"LeeNY" wrote in message
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> Warren wrote:
> >You would never even consider it an option in
> > Vegas or DisneyWorld, for instance.
>
> Actually, it happens at Disney. Any of the dinner shows (Luau, etc) are
> shared tables (unless your party takes up an entire table) as is the
> Japanese hibachi restaurant (you'll find this style restaurant in Vegas
> as well).
>
> It's not the norm, but it happens.
>
> Any of the dim sum restaurants in Chinatown (NYC) are shared tables -
> and usually the language barrier prevents any kind of communication.
> There's a landmark restaurant in Boston - "Durgin-Park" - where the
> norm is to share tables.
>
> But, comparing a cruise to a land-based vacation, as far as dining
> goes, is a tough comparison. I compare cruising more with the old
> Catskill resort model (think Dirty Dancing) where there were set dining
> times, tables were filled by either your party or other guests, planned
> activities, social hosts, etc. Different than going to a Disney/Vegas
> hotel and really being entirely independent (even on freestyle cruises,
> you do have to be on the ship at a certain time, activities are
> schedule - if you wish to partake, etc.).
I thought it was called "open seating" and, yes, that's the style at Durgin
Park.
I lived overseas for a couple of years. Many of the restaurants had open
seating, at least for people that didn't have obvious families along, and
that was one way you made friends.
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