A couple of years ago I approached my DH with the idea of a
Disney cruise. He loves Disney but said no way. It's just a boat on water. What's the fun in that. He couldn't understand the draw of cruising. I really didn't have an argument because I had also never been on a cruise. In Feb 2014 I talked him into a cruise for our 16th anniversary. I said we could go to the parks for a couple of days and then hit the cruise. I think he agreed because he has to live with me. Honestly, I would have been ok if we didn't take the cruise, but I really wanted to experience a Disney cruise. We didn't even consider any other cruise lines.
In Feb 2014, I started looking into it and contacted a
travel agent. She helped me set everything up. I read everything I could about going on a cruise. Everything was fun and new because we had no idea what to expect. There are tons of things to do off and on the boat, but I was really afraid we (meaning DH) would be bored. Fast forward to Sept 2014. We booked our 3-day Bahamian on the Dream for mid-September. We left for WDW a few days earlier and the morning of the cruise, we ate at Kona Cafe. My DH was nervous, but not sure why. Maybe because it was something new.
We drive to Port Canaveral and drive past the Dream, making our way to the parking deck. My DH immediately wants me to start taking pictures. He's getting excited. The Dream is amazing and so beautiful. We were in awe. You think you know how big a cruise ship is until you actually see it in person and then you realize you had no idea. That level of excitement from the beginning lasted our whole trip. He loved it. I loved it.
Leaving port was a sad experience. I wanted to get back on the boat so bad! DH couldn't really believe how wonderful it really was. We used to rent points from someone who told us that once we experience a Disney cruise, we may like it better than WDW. I'm not sure about that...yet, but I can see his point.
I carefully broached the topic of a future cruise. DH said in maybe a couple of years. He still didn't want to go past 3 days. I was good with that.
Well, new itineraries came out for 2016 after the new year. I said what about a cruise in April 2016. He agreed! We booked and our DD will be with us for her first cruise. I never thought DH would agreed so quickly to another cruise.
Last month, I received an email from
DCL regarding insurance for a September 2015 cruise. I panicked because I hadn't reserved anything. Lo and behold, my husband had booked another cruise as an anniversary surprise! We were sad it was spoiled, but happy that we were going on a cruise. I checked in last night!
It's amazing because we went from zero cruises and "it's just a boat on the water" to 3 cruises in a short time frame. My next hurdle is trying to convince him that we need to sail longer than three days. It's going to happen because he's already said he'd like to do 4-day cruise.
DCL is amazing and I'm so glad we decided to take that first trip.
Long story short - "DCL ruined my life!"
Long live DCL!
