Help for Disco level 1

Yea, Jen, I asked Cruzer how she got such a high score on level 1 and she said her Expert Level for the Disco put the points into level one. Thanks!

Sorry it has taken me so long to respond real-life get hectic here from time to time. Thank-you so much for posting a great walk-through going to print it out and try later today. Will hopefully let you know how it worked out.
Have a great day :-) Gabby

Ok, I get it now, i thought that was strange. Anyhow, you need 16,000 for expert on disco level 1 and the post I made should score between 18,000 and 20,000, depending on snacks, deserts, and how well you use the color bonuses.
Jen

I always find Jen's tips helpful, but sometimes they don't work for me because she is so much faster than I am.
I use a completely different "slowpoke" strategy for this level to get to Expert, so I thought I'd mention it.
I put the most impatient noisy people at a "VIP" table in the upper left, closest to the order station, because just having that table closer to the line can make a difference.
Then I make sure that table moves as quickly as possible, even if it means breaking chains. The people who will sit there are the people who are noisy and impatient: yappers, teens (even if there are only two of them), and the family.
I use the right side for quiet people.
Jen's method will get much higher scores if you can move that fast, but if you keep losing people from the line, this might be worth trying. I can easily beat the level with this method, and get Expert about 1 out of 4 times (it depends on the water spills).
Here's just a quick example of how it's different.
In Round 1, seat the girls at the top right, the yappers at the top left (my "VIP table"), the tourists at the bottom right.
Go immediately to the girls, take their order, then the yappers’. Deliver these two orders to the counter. Stand by the counter.
Now one of 3 things will happen. The tourists will order right away (if they do, it's OK to take their order). Or the tourists will ask for a photo. Or there will be a water spill.
Unless the tourists order right away, ignore them for the moment. Wait for the food, deliver it to the yappers, then the girls. Then while you're on the right side anyway, deal with the tourists. Seat the lovebirds in the bottom of the noisy section when they come in.
As soon as the yappers finish, get their money. If the girls are ready to pay, get their money, then their dirty dishes, then the yapper dirty dishes, then seat the 2 teens at the "VIP table." But if the girls aren't ready, go ahead and pick up the yapper dirty dishes so you can seat the next VIP group there.
Then deal with everybody else.
As soon as the teens at the VIP table have their order ready, take it to the counter. Even if the lovebirds are ready, too--deliver the teens' order, then pick up the lovebirds' order. It will still chain, but you'll get an extra second or two for the teens to eat.
And you just keep going that way. Make chains of three if you can, but don't worry--your main goal is to not lose people, because a lost customer hurts you a lot more than an extra link on the chain will help.
(If you do lose someone from the line, you might as well restart the level.)
It's pretty intuitive. Quiet people on the right. Noisy people on the left. Keep the VIP table moving. So for example in round 3 when the family comes in seat them at the VIP table as soon as the teens are done, even if you have to break a chain to do it, because you need the family to finish in time for the next "VIP group." But you DON'T need to get the family a highchair right away--that can wait until you're over on the right side dealing with customers there.
That brings up the second big tip for slowpokes: don't go to the right side of the disco until you have a couple of things to do there. It's fine if you're carrying around dirty dishes or even a food order in this method. You drop them off when you're back on the right side dealing with customers. (This is where 4 hands is useful.)
Third tip: in the very last round, there will be no noisy people left, so you can seat a group of 3 bookworms at the upper left and a group of girls at the upper right. There will be one set of lovebirds left over. Seat them once one of the tourist groups finishes. But basically once you get to this point go for the long chains again.
Anyway, try Jen's way first, because it will definitely earn more points if you can keep up with it. But if you lose customers, try the "VIP table" approach and see if it helps.
Good luck!
Robin

I want to say this is one of the levels I hate the most. The spills break the chains, and if you wait till the thought bubble goes away...you are wasting precious time. You don't have much choice about who to seat where, and it is impossible to match colors nicely.
Yes I have gotten expert of 18390. But I know that I can do better and it's darned frustrating because of the way the game plays out no matter how you seat them.
The 2 bookworms stormed out on me the last 2 times I tried to play because you either have to seat them next to the teen boys (noisy) or the lovebirds (they disgust the bookworms and everyone else).
I've tried waiting, making them wait, tried different seating arrangement. Anyway I don't care for levels that are totally full of frustration like this. In fact level ten, the hardest one, is less frustrating and more pleasant.
I can't remember how I did it before. I am going to try your method and see how that works.