I don't think St. John will be crowded. Not many people know about it as far as cruisers go. Even if the resort is full they can only allow so many people. In any event it will be far better than the crowded public beaches.
There were times on the Fantasy/Dream where I felt like there was no difference in crowd size compared to the Classics, but other times it felt way more packed. Cabanas buffet is an absolute zoo of people. Its much larger, but way more people. Also a zoo is the atrium in the evenings- live music, tons of pictures, characters- all this stuff going on at once its insane. The dining rooms are also much louder and larger. But other areas like the adult parts felt no more crowded to me. For me having sailed the classics 4 times and the new ones 3 times, I have pros/cons about each and now pick based on itinerary.
I thought of that, that the resort would only give out so many day passes, so you are right... even if the resort is full, it won't be crazy with crowds.
Thanks for the info on the Fantasy. I'm sure we'll find less crowded spots that will become our favorite places to hang out! It'll be a great experience all together, I'm sure. We are the same... we choose cruises for the itinerary (we just tend choose the classic ships over the big ships even if they both have itineraries we like), but we decided it wouldn't hurt to try out the Fantasy (and we'll be going to San Juan, Puerto Rico, so that is a new port, which will be fun.)
I wish Disney would come out with even more diverse itineraries. I was pretty disappointed when they moved the Wonder from LA to Miami only to sail to the same ports as the other ships. I'd love it if they did an itinerary that sailed down to Central or South America!
Maybe one year!
I also wish they would have sailed to Hawaii sometime that worked with our kid's school schedule, but they are at an age where it's too hard to pull them out of school for a 15 day cruise. We pulled them out of school for the January 2010 Panama Canal cruise on the Wonder, but they were in 3rd and 4th grades, so it was easier then to pull them out. But, in the fall, they will both be in Middle School, so it's just too hard to pull them out of school for any extended period of time. But, I'd LOVE to sail to Hawaii, if it worked.... and ALSO would LOOOOOVE to do the Transatlantic Crossing (my dream cruise!!) but unless they do that in August, we will have to wait until our boys are in college (at least to go with Disney).
But, we are super excited about the Med, and just the cruises we are able to do...
Air France would only reimburse 50 euro per person per day when they lost very single piece of our luggage. Geez.
I wish we could have just pre purchased a weeks worth of clothing. Lucky for your husband
I don't know if British Airways does that for all passengers whose luggage is lost, but my husband racks up a lot of miles with them, so it might be because he is the Gold tier with BA, that is why they told him to just go buy a whole weeks worth of clothes and they'd reimburse him. I have no idea.... but it was above and beyond for sure! We were really surprised they did this.
What a bummer about your luggage with Air France!!! Did they ever find it and return it to you? Hopefully they did!!!
Ok, so here's to EVERYONE in this Dis Group having *NO* luggage problems from beginning to end for this Med cruise!!