Well, that was my first reaction. I can see that it is another "perk". But it sounds like concierge is too good to sit with those who are not. But I guess concierge is segregated in far many more ways. It just struck me as wrong.
I think it's just a "hey, here's an extra treat" sort of thing. I don't like it so I try to not participate.
The one thing I despised on our first concierge cruise was the darned gates they had to the rooms on Dream. UGH. But they took those down, thank goodness.
That said, "sitting alone" is really a misnomer, as the tables in the MDRs (especially on the Dream class ships) are only about 6 inches from each other. You might as well be sharing.
First concierge cruise...Enchanted Garden we were in a booth, which encapsulates you and makes you forget that others are around. At Royal Palace we were at the first table from the main entrance, which had a big gap between us and the nearby table (and it was the jewelry-seller lady, a vendor onboard, who had that table anyway, so it wasn't like she was a raucous group) and we felt totally alone. Animator's we were surrounded, that's for sure, and smack dab next to the serving station, so that was the anomaly and we really didn't care for that table at all, LOL.
They were 7,7, and 4 when we went last year. They were overly tired, whiney, restless, and didn't wan't to eat. I was so glad we weren't put with another family. We were miserable enough as it was! No sense putting anyone else through that lol.
FWIW I'm sure there were worse kids on the ship, and it's totally possible they would have been totally different if you were seated with another family. They are terrific about seating "like" people, and having some non-sibling peers there might have made a big difference. You never know!
They have seated us marvelously with other families; once with a child just about DS's age, and once with two kids who flanked him in age. Having a bunch of annoying disgusting boys of a similar age together? BLISS! They kept their disgustingness quiet, cracked themselves up, and showed what terrific "eaters" they could be. The adults spent almost no time having to deal with them in difficult ways and got some nice adult interaction in WITH the benefit of different experiences and ideas and "what did you do today?" other than what a spouse (that you've likely spent all day with) can bring to the table LOL. For my son, instead of "sigh, dinner with the parents" it was "I'm excited to see the other boys!"
You never know!
Well said! We're Concierge on our Dream cruise next month and look forward to dining at our own table with our kids, but it's certainly not because we're "hoity-toity" or stand-offish! It's simply because we prefer it! Personally, we'd request to dine at a private table whether we were Concierge or not. To each their own.
