Disney Fantasy Review

Fun in the Sun on Disney Fantasy

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Disney Fantasy
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10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Mar 2013

Background: We are veteran cruisers, having done 21 cruises over the last thirty years in the Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, and Tahiti. We are in our mid-50's, with no children. This was our sixth cruise on DCL and our first on Fantasy; we have now been on all four Disney ships. We used Disney Vacation Club points to book a category 5D veranda cabin, located on deck six near the mid-ship elevators.

Flights, Hotel, Transfers: We booked our own flights using miles on United and arrived in Orlando the day before the cruise. We stayed in the Hyatt hotel right in the airport and paid for transfers from Disney to the port. The hotel was quite nice and we enjoyed the stay. Our bags were collected in our room for transfer, and our coach embarkation in Terminal B went seamlessly, other than a highly unusual encounter with a rude Disney employee who demanded to see our travel documents and photo IDs a few steps away from a check-in podium where we had to show the same information again. This was awkward, as I suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis and had to find a way to extract these items from my bag with barely functioning hands while standing there juggling carry-on bags and a cane. The Disney employee was not patient with me during this process and I was also quite frustrated. Every other Disney employee we encountered was wonderful, so this was an aberration.

Embarkation on Fantasy: We arrived at the port, went through security very quickly, checked in and immediately walked on board around 12:30 pm (an advantage of now being Gold Castaway Club members). We love the family greeting as you enter the ship on Deck 3 in the opulent Art Nouveau atrium. Our cabin was ready around 1:30 pm, so we went to the Quiet Cove adults-only area on Deck 11 forward for a drink and snack.

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Cabin 5D

Cabin 6076 on Disney Fantasy is in a perfect location, located just behind the mid-ship elevator bank,on Deck 6. You cannot hear noises from the elevator and stair area. It is on the port side, with a nice veranda (the lifeboats are located just below you). Huge, very clean stateroom.

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