We were on the 7 day this past July and we also did not want to miss any of our regular meals. We had the early seating. We went the first night to Palo, but we had the latest ressie available. We went to our regular seating and later went to Palo. We are going on a 4 day in 3 weeks and plan to have 2 dinners one night. The first night is great at Palo, because hardly anyone goes that night!