My list:
To do next time (that we just didn't do this time):
-order room service just for the fun of it - I just didn't ever need it, and glad we didn't do on the last CC day since Trinity needed to sleep in
-bike on CC
-eat sit-down meal in a dining room other than dinner (which may require sleeping late some morning)
-Watch Hercules before the next cruise so I can see Villains again and "get it"
-Buy a "mine" beach towel (if I limit myself to one beach towel per trip, I'll have a whole collection eventually!)
-Get character pics with Goofy and Daisy (how did we manage to miss these two?)
To do next time (that we did and it was just so awesome):
-Rainforest - at $16/per person per day for a "private" hot tub, how could you not?
-Serenity Bay (just for the "quiet")
-Snorkeling
-reserving the "getaway" package on CC, because it was easy (we used $25x3 adult gear, $10 kid gear, and $6x3 on floats, which would have been $103 and we paid $100)
-be part of the DIS/FB/FE group
-encourage a smaller split FE list (I was able to make gifts because the size of the "half a group" was manageable)
-encourage a DIS meet indoors (at vista café) - the one from my 1st
Disney cruise was outside and at a bar
-Get plenty of Mickey character pics
Things we'll skip next time:
-hopefully we can skip the Princess meet as a "been there, done that twice already
-getting on board before noon - I'd rather sit in the terminal watching Dumbo for another half hour than haul my backpack around
-Carry on diet pepsi - I can live with diet coke for the short term
Tim's list: (or, What He Said)
Sit down meal doesnt have any appeal to me. Too much food, and takes too long. Character pics I can give or take. Agree with the others.
To do next time:
1. Mid-ship detective agency
2. Bingo
3. Mini-golf
4. One of the CC excursions (stingray adventure?)
5. Exercise
Agree with all your next time awesome list. Meet and greet did nothing for me (same with fish extender) but it is something you liked
To do again next time:
1. See a movie on big screen
2. Getting on-board before noon (I loved it. I hated the crowded terminal last year, worst part of that trip in my opinion)
3. Dropping kid off at Scuttles cove
4. On-demand TV in room
5. Bus to airport
Things to skip next time:
1. Disney World
2. 2nd helpings at Cabanas
3. 5k?
The food was the same for lunch whether we ate the buffet in the dining room or ate at cabanas. Both are buffets with the same food. So yes, I was fine eating at Cabanas for lunch (on day 1).
Our carryons were only heavy because we brought so much soda and booze on board. If we dont bring any soda, and limit our booze to a single bottle, then yes I would have no issue carrying my backpack around for a couple of hours. We had WAAAAY too much stuff in our carryons.
Have the kid wear her swimsuit under her clothes, and take her straight to the pool and get a chair. Problems solved.