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Has anyone eaten here? We have a large family...6 of us. The CM told me tonight when I made my ressies that the way they seat you we could be seated with people not in our party. Hmmmm, I really don't care for this and this could possibly cause a cancel on my part.
So my question is this, has anyone with a large party had this happen to them? Would you cancel ressies because of this?
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We had a party of 2, so yes we were seated with a family of 4, but you will probably not be put with another family.
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If you have a party of six you'll probably be all in one car or at one table. We're a group of four and usually have two "hitch hikers" in ours.
Personally, we don't really mind sitting with others. : The movies are playing and it doesn't seem to hamper discussion amongst our crew to sit with others. I wouldn't cancel. We love Sci-Fi!
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When I made our reservation for 4 they did not mention the possibility of us sitting with anyone else. Not that it's that big a deal, just seems like something they would tell me.
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We love it here! We eat there every trip. I think we may have been seated with others before, but the way it's set up you're not really "together". You still get your own section of the car. That being said...there are 3 of us, so if we've sat with others before it would have had to have been in a car with 3 rows of seats. That would fit your family perfectly!! Do go, it's an experience in itself!!
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oh we love love love sci fi- and once we had a grand gathering and they sat us in 2 cars next to each other so for a party of 6 you will most likely get seated in the same car.
Like others said you shouldn't have a problem... most of the cars have 3 rows of two people seats it seems (at least the ones we've been sat at!) and with 6 you guys should probably just get a car of your own to eat in! Don't worry about it, enjoy the experience! It is quite the experience after all!
We loved Sci Fi! The car we were in would've fit 6 people. Even if you were a family of four I doubt it would make much difference if you shared. The way the seats are, everyone faces the same direction so it's not like you'd be facing strangers across the same table.
Most cars have 3 rows...That would be 2 people in each row. I doubt VERY seriously with a party of six, they would put anyone else in your car. I have been a "hitchhiker" before, and had "hitchhikers" before. You really don't even notice them, as they are in the back row. It is really no big deal, and the waiter/waitress plays it up by "making sure they mind".
I think that if there are 6 of you, you would fit in one car just right!
We had 5 last time, two in front, two in middle and my dad was the hitchhiker!
I would keep the ressie and you should really be just fine! This place is fun, good food, good vanilla cokes. My girls loved it!
Definately keep the reservations. However, when you check in, ask for seats in a car. They also have some tables adjacent to the cars, but you aren't actually sitting in a car. We also love this resturant, even though with our family of 3, one of us usually sits alone, behind DD and the other parent, all facing forward. Make sure that your server takes a picture of all of you in the car.
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I'm not much of a fan of Sci-Fi to begin with. We have popped in for a shake and fries during lunch and noted that we should never come here with a large group. The tables in the cars are small, restrictive, and you're not really able to communicate with others in your party. My two cents... avoid it.
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We are a family of 5 and we all sat in one car. My two older boys sat in the front, my littlest one and I sat in the middle seat and my dh sat alone in the seat behind us.
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: The movies are playing and it doesn't seem to hamper discussion amongst our crew to sit with others. I wouldn't cancel. We love Sci-Fi!
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