A big part of the Dining Car Experience® is that if you are a group of 1 or 2, you will be seated with other passengers. This was indeed the case for us, but the single lady seated opposite us was actually from the previous seating, and she left shortly after we sat down. They never re-filled that seat with a new customer. So we did get a private dining experience, which is nice, but we did not have the Real Experience™ for longer than a few minutes.