We have requested a specific dining rotation ( the first time we have done this) and I will tell you why..............
We have a Palo dinner planned ( night three) and will miss one night in the dining room. I do not want our guest, who is a first timer to cruising, to miss the show in Animators Palate. The show is only on the first night you dine in the restaurant. Formal is night two, so if we are scheduled to be in AP that night, the show will be on our second visit ( night 5).
So, we requested a rotation that has AP first night, or second night....
So either LAPLAPL or APLAPLA.
We do not care where we dine for formal night.......we just don't want to miss the show.
Again, requests are just that. A request. We do not EXPECT anything. I think it never hurts to ask.