Saving Seats - Right or Wrong

[iheartbda]

Because the seats are in rows, how is it possible to be "sitting together" with people who are more than one or two seats away? If it's a show, trying to communicate with anyone not immediately next to you would be really disruptive.

I was thinking the same things.

Just don't understand why so many people think it's necessary to sit together in the first place.:confused:

 

Even if it was an area where no one else was sitting, I just don't think it's all that courteous to ask someone to select another seat if they have picked that area as a place they want to sit.

[Blondilu]

As stated "Common sense and courtesy" are the name of the game. I was on a ship once were a woman seated in front of me saved several seats througout the whole show. She turned away a half dozen or more people leaving them wandering around looking for a place to sit, which in turn was distracting to those of us already seated once the show started. And wonder of wonders, her friends never showed up.

 

So, I voted for "a few minutes is OK" but come on. If your friends aren't there by the time the show starts or you notice the place is filling up and people can't find a place to sit, then give it up.

[Cruisin' Chick]

I think common sense and courtesy can answer this question. I traveled with a group of 20+ at one point and we all wanted to sit together at the various shows. When we were in the large theatres we would just pick a section off to the side where no one else was sitting and save a bunch of chairs. We didn't put anything on them to save them and for the most part no one even came near us. If someone did we would just ask them to move up a row or back a row and most people gladly did so as there were plenty of seats in that section of the theatre.

 

However I would not try this "front and center".

 

20 people "sitting together"?

 

I could not imagine finding 20 people on planet earth that would want to "sit together" at any kind of show.

 

Guess I learn something new every day, huh?

 

I was wondering the same: do just a few people from that large group sit there with the idea of saving seats for the whole group of 20? And why is it necessary that your whole group sit together? It's not considerate to talk during the performance. So if your group gets split up just to fit everyone without the seat saving, is that a big deal? Just have a meeting place for after the show pre-arranged and it wouldn't matter where you sit in relation to the others. Plus it would avoid the after-show traffic jam while your group tries to stay together while leaving (or do you just wait until others not in your group leave).

 

And what happens if some people in your group never arrive? Then you've kept others from being able to sit down in that section.

 

To me, it's fine to save your spouse's or friend's seat while they use the restroom. (or even one take the kids for a final potty break) It's not fine to save seats for friends who are having one last cup of coffee in the dining room. There's a major difference here.

[jagoffee]

I think common sense and courtesy can answer this question. I traveled with a group of 20+ at one point and we all wanted to sit together at the various shows. When we were in the large theatres we would just pick a section off to the side where no one else was sitting and save a bunch of chairs. We didn't put anything on them to save them and for the most part no one even came near us. If someone did we would just ask them to move up a row or back a row and most people gladly did so as there were plenty of seats in that section of the theatre.

 

However I would not try this "front and center".

 

Can you imagine the chaos if a lot of people tried to do this? Probably the reason that most cruise ships have policies that forbid this for all the other people on your cruises. I cruised on the Princess's Emerald and they have a smaller large theatre which is why they repeat some of the main shows. It would be a disaster if people tried to save 20+ seats. I am confident that you would not be able to get away with it.

[BIG_Steve]

Uh-ohhhhhhh

 

 

I see another peck party just about in full fury. Gotta get some beer and Fritos! The feathers are gonna fly.

[tiyana4]

Uh-ohhhhhhh

 

 

I see another peck party just about in full fury. Gotta get some beer and Fritos! The feathers are gonna fly.

 

Steve, you must be fresh out of popcorn...lol. :D

[grod19]

some more details: We were on the explorer of the seas in their main theatre which is huge and normally fairly empty. We picked a section that no one was in. roughly 15 rows in the section, 0 people. Twice over the course of the 9 days we had a couple (2 people) come into that area. Once we asked them nicely to sit one row further up then they originally intended, they gladly did, (we bought them a drink as a thank you). The second time the couple (a different couple) sat in the first row of the section, about 6 rows in front of us, no problems at all.

 

To answer some of the other questions, we normally arrived about 15 minutes prior to show time and 80% of the group was normally present. We were normally waiting on a few people (the bathroomers or the bar runners). Since there was 20 of us we normally sent 5-6 people to the bar to get drinks, this would easily take 10 minutes so we held their seats, they were within eye sight of us at the bar waiting for the bartender to finish up.

 

As I said earlier, if people use common sense and courtesy I could easily see multiple groups of 20+ being able to do this at the same time since there were massive sections of the theatre that were empty every day.

[RICKnVICK]

I think saving for your spouse is fine. My husband and I sometimes travel with our group of friends. There are always at least 15-20 of us if not more. We eat dinner together and before we leave the dining room, those that are going to the show go, and others may come later. We have a couple of gamblers in our group and they like to stop in at the casino before making their way into the theater. We would never try to save that many seats. That is just plain rude. We always meet up after for an after dinner drink and figure we see each other a lot anyway, that we don't have to sit all together for the show. Someone said it earlier, common sense and courtesy go a long way towards our fellow passengers. Just my honest opinion here.

[Mr. Luckytoo]

I really don't have a problem with someone saving a maximum of 3 seats - for the other people in their cabin.

 

What bothers me was one time the theatre was mostly full and this person was 'holding' eight seats in a row. We watched this person 'holding' these seats for 15 minutes until five minutes before the show a crew member came over and said something. What happened was a couple wanted to sit in this row and the cruiser said, 'no these are saved'. The woman stayed there and the man went up to the back and brought a crewman back with him.

 

I thought that was a smart way to be non-confrontational.

 

Turns out the original seat saver's party of 7 didn't show up anyway.