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[CurtS]

I forgot to also ask about dining rotation. We are scheduled for late seating. With a 3 and 4 year old, we had concerns about getting early seating. I've heard that early seating is nearly impossible to get (especially with a group of 8) and my TA said that we may find late seating to have its benefits. Any thoughts on late seating and ideas of how to move to early seating if we decide to go that route???

[Belle*]

You can try to move to the early seating when you board by checking your Navigator and going to wherever they are taking requests for dining changes. (Usually one of the dance clubs on Deck 3.) The advantages to the late seating for kids is you see the shows first. For a lot of kids with early seating, the shows are too late and they miss them. With late seating they can see the shows and if they are too tired for a sit-down meal they can grab some food at Pluto's or the Buffet and go to the kids club while the less sleepy people have dinner.

[CurtS]

That's a good thought--thank you. I had not considered a buffet in lieu of dinner. You're right. They are more likely to nod off in a darkened theatre than a meal and there are alternatives to dinner, but not to the theatre. Thanks again for the advice!

[*Pixie*Dust*]

Anything is possible. We were a group of 8 with children 3 and 8 years old. When we booked we were told that only late seating was available but requested to be changed if an opening was available.
When we received our documents the week before our trip, we were pleasantly surprised to see that we had been given an early seating.

[JoanW]

We requested LATE seating only because you are not so rushed for dinner. We had a late snack on the 9th deck (chicken wraps - yum!) and then ate the full meal at 8:30. We requested it for our next cruise too.

[poohssmum]

We went on a 7-day in May of 2003. (Can't say enough about how wonderful it was BTW) And we had late seating because we booked kind of last minute. It actually worked out GREAT for us. Our boys were 3 and 5 at the time. Sometimes they made it to dinner with us, and sometimes they just wanted something quick to eat and then wanted to get back into their clubs. Although I don't normally eat that late, it was nice to NOT have to rush and to just enjoy a meal. We've also requested late seating for our November cruise too.

OH, another tip that I learned our last night on the ship ... for parent that have later seating, take your kids to the pool around 4:30 or 5:00. The Micky pool especially clears out at that time w/so many kids having the early seating for dinner.

[Tink and co.]

Thanks for the pool tip! We have the late seating too, and I'm thinking that I will prefer it! We have the time difference with the west coast and I like the idea of seeing the show as family before dinner and then if the kids want to join us, great, if not, that's great too!