and 2nd day shows up and there are times available to select. Same with UDP. Is this online or in the app ? RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 49 minutes ago, Jolly Ogre said: Hmmm... that is odd as in my planner for my Dec 2024 sailing when you go to the 3 day dining the 1st and 2nd day shows up and there are times available to select. Same with UDP. Oh wait....I think maybe this is for making the initial "reservation" which isn't really a reservation at all.... maybe ? RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Ogre Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 20 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Is this online or in the app ? online in the cruise planner RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 25 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Oh wait....I think maybe this is for making the initial "reservation" which isn't really a reservation at all.... maybe ? I think you're right. And since @Jolly Ogre's cruise is still a long way away, it's still showing a range of times on both days. I can see the same thing on my cruise on Anthem in September whereas my upcoming Symphony cruise in a month's time only offers day one at 8.30 or 9 pm. RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 27 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: Oh wait....I think maybe this is for making the initial "reservation" which isn't really a reservation at all.... maybe ? Yes..that's what it is. It's just the placeholder reservation for night 1 or 2 when you book a package. It's their method of inventory control for selling the packages. They do sometimes actually book you for something there..I've had them tell me my courtesy reservation was at X restaurant at the time I had chosen. RCIfan1912 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 3 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said: They do sometimes actually book you for something there..I've had them tell me my courtesy reservation was at X restaurant at the time I had chosen. I've had that too. Of course, I've also had it where they didn't book anything. DDaley and RCIfan1912 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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