party at the park WWYD?

[blessedatlast]

So the time has come for me to start planning DS's 1st birthday!!!!

I have chosen a park, but the problem is I don't want to have the party til 2pm.. I have booked the park, but it's still a public area, so a table technically isn't booked.. So should I risk hoping that that there will be a table available, or could I kindly ask people to move along? or make it early in the morning? DS's sleeps in the morning though, so it really isn't the best time.. WWYD?

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Can you get some to go and put a few thing on a table?
Someone who doesn't mind hanging around or setting up some deco's?


Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!

[HomeStyleMumma]

It depends where it is but many parks can be pre-booked. Contact the shire and see if its possible. In that case they either put up reserved signs (with time?) or I guess u could make some yourself and put them up maybe with a surname so if another party tries to take ur spot u can show u had it arranged earlier.

[TeniBear]

I had that with Amelia's party, and there *were* people there who refused to move We ended up moving to a different part, which worked out better than I'd we'd got the spot we wanted, but it was still upsetting. I suppose just being ready to change location is the only thing you can really do


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So, it has come to this.

[blessedatlast]

ok, I just had a look at the park and it's big enough that if all the tables are taken we can just have a picnic type set up.. I'm asking people to bring chairs or a rug and if I can just bring a fold up table so if we need to we can set up nibbles and the cake on there..

ZF - Someone will definitely be there before, but because it's not til 2pm I'd say the tables could possibly be taken from earlier on..

[RhiChiChi]

My SIL had a party in the park (started at 11am) & it was flat out, so we couldn't secure a table. She previously had purchased some cheap tressels & those pop up marquee thingys (sorry can't describe it any better) from Bunnings or the likes, just in case and told people to bring their own chair or picnic blanket. It was such an awesome day, the weather was lovely!

[Amy_jellybean]

Yeah I would either get someone to go earlier and reserve a few tables, hubby has done this for a few of his mates before. Or I would be prepared that you might not get a table. Personally I think it would be rude to rock up and ask someone to move from a table because you had 'reserved part of the park'. I have to admit if I was having lunch with my family and someone came up and said they wanted us to move I would probably tell them they should have got there earlier.

[HomeStyleMumma]

I should add that the only time its personally applied to me was for my engagement, it was at a VERY large park that ppl book certain areas of all the time and there was a hefty fee to do that... I have had park parties for my LOs before and as long as you don't pick somewhere that there's really only one option then should be fine... Everyones got a phone so its not hard to notify of a last min venue change I'm sure it'll all work out

[sepata]

We did ds's 1st bday at a park. We did lunch from 11.30ish, and we got there about 10. All the tables were gone (about 6 or so scattered across the park) bar one so we were lucky to grab that one. A lady asked us later if she could share the table with us but we had too much stuff so had to say no.