Is it considered rude?

[mom2of2]

I have a DS who will be 6 when we cruise in November. 90 minutes is a long time for him to sit still at dinnertime. Usually he's the first one done and gone from the table. Would it be rude for me to take him to the kids club during meals? Have him eat with us and then either me or DH would take him and then come back and finish dinner.

 

[confal1]

That sounds like it would be fine to me. I am sure that if you explain to your tabelmates that he can't sit still they will understand and then everyone can enjoy their meals. Have fun.

 

[prymsu]

I wouldn't think it rude at all! Everyone can then relax and finish their meal! I think most folks would rather have that, then for him to sit and fidget, and then you won't have to worry about that either.

 

[Dreamer04]

I plan on doing the same thing with my DD 6.

 

[musicgirl]

I'm sure that would be fine. My ds-13 always left a little early to go to the clubs.

Last June, my nephew-7 had a difficult time. Especially when we were getting appetizers-which he didn't like. We asked our server to bring his out as early as possible so that he could get started.

I'm sure taking him to the clubs with make everyone happy!

Have fun!

 

[mom2of2]

Thanks for the replies.
Here's another question then...do they try to sit families together? meaning of course your family would be together but would they put another family with us versus a couple?

 

[Hygiene99]

I dont know ?? the 2 children we had our table seemed not to have a problem ... they had stuff to color and there was always
something going on to keep there intrest.. and the servers helped this and she always had a surprise or 2 for the children .....

 

[kcashner]

I don't know if it is/was planned, but when we have shared a table (most of the time, we've had a table just our family), the "matches" have been remarkable. We have one daughter. We shared with another family with one daughter, although she was a little younger than ours. Another time, we shared with a grandmother/granddaughter pair travelling together where the granddaughter was a little older than my daughter. In each case, it worked beautifully.

A third time, we were asked at the second night's dinner whether we would mind sharing a table with "the family over there." Our server had a very good reason for the request, which he told us...We said no problem, and he said that he'd check with the other family, then let us know. We moved the 2 families together despite my daughter being significantly older than the other girls, and she became the "big sister" for the trip. The little girls would squabble over who got to sit next to my daughter at dinner, and we'd usually do the shows together!

So...my take would be that if you are with another family, it very well may be a family with children of about the same age/sex as your children.

And, you can take your children out whenever they have finished eating without fear of being rude.

 

[lbgraves]

We linked our dining with a Dis family with kids the same ages as ours & they also went to the club, but I wouldn't consider it rude to excuse yourself & child to escort them to the club during dinner. We also plan to do this on our next cruise. We do the early seating and alot of activities that interested DS started at 7. When our servers greeted us & took our drink order I would tell them if the kids would be leaving early to go to the club. By the second night they knew that both kids would eat the same thing every night and brought their food out right after the drinks were served. The kids got their deserts when we were eating our salads and then I excused myself with DS &/or DD to go to the club by 6:30/40. I was able to get back to the table before the entre was served. The one night I took DD it was at my seat with the cover on it. DS did eat with us two nights and did really well. All four kids got along very well & entertained each other while being doted on by the servers.

 

[Mickeyhugger]

I agree w/most of the posts here. No, it wouldn't be rude. However, you may be in for a pleasant surprise if your family is sat w/another family w/a child close to same age.

Regardless of seating arrangements and kid's club, do not let your child miss the first Animator's Palate night. Let him/her color, bring something to do. It's well worth the wait for the show!

 

[MHopkins2]

I don't think that would be rude at all.

 

[DVCanuck Jr]

As far as I can tell from the posts I've read, Disney tries to group people in the same dining rotation based on their ages/members of their party. It it likely that if you have one or two younger members of your DF, then you will be in a dining rotation with mostly families/younger DCruisers. They try to put the older disers together, usually at a later seating.

 

[plutojudy]

I don't think it would be rude, in fact I think it would be a wonderful idea. If he wants to stay the whole meal fine, if not take him to the club and let him enjoy his cruise. I would want my child to remember having a good time and not the dreaded "cold mashed potato memory".

 

[yamahaboy]

When i was on the cruise i left during some of the meals. We had the late dinner seating and my friends had the early one. So i would leave when im done eating and go find them.

 

[CheapMom]

I have a kid like that. i would wait and see how he does and keep your idea of taking him to the kid's club as a backup plan. everything is so kid friendly he might be ok through a whole dinner.

 

[westjones]

The family at the table next to us did the same thing. When their little girl was done eating one of the parents took her to the club while the other stayed. Then the first parent came back and finished dinner. It didn't bother me at all, I thought it was a good idea.

DJ