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I've got 5 families total going on the cruise, 3 of which have been on the cruise before, 2 have not.
I booked everyone with DVC points, but each has their own confirmation number which allows them to book reservations once we get to the 90 and 75 day point (for first time cruisers).
Now, we want to book all of the adults, 9, for a Palo brunch. How does DCL handle this with 5 different confirmations?
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Are your reservations linked? This is what I found on the DCL site (we can reserve on 4th of July, so I've been reading it regularly):
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Please note: For Guests in travel parties with 1 to 4 staterooms, if another Guest in your stateroom or another stateroom linked to yours is currently in My Cruise Plans, you will be unable to retrieve your reservation below. Guests in travel parties with 5 or more staterooms must retrieve each reservation separately to arrange activities in My Cruise Plans.
So, I would think that you all need to reserve Palo brunch on your own and then talk to Palo when you get onboard the first day. I would think that if all of you, or at least most of you, have ressies, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to rearrange seating so that you are by each other. Hopefully your times will be close enough that this doesn't present a problem, but it's the only thing I can think of.
Are your reservations linked? This is what I found on the DCL site (we can reserve on 4th of July, so I've been reading it regularly):
So, I would think that you all need to reserve Palo brunch on your own and then talk to Palo when you get onboard the first day. I would think that if all of you, or at least most of you, have ressies, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to rearrange seating so that you are by each other. Hopefully your times will be close enough that this doesn't present a problem, but it's the only thing I can think of.
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We just did this with three staterooms - who were linked - BUT (and this was the rub) - DH2B and I were on the romance package - we got to book 105 days out; Dm and DF are castaway club members - they booked 90 days out... but DU and DA are new Disney cruisers - they booked 75 days out and we could not get them into Palo - needless to say - we are headed to Palo dining as soon as we board to get us all together...
Seating for a group of 9 is always a problem at Palo. They don't set aside many large tables. I suggest you contact DCL and talk to them about it. You're probably better off breaking the group into two reservations, and then asking that they seat you close to each other after you board.
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On our last cruise, we sat near a semi-private room that held a large group. That was on the Wonder, but I'm pretty sure the Palos on the 2 ships are identical? I don't know how to reserve that room, though. It may be worth a call to DCL (or Castaway Club, who've always been great with us for this cruise) to see about that room.
Generally, nine is too few to book the private room - they don't want to reserve that room for much less than full capacity (about 14 guests). I'm also not sure whether they make it available to "unofficial" groups - I've only seen it booked for actual group reservations (8 staterooms or more). It's worth asking, of course.
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The private room is usually for 12 and you have to FAX your requests to DCL. We had 11 and had the room, but 2 adults dropped out of the cruise and that gave us 9 adults for Palo dinner. Our reservation for the private room was cancelled. When we got onboard we went to the area that was accepting dining changes etc., and we were able to get the private room for 9 at the late seating of 8:45PM for one of our nights. It worked out well.
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