The Captain usually only has one night that he actually dines in the dining room. The other nights he dines with the crew in the crew quarters. My wife and I were invited on one cruise to dine with the Captain. We didn't ask, but got a note under our door that our presence was requested at the Captains table. It certainly was a memorable experience. My wife was a travel agent at the time and she had booked almost 10% of all the people that were on the ship at the time. Also invited was another travel agent who had the second largest booking on the ship, and the third person was an Elvis impersonator who had brought along quite a few passengers to see him perform. I assume it won't hurt to let them know it's your 25th anniversary and perhaps he will choose you to sit at his table. Hope you get too, as it was a nice surprise for us, and you definietely are treated much differently at the Captains table. Also attending at the Captains table with us were several of the ships other chief officers.
Dave and Yvonne
next sailing Oct 24th from New Orleans on the Carnival Conquest