When Dining turns into disaster!

After checking out your luxury stateroom which will be your home for the next two weeks onboard, you peruse the many documents adorning the dressing table.

A mere glance at your dining instructions fills you with horror! Not only has your request for first sitting been totally ignored, you have been allocated a table of 8 on the other side of the restaurant from your friends!

Sounds familiar, maybe it’s happened to you? Let’s face it eating on a cruise is one of the most important part of your holiday, so how can you ensure everything works out well?

1. When you book your cruise ask for your preferred sitting, table request and restaurant sometimes this will not be available so you can ask to be wait listed.
2. If you have other family members or friends on the same cruise make sure you ask for the bookings to be ‘linked’, if both have booked through the same agent they will be able to do this without obtaining a unique reference no.
3. Also by booking early it is much easier to secure the restaurant, sitting and table of your choice.
4. If you booked late or your request was waitlisted your last option is to plea your case with the Maître ‘D - upon boarding most cruiselines will hold a session to meet and discuss your requirements with the restaurant staff.

Tell us about your dining disasters….