Tables for 5

[snowmouse]

Nearly every restaurant we ate at on our recent vacation insisted on seating our family of 5 at a table that was designed for 4 and adding a seat on the end. This really bugged us a lot. On most evenings when they took us to our table we balked at the small table and were frequently either told that was all there was or that they were 'not allowed' to move a party of 5 to a table for 6. We frequently waited another 30 to 45 minutes to be seated comfortably, and most CM's acted really annoyed by this request in spite of our attempting to explain our dicomfort in the nicest possible way.

Does this seem like a reasonably policy? I know these restaurants are all very busy, but I just spent 6 grand at Disney and think I should be able to reach my plate without having to move 6 things out of the way first.

 

[punkin]

It's not just restaurants, they tried to squeeze 4 of us (2 adults, 2 kids) on one bench in the WTP Honeypot. My huhsband is NOT small. No way in HECK we were going to fit! I refused and the CM did not look happy. He made us wait another 2 or 3 minutes unil he deigned to seat us at all.

 

[Magic2000]

We're a family of five and every now and then, we'll get a small table that is really too hard to sit five people at. My youngest is still getting kids meals, so its not always a problem, but when you have five big plates on the table - you can't fit your drink (and with a young one, that means its going to get spilled!).

We were at Beaches and Cream and at first were at a table. Those tables are too small - since we were ordering burgers and stuff. We asked to be moved to a booth as soon as one became available.

We've really been fortunate and most of the time they do sit us at a booth.