My 4-year-old son had a fantastic time. He loved meeting all the characters and after he warmed up to the Oceaneer Club and Lab, we had a hard time getting him to leave at the end of the night. With that said, I will still never go on a Disney cruise again (and we LOVE Disney!). We've been on six prior cruises on Royal Caribbean and Carnival. Sadly, Disney was a major disappointment when compared to other cruise lines.

First, there is the entertainment - or lack there of for parents...

They seem to really miss the mark when it comes to providing any type of entertainment beyond the one scheduled nightly show, character appearances and the one pirate night. We live in central Florida and go to Disney frequently and were quite surprised at how much they dropped the ball on this when their theme parks are so good at entertainment. My husband and I were frequently bored at night - which I have never experienced on a cruise before. Aside from pirate night, there were no deck parties, only ONE 30-minute dance party with a "band" (one singer and a guitar player) the entire cruise, and the only nightly music was a guy playing slow songs on the piano or another guy also playing slow songs on a guitar (but neither sang). Even at the night club they were only ever doing audience games - which we did and were slightly entertained but we really just wanted to listen to some actual music that wouldn't put us to sleep. It was really odd and completely opposite of what we were expecting. Since it was the Very Merry Christmas cruise I also thought there'd be some caroling or Christmas music at the very least. Aside from the Christmas decor and very brief tree lighting ceremony there was nothing. We've gone to Magic Kingdom's Very Merry Christmas Party and expected it to be along the same lines with the theme, entertainment and even the cookies and hot chocolate late at night. Clearly we had our expectations too high for their cruise line. Read more