Favorite/Least Favorite Servers

[herrmfam24]

I was just curious to see what everyone's opinion about there favorite/least favorite servers. On our 3-day we had James and Muhommad (sp?) and extremely enjoyed them. On our 7-day we had Preggy and Depesh and they were fantastic but Depesh (assistant) was a little disapointing at times. Overall we have at excellent servers. :)

[herrmfam24]

**overall, we have HAD excellent servers!

[terp]

Our server was Chetan and his assist. was Edit. They were great. They went way out of thier way to accomodate my kids. I would love to have them again if it were possible. Has anyone ever requested a server before?

[Jobro2]

We had Jelidi and Willy on our June 2001 cruise and they were both fantastic!

[DCL Repeaters]

Just got off the 5/4 Magic and we had the BEST servers. Dogan from Turkey and Ivan from Croatia. They were EXCELLENT!

[Thumper1]

We had Rishi and Dennis on our December 2001 cruise and they were terrific. Rishi was great in the fact that he always made sure that we knew the important things about the next day's itinerary, etc. He even got me an escargot appetizer when I said I was sorry to miss it at Lumiere's dinner because I was eating at Palo's the next evening. He got it from Lumiere's and brought it to Animator's Palate where we were eating that night.

I can't remember the head servers' name but he was really nice too. He arranged it so our table of 8 assorted adults (several different parties) could sit with one of the crew one night.

We also had Louis in Palo's and he was a great server.

[prymsu]

we had Eddie from Turkey and Lorenzo from Italy on the Wonder in January. Excellent job of taking care of us.

[Dodie]

Eddie from Turkey and Zaldy from the Philippines were AWESOME on the Magic in April! They were a highlight of the trip!

[SC Minnie]

We also had Eddie from Turkey and Lorenzo from Italy! Eddie was terrific with the kids doing magic tricks every night. DD7 is really disappointed that he won't be our server on the Wonder in October.

[Daisy02]

We just returned last week from the April 28th wonder and we had Ritesh from India and Szabi from Hungary they were excellent. They also brought out several different things for us to try and they kept our 3year old son entertained. We found the service 100% improved from our jan 2000 cruise. I'm already planning the next!!

[two4ruff]

Two thumbs up for our 4/6 Magic servers - Alexandar and Juliano from Croatia.

My sons were actually heartbroken to leave them behind!:(

[RellingTwin]

Cedric from France...wonderful!!! Depesh from South Africa...nice but it took some time for him to "warm up". My somewhat shy DD liked him very much because he was "shy like me".
Katerina in Palos....Fantastic!

[aprilgail2]

We had Michael as our server and Tayfun (from Turkey)as our assistant server, they were both great, our head server was Ali and he was also wonderful! They had my daughters booster seat there every night when we arrived, drinks within minutes and just anything we wanted or needed they took care of.

[herrmfam24]

thanks for all the response! its fun to hear about all of the servers!

[sandee]

Our servers on our 1st cruise were soooo great - Micha and Danjuel. We felt like we were leaving family behind when we left them. On our second cruise which was much more recent we had a server from England, Robert?? and his asst. was from India..I have no idea what his name was. I just know we were sooo disappointed. Robert had a smirk on his face every time we ordered anything other then what he recommended. He was not a bit friendly and acted like he was doing us a favor to serve us dinner. The assistant server never said one word to us other then to reply when we said hello or asked a question. He had to be asked several times for drink refills and he never smiled! All around us we saw diners interacting with the waitstaff and envied them. I know one thing, it made a real difference in our dining experience. I tipped Micha and Danjuel very generously over the recommended amount and the other two I reluctently gave exact amt. called for in our documents. I sure hope we have a better experience on our upcoming cruise.

[ruvidu]

Tiago was our assistant server last year and was the best to serve us yet. I hope to run into him this year.
We have never had a bad server.

[maycruiser]

Last May we had Zita in Palo's. She will really spoil you.

[NavyChief@work]

Just returned from the 27 April "MAGIC"al cruise.....our dining room servers were David from France and Alexander from Croatia. They we absolutely wonderful. Alexander left on 4 May for his vacation........

[disneychic]

When we were on the 4 Day Wonder Sept. 30th-Oct4th last year, we had Jonas as our server and Sapto - his assistant. They were GREAT! We thought it was so funny when the called my husband and I "Miss Jenny and Mr. Tom"

[cruzindon]

We too had Jelidi & Willy in June 2001 and they were great, easily the best of our three cruises. I think that they are gone as I have not read anything about them in many months.:smooth:

[SeaShelley]

Back in January, Mermaid02 and I had Whit (Thailand) and Martin (Jamaica) for our servers on the Wonder. They were fantastic!

[BeanoC]

We had Wisanu and Dennis on the Magic last year.
Wisanu was pleasant and also efficient but it was Dennis that really made things special. He had our drinks on the table by the time we sat down, after he knew what our standing orders would be! He sang and joked, the kids got a kick out of him ( I did too).
He was very attentive and took care of everything we asked.

On the 'ol 1-10 scale, I give Wisanu a 7+, Dennis a solid 9.


'Beano' :cool:

[Mermaid02]

The last night when we gave our tips to Wit and Martin... they thanked us and Wit said, "Oh thank you and my wife back home thanks you." They earn EVERY penny they get..... I can't imagine being away from my family for so long!

[inmyis]

We were on the Magic at the end of April and loved our servers. We were so exhausted the first night we didn't really interact with them but got to know them very well the rest of the cruise. Our server Putu is from Indonesia and used to work for other cruise lines but prefers Disney because of the family atmosphere. He was wonderful with our kids. He seemed truly disappointed when one of our four kids would be missing from dinner for one reason or another. He made special origami animals for the kids and gave them brain teaser problems while they waited for the food. We were always one of the first families to arruve at 8:30 and alsousually one of the last to leave. His assistant Shontal was also very nice and told us all about her three year old who was at home in Jamaica with her mom.
They even noticed how much our DS enjoyed the cherries on the desserts and brought him a whole bowl. They always remembered the kids names and called my daughter princess. She said that only Putu could call her that. The kids were disappointed to leave them behind and gave them each a big hug on the last night of the cruise.
We never once saw he head waiter and took hthe tip we were going to give him and divided between Putu and Shontal. They were great to our family.

[Amous]

Two4ruff - Did you cruise in April 2002?

Juliano (from Croatia) was my server in July 2001! I've requested that my DS and I be seated at Juliano's table in June 2002.

We enjoyed our dinners because of Juliano and we can't wait to see him again! It's like coming home and visiting with old friends!

Amy (aka Amous)

[Wonderwoman1982]

We had Gabor from Hungary, and Wilson from the Phillipeans... Gabor was very kind and did everything he could for us but he was a LITTLE shy, but we still loved him. And Wilson was outgoing and FUNNY.. My husband and his friend ( we traveled with another family) did this thing with Wilson ALL week, were Wilson would always have our "usual" drinks ready for us and he was so attentive, so hubby and pal would always say every day, "Wilson, YOU The man!.." And Wilson would always say back, "No sir, YOU the man!.." It was funny. Then the last night, they said the usual You the man thing, and Wilson FINALLY said, "Yes, I AM the man!" It was funny.. It was just one of those things, I guess you had to be there.. It was just hilarious to US, since all week he was so humble with his, "No sir, you the man" then he just got all funny and said what he did.. They made our kids ( there were 3 in all with us..) happy and gave them whatever they wanted. It was memorable. OH, and BELIEVE it or not, our HEAD server, (the elusive dining room head server guy...) was Allan, and we saw him EVERY day.

[kplatt]

Last November we had Melanie from Germany who was excellent, but was looking forward to the end of her contract so that she could "have a life." Her assistant was a young man from Thailand who had only recently moved "inside" from a position "outside". He was working very hard to improve his English and his serving skills, and tried hard to please. I hope to see him again this fall.

In March we had Atilla from Hungary (certainly an unforgettable name!). He kept us entertained with magic tricks when he had time (one family in his section was always late to early seating, and threw off the rhythm), some of them so corny that they were funny. His meal recommendations were ALWAYS spot on -- if you get him as a server don't even THINK of ordering something else. He knows what's what!

Karen
Wonder 11/01
Magic 3/02
Wonder 11/02

[kplatt]

How could I have forgotten Mauritzio (sp?) from Australia in Palos?? He was so entertaining and knowledgeable at the Champagne Brunch that we requested him when we went back for dinner later in the week.

Karen
Wonder 11/01
Magic 3/02
Wonder 11/02

[Mermaid02]

Gabor took our picture with Witt and Martin! Very nice guy!!:D

[Limmer]

We had Sylvestor from India and Gregor from (?). We loved them. They were very nice and their recommendations were always right on the money.

[kcand sunshine]

We were on the 3/23 Magic and had Inyoman from Indonesia and Robert from Hungary. Robert got hurt and then we got Gede from Indonesia. They were great with my kids and the service was so quick. We were out by 9:15 every night.

[GoofyDisney]

On the Sept/Oct Magic...

Sunny from the Phillipines and Giorgio from Brazil! They were the best. We had the tablemates from Heck! And Sunny and Giorgio never once let us feel slighted just b/c the tablemates were montsrous and demanding of their time and attention. I gave them a lot of credit! They treated us so well, almost in spite of....

And in Palos.....SALVATORE!!!!!!!!! He happened to come from the next town over in Sicily from my inlaws. So, during brunch, Dh and Salvatore spent the whole meal talking in Sicilian and joking and salvatore told him bunches of stuff on the sly b/c they could talk in Sicilian. ANd then at dinner with my DH and my inlaws...OHMAGOSH my inlaws were in heaven. Salvatore and inlaws and DH spent the whole evening chatting about places and people they knew. Salvatore treated us so well! When inlaws cruised again in Jan, they saw Salvatore and the relationship picked oup where it left off!!!!

[momofofo]

On our March 2th cruise we had Adrian from England and Zama from South Africa. Adrian was very very nice with my two DD's and he event put some French word for them.

Zama was kind and generous.

They were the best !

[cruisedad]

We also had Michael (Phillipines) as our Server on the Wonder (5/12 - 5/16) he was great!!! Also Our head server was ALI and he also was fantastic. He came around everynight to se how we were doing with food and our vaction. :Pinkbounc :bounce: :jester:

[kshabare]

On our February Magic cruise, we had Roger from Brazil and Carmen from Romania, they were wonderful, we had 11 people inour party with 2 different tables, and they handled it without a problem, we have requested them both for are upcoming February 2003 western, and for our Maitr'e D was Gonzalo from South America?, and our room attendant was Livingstone from Jamaica, towel animals every night.
A quick funny story, on our Castaway Cay day, after we went to Castaway, we were watching the TV in our room and My daughter and her friend saw Roger, (they thought he was the hottest thing on the ship) playing basketball with his friend and co-worker Tiago, so I went up and shot some hoops with these guys, and befor you know it there were enough players for a quick pick-up game, and whos tems do you think I was on, of course Roger and Tiago, what a great time, hope we get them next time.

Norm

[PiperG]

On the Wonder last Dec, our server and asst. server (Katarina and Ketup) were fantastic. Once informed that our son had a nut allergy, they made sure we had no nuts on the table. At one point, the ingrediants of the bread on our table were in question. Even though DS 5 was feasting on Mac and Cheese, they promptly removed the bread and replaced it with some that was assured to have no nuts.

We really appreciated that.

[two4ruff]

Amous-

Yes, we cruised April 6th.

Juliano and my 7 year old had several conversations about hockey through the week and by the end of the week, he was bringing a glass of cherries minus the shirley temple, he knew my kid pretty well...:rolleyes:

Jill

[callisa]

We were on the 6/22 Western. Our server was Depesh from South Africa and Densek from Thailand I believe. From this thread it looks like Depesh was only recently promoted from assistent.

I hate when I read these boards and people seem so nit picky, but, unfortunately we were disappointed with the service. Depesh was fine and efficient and always gave us a recommendation, but he had little personality and I felt that any interaction was forced. I had heard that you'd be encouraged to have extra appetizers or even entrees, but he seemed irritated when I'd ask for two. Den was great, very sweet -- but he never did remember that my neice didn't like ketchup on her french fries -- I know I know it's a little thing but as they say, little things mean a lot. Again, the service was good, just not friendly, I'd see the other serveers at other tables laughing and doing tricks, and was disappointed we didn't get the same. At the breakfast buffet at parrot cay we did have a great time with a waiter from Brazil -- that was nice.

Lisa

[Monsterboo]

I've had two outstanding serving teams.....Carita and Ciao Romano and Fitz Denton and Danny. Cannot say enough good about them

[kamgen]

I have to agree with Salvatore in Palo! He is the most magnificent server we have ever had...anywhere!

We were onboard last September and met him. Instead of having us order appetizers, he brought everything...and I mean everything. He said it was the best way to try Palo. So we sampled ALL of the appetizers, each had dinner, and then he brought out ALL the desserts!! Yahoo!! We loved everything! After dinner he recommended some cordials and liqours, so we tried those and at the very end he brought me out a beautiful birthday cake wrapped in aluminum shaped like a swan to take back to my room!

He was so attentive and cordial. We hope to see him again on future cruises!

Kamy :)

[Gina]

We had Inyoman from Indonesia and Corrinne from France. They were both so, so wonderful... I just can't say enough about them. Inyoman was so entertaining, and was always right on the mark with his menu recommendations. Corrinne was just a sweetheart, and always had my ice tea waiting for me before I even sat down. :)

I also can't say enough about our head server, Christophe. He greeted us by name every single night, came to the table at least once per meal to see how things were, and sent us off on the rest of our evening with a handshake and a genuine smile. With all the stories I had heard about mythical and/or invisible head servers, I was pleasantly surprised. :)

-gina-

[kcand sunshine]

Gina,

I think you're the one that told me about single events and Powell said to tell you Hi. He is actually from our home state of Alabama.There were very few southernerson our cruise.We had Inyoman and thought he was awesome. Our head server didn't really ever speak to us. I was too tired to go out after late seating but did go to a singles lunch-mostly older divorcees. Thanks again for your input.

[Gina]

Yep, that was me! :D I sure hope Powell is still on the Magic in February -- he's just a great guy, and great at getting people involved in the fun on the ship. :)

-gina-

[atigeg]

Good servers...where to begin?!?!
In our 23 cruises, we've gotten to know some of them quite well, including head servers P.J. and Rita, who are more like friends now. On our past two Wonder cruises, Rajeev has been our head server, and he was always making sure that everything was perfect, even when we were at the buffet for lunch.
We had Lito and Iilana in the past, and both of them always remember us and greet us warmly whenever they see us now, as does Dalibor from Croatia, who works in Palo. On the Magic, both Carita and Salvatore in Palo are tops!!
Barb
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[BethA]

We were on the 6/22 Magic. Our servers were Glenn and Navneet. Glenn was very professional and knowledgable, but serious. Navneet was wonderful--great with the kids, very concerned if you didn't eat something. they brought extra appetizers and desserts for everyone to try and often an extra meal or 2 . The head server was Zouhaier and compared to last time when we saw Sandra twice, he came by each meal several times--had brain teasers for the kids and brought them special desserts not on the menu each night!! If anyone has him on a future cruise tell him his table of 14 from Pgh misses him. Beth

[Niagara2]

4 Disneys cruises and an Andrea sticks out to me because he was so grand to the kids. But Zita from Palos was the best we had! I still have 5 pounds on me to remind me of those fab meals!

[hokie5cruiser]

Leo(from India) and his assistant, Ceasar (from the Phillipines)were terrific on the 6-22-02 Western Magic. Leo always suggested several things and would bring several appetizers and desserts every night. He gave us great tips about the next days events. We were a family group of 12. He also taught all of the boys 8-12-12-14 how to fold the napkins in each style.

[Valerie3kids]

We have always had good service. In June we had Roberto(Portugal) and Sherwen(Trinidad). They were great. Always smiling. Roberto also did a little magic trick every evening before we left the table.

Valerie:earsboy: :sunny:

[Corl4]

We were on the June 22 Magic and had incredible servers... Jeevan from India and Jean from France. They had only been a team for a few weeks but you would have never known it. Jean had just returned to the Magic after a long absence. He had been a server before but because he had been gone so long he had to return as an assistant, so it was really like having 2 servers. These guys were great...Jeevan was always right on the mark with his recommendations and had lots of fun with DS. Jean was definately a charmer..with his French accent and his manners he had our DD (16) wrapped around his finger. Our kids 16 and 12, wouldn't consider missing dinner!! Of the four tables they had, we were always the last one to leave...we just loved talking to them and having fun! I've seen other posts about Tiago...he happened to be a friend of Jeevan's and when DS mentioned that DD thought he was cute Jeevan brought him right over to introduce him! DS even played b-ball with him one evening! He is definately cute and very sweet!
We had so much fun with our guys that the last evening we planned a surprise for them. THroughout the week we learned a lot about them, so when all their tables left, we had them sit down with us and the kids presented them with a few funny gifts that coincided with some of the things we had learned about them. The kids also fed them their favorite desserts. Jeevan and Jean were just amazed that we would do something for them. In fact, we just sent them pictures of all of us from the cruise. They really did become part of our family and we miss them !!!
I know Jeevan will only be working until the end of Sept....he'll be going back to school to get his Master's degree. If any of you are lucky enough to be seated at their tables you are in for a real treat!!

Beth

[herrmfam24]

Again, thank you so much for all the replys! Its so neat to hear about all of the great crew on the ships!

[seventh heaven]

Ritesh and Tiago!!!! They were excellent. They were wonderful with children and adults alike.

[TX Shelly]

But wait--
No one has mentioned Nicu from Romania and his assistant Cynthia from the Philippines! Nicu was wonderful, magic tricks for the children and adults, brain teasers, etc. He was wonderful, polite, very thoughtful, charming and a pleasure to spend our dinnertime with. He showed a picture of his two children in Romania. Cynthia was also very good. We were with 4 other adults and 5 children. I also can't forget Karolyi, the head server. The children loved dinnertime and were always there. They even went the night the adults went to Palos. Our tables were always the last to leave as we had such a good time. We cruised on the 6/1/02 7 Day Eastern Magic.

[luv2kids]

We had Lorenzo from Italy and Gordon from Scotland on our June cruise! What a team! We have kept in touch by email with Lorenzo who is off the ship for two months!

[Mjasp]

Our server was Sudama and asst. was Glendene. Thought they were just fine. Sudama always explained and recommended from the menu and Glendene took care of the kids. We were at a large oval table of 13 with 7 adults and 6 kids. The kids sat at one end and Glendene read the menu to the ones who couldn't read, took their order and cut their food. Can you believe it. Anyone else else have them for their servers.

Joanna

[caskar]

We had Sean from Canada. He was great! Giana from Uraguay our asst. was ok but was very nice to our daughters.

[jdm]

We had Cesar (from Brazil) and Jose' (from I can't remember) on our Feb 10th Wonder cruise. They were the highlight of our cruise and DD and DN actually were in tears when they hugged goodbye that last day. The kids have their pictures in their room and ask when we can go back to see them!

[Hygiene99]

we had Zeta from Hungry and Salvatore from Italy ...........
EXCELLENT... both of them work at Palos.
Salvatore sailed from Italy on both the magic and the Wonder
on there voyage across the big pond ,....... has been there since the Beginning......

and for main dinning room servers we like Chris Oliver
Excellent Chris is from Enlgland and his partner Collin

I am not a picky eater Chris choose my meals for me for the week yup just went in to dinner sat down and dinner was brought to me with out sayying a word ....and it was Excellent


Peter

[CathyCanada]

We've had some great servers including some mentioned here, but Travis (Australia) and Jorge (Brazil?) on the Wonder were exceptional!!

We have had Mario (Phillipines), Ritesh and Subhash (both from India) and Fernando (Chile) who were excellent and in Palo, Mauritzio (Australia) is outstanding!!!! Jerry (Greece), Attila (Hungary) and Stefan (France) were all close seconds though. :)

Some terrific head servers were Sandra (France), Daniel (Great Britain) and of course PJ!

There is nothing like going back on the ship and having a server recognizing you and running to give you a hug and welcome back!! :) No wonder I cruise so much! ;)
CC

[lespaul55]

We were on the June 29th Magic and had Glenn and Navneet. We must have had the same table as BethA on the June 22nd since we had 12 at the table with 2 places empty. Glenn was very serious and Navneet was like his comic sidekick, often unintentionally. Navneet had a high pitched and very heavily accented Indian voice. My children keep offering me "freshly ground pepper, ma'am?" in Navneet's voice. Navneet noticed our oldest son was a vegetarian and shared that he was one, too. They had quite a conversation about it. They always brought us extra appetizers and desserts.

In Palo, we had Carita for brunch and Marco for dinner. They were great Marco said he was Salvatore's brother but they don't look at all alike.

Leslie

[kimtenn]

We were so lucky to have Neil from England and Fiona from Australia on our first Disney cruise in September of 2000 on the Magic. I don't know if they're still there, but they were FANTASTIC!!

DH and I were kind of seasick the first night, and Neil advised us to eat just a little something, then take some medicine (offered at the front desk) and lie down. It worked like a charm -- the next day we got our sea legs!

We sat at a table by ourselves (just worked out that way -- we didn't request it), and they chatted with us, and were very attentive but not pushy, which is what I like. More often than not, we took their recommendations, but most of the time, they were right on.

The last night, DH ordered some kind of steak entree, and he asked for seconds, so Fiona brought him a dinner plate FULL of the steak and a side of the sauce he liked so much with it. He was in heaven.

To me, that's what cruising is all about -- to feel special -- and servers are a big part of that. And Disney is so good at it, from what we've seen in the parks and on our cruise.

We happily tipped them at the end because they added so much to our trip.

Kim

[MrsG]

We just got back from the 7/6 7 day Western and had Sasha from Croatia and Oka from Indonesia. They were both fantastic!!! We had Zita from Hungry in Palo who was super. Our head server, Dale, was also wonderful. What an incredible trip!!!

[BethA]

Any recent cruisers comments?

[stormkrow]

Originally posted by MrsG
We just got back from the 7/6 7 day Western and had Sasha from Croatia and Oka from Indonesia. They were both fantastic!!! We had Zita from Hungry in Palo who was super. Our head server, Dale, was also wonderful. What an incredible trip!!!

Wow, MrsG, we had the same two servers, Sasha and Oka. My two kids absolutely adored them both. In fact, my DS said that the two of them were the highlight of the cruise for him. Quite a statement from a teenager.

Two of the parties at other tables told us that they had previously cruised and specifically requested Sasha as their server.

MrsG, which seating did you have - early or late? We had the early seating on the 7/6 cruise. Were you at one of the other tables? Which table?

My DW and I had Salvatore when we went to Palos. I have to agree with the other posters, Salvatore is incredible.

[adkaul]

Just got off the ship this past Saturday. We had Arvind from India and Rowena from the Philippines. They were both wonderful and great with the kids.

[MrsG]

Stormkrow,

We were in the late seating. Sasha was not supposed to be on our rotation. He usually is on the same rotation as his wife Dora (who began in Parrot Cay) but he said that 3 previous guests on our rotation had requested him! He has a 10 month old son who is staying with Sasha's parents in Croatia. They see him every few months. It is difficult, he said, but it is what they have to do. He eventually wants to open his own business. Oka has a wife in Indonesia and only sees her every 6 months! But he said it was like having a honeymoon twice a year!

They were really a very special part of our trip. To impress teens, they must have been fantastic.

[StaceyA]

Originally posted by Gina
Yep, that was me! :D I sure hope Powell is still on the Magic in February -- he's just a great guy, and great at getting people involved in the fun on the ship. :)

-gina-

Gina,
DH and I met Powell on our cruise (just got off Saturday)
and his last day was Saturday.....sorry to have to tell you!
His girlfriend (the lead singer of the band Free Reign that plays on the ship) both ended their contracts as of Saturday.

As far as Servers,
We had Sasha from Croatia and Ashley (I can't remember where he was from) and our head server was Allen (also from Croatia)

We loved them all, especially Sasha, he would bring something extra from the appetizers, entree's and desserts and say it was For the Family for us to share with our table mates (fellow disboarders Tiffany and Mike) we loved that!

At the Character breakfast I asked for two hashbrowns and then when we had Sasha again on the last morning he told me he already had me down for two hashbrowns....just the fact that he remembered from earlier in the week was great!

Allen made it over to our table each night to ask how every thing was and of course to tell us what the next days buffet theme would be, we were joking that you wouldn't be done with one meal and they were telling you about the next!!!

Ashley our asst. server was also great, he would get so nervous if we didn't eat everything and wonder if we would like something else...and he always remember DH's 7 and 7.

We also had Zita at Palo's, we had her for our Champagne brunch and loved her so much and got to know her so well that when we told her we would be back the following day for dinner she asked if we wanted to have her as our server...of course we did!!

She remembered us as soon as we walked in, and remembered that we had a spa ressie that day (surial!!) and asked how it was, and she also remembered that my DH likes seafood and recommened something for him.

At the Champagne brunch she saw that he really liked the smoked salmon and told him about a mixture of Horseradish sauce and whipped cream that her father makes, so she whipped some up and brought it to him, he loved it!

For those of you who have had Zita in the past, she told us that she was also leaving the Magic, her boyfriend used to work on the ship and he left and she is leaving to be with him.

We also saw Salvitore at Palo, so we know he is still there!!

[StaceyA]

Originally posted by MrsG
Stormkrow,

We were in the late seating. Sasha was not supposed to be on our rotation. He usually is on the same rotation as his wife Dora (who began in Parrot Cay) but he said that 3 previous guests on our rotation had requested him! He has a 10 month old son who is staying with Sasha's parents in Croatia. They see him every few months. It is difficult, he said, but it is what they have to do. He eventually wants to open his own business. Oka has a wife in Indonesia and only sees her every 6 months! But he said it was like having a honeymoon twice a year!

They were really a very special part of our trip. To impress teens, they must have been fantastic.

I wrote my message before reading the rest of the thread, Im so glad to hear others comments on Sasha, we thought he was great and would gladly request to have him again!!
We also got to hear about his baby, he talked about him like a proud poppa!!

Stacey

[stormkrow]

My kids got him to bring his photographs of his wife and child. we heard the whole as well. My DD was always asking him questions. He stated that he wants to start a restaurant in Croatia. Both his parents and Dora's parents live right near each other in Croatia, so his son gets plenty of attention.

Sasha and Oka definately made the cruise so much more enjoyable.

[Familyof6]

We had Andras from Hungary as our Server and Eugenie from Bulgaria as our Assistant Server. Ibrahim from Turkey was our Head Server. We did not have the experience that I had read so much about on these boards...and was so looking forward to.
The first night, my ds11 ordered escargot and Andras was amazed and not pleased, I don't think. Also ds11 and dd9 ordered from the adult menu that night. I got the impression that Andras was sort of put out by this. The next night he had them circle what they wanted to eat on their "CHILDREN'S" menu. We were never brought anything to try. As a matter of fact, when I hemmed and hawed about what to have or mentioned that I was torn between two entrees or desserts, there was never an offer of getting both. Once when I asked if he recommended one dessert over the other, I realized that he recommended the dessert that was easiest for him to get in the kithchen, not the one that had to be prepared at the table. Stupid me, I went with his recommendation...it was not good.
He was fine as a regular waiter and would have been just fine in a restaurant, I just expected more from a Disney server. His personality was rather cool.
Eugenie had a better personality but it was so funny to see what mistake he would make each night. He had trouble remembering what we drank. Some nights he brought drinks to us that we didn't want. He brought iced tea to dh...who hates iced tea. He brought ds a Diet Coke. Ds only drinks water, milk and Shirley Temples. It was too funny!
Ibrahim was probably the best of the three, although we didn't see him a whole lot until the last evening. He cut my lamb for me when I was holding my dd2, sound asleep. (and brought mint jelly that our server didn't offer) He also brought my dd6 3 ears of corn because he heard me mention her loose teeth. (it didn't work)
Overall, they were fine, but not what is represented here on the boards...no chatting, games with the kids, extra food to try, etc.

Just my opinion.

Lisa:D

[adkaul]

Familyof6

That's too bad. Our kids dd7 and ds5 couldn't wait to get to dinner each night. Arvind made a "pirate hat" for my son out of a napkin, made a jumping frog out of paper, made sure he cut up the kids meat. My daughter ordered off the adult menu a few times and we never had a problem. She loved to order the chocolate cake from the adult desserts. One night ds wanted jello which wasn't on the kids menu but Arvind made sure he got it for him. Another night when my son fell asleep and missed dessert, Arvind made sure the strawberry shortcake came with us. Rowena always had the drinks ready to go. It's a shame you didn't have a good experience.

adkaul

[blb531]

Just got back from July 20th Western. We were a party of 12 (3 families travelling together). We had Iso from Croatia as our server and Pastama from Bali, Indonesia as Asst. server. Both were excellent! Very accommodating for our large group, especially with the kids. Served the two boys their dinner while the rest of us had appetizers so the boys could leave early. Plenty of card tricks, paper airplanes and brain teasers. Iso is leaving for his vacation the end of this week. Pastama is there till Sept. 14 when he leaves to go home for his wedding!

Got both of their email addresses, but am having trouble getting them to go through. Iso and Pastama, if you see this, thanks from the whole Annapolis Maryland clan!!

Barbara

[Dancind]

Familyof6, were you on the Wonder or the Magic? Is there any thing you can do if you get a snotty server like this, ie request a different table? I would hate to have someone like this for a 7 night cruise! Diana

[DisneyCruiseluvr]

We just took the July 20th Western cruise and are also from Annapolis, Md.. I agree with BLB531, Pastama from Indonesia is a great asst. server. He helped us out for breakfast one day and was wonderful with our two children. Every time I saw him after that he always greeted my family with a BIG smile! Very nice man.

We had Shawn from Canada as our server and Zoltan from Hungary as our assistant server. I feel sorry for whoever was sitting around us (that includes your group BLB531 ... you were right behind us!) because we were always laughing and yucking it up with these two guys! Hope we didn't make too much noise or disturb anyone. Our children loved Shawn's magic tricks. He would also offer his arm to my DD9 and walk her into the dining hall like a real gentleman. I so wished I had our video camera with me every night because it was so much fun to watch him escort her to our table. Shawn was also very good about making sure that we were happy with our meals and if we didn't like something he'd replace it right away. We're so sad he won't be around for our cruise next summer, he said he'd be on vacation at that time.

Benedicto, the wine keeper (I called him the "wine specialist"), always came around with a new trick for the children every night. They looked forward to seeing him and we so appreciated all of the attention he gave to each and every one of them. (We sat with another family of four from New Jersey ... Hi Ed, Donna, Jennifer & Christopher!!)

Dinners on the ship were AWESOME thanks to our wonderful servers and new friends.

[caskar]

We had Shawn as our server in June. Hey, he didn't do any magic tricks for us! Wait until I see him next year. I am going to ask for a refund on my tip. :) He was great but no tricks:( wonder why?
We had a different assistant server so maybe that was why or maybe because he had a big table to take care of besides us and didn't have time. We were at table 22. Our rotation was LAP which at first I wasn't excited about but afterwards I was so glad because Lumineres it the best. The others, IMO, weren't as nice because they were in the back of the ship with noise and vibration from the engines.

[bengals01]

HAD ANDREW (SOUTH AFRICA) ON 3DAY IN 1999, HE IS THE BEST, HE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE THEN, HE IS STILL ON, HE WILL BE LEAVING ON 9/20 I SAW HIM ON MY LAST 4 CRUISES, WE WOULD GO TO BREAKFAST SO WE COULD HAVE HIM AS A SERVER, HAVE ALSO HAD DANNY FROM INDONESIA, GREAT TRICKS, AND ZOLTAN WAS HIS ASST SERVER, HAD OCKE , SAPTO AND JEANIE FROM CANADA, ZORAN AND HEMANT, ALSO IN THE SHOPS JOSH IS GREAT, AND DAMIR SERVES DRINKS, ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE WHEN EVER YOU SAW HIM AND CALLED US BY NAME, IF ANYBODY HAS ANDREW FROM SOUTH AFRICA, OR SEES JOSH IN THE SHOPS TELL THEM MRS MARTINI SAID HI,

[Familyof6]

We were on the Wonder. It may have been that I had requested a specific rotation that is usually assigned to families with adults only. The servers on that rotation may be better with the mature crowd as opposed to the younger children. I must say, they were fine, but just not the "fun guys" that I had read so much about and was SO looking forward to. I didn't ask about changing servers. It was just a 4 day trip so we only saw them 4 times. (and we didn't go to breakfast on the last day...which was good since I've heard such bad things about people being treated poorly and rushed off the ship)
I don't want to dwell on the negative. It was a wonderful trip.

Lisa:D

[t2simon]

We were on the Wonder 11/01. Our server was Andre from Canada, his Assistant was Cynthia (Bali, I think). they were great! My DS was just over two, and because we booked late, we also could only get a late seating. NOT good for a 2 yr old. They really went out of their way to get him in a happy mood. when he found out that DS liked strawberries (and NOTHING else that night) Andre brought him a big bowl to snack on. Cynthia wanted nothing more than to make DS smile.

Actually the best server on the ship had to be Ketut from Bali. We met him on embarkation day at the buffet. I was alone with DS while DH went to get his lunch. Ketut went out of his way, getting milk for us, retrieving DS sneaker (numerous times) and bringing AWESOME chocolate chip cookies! He and DS immediately hit it off and from then on whenever they saw each other Ketut would come over and play with him a few minutes. I have a beautiful photo of the two of them together the final morning at breakfast. DS has a huge smile on his face. As a certain credit card company says: Priceless!

God, I went on! They really made the trip so great, and we just want to do it again-NOW!

[amcanzo]

We were on the July 20th Magic (7 day) - we had Dwight from Jamaica & Trifonio from India. Great servers!! Joked with the kids, Trifonio did "brain teasers" at the table for the girls (even dh and I couldn't figure out some of them) They went out of their way for us.
At Palo's we had Marco. Fabulous server!! We would definitely request any of them a second time.

Ann :smooth:

[Dancind]

Now that we have cruised, I'm going to revive this thread! We sailed on the 10/5 Magic, and had the PLAPLAP rotation. First night, we sat with a lovely couple half our age with an active 5 yo old son, we have an 11 yo DD. They were very, very nice, but our DD was miserable, and making us miserable. The servers didn't help. The server was stiff and formal, and the assistant server shy to the point of being nonverbal (or perhaps didn't speak English?). Anyway, I asked for a rotation change the next morning. We wound up two tables over from our original table, but with new servers. Our new table partners, a family of three with an 11 yo boy, never showed up. But it was OK, because our new servers absolutely charmed our DD, and us as well. We had Sachin from India and Dragan from Macedonia. Our DD started out as Princess, and graduated to "little sister" by the end of the week. Sachin did Magic tricks, napkin hats, escorted DD to the table, and overfed us. His recommendations were perfect, to the point that DH quit looking at the menu. DD had a migraine on Tropical night, but Sachin brought our food to our room, with extras! DD's picky eating style was completely catered to, her favorite salad was ready every night. Dragan was quieter, but gave us impeccable service, and was seriously handsome (a plus with DD). He is engaged to a Canadian aerobics instructor on the Magic. DD was so sad to leave them, but Sachin made sure she had his e-mail address! He will be there another year for sure, say hi if you are lucky enough to have him. As I told them at our last breakfast, you know you've had a great cruise if there are people you need to hug at the end! Diana