800 Pm Dinner Rotation

[KANSAS]

i just got back, from my first DCL CRUISE, booked along way out and had
600 PM DINNER ROTATION

HAs anyone done a DCL CRUISE with a 800 PM ROTATION
It seemed to me, that 800 PM ROTATION FAMILIES, were out of place
in the evening activities

anyone else notice that??

 

[Corryn]

We had the 8:30 dinner and a few of us were talking and we thought that the people with the 6:30 dinner looked and acted rushed and harried. They were trying to get their formal photos in before dinner, and whose crying and which mom is yelling....

I was happy with our 8:30 dinner because we got to do whatever we wanted to do during the day without running back to our rooms to get ready for the early dinner. Of course, if I had very young children, we might have done the earlier dinner...
But we would do what we wanted during the day, see the 6:30 show if we wanted to (my kids saw all the shows, me and DH only saw 2) then the kids would go up to the room and shower and get dressed for dinner.
(with the cornrow hair braiding, it was a snap!)
Then after dinner the kids would go to the clubs or to a movie while me and DH relaxed and did whatever. I would go to the Rainforest Spa around 5:30-6:00 (It was always empty!) to relax and get dressed and ready for dinner and stroll around until then. I never hurried on this cruise, it was wonderful. Oh, I also totally enjoyed the evening Bingo. I would go to the Rainforest Spa AND Then Bingo and then dinner.
BUT, like I said, I did not have very young children. This was the first time that my kids were not all over me. I didn't know what to do with myself!

 

[scrapperjill]

We had the 8:00 dinning rotation...and loved it. It worked well for our family (two girls 6&11)..but i did notice a few key events were schedulled while we were at dinner...things like Goofys PJ party..and some other fun kids club activites....when that happened we'd either hurry through dinner or fed the kids early and sent them to their activity in the club while we went back and enjoyed dinner alone. Over all we loved the relaxed...no rush for early dinner feeling.