jbscoggins

My toddler is both awesome and amazingly well-behaved and a complete crazy, rat-bastard -- sometimes all in the same day. I think that's true with most children (and adults, for that matter).

We do plan to take him with us to some specialty restaurants, but earlier so as to get him into bed on time. He won't be going with us to the Chef's Table, but we'll at least try the Italian specialty restaurant with him. He'll be with us in Cagney's daily for breakfast and lunch. I think the key at dinner may be to skip dessert and/or bring it back to the cabin to avoid an extra long meal time. He can be entertained at the table for 45min-1 hour most nights. However, if he acts up, we will immediately leave, and if he's in a bad mood or over-tired prior, we'll cancel the reservation and have the butler bring us dinner.

Right now, at 11 months old, my child's favorite food is chicken tikka masala.

Some kids can handle nice meals, others can't. Same as adults. My in-laws wouldn't have the faintest clue how to behave at Cagney's (nor would they even try Indian food). If you feel the need to avoid us at dinner because our toddler is with us, so be it, but our child will behave or be gone.

I got my confirmation from Mike that I have Gerry booked for April 7. So a question for those of you who have used him in the past:

a) Several of you mentioned that you have brought something small for his daughter -- does anyone know how old she is? I thought about bringing a smallish Easter-type gift since it's that week, but wanted to bring something age appropriate.

b) Would it be frustrating/upsetting to Gerry if we wanted to head out to Chankanaab/Dolphin Discovery to do the new Manatee encounter? We have him booked to start at noon. We were thinking we'd sightsee (maybe San Gervasio, maybe Playa Bonita), snack around the island (I'm hoping he knows where I can find some great helados or a panaderia), and then end up out there by 3:30 for the encounter, and have him haul us back to the ship after all of that. I guess I'm just concerned that I haven't read anyone else post that they went out there with Gerry.

Thanks in advance!