Fun Family Tradition while Onboard

[missyp]

We are getting ready for our 4th Disney Cruise. I assume since many out here are repeat cruisers that some of you have a fun tradition that you always do on board. Example- Most nights around midnight we order Mickey Bars to the room and talk about our day while eating them. Most of the time our kids are off on their own, so it gives us a chance to hear what they did that day (if they make it back in time for midnight). Does anyone else have any fun traditions? Would love to hear about them, and maybe add them to our list.

 

[bibbidibobbidibecky]

We do, we do! We always bring a bottle of champagne (or cava, prosecco, etc. depending on the country we are boarding in) and the adults have a toast right after the Sail Away Party! Also, every night before bed the kids order the cookies and milk and I order the cheese platter from room service. We really miss those evening treats

 

[wcw57]

here's ours:

after running around the ship all day, doing this, seeing that, and eating WAAAAAY too much, each and every night our family stumbles back to our stateroom and collapses into bed.

 

[RedStars]

We do second seating and order snacks while we're getting ready.

I have my own personal tradition: I pre-order room service coffee so I can drink my coffee on the verandah (with my book) while the rest of my family sleeps in.

 

[MommyMeNDisney]

Only one disney cruise so far, but...

We put on our matching Mickey PJs every night and ate Mickey ice cream bars in bed while watching a Disney movie.

Sorry, nothing new. I'm always thinking of possible traditions though, so I'm sure I'll come up with others to add on to our cruise rituals.

 

[missyp]

here's ours:

after running around the ship all day, doing this, seeing that, and eating WAAAAAY too much, each and every night our family stumbles back to our stateroom and collapses into bed.

Love it! Very funny!!

 

[missyp]

We do second seating and order snacks while we're getting ready.

I have my own personal tradition: I pre-order room service coffee so I can drink my coffee on the verandah (with my book) while the rest of my family sleeps in.

Do you have the coffee delivered in the morning? I would hate to have everyone woken up by room service knocking. I have read that lots of people order it the night before and that it is still hot. I would love to know how hot it really is. I am always the first one up and need my coffee. I quietly sneak out and go up on deck and grab coffee and come back and sit on the veranda as well.

 

[Club Disney Chandler]

After dinner every night, we always go back to cabin and go through the Navigator to figure out what to do the following day.

 

[jetskigrl]

We have a Mickey Bar tradition too but it is to order Mickey Bars as we are getting ready to leave CC (or the last port on a cruise that does not go to CC). We sit on the verandah and enjoy the ice cream while watching the ship pull away from port. It is a sweet spin on a time when we are starting to get sad that the cruise is ending.

 

[kuhltiffany]

We always make a point of walking around the whole ship, and going to the very front and very back at least once all together...

 

[Mousesmom]

We walk every deck, every day to look at door decorations. We also use every staircase. These two things allow us to have our guilt-free Mickey Bar every day!

 

[ladyofthetramp]

Shuffleboard tournament for this family of four. Sometimes a round of killer family ping pong. Castaway Cay 5K as a family. A Captain's Mai Tai for mom to start the cruise!

 

[FindMeAFishingSpot]

Late night pizza runs! Each night, two of us are volunteered to head upstairs to fill up the drink cups and retrieve pizza for everyone's before bed snack.

 

[Happy100]

Our family tradition is to bike around castaway cay. Since all our cruises have stopped there we have been able to do this every time.

 

[DVC4US]

We have a couple. We always have mimosas on embarkation day. Sometimes in a limo, sometimes in the hotel before going over to the port, and one time we drove from Orlando so we got there early enough, parked in a gas station lot, and had our mimosas before going over to the port. We always get a drink before we watch the Sail Away Party and finally we go to a bar after the sail away and take a shot!

 

[twopeasonepod]

There are so many! Here are three:

1) Bingo -- every session. Boys get a passion cream freeze, I get a bloody mary or espresso martini.
2) The boys get warm cookies and milk every night.
3) Full-on pirate costumes (even though they are not really into the party anymore).

 

[GioCruise]

There are so many! Here are three:

1) Bingo -- every session. Boys get a passion cream freeze, I get a bloody mary or espresso martini.
2) The boys get warm cookies and milk every night.
3) Full-on pirate costumes (even though they are not really into the party anymore).

I am doing Bingo this year as a family if I have to drag them!!!

 

[RedStars]

Do you have the coffee delivered in the morning? I would hate to have everyone woken up by room service knocking. I have read that lots of people order it the night before and that it is still hot. I would love to know how hot it really is. I am always the first one up and need my coffee. I quietly sneak out and go up on deck and grab coffee and come back and sit on the veranda as well.

I use the door hanger order form and usually choose 7 or 730a time. They knock lightly. I keep my dollars handy for tipping and just have them put it on the desk. No one even stirs. Coffee is delivered in insulated pitcher. Very hot. Ask for extra cream.

 

[MousseauMob]

Ours is similar to OP. Midnight is cookies and milk room service as well as a cheese plate for me and a carafe of coffee which stays nice and hot for in the morning. This way I can get up, have coffee on the veranda without waking the kids.

 

[Sir William]

Our tradition is that everyone is pretty much on their own until dinner. We may hang out together and we may not. No pressure, no guilt.

My tradition is to order Mickey Bars for the entire table the last night of the cruise. I get kidded by the family but I don't see anyone sending their Mickey Bar back to the kitchen.