First of all, I want to explain my wife and I have been on a few cruises in the past. We have always loved the experience and were hoping to really be blown away by DCL. We went all out and booked a concierge level suite for our family at a significant expense, but after all - you cannot place a price on a magical experience, could you?
Embarkation
I must admit, I was a little disappointed ...
My husband (38) and I (37) love going to Disney World and have read a lot about the Disney Cruise line ships and when they announced 4nt cruises out of Galveston we decided to give them a try. We are avid cruisers with 18 cruises on various lines (Celebrity, MSC, Carnival, Princess, and RCI) in the last 10 years. We do not have children but did not think that would matter so much because the ...
This was my 12 Disney cruise, we are serious fans of Disney Cruise Line.
We generally have nothing to complain about on a Disney cruise - but this time was more than surprised at the general state of the ship, and the problems popping up every day.....
The service staff were excellent as usual. Some of the Live bands were well below standard. The theatre shows were, well, old.. seen the ...
To start off, myself and DH decided to take our 5 year old grandson on a special trip before he started kindergarten. This was our 10th cruise, but first on Disney. It was Disney Magic 5 night Key West cruise.
Port check-in was at 12:00 p.m. We got there early and got our sea pass cards or KTTW as Disney calls it. We waited inside the terminal until about 12:30 to get on board, long line for ...
If you have toddlers and/or infants...by all means...take this one.
Unfortunately we have teenagers 17 and 15....not unfortunately we have them, but the way they put it..."if it weren't for other kids we met, it would have been the most boring cruise yet!". My 15 yo son states one of the nights, one of the Disney employees at the teen club was so bored...she BEGGED for them to entertain ...
We just disembarked the Disney Magic this morning. For a little background, this was my 11th cruise and DH's 7th or 8th (ish, not sure.) It was our first experience cruising with our baby, who is 8 months old. I have a lot to say (for anyone who might be interested), some good, some less than stellar.
Embarkation:
Smooth! We arrived 30 m scheduled to our boarding time to allow DH time to take ...
The food quality was substandard at best. Most of our meals came out lukewarm, heavily sauced, and over salted. This was consistent throughout the cruise. It's almost as Disney felt that since they were creating the Disney "magical" experience with the characters, that the adults and children wouldn't notice the lack of variety in food, fresh fruit or appetizing meals. I know that children's ...
The Disney Magic Western Caribbean Cruise was our fourth, the previous three being aboard RCCL's Explorer of the Seas out of Port Liberty, Bayonne, NJ (2) and, in July 2010, Oasis of the Seas out of Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. All three were wonderful experiences.
Why a Disney Cruise after Royal Caribbean? We are a family of four (adults), the youngest being my 22 year old son ...
After spending twice what a "regular cruise" would cost I had some increased expectations for this cruise. My wife and I cruised Carnival on the Miracle a few years ago and that was a great value for what we got. The Disney loses every category hands down to Carnival except Disney has Mickey and the characters for the kids. That is the ONLY thing this cruise has going for it better than any other ...
We (husband, 10 year old son, 16 year old granddaughter and I) just returned from our first Disney Cruise, aboard the Magic, Western Caribbean, September 2011. It was an experience. Disney does try to do it all right, but I think they try too hard, or maybe they try to cram so much into one week, could never really figure it out. The confusion on the ship is amazing. I had booked an inside state ...