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I have had the experience of ANY TIME DINNING. You just have to have a talk with the Matri D' that you want a certain table for dinner every night
at a set time. It has worked for me on the Princess cruise lines.

Times have changed since the 1970's when I would have a wonderful time with the people at my dinner tables on each cruise.

On my most recent cruise on the Star Princess... I had confirmed early dinner seating. We noticed that there were two tables near us who would just show up for dinner on formal nights. Their problem was that they had young kids with them. Their spoiled toddlers would make their dinner a hardship on them so they would finish dinner early on formal nights. Plus, maybe the whole families couldn't get ready to eat dinner at the appointed time? SO...... Any time dinning most likely worked for them better.

Like I have said.... times have changed and on some cruises I never knew if our table mates were planning to show up or not so I would go ahead and order my food. I am a slow eater anyway. Plus, I have gotten into the bad habit of asking for the desert menu before I finish eating so I can see if I want to eat desert or not. I mostly prefer the deserts at the buffet.lol.
On my last cruise it was really funny because everybody wanted to see my desert menu and it was passed around. By the time it was desert time everybody already knew what they wanted. Lucy

<blockquote data-quote="Luci" data-source="post: 1323953">I have had the experience of ANY TIME DINNING. You just have to have a talk with the Matri D' that you want a certain table for dinner every nightat a set time. It has worked for me on the Princess cruise lines.Times have changed since the 1970's when I would have a wonderful time with the people at my dinner tables on each cruise.On my most recent cruise on the Star Princess... I had confirmed early dinner seating. We noticed that there were two tables near us who would just show up for dinner on formal nights. Their problem was that they had young kids with them. Their spoiled toddlers would make their dinner a hardship on them so they would finish dinner early on formal nights. Plus, maybe the whole families couldn't get ready to eat dinner at the appointed time? SO...... Any time dinning most likely worked for them better.Like I have said.... times have changed and on some cruises I never knew if our table mates were planning to show up or not so I would go ahead and order my food. I am a slow eater anyway. Plus, I have gotten into the bad habit of asking for the desert menu before I finish eating so I can see if I want to eat desert or not. I mostly prefer the deserts at the buffet.lol.On my last cruise it was really funny because everybody wanted to see my desert menu and it was passed around. By the time it was desert time everybody already knew what they wanted. Lucy</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Luci, post: 1323953"] I have had the experience of ANY TIME DINNING. You just have to have a talk with the Matri D' that you want a certain table for dinner every night at a set time. It has worked for me on the Princess cruise lines. Times have changed since the 1970's when I would have a wonderful time with the people at my dinner tables on each cruise. On my most recent cruise on the Star Princess... I had confirmed early dinner seating. We noticed that there were two tables near us who would just show up for dinner on formal nights. Their problem was that they had young kids with them. Their spoiled toddlers would make their dinner a hardship on them so they would finish dinner early on formal nights. Plus, maybe the whole families couldn't get ready to eat dinner at the appointed time? SO...... Any time dinning most likely worked for them better. Like I have said.... times have changed and on some cruises I never knew if our table mates were planning to show up or not so I would go ahead and order my food. I am a slow eater anyway. Plus, I have gotten into the bad habit of asking for the desert menu before I finish eating so I can see if I want to eat desert or not. I mostly prefer the deserts at the buffet.lol. On my last cruise it was really funny because everybody wanted to see my desert menu and it was passed around. By the time it was desert time everybody already knew what they wanted. Lucy [/QUOTE]