Yes, if you do not go to dinner at your assigned time for whatever reason, your table will be empty (of half-empty)
However, I have always thought that Disney people are happier people, yes?
Yep.
Hmm. Highest price average service mainstream market cruise line doesn’t necessarily translate into happy cruisers.
I think the issue the Op and others have created for themselves is that they are limiting themselves to small talk. What a bore. No one likes small talk. Get into real talk. Not religion or politics (though my son and the two boys we wet seated with all went to the bathroom together and came back talking about Christianity and Buddhism because the kids asked joyously what religion they all were), but...ok so you find out that the woman in the other group is a railroad engineer. Ask her big questions about the job. Find out what she loves about it. Etc. That’s not small talk. That’s connection.
It’s how this shy girl deals with the world.
It is not random. A head-waiter confirmed that they try to match group composition. In our case, they consciously assigned us to a table with another group of three with a son of the same age as ours. Of course, there are so many variables that they can’t match every group in the same way, but they do try.There are other options for dinner including Cabanas, Remys, and room service, so its common to have empty chairs at dinner. No one seems to mind or takes it personally.
I don't think it is random how Disney places people at a table. I travel with my son and we are usually placed with other single dads.
We always request late dining and have never been refused a private table. That said, even if you're seated "alone" tables are often so close together that you might as well be tablemates with your neighbors... but we've always had great neighbors. The difference, I guess, is that if you don't get along with your neighbors you can choose not to engage with them without being rude. With tablemates, not so much.
If you have 2 rooms that are in your party, are you less likely or equally likely to be put with strangers. We will have five in two rooms. I'm hoping it's just the five of us at a table, and not an 8 top with another family.
That's what concerns me. My family is "that" family and my sister is somewhat of an introvert. It would be better for all concerned if we were by ourselves, including any potential tablemates. I don't want to come here after our cruise only to find that 'horrible tablemates' thread resurrected and our description in it.We are a family of 5 and have always been paired with a family of 3.
That's what concerns me. My family is "that" family and my sister is somewhat of an introvert. It would be better for all concerned if we were by ourselves, including any potential tablemates. I don't want to come here after our cruise only to find that 'horrible tablemates' thread resurrected and our description in it.
That's what concerns me. My family is "that" family and my sister is somewhat of an introvert. It would be better for all concerned if we were by ourselves, including any potential tablemates. I don't want to come here after our cruise only to find that 'horrible tablemates' thread resurrected and our description in it.