Time Windows for Dinner

[TestingH2O]

Does anyone know the approximate arrival time windows for dinner these days? I know they are doing staggered starts, but I was curious what the actual window of arrival times was for each seating.

 

[dcassetta]

In January it was 15 minutes to each side of the standard dining time. So, you had the 5:45 seating 5:30 - 6:00.

 

[lklgoodman]

In January it was 15 minutes to each side of the standard dining time. So, you had the 5:45 seating 5:30 - 6:00.

So does that mean we can show up anytime between 5:30-6:00? Or will they tell us to come at a certain time?

 

[jcarwash]

So does that mean we can show up anytime between 5:30-6:00? Or will they tell us to come at a certain time?

On my 2/19 Fantasy sailing, our app showed us a 5:35pm arrival time. (They never checked this, though.)

 

[dcassetta]

We went a little earlier than our stated arrival time and this was not an issue, but the ship only had 900 guests so there was no big line-up to get in. As the ships increase their capacity, they may ask people to adhere to the staggered time to cut down on bunching.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Mine said 5:55 but our waiter told us the first night we could come right at 5:30. We had a toddler with us and our waiter could tell he was getting skootchy as we got closer and closer to bedtime.

 

[lanejudy]

So does that mean we can show up anytime between 5:30-6:00? Or will they tell us to come at a certain time?

You are assigned a time within that window, with the intent of spreading out the crowd arriving. But it doesn't seem the assigned time is enforced.

 

[CamColt]

We sailed in August and again last week, both times on the Dream. Our times were 8:15 and 8:05. We were a bit late one night with the 8:05 time but it was not a problem at all.

 

[Cheburashka]

You are assigned a time within that window, with the intent of spreading out the crowd arriving. But it doesn't seem the assigned time is enforced.

Definitely not enforced. I sailed in October and didn't even know about the staggered times being posted on the app until I read this thread, because I rarely used the app. I just showed up at my usual dining time based on past cruises. No problem at all.