Also, unlike Brooklyn, there is no formal area in which visitors can come to dine: There is a room on the main floor with a few tables and chairs where--wait for it--visitors can bring in their own food and beverages! There is NO provision for it, like it was in Brooklyn (or at Walkill, etc.). In fact, on a trip I went on sometime ago, the R&F transported the catered food and drink on the vehicles they drove!
The Bethel Family members can come in to greet and have small talk with any visitors/tourists, but they were not able to sit and dine with them. I was informed that only those persons from the outside who do eat with the members of the Family have to be reserved in advanced (i.e., a sister who is engaged to a brother and the like).
All in all, it seems as if the GB doesn't want Bethelites to have real friendly connections with the R&F. On the other hand, the GB has "provided" in the lobby, at all four corners, ATMs for donations--these do not give anyone back any money;these just take it, as damn usual.
Ah, Warwitch--JWs Disneyland!