Like others, we did an Alaska cruise and arrived on time for early dining.I have heard you may miss some of your dining if you have early dining.
As East Coasters we prefer late dining on cruises.But as east coasters, the late dining seems so late.
That's true in the Caribbean too. Early dining can be a scramble no matter the cruise. Luckily, DCL is pretty lax about MDR attire, so it's pretty easy to make it to dinner.We did early dining and it was a scramble to get to dinner on time one night - we tossed our bags in our room and went to dinner in the clothes we wore for the excursion. Other than that, it wasn’t an issue and we did excursions in every port,