It's been interesting reading this thread. I'm going on my first every
DCL trip in January with my boyfriend have been debating this. We are both fairly social, but are a bit more on the introverted side when we are in unfamiliar social situations. We tend to hang by ourselves. I like the idea of meeting new friends but am nervous about getting stuck with people we aren't happy with. Plus, we will be celebrating his birthday, our anniversary, and some big accomplishments (he doesn't know yet because the cruise is his birthday/Christmas gift) so I really like the idea of us just having us time at dinner. He loves going out for nice meals, but we don't do it very often because we are trying to save money, so for us to have 4 nights of nice meals together with multiple courses sounds like something I’d like to share with just him. I also don’t know how comfortable I’d feel eating in front of others, because we’re definitely the ones that will at least try something from every course and maybe a few extra desserts (after all, we’re going after WDW marathon weekend!). It’s nice to know you that if you really hate your arrangement after the first day that there may be hope to get your own table. But I also don’t want to pass up the opportunity to meet some amazing people, since we aren’t really good at doing that on our own. Torn.