Southern Caribbean Early dining?

[dopey617]

I will be going on the southern Caribbean leaving from San Juan in November. I randomly changed to early dining to try something new. (No problem with space) We will be required to be back on ship at 4:45 at all ports. Any thoughts? Will this increase the adult offerings at night? (3 cruises and I had late dining each time.) Thank you for your thoughts and experience

 

[auntlynne]

Adult offerings - as in activities?

Pretty much no (if this is what you mean). They try to time events so that you are not penalized for your dining time.

You will have dinner at 5:45. We had Adult Trivia at 7:45 (second dinner started at 8:15, so they could play trivia and then go to dinner). The WDT entertainment starts at 8:30 for its second show and is out before the Adult Entertainment in Fathoms.

Even the Captain’s Cocktail Party on Formal Night is offered before each dinner seating. (You can attend both).

Is that what you were talking about?

 

[dopey617]

Adult offerings - as in activities?

Pretty much no (if this is what you mean). They try to time events so that you are not penalized for your dining time.

You will have dinner at 5:45. We had Adult Trivia at 7:45 (second dinner started at 8:15, so they could play trivia and then go to dinner). The WDT entertainment starts at 8:30 for its second show and is out before the Adult Entertainment in Fathoms.

Even the Captain’s Cocktail Party on Formal Night is offered before each dinner seating. (You can attend both).

Is that what you were talking about?

Yes- people seem to prefer one dining time or another with pros/cons for each. I was recently reading a thread suggesting earlier allowed them to opt into more night activities. (Although I am not sure if it was because more were offered or if they were up for more after eating earlier.) thanks!

 

[Atlantix2000]

Yes- people seem to prefer one dining time or another with pros/cons for each. I was recently reading a thread suggesting earlier allowed them to opt into more night activities. (Although I am not sure if it was because more were offered or if they were up for more after eating earlier.) thanks!

I think it's a matter of perspective. If you don't do any activities/dancing/drinking/etc until after you eat dinner, then with late dining, you only have a few hours between the end of late dining and when the bars/activities end for the night. So someone with early dining could perceive there to be "more" after dinner activities. But many of those activities are also available during the early dining hours so people with late dining can choose to do them before eating to make things "even".

 

[auntlynne]

Yes- people seem to prefer one dining time or another with pros/cons for each. I was recently reading a thread suggesting earlier allowed them to opt into more night activities. (Although I am not sure if it was because more were offered or if they were up for more after eating earlier.) thanks!

I think they are up for more. Second seating can mean you are rolling out of the dining room at 9:30 (if you’re lucky) to 10 pm. Early diners have 2 hours of digestion going by then.