45 Minute Dinner option

[Sleepyluke]

Thanks for this reply. This is what I have experienced with many current cruisers. MDR has shifted to a quicker format, which some think is still too long as cruiser preferences have changed. I can see the need for early dining to be faster so they can set up for late seating. We always have late seating, and on Disney our son, who was 16 at the time, and into magic, used to trade magic tricks with servers after dinner so we were rarely out of their before 10:30 pm. We usually had a number of servers and other guests around our table for the free show.

I think this is absolutely what people see and freak out about. They read, we did not get out of the dining room until 10:30 PM. The part they don't ever read or comprehend is that somewhere between 30 seconds and probably an hour of this has shifted to entertainment and shocker - human interaction. We have lingered before and had great conversations with crew. Were we in the dining room 2 hours yes, was it a 2 hr meal, no.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I think the table service for dinner in the buffet should come back. It often was quicker, and quieter.

 

[Joanna71985]

I don't see that happening with the MDR