Yep - early show followed by late dinner
Perfect, thanks everyone for the quick feedback. We'll try to get changed to the late seating!
Yep - early show followed by late dinner
Perfect, thanks everyone for the quick feedback. We'll try to get changed to the late seating!
I am not so sure about this. When our assist. server missed a night due to illness, the crew member that filled in for her told us he was pulled from the working in the galley and had never served before. While he was horrible, we knew it would be only for the night and understood. Our serve team was serving in the dining rooms after they left us, we saw them through the window while they were serving early dinner. We also had the server one time for lunch. It was a little uncomfortable.
Thanks very much for the replies on dining - we have gone for the later dining due to wanting to see the shows first, then eat and then into a bar/evening entertainment
My DDs are 12 and 10. My 12yr old sounds a lot like your DD. My 10yr old is much more outgoing and it really helps her sister open up. I'm hoping since there will not be a massive amount of children on this cruise that my 10yr old can go to the Edge with her sister or have her sister move down to the lab with her.
Is your 10 yr old a 4th grader?
Yes, I understand ... some people likely HAVE missed the ship. ONE MORE TIME ... do you know them? Compare that number against how many were successful. Then, compare those figures to re chances of hiccups, or bumps in the road ... flying multiple legs increases the chance of an issue ... nothing more ... nothing less. If you are flying the night before debarkation ... you can STILL miss the ship if there are delays or cancellations with your flight ... what's your point?
- Any reason why you are nervous about flying Southwest? We've been flying Southwest for years!
Hi Mandy!
We have late dining too. We actually had main dining but the Disney TA convinced me to change to late because of the time change and the kids club. I had no idea, so I was really grateful to her for the advice. Hopefully, they'll put us close to you and maybe we'll still get another family to sit with us.
We'd be interested in linking up with others for dining as well. We have main dining, and our daughter (5) gets pretty hungry by 5:30PM. I'm not sure if the time change would make a lot of difference. Do we actually lose 1 hour/day as we go across the Atlantic on the 6 sea days? I don't know if any of us can wait until 8:00 PM to eat
Between Galveston and Barcelona, I believe we will be losing an hour on seven different evenings (the first is prior to Castaway Cay). An 8:30pm dining will end up being 1:30 by disembarkation. We have a 6- and 2- year old and chose late dining for that reason. We try to grab fruit at Goofy's Galley or something nutritious for them if they get hungry earlier. They did do pretty well with late dining on the WBTA, even with the time change going the opposite direction.
Thanks for the (quick) reply. I've sent a note off to our travel agent to ask about this.
I'll reiterate that we wouldn't mind meeting up with some people here (whether it be early or late dining). On our last (and it was our first) cruise, we were able to have both sets of Grandparents join us on the cruise, so we had a table of 7 each night.
To summarize, it will be myself (50), DW Marci (44), and my daughter Alyssa (5).
Thanks,
Chuck
This is contradictory ... limiting the number of staterooms, but going back to make multiple deliveries to the same staterooms? It is not uncommon for groups to have 60 staterooms, and/or 100+ guests (on a 7-night cruise). Each FE group is different ... some have different suggestions (I do not call them rules). Some individuals prefer to give individual gifts to each person in the group, while others give one gift per stateroom. On a 7-night cruise, we typically hand out FE's, breaking the ship into different groups (different decks, depending on who is participating). On the larger ships, it does not take more than 30 minutes per day, over 2-3 days.
Giving multiple gifts to specific individuals over multiple days closely resembles a Secret Mickey ... though that is usually for a single person or stateroom, versus multiple staterooms. Of course, anyone and everyone is able to do as they wish.
Steven
Hi Chuck,
I don't know how large the tables can be. Just today, we linked up with two other families for sure and a possible third. I haven't heard for sure if nitrame is going to link up with us. So for right now, we have 11. I would certainly be open to making the group larger if it's possible. Feel free to contact me.
Erica
Hi
My Mum and I just booked this cruise tonight and we have second seating dining.
Looking forward to getting to know everyone
I also sent a request for the FB page.
Hi
My Mum and I just booked this cruise tonight and we have second seating dining.
Looking forward to getting to know everyone
I also sent a request for the FB page.