Brief trip report about a great cruise!
We were a group of 10 adults traveling together for the first time.
Pre Cruise:
My husband and I stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge the night before the cruise. That was a great choice - a nice way to experience the lodge and we really didn't need more than one day to enjoy what it has to offer.
Tiffany Town Car: used for all transportation - 2nd time to use them and no complaints at all. They were always on time and watching for us.
Checking into the cruise was a piece of cake - loved the terminal - line moved quickly. We got there at 12:15 - were on in no time.
We didn't need to worry about the adult thing! Disney has so much for the kids to do and handles crowd control so well that we never had that "get me out of here" feeling. Having the adult pool was a big plus. If anything we had a great time watching the kids and their interactions. We had second seating and even there the kids were not even noticable.
I'm not going to go into details about food, etc. It was great. Palo's was fantastic. Service everywhere was excellent. Entertainment was wonderful. Think I liked it.
Ports:
Key West - a disappointment to us. Did the kayaking tour. It was nice to be out on the water. There is a 20 min boat ride to the kayaking. Then we basically kayaked in and around a Mangrove area. That was fine for a while, but got old and was a lot of work to push yourself through some of the areas. We kayak a lot an didn't find this a good/fun excursion. Not terrible but not the best. Also found Key West very commercial.
Grand Cayman - we love to snorkle which we did at Eden Rock - walking distance from pier. Very nice. Also did tour to turle farm, hell and stingray city. Don't miss stingrays!!! The rest was fun, too.
Cozumel - did on own. Taxi to Chakanab (sp?). Snorkeled twice. Did swim with Dolphins. Awesome. The encounter - which is the only one that Disney does - was very tame. The swim was totally interactive and a really fun experience. The park is beautifully done and very clean. Didn't have time to explore everything. had a great time here.
Castaway Cay - Everyone was right. The best island. Wish we could have had two days here. Did parasailing - wonderful. Snorkeled - family beach best - the trails here are great. Whole place organized and set up beautifully.
Would definitely consider this cruise again - after we've done a few other things!! Disney quality is very evident.
We were a group of 10 adults traveling together for the first time.
Pre Cruise:
My husband and I stayed at Animal Kingdom Lodge the night before the cruise. That was a great choice - a nice way to experience the lodge and we really didn't need more than one day to enjoy what it has to offer.
Tiffany Town Car: used for all transportation - 2nd time to use them and no complaints at all. They were always on time and watching for us.
Checking into the cruise was a piece of cake - loved the terminal - line moved quickly. We got there at 12:15 - were on in no time.
We didn't need to worry about the adult thing! Disney has so much for the kids to do and handles crowd control so well that we never had that "get me out of here" feeling. Having the adult pool was a big plus. If anything we had a great time watching the kids and their interactions. We had second seating and even there the kids were not even noticable.
I'm not going to go into details about food, etc. It was great. Palo's was fantastic. Service everywhere was excellent. Entertainment was wonderful. Think I liked it.
Ports:
Key West - a disappointment to us. Did the kayaking tour. It was nice to be out on the water. There is a 20 min boat ride to the kayaking. Then we basically kayaked in and around a Mangrove area. That was fine for a while, but got old and was a lot of work to push yourself through some of the areas. We kayak a lot an didn't find this a good/fun excursion. Not terrible but not the best. Also found Key West very commercial.
Grand Cayman - we love to snorkle which we did at Eden Rock - walking distance from pier. Very nice. Also did tour to turle farm, hell and stingray city. Don't miss stingrays!!! The rest was fun, too.
Cozumel - did on own. Taxi to Chakanab (sp?). Snorkeled twice. Did swim with Dolphins. Awesome. The encounter - which is the only one that Disney does - was very tame. The swim was totally interactive and a really fun experience. The park is beautifully done and very clean. Didn't have time to explore everything. had a great time here.
Castaway Cay - Everyone was right. The best island. Wish we could have had two days here. Did parasailing - wonderful. Snorkeled - family beach best - the trails here are great. Whole place organized and set up beautifully.
Would definitely consider this cruise again - after we've done a few other things!! Disney quality is very evident.
