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It's time to move on and move forward.
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Does anyone know which nights are typically repeats in the dining rooms, for the 5 night Bahama cruise on the Dream? We are wanting to book Palo, but don't want to miss the 3 rotational restaurants, or pirate night.
Thanks!
It could be A,B,B,A,C (such as AEEAR), but I wouldn't stake my trip on it. There are several different 5-night itineraries, and it's possible that the rotations could differ. The BB repetition is for the sake of Pirate's Night, and there's no assurance it'll always be the second or third night on all itineraries.
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I remember ABBCA! Wasn't there a musical featuring their music a while back...
Seriously, could you folks tell us your specific 5-night itineraries? It may help me crack the code.
LOL! Sorry to used to practicing patterns with my kids.... We did Enchanted Garden, Royal Palace, Royal Palace, Animator's Palatte, Enchanted Garden. 2nd night of Royal Palace was Pirate night which also coordinated with Nassau Day...
We also want to book Palo for our 5 night cruise but don't want to miss any of the special dining experiences - how far in advance do you find out what the rotation is?
We tried something that did work out for us. Since we had early seating (but didn't know our rotation ahead of time and could only guess) we made our Remy reservation for 7:30 on our last night. This allowed us to go to 5:45 dinner (yes, it wasn't 6:00 PM; it was 5:45!), have a drink and an appetizer, experience the atmosphere of the restaurant, get some food in the kids, get them to Kids Club, and then get to Remy for our real dinner.
We also want to book Palo for our 5 night cruise but don't want to miss any of the special dining experiences - how far in advance do you find out what the rotation is?
You can pretty well count on there not being a last-minute opening at Palo. There's always a wait list.
The early/late plan described by Jane is the way to go, though you can do it any night of your cruise, not just the last. If you have requested and received confirmation that you're on Main dinner seating, make a late reservation for Palo.
Another way to experience Palo is brunch. It'll only be available on your day at sea, so it can be an even tougher reservation to get than dinner. But as long as you're online promptly to make your reservation the day your "window" opens (75, 90, 105, or 120 days in advance, depending on how often you've cruised, and providing you're paid-in-full), you stand a chance.
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Thanks Dave & Jane, I think we may book a late dinner on one of the port nights - we do have Main seating for dining, so that plan should work. If it ends up that we get a rotation that doesn't work with the Palo night, we can always cancel, right? :^)
Gina, regarding canceling, there is a "cancel by" time... trying to remember what it was... 2:00 PM the day of the res? Or the day before? Check on this so you aren't charged!
I should have been more specific - the way we did the regular-dinner-early/res-at-fancy-dinner-late thing was done on the last night only because that was our anniversary! This plan would work just fine on any night you choose... or any night you can get a reservation.
To get that Remy reservation, I was online the minute... I mean the EXACT minute... that online booking opened up for me. It was 11:00 PM my time, but I stayed up on purpose just to get that res. Think: Rock Concert Tickets. That is how you might have to approach a Palo res on a certain night (again, I really really wanted the Remy booking for one special night, so I had no room for "error.")
I'll keep the cancellation info in mind!! I don't want to miss out on experiencing each dining room (Animator's Palette, Lumiere's & Parrot Cay) plus, I am assuming the Pirate's Buffet? Hubby really wants to have a night "alone" at Palo, which I also would like to try, but I hate missing things with the kids. I'm such a Disney nerd.....
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