ALK$Disney
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2011
I think 3 day cruises are way too short to get the real feel of the Ship. You get on, get off on a couple of ports, and the cruise is already over. Our first cruise ever we were on the Wonder for 15 nights to Hawaii, and we absolutely loved it. I will agree with the fact that the food is good, not great. Here is my take on the food, not all will agree. I feel that at the MDR is mostly gourmet food, most people are not accustomed to gourmet food every night, at least I wasn't. First of all, I am not eat any seafood, just that fact limited my choices of food, since there is a lot of seafood on cruise ships. My DW loved it, because loves seafood. DD was happy with the pizzas, bread, Mac/cheese, and other quick foods. Our server realized that I did not enjoy most of the menu items in the MDR, so he asked what I liked. I said I like Indian food, so after the third night, I had the best Indian food every time I requested during the MDR. He had it specially made for me in the kitchen, now that is great service. And he brought out enough to share with my family and the other family at our table. Little things like this make a huge difference. We were on RCCL in 2013, I thought the food was better, but it was mostly better at the specialty restaurants that you had to pay extra for. As far as entertainment and activities on DCL, we were very happy. We were at sea 11 out of the 15 nights on our Wonder cruise. We never felt bored or felt we had nothing to do. Fist of all DD was never seen, she was at the Oceaneers club/lab 80% of the day, this gave us a lot of time to do adult activities. We had a great time visiting each of the Hawaiian islands and doing various excursions. So for us Disney cruise is the way to go, I feel the pros outweigh the cons. We cant wait till our next cruise on the Fantasy, sadly, its a year and some days out. maybe you guys might want to try a 7 night, this will give you a lot more time to experience all that the ship has to offer.