Arianabtd
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Sep 24, 2016
I was on the Magic (Miami) from 4/29-5/4 and here is a little report/ a few of my thoughts!
This was my third Disney cruise, but the first one as an adult. (The last one I was on was in 2009
)
My party was 4 adults in one stateroom. We had a mid veranda cabin on deck 7 and it worked well for us.
Transportation: We flew in the day before, and took the Disney transportation from the airport. It was very easy. You go to a little desk on the baggage claim level, they check you in, and then they walk you to the bus! The bus isn't Disney, but they play videos like they would in Canaveral.
Marvel day at sea: Amazing day! It was the first full day of the cruise which I didn't like. I wish I had a day or so to rest before being thrown into the crazy . I spent almost all day in superhero meet lines and as a DW regular I felt right at home 
. The Doctor Strange stage show was sooo good, it was my favorite part of the whole day. The deck party was also really good. I was really the only Marvel fan in my party, but everyone had a good time.
(a few Marvel day pictures under the spoiler)
Character meets: Most of my cruise was doing character meets, as I'd do at the Disney parks. The first day of the cruise the rule was "if you make it into the line in the first 15 min on the schedule you're guaranteed to meet the character." But day 2 on the rule turned into "get there 20 min early if you want to make it in at all."
It was a little messy but we adjusted. We had tickets for the Princess meet, Frozen meet, and the Superhero meet (Couldn't get Groot tickets). Get there early early for these ticketed events if you wanna be out fast.
Dining: I'm not a big foodie, but I enjoyed most of the food! We requested a table by ourselves before the cruise and it was granted! Our dinner servers were absolutely a hoot, my whole party loved them. We're hoping to get back on the Magic soon so we can request them . Rapunzel's Royal Table was absolutely beautiful and the show was great! Lumiere's looks like it could use an update though, it is exactly how I remember it (maybe a little worse for wear) from 2009.
Shows: We had Rapunzel, Twice Charmed, and Disney Dreams as our shows. We enjoyed all of them! Disney Dreams was the best though, it was great as our final show of the trip 
Castaway Cay: Beautiful as usual! I did the Stingray adventure and enjoyed it very much. We had rough seas the night before, and got into the island late by a couple hours. So they gave us an extra hour to be on the island! Although I didn't take advantage of that and still got back on the boat early 
Grand Cayman: I did not get off the boat here, but while I was on the boat I got to see the Fantasy dock next to us! I also got to witness the legendary horn battle. It was pretty cool.
Final ThoughtsI had so so so much fun on the cruise! I shed some tears after I walked off the boat
I really think that DW is more my speed though. I'm kind of a gogogo vacationer, and the cruise couldn't give me that. But that's just a weird me thing
Last time I cruised I was in the kids club age range, and spent all my time in there (ages were separated back then). I think it is weird how they mashed all the 3-12 year olds together now in the two spaces. I'm sure if I was still a kid using these spaces I wouldn't like it, but since I'm not I'll let them figure it out
As they kept telling us throughout the cruise, this cruise was the last Marvel day at sea of the season. So most of the Marvel merchandise was 30% off because they were trying to get rid of it
Why can't everything be 30% off all the time?
I think that's all I have to say If anyone has questions I'll try my best to answer!
This was my third Disney cruise, but the first one as an adult. (The last one I was on was in 2009
)My party was 4 adults in one stateroom. We had a mid veranda cabin on deck 7 and it worked well for us.
Transportation: We flew in the day before, and took the Disney transportation from the airport. It was very easy. You go to a little desk on the baggage claim level, they check you in, and then they walk you to the bus! The bus isn't Disney, but they play videos like they would in Canaveral.Marvel day at sea: Amazing day! It was the first full day of the cruise which I didn't like. I wish I had a day or so to rest before being thrown into the crazy . I spent almost all day in superhero meet lines and as a DW regular I felt right at home . The Doctor Strange stage show was sooo good, it was my favorite part of the whole day. The deck party was also really good. I was really the only Marvel fan in my party, but everyone had a good time.(a few Marvel day pictures under the spoiler)
Character meets: Most of my cruise was doing character meets, as I'd do at the Disney parks. The first day of the cruise the rule was "if you make it into the line in the first 15 min on the schedule you're guaranteed to meet the character." But day 2 on the rule turned into "get there 20 min early if you want to make it in at all."It was a little messy but we adjusted. We had tickets for the Princess meet, Frozen meet, and the Superhero meet (Couldn't get Groot tickets). Get there early early for these ticketed events if you wanna be out fast.
Dining: I'm not a big foodie, but I enjoyed most of the food! We requested a table by ourselves before the cruise and it was granted! Our dinner servers were absolutely a hoot, my whole party loved them. We're hoping to get back on the Magic soon so we can request them . Rapunzel's Royal Table was absolutely beautiful and the show was great! Lumiere's looks like it could use an update though, it is exactly how I remember it (maybe a little worse for wear) from 2009.Shows: We had Rapunzel, Twice Charmed, and Disney Dreams as our shows. We enjoyed all of them! Disney Dreams was the best though, it was great as our final show of the trip Castaway Cay: Beautiful as usual! I did the Stingray adventure and enjoyed it very much. We had rough seas the night before, and got into the island late by a couple hours. So they gave us an extra hour to be on the island! Although I didn't take advantage of that and still got back on the boat early Grand Cayman: I did not get off the boat here, but while I was on the boat I got to see the Fantasy dock next to us! I also got to witness the legendary horn battle. It was pretty cool. Final ThoughtsI really think that DW is more my speed though. I'm kind of a gogogo vacationer, and the cruise couldn't give me that. But that's just a weird me thing
Last time I cruised I was in the kids club age range, and spent all my time in there (ages were separated back then). I think it is weird how they mashed all the 3-12 year olds together now in the two spaces. I'm sure if I was still a kid using these spaces I wouldn't like it, but since I'm not I'll let them figure it out
As they kept telling us throughout the cruise, this cruise was the last Marvel day at sea of the season. So most of the Marvel merchandise was 30% off because they were trying to get rid of it
Why can't everything be 30% off all the time?
I think that's all I have to say
If anyone has questions I'll try my best to answer! 
