Cruise secrets that DCL doesn't tell you

[mordecai]

what is the hidden Mickey challenge?

There are hidden mickey images that the imagineers have built into all sorts of stuff on the ship. You can go around the boat and find them all. Here's a site with a bunch of examples: http://www.hiddenmickeyguy.com/catalog/disney-cruise-line/disney-fantasy

 

[EPCOTatNight]

The cookies are on the room service menu for no charge. But don't set your expectations too high. They are dry, overcooked, and flavorless. They don't even look appetizing. The oatmeal seemed like store bought, but were a bit more palatable.

I've never had them, but heard the opposite.

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[disneydecorator]

They do pin trade on the ship. They even have a night where you can trade with the officers. We didn't see many unique pins on their lanyards, but they do have alot of cruise pins for purchase on the ship. They also have CC pins at CC.

Another tip, you can make milkshakes with the soft serve icecream and a little milk, just bring one of those travel mugs and shake it real good.

what time does pin trading start at night and where do we go to trade?

 

[owensamo]

what time does pin trading start at night and where do we go to trade?

It will be posted in the navigator. It is usually in the atrium on the classics.

 

[disneydecorator]

do the people leave towel snimals on the beds in the staterooms?

 

[Disney Dreams]

do the people leave towel snimals on the beds in the staterooms?

Yes. Every night. We carefully move ours and save them. By the end of the week, we have a little towel zoo.

- Dreams

 

[Tikihula]

do the people leave towel snimals on the beds in the staterooms?

Do you mean do the room stewards leave towel creatures? Yes, they do. It's the first thing we take a picture of when we get into our stateroom.

 

[NickyDa]

Yes. Every night. We carefully move ours and save them. By the end of the week, we have a little towel zoo.

- Dreams

Wow! I never thought about trying to save them. Our room attendant kept using our blanket to make creatures...obviously a lot larger than towel animals. I think we would run out of room to store them by the end of 7 days.

 

[brentm77]

I've never had them, but heard the opposite.

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Well take it from someone who has, it is probably the first time in my life that I didn't finish a chocolate chip cookie. I'm not the only one either. I saw many partially eaten cookies left in the halls with the room service plates. Every one I saw on the fantasy was noticeably overbaked too. Maybe they have been better on other ships or at different times? But not much better than cardboard last month. I promise I'm not that picky either.

 

[pudinhd]

Yes. Every night. We carefully move ours and save them. By the end of the week, we have a little towel zoo.

- Dreams

I just did this!!!! We were in a 1 bedroom suite, so that helped to make room! Only the monkey was gone at the end of the week when I took a video of my zoo!

 

[owensamo]

Well take it from someone who has, it is probably the first time in my life that I didn't finish a chocolate chip cookie. I'm not the only one either. I saw many partially eaten cookies left in the halls with the room service plates. Every one I saw on the fantasy was noticeably overbaked too. Maybe they have been better on other ships or at different times? But not much better than cardboard last month. I promise I'm not that picky either.

We haven't been on the new ships yet (1 more week! ) but on the Classics, I always thought the chocolate chip cookies offered on-board weren't that great - mostly over-baked. We ordered them once from Room Service and they were the same cookies served on the buffet - which I grab occasionally only when there isn't anything better!

However, the ones on Castaway Cay are awesome! I don't know what the difference is - I imagine they're the same people cooking them - but maybe the ovens on CC are different enough that the same recipe that comes out overcooked in the ovens on the ship come out perfect on the island? It's a bit of a mystery, but I won't complain!

 

[DarthTod]

Well take it from someone who has, it is probably the first time in my life that I didn't finish a chocolate chip cookie. I'm not the only one either. I saw many partially eaten cookies left in the halls with the room service plates. Every one I saw on the fantasy was noticeably overbaked too. Maybe they have been better on other ships or at different times? But not much better than cardboard last month. I promise I'm not that picky either.

Weird, we had them every night on our Fantasy cruise in February and loved them. Warm, moist, and gooey.

 

[Susiesark]

Weird, we had them every night on our Fantasy cruise in February and loved them. Warm, moist, and gooey.

We also order them every night, with cartons of milk. We didn't leave any behind, and I usually packed some in the bag for our excursions.

 

[fabulousfive]

Love these ideas! So happy to have found this thread!

 

[Mazz519]

Ordered these last year almost every nite, They were great.. We were on the Dream....This July on the Fantasy...hope they r as gd.

 

[Marlea98]

On our last cruise my iPhone slid out of my pocket while watching the late show in the Walt Disney Theater. I didn't realize it was gone until about a 1/2 hour after the show was over. I use the passlock on my phone and had it put in airplane mode when we left Port Canaveral. So really no one would be able to unlock it to see whose it was and I wouldn't be able to use the Find My iPhone app since the GPS was disabled with airplane mode.

Fortunately when I went back to the theater I found it right under the seat I had been sitting in.

The next day I took a picture of our room number on our door and set that as the picture on the lock screen so if I lost it again on the ship everyone would know what room it belonged to.

Quite frankly it's not a bad idea to just put a message on the lock screen with contact info about who to call if your phone is found regardless if you are on the ship or just back at home.

Thank you for sharing that great idea. I will have to remember to take Mickey off my screen and change it to my room number

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[Jillpie]

On our last cruise my iPhone slid out of my pocket while watching the late show in the Walt Disney Theater. I didn't realize it was gone until about a 1/2 hour after the show was over. I use the passlock on my phone and had it put in airplane mode when we left Port Canaveral. So really no one would be able to unlock it to see whose it was and I wouldn't be able to use the Find My iPhone app since the GPS was disabled with airplane mode.

Fortunately when I went back to the theater I found it right under the seat I had been sitting in.

The next day I took a picture of our room number on our door and set that as the picture on the lock screen so if I lost it again on the ship everyone would know what room it belonged to.

Quite frankly it's not a bad idea to just put a message on the lock screen with contact info about who to call if your phone is found regardless if you are on the ship or just back at home.

Brilliant idea!! I never thought to put my contact info on an index card, take a picture and put it on the lock screen. Fantastic! I just tried it and I'm going to do this on every trip. Thanks!

 

[mrsashbaugh]

Weird, we had them every night on our Fantasy cruise in February and loved them. Warm, moist, and gooey.

I'm glad there's still hope for yummy cookies!

 

[Delrea]

Question - when you get the picture matt signed, is it for a 8x10 picture or a 10x8 picture -- i.e. which way do the majority of the pictures fit. Boy, I hope this question makes sense.

We had 3 matts signed last year, two of them were 8x11 to fit 5x7pictures and one was 11x14 to fit an 8x10 picture.

 

[abitcloudy]

thanks so much for all the great tips and tricks. Read all 100+ pages!