njhowie
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I don’t like big cruise ships because they are too crowded. And I don’t want to have to eat dinner at a specified time.
I would recommend starting off on a small cruise ship with minimal passengers.
Big ships have more room per passenger. The hot spots will certainly have more folks at the busy times, but in general the ship is less crowded.
All of the major cruise lines that I know of have offered flexible dining times for years now in the main dining rooms. For specialized dining, they must offer by reservations only because they are much smaller in size and can only accommodate so many folks at one time. Of course, there is always the buffet which you can go to and dine at whatever time you like. On a couple of cruises, the buffet was very good and most nights we'd go there for dinner because it was so informal, wasn't a big to-do, and had a great selection that wasn't always the same every night.
I would say just the opposite - go for a larger ship because there are going to be significantly more activities, significantly more dining options, and they are going to have venues that smaller ships simply cannot accommodate.