"you may be seated at 2 tables"

[daisyx3]

My DH just decided we may go for it and do the DDP--problem is, we leave in 36 days.
I am looking online for dining and some of the places I want to go say "your party may be seated at 2 tables".
My bad for being so late, I know. My kids will be 17,14,11. The only reason we are throwing this trip together is because next year the oldest will be in college, so no more spring break trips, and depending on her summer schedules (work, classes, internships) maybe no more family vacations for a while--so sitting at 2 tables kind of defeats the whole purpose.
If I book one of those places (Boma, for example) and they try to put us at 2 tables, would they at least be very close? If not, will they let us wait for a table for all 5 of us?
I don't want to be a whiny pee pants about it, but usually I book months in advance and I'm not used to this.
Daisyx3

 

[teacup princess]

We were told that at a couple of different Disney restaurants when booked our restaurants last year. I accepted the reservation knowing those terms because they were restaurants I really wanted and I had changed my reservations so many times that's all I could get. FWIW Disney really does try hard to sit your whole family together. We were sat together each time. We were told that if separated they would try to seat us close so I'd book and see what happens. You never know after a few days of "family closeness" you might need an hour of alone time anyway. Have fun!

 

[daisyx3]

I got some things booked--mostly earlier dinners. Here's what we have:
1st day: nothing yet
2nd day: AK day--Boma at 4:10
3rd day: DHS--50s PTC at 4:25
4th day--Easter--TL day--Chef Mickey's at 8PM
5th day--off day, but we have a park admission if we decide to do that--Narcoosee's at 7:25 (might be 2 tables)
6th day--Epcot--Teppan Edo 3:30 (haven't done this since 2002)
7th day--MK--nothing yet
8th day--leave hotel at 3:30 PM

We have to decide which day we will be forego a TS meal--our first day, since we'll probably eat lunch late, or the 7th day after several big TS meal days. Then I will book one of those days. I am thinking of Kona on our MK day (CP is booked).
Daisyx3

 

[Mississippianna]

Don't sweat it. When I was booking for just me, DH and our toddler I got that disclaimer for a couple places. IF they offer you two tables, of course you can decline and wait for a bigger table. I think they are just warning that it's a possibility, nothing is guaranteed, blah blah blah, etc.

 

[mickeylr]

family of 5 here and we have traveled with my parents twice making a party of 7 (one thanksgiving and one christmas - so holiday/busy seasons). I have gotten that you two table caveat quite a few times. In all those meals, I think we were put at two different tables once and those two tables were right next to each other in close quarters so we might as well have been one table.

They really don't do it that way at the restaurants.

Mary

Mary R. in Maryland, USA

 

[tobikaye]

It is a standard statement that comes up on about every reservation. On a previous question about this statement, people have reported getting this when they made a reservation for 1.

 

[sters]

We only received the statement for one of the 8 meals we booked.