Favorite/Least Favorite Servers

[Gina]

We had Inyoman from Indonesia and Corrinne from France. They were both so, so wonderful... I just can't say enough about them. Inyoman was so entertaining, and was always right on the mark with his menu recommendations. Corrinne was just a sweetheart, and always had my ice tea waiting for me before I even sat down.

I also can't say enough about our head server, Christophe. He greeted us by name every single night, came to the table at least once per meal to see how things were, and sent us off on the rest of our evening with a handshake and a genuine smile. With all the stories I had heard about mythical and/or invisible head servers, I was pleasantly surprised.

-gina-

 

[kcand sunshine]

Gina,

I think you're the one that told me about single events and Powell said to tell you Hi. He is actually from our home state of Alabama.There were very few southernerson our cruise.We had Inyoman and thought he was awesome. Our head server didn't really ever speak to us. I was too tired to go out after late seating but did go to a singles lunch-mostly older divorcees. Thanks again for your input.

 

[Gina]

Yep, that was me! I sure hope Powell is still on the Magic in February -- he's just a great guy, and great at getting people involved in the fun on the ship.

-gina-

 

[atigeg]

Good servers...where to begin?!?!
In our 23 cruises, we've gotten to know some of them quite well, including head servers P.J. and Rita, who are more like friends now. On our past two Wonder cruises, Rajeev has been our head server, and he was always making sure that everything was perfect, even when we were at the buffet for lunch.
We had Lito and Iilana in the past, and both of them always remember us and greet us warmly whenever they see us now, as does Dalibor from Croatia, who works in Palo. On the Magic, both Carita and Salvatore in Palo are tops!!
Barb
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[BethA]

We were on the 6/22 Magic. Our servers were Glenn and Navneet. Glenn was very professional and knowledgable, but serious. Navneet was wonderful--great with the kids, very concerned if you didn't eat something. they brought extra appetizers and desserts for everyone to try and often an extra meal or 2 . The head server was Zouhaier and compared to last time when we saw Sandra twice, he came by each meal several times--had brain teasers for the kids and brought them special desserts not on the menu each night!! If anyone has him on a future cruise tell him his table of 14 from Pgh misses him. Beth

 

[Niagara2]

4 Disneys cruises and an Andrea sticks out to me because he was so grand to the kids. But Zita from Palos was the best we had! I still have 5 pounds on me to remind me of those fab meals!

 

[hokie5cruiser]

Leo(from India) and his assistant, Ceasar (from the Phillipines)were terrific on the 6-22-02 Western Magic. Leo always suggested several things and would bring several appetizers and desserts every night. He gave us great tips about the next days events. We were a family group of 12. He also taught all of the boys 8-12-12-14 how to fold the napkins in each style.

 

[Valerie3kids]

We have always had good service. In June we had Roberto(Portugal) and Sherwen(Trinidad). They were great. Always smiling. Roberto also did a little magic trick every evening before we left the table.

Valerie

 

[Corl4]

We were on the June 22 Magic and had incredible servers... Jeevan from India and Jean from France. They had only been a team for a few weeks but you would have never known it. Jean had just returned to the Magic after a long absence. He had been a server before but because he had been gone so long he had to return as an assistant, so it was really like having 2 servers. These guys were great...Jeevan was always right on the mark with his recommendations and had lots of fun with DS. Jean was definately a charmer..with his French accent and his manners he had our DD (16) wrapped around his finger. Our kids 16 and 12, wouldn't consider missing dinner!! Of the four tables they had, we were always the last one to leave...we just loved talking to them and having fun! I've seen other posts about Tiago...he happened to be a friend of Jeevan's and when DS mentioned that DD thought he was cute Jeevan brought him right over to introduce him! DS even played b-ball with him one evening! He is definately cute and very sweet!
We had so much fun with our guys that the last evening we planned a surprise for them. THroughout the week we learned a lot about them, so when all their tables left, we had them sit down with us and the kids presented them with a few funny gifts that coincided with some of the things we had learned about them. The kids also fed them their favorite desserts. Jeevan and Jean were just amazed that we would do something for them. In fact, we just sent them pictures of all of us from the cruise. They really did become part of our family and we miss them !!!
I know Jeevan will only be working until the end of Sept....he'll be going back to school to get his Master's degree. If any of you are lucky enough to be seated at their tables you are in for a real treat!!

Beth

 

[herrmfam24]

Again, thank you so much for all the replys! Its so neat to hear about all of the great crew on the ships!

 

[seventh heaven]

Ritesh and Tiago!!!! They were excellent. They were wonderful with children and adults alike.

 

[TX Shelly]

But wait--
No one has mentioned Nicu from Romania and his assistant Cynthia from the Philippines! Nicu was wonderful, magic tricks for the children and adults, brain teasers, etc. He was wonderful, polite, very thoughtful, charming and a pleasure to spend our dinnertime with. He showed a picture of his two children in Romania. Cynthia was also very good. We were with 4 other adults and 5 children. I also can't forget Karolyi, the head server. The children loved dinnertime and were always there. They even went the night the adults went to Palos. Our tables were always the last to leave as we had such a good time. We cruised on the 6/1/02 7 Day Eastern Magic.

 

[luv2kids]

We had Lorenzo from Italy and Gordon from Scotland on our June cruise! What a team! We have kept in touch by email with Lorenzo who is off the ship for two months!

 

[Mjasp]

Our server was Sudama and asst. was Glendene. Thought they were just fine. Sudama always explained and recommended from the menu and Glendene took care of the kids. We were at a large oval table of 13 with 7 adults and 6 kids. The kids sat at one end and Glendene read the menu to the ones who couldn't read, took their order and cut their food. Can you believe it. Anyone else else have them for their servers.

Joanna

 

[caskar]

We had Sean from Canada. He was great! Giana from Uraguay our asst. was ok but was very nice to our daughters.

 

[jdm]

We had Cesar (from Brazil) and Jose' (from I can't remember) on our Feb 10th Wonder cruise. They were the highlight of our cruise and DD and DN actually were in tears when they hugged goodbye that last day. The kids have their pictures in their room and ask when we can go back to see them!

 

[Hygiene99]

we had Zeta from Hungry and Salvatore from Italy ...........
EXCELLENT... both of them work at Palos.
Salvatore sailed from Italy on both the magic and the Wonder
on there voyage across the big pond ,....... has been there since the Beginning......

and for main dinning room servers we like Chris Oliver
Excellent Chris is from Enlgland and his partner Collin

I am not a picky eater Chris choose my meals for me for the week yup just went in to dinner sat down and dinner was brought to me with out sayying a word ....and it was Excellent


Peter

 

[CathyCanada]

We've had some great servers including some mentioned here, but Travis (Australia) and Jorge (Brazil?) on the Wonder were exceptional!!

We have had Mario (Phillipines), Ritesh and Subhash (both from India) and Fernando (Chile) who were excellent and in Palo, Mauritzio (Australia) is outstanding!!!! Jerry (Greece), Attila (Hungary) and Stefan (France) were all close seconds though.

Some terrific head servers were Sandra (France), Daniel (Great Britain) and of course PJ!

There is nothing like going back on the ship and having a server recognizing you and running to give you a hug and welcome back!! No wonder I cruise so much!
CC

 

[lespaul55]

We were on the June 29th Magic and had Glenn and Navneet. We must have had the same table as BethA on the June 22nd since we had 12 at the table with 2 places empty. Glenn was very serious and Navneet was like his comic sidekick, often unintentionally. Navneet had a high pitched and very heavily accented Indian voice. My children keep offering me "freshly ground pepper, ma'am?" in Navneet's voice. Navneet noticed our oldest son was a vegetarian and shared that he was one, too. They had quite a conversation about it. They always brought us extra appetizers and desserts.

In Palo, we had Carita for brunch and Marco for dinner. They were great Marco said he was Salvatore's brother but they don't look at all alike.

Leslie

 

[kimtenn]

We were so lucky to have Neil from England and Fiona from Australia on our first Disney cruise in September of 2000 on the Magic. I don't know if they're still there, but they were FANTASTIC!!

DH and I were kind of seasick the first night, and Neil advised us to eat just a little something, then take some medicine (offered at the front desk) and lie down. It worked like a charm -- the next day we got our sea legs!

We sat at a table by ourselves (just worked out that way -- we didn't request it), and they chatted with us, and were very attentive but not pushy, which is what I like. More often than not, we took their recommendations, but most of the time, they were right on.

The last night, DH ordered some kind of steak entree, and he asked for seconds, so Fiona brought him a dinner plate FULL of the steak and a side of the sauce he liked so much with it. He was in heaven.

To me, that's what cruising is all about -- to feel special -- and servers are a big part of that. And Disney is so good at it, from what we've seen in the parks and on our cruise.

We happily tipped them at the end because they added so much to our trip.

Kim