On my last cruise Serenade of the seas, I had late seating, finsished around 10, went up no problem, it was almost better with late seating, I was worried that this would affect the "teen activities" aswell, it didnt. It really comes down to your age, if your 14 then i t will affect you, because most people go in around before 12.30 1 so it doesnt leave you with loads of time. But if you are in the 15-17 age group , and u have a relaxed curfew, then late seating might work out better