On wait list for early dinner seating -- how to make the list!

[Mehudicka]

Hi - my friend is traveling with a large family (15) -- 4 cabins -- with lots of small grandchildren -- 5 and under -- to celebrate her birthday. She is doing 4 days in the park and 3 days on the Disney cruise over Xmas week. She will be on the cruise over New Year's.

At the time she booked, there was only late seating left. She is wait-listed for the early seating, but needs advice on how to get that switched to the early seating. Her kids will be sleeping in their dinner plates if they have the late seating.

Any advice, tricks, strings we can pull to get that switched?

Thanks, oh wise ones!

 

[goingbacksoon]

Pixie dust is probably in order here...

On a more practical note though, you may just keep checking in with the TA/DCL to see if there are cancellations or people moving to late seating. Otherwise, find the dining team when you board and ask/plead/beg to be switched because of the kids.

Maybe bring a picture of the kids with their faces in the plates from home, lol. Or at the least, prep your kids for a good "droopy lip"

goingbacksoon

 

[webray]

If she can't get switched before hand..she just needs to go to the appointed place when she boards and explain the situation.
Tell her to be persistant.

Enjoy!

 

[Mehudicka]

bump

 

[crisi]

Seating 15 is going to be hard, even if she is persistant. What are they going to do with the people already seated early? They are going to need fifteen open spots in a single dining room - perferably together on a cruise that is almost certainly going to be sold out!

I think she needs to be realistic. She might get lucky and get moved before she cruises if another large party cancels. She might get lucky and be able to switch on board if another large party decides they'd prefer late. But its going to take a LOT of pixie dust for fifteen spots to open in the same dining room for early seating. They'd have a better chance if they will split up - different tables halfway across the restaurant, maybe even different dining rooms - but I'd guess they rather not do that.

They might want to make their big family meal lunch. Triton's serves a lovely sit down lunch each day. Then have the waitstaff bring the kids food out first thing at dinner - all courses, and the kids can move to the kids club before the adult entree's arrive - where in the evenings they watch movies.