My Time Dining

[Ariele]

This is my first timing sailing RC and it gave us no other option but My Time Dining which I am not sure I am happy with. One, all initial info on My Time Dining says it is available same hours dining rooms are open which is blatantly incorrect. Early dining starts at 5:30 in the dining room but it says I can't use My Time Dining until 6:45. Then when I try to go in and reserve times, either nothing at all shows up or very limited options depending on whether I use the app or the website. Do I need to have "officially" checked in first before it will give me more options or does that just mean it is already completely full and I am out of luck. How hard or bad is it to get into My TIme Dining when you don't have a reservation? Do I need to resign myself to the fact that I won't get to eat in main dining room much and will just have to use the as needed casual options around the ship?

[Pooch]

How close to sailing are you?  MTD reservations open months before sailing so the better times may be taken already.  Same with early traditional dining.  But you can certainly eat in the main dining room without advance reservations. In fact a great many passengers don’t (or don’t know they can) reserve in advance.  

[AshleyDillo]

They start taking MTD walk-ups after Early Dining is done. That's why they usually say it starts at 6:45. If you show up before then and an early dining table has freed up, then they can start seating. They don't release a lot of pre-cruise reservation times for MTD but you can go when you board and make reservations if you wish.

[Jenn G-MEI Travel]

On 10/4/2024 at 9:07 AM, Ariele said:

This is my first timing sailing RC and it gave us no other option but My Time Dining which I am not sure I am happy with. One, all initial info on My Time Dining says it is available same hours dining rooms are open which is blatantly incorrect. Early dining starts at 5:30 in the dining room but it says I can't use My Time Dining until 6:45. Then when I try to go in and reserve times, either nothing at all shows up or very limited options depending on whether I use the app or the website. Do I need to have "officially" checked in first before it will give me more options or does that just mean it is already completely full and I am out of luck. How hard or bad is it to get into My TIme Dining when you don't have a reservation? Do I need to resign myself to the fact that I won't get to eat in main dining room much and will just have to use the as needed casual options around the ship?

You can always ask to be waitlisted for early or late dining. 

[Marlena]

I am sailing harmony in feb. we booked in jan and STILL no my time dining options are open yet. I called and they said 3 months before they will open up. However this has never been the case before.

[Jolly Ogre]

i booked My Time Dining 9/4/24 for my 12/7/25 sailing... so more than 1 yr in advance.

I really do not see what all the fuss is about.

[Pooch]

Well I can see this being somewhat nerve wracking for those of us with planning OCD.  If I were 4-5 months out & still unable to book, I’d be twitching too!

[Jolly Ogre]

2 hours ago, Pooch said:

Well I can see this being somewhat nerve wracking for those of us with planning OCD.  If I were 4-5 months out & still unable to book, I’d be twitching too!

Yes that would be really frustrating, however I have never seen that on all my cruises. Everyone that I have booked with short time it has been available, and everyone that I have booked with yrs in advance have opened up at least 1 yr prior to sailing.

I don't understand how I have been so lucky to be able to book all my dining, drinking and shore excursions so early while the "vast majority it seems" can not or has issues.

[Ampurp85]

I cruise in Jan 2025: Symphony, Oasis and Indy. None of them have the option to select MTD, although I have MTD on them all. Originally the symphony cruise had it listed but the option went away. It is very frustrating. 

[Pooch]

3 hours ago, Jolly Ogre said:

Yes that would be really frustrating, however I have never seen that on all my cruises. Everyone that I have booked with short time it has been available, and everyone that I have booked with yrs in advance have opened up at least 1 yr prior to sailing.

I don't understand how I have been so lucky to be able to book all my dining, drinking and shore excursions so early while the "vast majority it seems" can not or has issues.

This is the first time I have encountered it.  I booked our March 2025 cruise in May.  MTD reservations opened in late August/early September.  My previous cruises have had reservations open almost immediately.

[WAAAYTOOO]

MTD reservation availability is all over the place lately.  I am booked on a number of different ships over the next several months and on some, MTD is available to book and for some, it isn’t.  Some had the option to book (which I did) and then the reservation option went -poof-.

[Jolly Ogre]

RCCL IT team for the loss....:(

[Tammy LR]

For those of you who have been able to reserve MTD ahead of time, are you doing it in the app or website? 

[michaelp1446]

5 hours ago, Tammy LR said:

For those of you who have been able to reserve MTD ahead of time, are you doing it in the app or website? 

Website.  It was available for my Aug 25 cruise but has not shown up for Jan 25, April 25 or Nov 25....

[Jolly Ogre]

On 10/28/2024 at 11:16 PM, Tammy LR said:

For those of you who have been able to reserve MTD ahead of time, are you doing it in the app or website? 

always on the website cruise planner

[Tammy LR]

On 11/1/2024 at 12:07 PM, Jolly Ogre said:

always on the website cruise planner

Thank you!

 

[BreakingWaves]

On 10/28/2024 at 9:58 AM, Jolly Ogre said:

RCCL IT team for the loss....:(

Hey all three of those hamsters are doing their best. In all seriousness I really wish they would invest in this area more.