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LimoFam5 · 01-04-2013, 01:43 AM

Anyone ever been on a DCL cruise during Halloween, I have been on a cruise around Halloween but never ok Halloween...what if anything special does DCL do?

hamm1207 · 01-04-2013, 02:13 AM

I'm interested as well. We are booked on the magic over Halloween this year!

gilsan · 01-04-2013, 09:01 AM

We were on the Fantasy for Halloween. DCL doesn't do much for Halloween, so if you are looking for a great halloween experience you will probably be disappointed.

I did post the navigator for that day in this thread http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3035397

It will give you a good idea of what to expect.

LimoFam5 · 01-04-2013, 12:19 PM

When we went on a cruise around Halloween they had trick or treat stations set up one night on the cruise... Did the fantasy at least do that?

jahber · 01-04-2013, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by LimoFam5

When we went on a cruise around Halloween they had trick or treat stations set up one night on the cruise... Did the fantasy at least do that?

The Dream did not this year. We had to switch the CC day/sea day because of Sandy, though. So whereas Halloween should have fallen on a sea day, it was the CC day instead. That may have put a damper on their plans. There were CMs wandering around the Halloween party (up on the pool deck) dumping handfuls of candy into kids' bags, but no trick-or-treating. In fact, just yesterday my 8yo was lamenting the fact that her candy bag wasn't "filled to overflowing" (her words!) as usual when we are home. It's a long story involving it being a surprise cruise, but we will never do another Halloween cruise again. It just wasn't special enough for my kids. As in, they would rather have had the one big Halloween day at home than 4 on the ship. I think that's totally crazy, but Halloween is important to an 8yo and a 5yo I guess. Gotta have priorities!

gilsan · 01-04-2013, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jahber

The Dream did not this year. We had to switch the CC day/sea day because of Sandy, though. So whereas Halloween should have fallen on a sea day, it was the CC day instead. That may have put a damper on their plans. There were CMs wandering around the Halloween party (up on the pool deck) dumping handfuls of candy into kids' bags, but no trick-or-treating. In fact, just yesterday my 8yo was lamenting the fact that her candy bag wasn't "filled to overflowing" (her words!) as usual when we are home. It's a long story involving it being a surprise cruise, but we will never do another Halloween cruise again. It just wasn't special enough for my kids. As in, they would rather have had the one big Halloween day at home than 4 on the ship. I think that's totally crazy, but Halloween is important to an 8yo and a 5yo I guess. Gotta have priorities!

I agree, we would never do a Halloween cruise again either, we had a great cruise but at that age my daughter is 7, trick or treating is more important

and no trick or treat stations on the Fantasy. Our Halloween day was the 30th and we were in Costa Maya for the day. Our cruise was also affected by Sandy we lost a port, Grand Cayman, and gained a sea day.

bitlerzx4 · 01-04-2013, 04:19 PM

we are booked on the fantasy for this Halloween, and I am thinking I am liking the "not a lot of candy" idea!

01-04-2013, 01:43 AM	#1
LimoFam5 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Los Alamitos (Rossmoor), but most of the time we are at Disneyland. Posts: 566	Halloween Cruise Anyone ever been on a DCL cruise during Halloween, I have been on a cruise around Halloween but never ok Halloween...what if anything special does DCL do?

01-04-2013, 02:13 AM	#2
hamm1207 Alaskan DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,092	I'm interested as well. We are booked on the magic over Halloween this year! __________________ Sarah October 27th Halloween on the Magic FE https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...EE&usp=sharing May 2010 Bahamas Cruise Disney Wonder January 26-30, 2011 Disney Dream Maiden VoyageApril 27-May 3, 2011 West Coast Repo Disney Wonder December 4-11, 2011 Mexican Riviera Disney Wonder Eastern Caribbean - April 13-20, 2012 Disney Magic First Galveston Cruise - Sept 22-29, 2012 Disney Magic Bahamas Dream - Sept 30-Oct 4, 2012 Disney DreamApril 28-May 2, 2013 Disney Dream BahamasMay 4-11, 2013 Disney Fantasy Eastern CaribbeanOctober 27-November 1, 2013 Disney Magic out of Miami

01-04-2013, 09:01 AM	#3
gilsan DIS Veteran Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Shore NS Posts: 1,241	We were on the Fantasy for Halloween. DCL doesn't do much for Halloween, so if you are looking for a great halloween experience you will probably be disappointed. I did post the navigator for that day in this thread http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3035397 It will give you a good idea of what to expect. __________________ Mmmm....Cake, 9 nights of Deluxe Dining w/Pictures 2009 POFQ, 2010 Grand Floridian, 2011 Wilderness Lodge, 2012 BC/Dream Cruise/Poly, 2012 Halloween Fantasy Cruise, 2013 AKV, 2014 Eastbound Transatlantic Cruise, 2014 Mediterranean

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LimoFam5 DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Los Alamitos (Rossmoor), but most of the time we are at Disneyland. Posts: 566	When we went on a cruise around Halloween they had trick or treat stations set up one night on the cruise... Did the fantasy at least do that?