Our absolute favorite server team was the team we had on the 14 day eastbound repositioning cruise - Our Server - Ivan from Croatia, Assistant Server Paola from Mexico and Our Head Server - Alen from Croatia were fantastic! We were pampered, well cared for, entertained and miss them all terribly. Not only did we see them at dinner, but frequently saw Alen at lunch or in the halls and he always had a good word. Ivan and Paola always made our day!
At Palo, our absolute favorite server is Marco from Italy, we have had him twice. Perfect service, good extra suggestions, always there when you want him. Special ordered two extra soufles for us to bring back to our twin chocoholic sons - made their night!
Our family having twins makes us easy for the crew to remember from the 7 day cruises - from our first cruise we fondly remember Karl from Jamaica and Denis from the Phillipines - we saw Denis at breakfast on the repo cruise and were very impressed when he recognized the twins 5 years later. The twins still remember how Karl and Denis paid attention to them and brought them special stuff every night.
We also love Sachin from India from our 2003 cruise. He had just gotten onboard the Magic for the Eastbound cruise - so he is probably still on board. We saw him at Topsiders several times and seemed genuinely happy to see us. The boys remember that he had a magic trick for them every night!
By the way - none of these servers ever gave us the imfamous Excellent speech!