Favorite/Least Favorite Servers

[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'

 

[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!!

 

[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.

 

[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...

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