Seating at two tables?

[LoveMyLAP-BAND]

This is exciting news! My hubby finally talked to his estranged father after nearly 7 years and his family is going to join our family in November at Disney World! What a great place for a reunion. We haven't seen his father in over 11 years and he has never met our kids and we have not met his new wife and child.

Anyway, that will make 9 of us, but the only thing I am able to get is a split reservation (for example, we are booked at Cape May at two tables- one for a 4 and one for 6). I have heard that you really aren't seated separately, that it is just numbers in the system- is that true?

Thanks!

 

[disnut8]

Very true. At least in about 99.9999% of the cases.

Here's my story of a split party and it was at Cape May Buffet as well. Our reservation was for ten people, also one table for six and one table for four. The seating could not have been better for us. One side of both of the tables was one long bench. Then two hairs on the other side at one table and three chairs on the other side of the second table. There was a gap in between the two tables. We had the option of having the two tables pushed together but left them apart so the people on the bench were able to easily get up and down for the buffet.

When we checked in, I mentioned the split reservation. I was told that everything was ready to go and the table for six was already cleared out. The table for four still had people at it but they were finishing up. We were seated in about ten minutes. We had one server for everyone and one check at the end. They were willing to split the ticket, though.

Nothing to worry about with the split reservation.

 

[Disneyaunt4]

Last year we had 4 reservations that said two tables and each time we were all seated together.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

. . . My hubby finally talked to his estranged father after nearly 7 years and his family is going to join our family in November at Disney World! What a great place for a reunion. We haven't seen his father in over 11 years and he has never met our kids and we have not met his new wife and child . . .

{Off Topic}
1) You have more courage than I could muster.
2) I have heard of another person in the same situation.
3) The relative made the whole trip miserable.
4) Better to have the reunion prior to the trip.
5) Just so the trip does not get spoiled.
6) It would also lwt grandpa and the kids get used to each other.
7) Then, on the trip they could spend time that is not stressed.

 

[LoveMyLAP-BAND]

Hi Rusty,

I did think of that (the whole "could this trip be ruined?" thing). But we have been talking and emailing and things seem to be going okay. I have talked to his new wife and she is a doll. We are staying at different resorts, too.

They live in Utah and we live in NJ so a reunion beforehand is not possible.

I have been trying to gently nudge my husband into calling his dad for awhile. I am not sure which got him to make the call-- when I mentioned one of the ten commandments: Honor thy mother and father. I said that he needed to go to judgement day able to say "Hey, I did all I could." Or that we needed to set an example for our children. Would we want our children to cut us off?

I actually made the call and spoke to him first.

So far, so good.