Hi everyone, I already have 6 adults signed up for the 2nd Palo brunch list. As soon as I get 6 more adults interested in participating, I will send it in. For all of you interested in doing the Private palo brunch, I will need from you ASAP the following: your first and last names and your reservation #. You can either PM me with the info or email me directly at: tainapo@comcast.net
You can only sign up one time so if you already emailed me your info, its already sent in with the first list. Or I emailed you to let you know you are on the 2nd list. Remember, nothing is guarenteed and it is possible that we will get neither dates for the private brunch, or we could get both dates! The sooner I can send in this second list, the better. DCL processes these requests by date of when they are received. But they will only let me know about 25-30 days prior to sailing if we got it or not. So its important that if you really, really want to do the brunch, that you also try to book it when your booking window opens up. If you get the private brunch, DCL will cancel out your other brunch (they will only let you have one). Hope this makes sense! Here is the other info that is good to know:
Here's how the private brunch works: the room holds up to 14 people in a private dining area. The last time we did it, our time was around 10am. I think they only book one group per brunch. This is an adults only dining and there is a dress code (no shorts). Capris are fine but men will need to wear slacks and nice shirt (no tie required for brunch). Cost is $15 pp plus tip.
As soon as I get 12-14 people, I will send the info in. I will also start a waitlist in case we have any drop outs. I am going to request the 2nd sea day (June 4th) as the first choice (by then we will know each other from the Dismeets and sharing excursions - we'll be old friends by then! ) The 2nd choice will be the 1st sea day (May 27th). For the 2nd list, I will be putting May 27th as first choice.
Just some things to consider: there will also be a character brunch on this cruise (usually offered on 3 different sea days on cruises of 7 days or longer).
DCL could not tell me which day the third day might be. If you are 1st dining, your character breakfast will be early, but if you are 2nd dining, it may conflict with the Palo brunch time if you have kids that want to go to the character breakfast. Of course, if your kids are older, they could go on their own, or you could have one spouse go to the character breakfast and the other to Palo if there is a conflict. However, you will not know your dining rotation until you board the ship. Our last brunch, several of the husbands did not come (they didn't want to dress up!, No, really!)
Keep in mind that if we get the Private palo brunch, if you have made another Palo brunch reservation, that other reservation will cancel out. DCL will contact me 25-30 days prior to sail date. Their rule is that you can only have one Palo brunch, one high tea and one dinner per cruise pre-booked. Of course you can always try for a second one after you board.
You can only sign up one time so if you already emailed me your info, its already sent in with the first list. Or I emailed you to let you know you are on the 2nd list. Remember, nothing is guarenteed and it is possible that we will get neither dates for the private brunch, or we could get both dates! The sooner I can send in this second list, the better. DCL processes these requests by date of when they are received. But they will only let me know about 25-30 days prior to sailing if we got it or not. So its important that if you really, really want to do the brunch, that you also try to book it when your booking window opens up. If you get the private brunch, DCL will cancel out your other brunch (they will only let you have one). Hope this makes sense! Here is the other info that is good to know:
Here's how the private brunch works: the room holds up to 14 people in a private dining area. The last time we did it, our time was around 10am. I think they only book one group per brunch. This is an adults only dining and there is a dress code (no shorts). Capris are fine but men will need to wear slacks and nice shirt (no tie required for brunch). Cost is $15 pp plus tip.
As soon as I get 12-14 people, I will send the info in. I will also start a waitlist in case we have any drop outs. I am going to request the 2nd sea day (June 4th) as the first choice (by then we will know each other from the Dismeets and sharing excursions - we'll be old friends by then! ) The 2nd choice will be the 1st sea day (May 27th). For the 2nd list, I will be putting May 27th as first choice.
Just some things to consider: there will also be a character brunch on this cruise (usually offered on 3 different sea days on cruises of 7 days or longer).
DCL could not tell me which day the third day might be. If you are 1st dining, your character breakfast will be early, but if you are 2nd dining, it may conflict with the Palo brunch time if you have kids that want to go to the character breakfast. Of course, if your kids are older, they could go on their own, or you could have one spouse go to the character breakfast and the other to Palo if there is a conflict. However, you will not know your dining rotation until you board the ship. Our last brunch, several of the husbands did not come (they didn't want to dress up!, No, really!)
Keep in mind that if we get the Private palo brunch, if you have made another Palo brunch reservation, that other reservation will cancel out. DCL will contact me 25-30 days prior to sail date. Their rule is that you can only have one Palo brunch, one high tea and one dinner per cruise pre-booked. Of course you can always try for a second one after you board.
I'm sure there will be other young kids on the cruise. There are always kids of all ages. In fact, I'll bet there will be more younger kids than teens as it is during the school year and harder to miss esp once you hit high school! Your 3 and 5 yr old can be in the same club together (as long as your 3 yr old is potty trained). Mine stayed together in the same club when they were younger. It is probably wise to pace yourself and do shorter (1/2 day) DCL excursions, or do private excursions where you can be flexible.
