Quote: Originally Posted by PDXlove You'll find lots of complaints about this throughout the Dreams Cancun threads. If you can get away with it, just show up when the open and have them set you up then. I think PaulaV did that with about 25 people. Other than that, they usually charge these charges because they have to bring on extra wait and kitchen staff... not that I agree with it for a rehearsal dinner but I think thats the story.
The Friday we wanted to do our Welcome Dinner, all the restaurants were closed, only the banquet hall was open for Carribbean night. It was a buffet with a show. (This did this on Tuesday nights as well - Mexican Night).
We had 41 adults and 5 children. We got there when they opened, told them how many people we had and they put us all with tables all together. Very accommodating no problem at all. We tipped them well. It worked out very well for us.
We did not have previous arrangements with them. The only other restaurant that could possibly fit a large group without some sort of prior arrangement would be the World Cafe which is always a buffet. Which is another reason for the charges they quote.