Dinner seatings

[Flossbolna]

OP here. 5 days till cruise and no movement. As for those of you who tell me to adapt and just book earlier. Sorry, my work does not allow me to seek vacation time more than 6 months in advance, so I booked when I could. I am doing a 7 day cruise, so I need certainty of vacation time before shelling out over $15k. There were lots of rooms available so it wasn’t like the cruise was already booked. Never had a problem before with moving to first seating in prior 4 cruises. It wouldn’t be such an issue but without the cabanas available for dinner seating, there is really no flexibility on the cruise unless one wants fast food or the limited in room dining on the couch. If I had known cabanas were closed, I would not have booked. But too late. Considering the cost of the cruise, I don’t just want fast food and most of that menu is off my food list anyways. So yes, I have dietary restrictions, I have had GERD and ulcers since I was child and after 50 years of it I can get VERY sick. So, I need no less than 6 hours before bedtime after eating. Going to be some late late nights and I will just have to keep a very different schedule than my young kids with me.

I know it doesn’t help with your current problem: but you can cancel without penalty up to the pay in full date. So if you book at opening date and don’t get your time off approved, you could still cancel or move to the time when you can go. Might be a good strategy for future cruises.

Hope you still get moved. I would make sure to speak to dining services asap after boarding and if you aren’t moved the first night ask again the next day. On our last cruise people switched dining after the first night because they realized their dining time wouldn’t work for them.

 

[Snowwhyt]

I feel some people really underestimate the problems of GERD. And I feel some have been insensitive to the point of rude.

First I take second dinners by choice. I feel my choice of entertainment is better if I take a second rather then first dinner. Plus, wow is it loud at 1st! I avoid first seating, because my hearing aids make a person across the room as loud as the person next to me.

What does that cost me as a person with GERD

8:15 dinner and done at 10:00 means I must be vertical until 2:30/3:00 AM. I’ll be sitting up in bed reclining on 3 stacked pillows, for the first 2-3 hours but I have learned to sleep sitting up. About 4:30 AM I can lay down with what I call the triangle formation with those same three pillows, the minimum 6 inch elevation to my body like I do at home as per instructed by now my 4th physician. Well I’m going to want 8 hours of sleep. I’ve had to give up breakfast on every cruise since it’s not served at 11. Lunch is on upper decks about 3:30 for me. Dinner 8:15 repeat…

GERD can be more difficult than some people realize. My procedure last week shows more acid in my system than 90% of the people out there with problems. My future surgery to create a flap to keep my acid in my stomach will come at the end of the year.
I make it work and I’m not a morning person that helps a ton. But I really upset a ton of people when I ask if we can have a nice meal at 5/5:30. Try and get everyone to join you at a steakhouse at that time.

I definitely over shared, I get that. We have a genetic problem and the doctor has no idea how I even have a stomach left but he scoped me last week. And after I had to walk around with tubes coming out of my nose for 24 hours to measure all the acid from my stomach.

If I were to turn a new phrase, “Don’t be acidic to people with GERD”. Lol, I’m up all night folks!!!

 

[Setsail71]

I feel some people really underestimate the problems of GERD. And I feel some have been insensitive to the point of rude.

First I take second dinners by choice. I feel my choice of entertainment is better if I take a second rather then first dinner. Plus, wow is it loud at 1st! I avoid first seating, because my hearing aids make a person across the room as loud as the person next to me.

What does that cost me as a person with GERD

8:15 dinner and done at 10:00 means I must be vertical until 2:30/3:00 AM. I’ll be sitting up in bed reclining on 3 stacked pillows, for the first 2-3 hours but I have learned to sleep sitting up. About 4:30 AM I can lay down with what I call the triangle formation with those same three pillows, the minimum 6 inch elevation to my body like I do at home as per instructed by now my 4th physician. Well I’m going to want 8 hours of sleep. I’ve had to give up breakfast on every cruise since it’s not served at 11. Lunch is on upper decks about 3:30 for me. Dinner 8:15 repeat…

GERD can be more difficult than some people realize. My procedure last week shows more acid in my system than 90% of the people out there with problems. My future surgery to create a flap to keep my acid in my stomach will come at the end of the year.
I make it work and I’m not a morning person that helps a ton. But I really upset a ton of people when I ask if we can have a nice meal at 5/5:30. Try and get everyone to join you at a steakhouse at that time.

I definitely over shared, I get that. We have a genetic problem and the doctor has no idea how I even have a stomach left but he scoped me last week. And after I had to walk around with tubes coming out of my nose for 24 hours to measure all the acid from my stomach.

If I were to turn a new phrase, “Don’t be acidic to people with GERD”. Lol, I’m up all night folks!!!

OP here, we just have twin stomachs. I have dealt with this my entire life and have a similar routine. I have called Disney and they won’t budge and we leave port Saturday. My husband is trying to get me to cancel the cruise because of this. He has been through a lot with me and neither of us were aware of the change in cabana policy-it was our fallback choice for an early meal.

 

[we"reofftoneverland]

OP here, we just have twin stomachs. I have dealt with this my entire life and have a similar routine. I have called Disney and they won’t budge and we leave port Saturday. My husband is trying to get me to cancel the cruise because of this. He has been through a lot with me and neither of us were aware of the change in cabana policy-it was our fallback choice for an early meal.

The lack of choice is not cool and unexplainable. I think first come, first served on seating, regardless of medical etc. Almost everyone has medical or has kids with behavioral issues nowadays that “justify” early dining. We certainly do. But it is really unacceptable that Disney does not have another viable dinner option except junk food on deck or room service. We used to go to cabanas for dinner a lot.