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Re: Late dining and Palo.

There is really not much you would miss out on with late seating. They repeat the shows and a lot of the adult activities are late anyway. I would say you would have most folk without little kids wanting the late seating. In fact some who have to pick the early seating wish they could chose the late. That being said I am so used to early that I really prefer that now. Does the thought of having to eat at 5:30 really bother you if you got that slot? Maybe it does not and you should just do early.

Palo: We did not eat at Palo our first cruise. I decided I did not want to worry about if I would get it or not since it can book up. Then there is the issue of not wanting Palo to be on the first night you are in Artist's Palette and it changes colors. (It only does that the first time). There is a different menu every night at the restaraunts. What would I miss? So, I just didn't do it and I didn't care because I would not know what I am missing.

This second cruise we did book Palo on the last night. I would not pick this again as this is the night you say goodbye to your servers and it is special. We ended up going to the dining room for a while and sitting and then going to Palo. Anyway, the food at Palo was good and it was different as it is Northern Italian cuisine. You dress up and men wear jackets. However, as nice as it was, it was long and fancy and in the end just not for me. I won't book again next time. The chocolate souffle was really good, though.