Dining Question

[AndrewL]

When eating at the rotation restaurants other than for dinner, will you be seated with other people, or does each party have their own separate table?

 

[Lloyd Dobler]

It depends, sometimes they try to consolidate tables, but often you'll end up eating by yourself. Some of the waiters will seat you alone if you ask, others will "encourage" you to eat with others.

 

[magic cruiser]

They try to fill up the tables as they go along. I have requested a table for the three of us ,but they try to stear you to one with people already there.You don't get you're assigned "dinner" table or your servers, unless by chance.

 

[EmmasGrammy]

Cool!! It sounds like we will have the opportunity to meet other folks! I like that idea!!

 

[Lloyd Dobler]

On our first cruise, we were seated at lunch one day with a couple from Salt Lake. This was back in September of 2000. The following February, we were at a pre-opening of Disney's California Adventure, and we ran into the same people waiting in line for Soarin' Over California. We've met a lot of great people at the lunch and dinner tables on board, and still keep in touch with many of them.

 

[webmomom]

This is our first time on a Disney cruise. I am confused. When we have been on other cruises you go to the same dinningroom and sit at the same table and have the same waiter staff, during your entire cruise for lunch and dinner. Also there were either 8 or 10 people seated at the table.

From what I am reading this does not happen on a Disney Cruise?

Any help would be great.

Aslo one more question.

How and when do you find out about on shore excurions.

 

[Lloyd Dobler]

It's a bit different on a DCL cruise. Instead of one main dining room, there are three separately-themed reastaurants. For dinner, you do sit with the same people at the same "table," that is, the same table number, but you rotate through the restaurants each night of the cruise. Your tablemates and wait staff rotate with you.

For example, on the Magic, you might eat at Lumière's the first night, Animator's Palate the second night, and then Parrot Cay the next night, starting the rotation again on night #4. You'll have the same tablemates for dinner all week.

For breakfast and lunch, they do not use assinged seating. Usually one of the sitdown restaurants is open for each meal, and the wait staff seats you as you arrive, filling up tables as they go. The original poster's question referred to breakfast and lunch. Since there are other options for these two meals (Pluto's, the buffet, room service, Pinnochio's pizza), there aren't as many people in the dining rooms at once, so they try not to use all of the tables if they don't have to.

Regarding excursions, you'll get some info with your cruise documents, but you can call and schedule them in advance (up to 60 days prior to your cruise). The DCL Website has info on the excursions offered here.

 

[jrabbit]

Also, on the Magic for the character breakfast you will sit with your tablemates at YOUR table with your servers on the assigned day and time.

 

[TheWog]

Originally posted by webmomom


Aslo one more question.

How and when do you find out about on shore excurions.

You will have an envelope right outside your room upon embarkation with your tickets in it. They will give the date and time your excursion is and maybe even the location you need to go to. If it doesn't it will be listed in the navigator for that day.

 

[mmouse37]

webmomom....The Wog's answer is correct if you have already booked an excursion but are you asking how do you find out what excursions are offered by DCL and when and how do you purchase them???

If that is your question you can take a look at the different excursion that are posted at www.disneycruise.com

You can book excursions at the 60 day mark from your sail date. Or, if you cannot decide ahead of time you can go the shore excursion talk/desk once onboard and decide then if you want to do any DCL excursions. Some more popular excursions may be sold out but they usually do hold some reservations for people to book onboard.

Once you are booked then as Wog said...check your navigator and tickets for time and place of meeting the rest of your group.

MJ