TiggerBouncy
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- Mar 4, 2013
Haha, exactly. If I'm on a cruise, I no longer have to be working full-time remotely, trying to keep my school-age kids on schedule for remote learning while triage-ing all their tech issues, trying to set up my youngest (preschool age) with some form of entertainment other than TV in between work calls and school crises for the older kids, and preparing three meals a day.I also could use a cruise right now. I hear wailing coming from the kitchen . . . "What's for dinner?"
Just get me on a ship and hand me a menu . . . FAST.
Sameeeeeee. I'd get on one tomorrow if I could! Those ships are my happy place.Swab me, superglue a mask to my face, I don't care--just let me on one of those beautiful ships and take me to Castaway Cay PLEASE!!!!!!!!!
Meh. If they did come back now, the experience would barely resemble the DCL we know and love. All of the rules, restrictions & cutbacks wouldn't make it the stress-free, self-indulgent experience we all expect on a cruise. I'll wait until it goes back to normal.
Swab me, superglue a mask to my face, I don't care-
Meh. If they did come back now, the experience would barely resemble the DCL we know and love. All of the rules, restrictions & cutbacks wouldn't make it the stress-free, self-indulgent experience we all expect on a cruise. I'll wait until it goes back to normal.
I have to agree with this. I would love to cruise again in the near future (our Oct. Dream sailing was cancelled), but if the onboard experience is altered too much, I’d rather just wait until things are a little more back to normal.
Meh. If they did come back now, the experience would barely resemble the DCL we know and love. All of the rules, restrictions & cutbacks wouldn't make it the stress-free, self-indulgent experience we all expect on a cruise. I'll wait until it goes back to normal.
I have to agree with this. I would love to cruise again in the near future (our Oct. Dream sailing was cancelled), but if the onboard experience is altered too much, I’d rather just wait until things are a little more back to normal.
Like, if you have to wear a mask on board AND you can’t serve yourself at Cabanas or Palo AND you can’t get off at port unless you’re part of a bubble excursion AND the soda stations/Eye Scream are not available AND what are they going to do with the kids’ clubs AND this AND that?
Mmm, I might hold off for a while. It’s like you’re surrounded with constant in-your-face reminders that things are not quite right.
I agree, especially if DCL continues to charge DCL prices for a lesser experience.
^ This. It's the same issue with the parks - charging 100% when you're getting a 70% park experience.
I recognize that the parks have to be profitable to stay open, but coming from the consumer's perspective? No thanks.
At the parks, you have very low crowds right now. If I could work it logistically (daughter is in first semester of college), I would be there in a heartbeat and gladly pay full price.
that is what has kept us from going to Disney World and we live 30 min away.Meh. If they did come back now, the experience would barely resemble the DCL we know and love. All of the rules, restrictions & cutbacks wouldn't make it the stress-free, self-indulgent experience we all expect on a cruise. I'll wait until it goes back to normal.
I have to agree with this. I would love to cruise again in the near future (our Oct. Dream sailing was cancelled), but if the onboard experience is altered too much, I’d rather just wait until things are a little more back to normal.
Like, if you have to wear a mask on board AND you can’t serve yourself at Cabanas or Palo AND you can’t get off at port unless you’re part of a bubble excursion AND the soda stations/Eye Scream are not available AND what are they going to do with the kids’ clubs AND this AND that?
Mmm, I might hold off for a while. It’s like you’re surrounded with constant in-your-face reminders that things are not quite right.
Just my opinion but as far as the kids club goes I think they'll do the same for what they do with the nursery. Have a certain amount of time allocated to you and prebook your hours online beforehand
Just my opinion but as far as the kids club goes I think they'll do the same for what they do with the nursery. Have a certain amount of time allocated to you and prebook your hours online beforehand
Sure. For some die-hard folks, the low crowds take precedence over everything else, and that’s fine. No judgment from me.
But my guess is that there are plenty of people who will see: mandatory mask-wearing in the heat, no fireworks, no parades, no meet-and-greets, no playgrounds, no park-hopping, no walk-up dining, no “Festival of the Lion King” or “Finding Nemo,” etc. And then balk at paying a full-price park ticket with all of those restrictions and compromises in place.
I know Disney is doing what they can to make the park experience satisfactory for people, but again, from the consumer’s perspective, I wonder how many are just holding off until value is a little closer in line with price.
You are not entirely correct in your assumption that this number is enough to prevent them from operating (if that is your assumption).