Disney Magic Review
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We were first time cruisers on a family reunion and now we are convinced, a Disney cruise is the only way to take a vacation. From the moment we arrived outside the terminal, we were greeted with smiling faces wishing us a "Magical Day". The process of going through the terminal moved smoothly with crew/cast members sharing in our excitement. At the last moment, without thinking, I threw all of our printouts from the on line check in (ie. contract, contact info) into our checked bags. No problem, it was only one brief stop in the terminal to take care of that.
Once on board, we were a slightly irritated by the swarm of waiters trying to sell us the water bottle package while we tried to eat. After the 5th time, we gave in and immediately, the requests stopped. Unfortunately, the bottled water tasted like sweat and not worth "the deal". Next time we'll tell them outright that we already packed our own (and we will).
The cabin was ready by 1:30 but our bags did not arrive until during our dinner so we did not have our leis for the send off party or our nicer clothes for dinner. Next time, we will put that in carry on since we were able to get into the cabin so quickly.
Cabin Review
Standard Inside Stateroom
We were offered an opportunity to upgrade (for $150 total) to an ocean view a week prior to our trip (no upgrades to veranda). We had booked the cruise far enough in advance that we had picked a room on Deck 6 midship. With the upgrade, we would be guaranteed a room but would not know until boarding which deck or room. We did not want to take the chance but another member of our party did and she was the last room on Deck 2 right over the engine. Her room was larger, brighter, but definitely LOUDER! No thank you. The inside stateroom was very dark and made for great sleeping, and was very quiet from the engines and people in the hallway. But we do need to remember a travel alarm clock that lights up (I'm not one for phones waking me up).
It has a coffee table which, next time, we will have them remove as it made it difficult to move around. We used a shoe rack the hangs on the door to keep our personal hygiene items. This eliminated clutter as counter tops were limited. The ice box did not get very cold. We won't pack as much clothing next time (2 days were spent in swimsuits) and will bring more hangers as the closet was large and the drawers were small. We made use of every space available in the cabin and were unable to unpack everything and store some suitcases under the bed.