Disney Fantasy Review

4.5 / 5.0
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Disney does it right

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Fantasy
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6-10 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Mar 2014
Traveled with children

Background info:  I have done 7 previous cruises, but never a cruise with our two children (son 8 and Daughter 4). My wife and I in July did the NCL Pride of America for our 10 year wedding anniversary, and while that was wonderful for Hawaii, it made us miss "real" cruising. We booked our cruise back in August for Spring Break 2014. We went back and forth between Disney and RCCL. In the end we went with Disney. After only a few hours on the ship I knew we made a great choice for our family. I still believe RCCL is a great company, but for our family, Disney was the best choice due to age of our children.

Ship:

The ship is amazing and many have mentioned the details of it so I won't go into all that. The one thing I will note is that while it's a big ship, you never feel it's too big. Yes the pool decks on sea days are crazy but you can find plenty of space where people are not there.(Tip if you want to ride the Aquaduck come back a little early from castaway Cay, there is no line!) Also on our second sea day we took advantage of the adults only section of the ship. It was like a ship inside a ship. Totally different atmosphere and it was great to have a break from all the little ones. The only thing I wish Disney would do is allow families to come up to deck 13 when the ship is setting sail. Unless you have a cabin facing forward, I couldn't find a way to bring my son up to the front. I respect that Disney does a good job of keeping the area clear of children, but just having a short period of time for them to view would be nice. In addition this was one of the cleanest ships I have been on and you always see people taking care of it. The crew seems to have great pride in their ship and it can clearly be seen.

Cabin Review

Wonderful Balcony, plenty of storage space. If you like to sleep in don't book deck 10 as Cabana's staff moves chairs every morning at 7am. If you like to wake up the sun rise and don't mind the chair moving, book it. Great views and very private. A nice bonus is you can hear the music from above when sitting on the balcony!

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