St. Maarten was a bustling den of people who will run up to you and shove pamphlets into your hand trying to get you to set foot in their shops.  The locals are easygoing but desperate, and some of them do not take "No" for an answer, they will keep coming at you until you give them three or four firm "No"s, which I find VERY annoying in ANY situation, but most especially when I am trying to enjoy a vacation.      
Unfortunately, the easygoing nature was most prevalent in their bartenders, who did not seem in a hurry to serve us drinks even when my wife and I were the only customers in the bar.    
Furthermore, you could not even walk on the beach without being accosted to rent two chairs, an umbrella, and a bucket of beer for $15.      
I definitely did not feel like a welcome visitor to the island; it was more like I was wading through a vat of leeches and horseflies.    
St. Maarten gave off the impression that, SOMEWHERE on the island, there was peace, quiet, and natural beauty.  I can only assume that these things were located far, far away from the port and the downtown area.  However, the hassle and expense involved in getting that far from the ship was prohibitive.     
The lack of personal space and a sense of humanity made it overall a negative experience for me and for my wife.  I would not deliberately return to St. Maarten again.  

St. Maarten

St. Thomas was clean, beautiful, and quiet.  There were shops all around but no one was harassing us, or even looking at us expectantly, trying to get us to come shop.  This low-pressure environment was much more conducive to shopping and my wife and I had a much better time here than in St. Maarten.  

St. Thomas

This rating is actually for Castaway Cay, not Key West.  However there was no dropdown for Castaway Cay, so I improvised.  (Sorry.)    
Castaway Cay is a place I wish every Disney cruise spent more time.  The layout was perfect; an adult beach separated by quite a bit of distance from the family and kids' beaches, each section having its own bar and barbecue restaurant.  And there were frequent trams to cart people back and forth.  The snorkeling was great, the water was warm, and the setting was serene.  If I had a complaint it would be that there were not enough beach chairs at Serenity Bay.    
Even though we only had about two hours here before it thunderstormed, cutting our best port of call far short of what it could have been, my wife and I had a great time and would gladly go back to Castaway Cay.  I would rather spend three days here and skip all the other ports of call.  

Key West

We chose to cruise DCL mainly because we are Disney Vacation Club members and we needed to burn two years' worth of 'vacation points' on a one-week vacation, as we won't have time to go next year.My wife and I just got back from a 7-night Disney cruise to the Eastern Caribbean to celebrate our one-year anniversary.

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Disney Magic - Sep 2009. High quality, high cost.

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