Disappointed?

[DancingBear]

Maybe my thinking was arrogant..... The Captain told us that the reason we couldn't dock was Westerly Winds. If this is often a problem maybe they should have another dock on the other side of the island????? I guess I just expected a better backup plan, than another day at sea.

First, you can't just build another dock--there has to be some sort of feasible harbor there. Even at the current CC dock, which had a decent natural harbor, Disney had to do a lot of dredging. Second, another dock would be incredible expensive, and not cost-effective given the limited number of days in which DCL is unable to use the current dock. Third, the second dock would likely not resolve the problem in many instances---a lot of times the conditions preventing docking on one side of the island would affect the other side as well. Fourth, the day at sea is the natural thing to do, and standard in the industry.

 

[sillysmom]

Gosh, after reading all these posts, I just felt like I had to say something. First of all, I would never berate someone for their feelings about missing a port, everyones idea of what this vacation should be, will be different. Personally, I would never plan a flight when the chances are high that there could be a storm and we would miss it. I would never book a cruise, when the weather is normally erratic. Yes, I'm lucky, we could afford to go on our first cruise during spring break last year, and again in April this year. I realize that for some, the saving for this sort of a vacation, is a more of a hardship than for others. But, personally for me, the vacation itself, is spending time with my husband and daughter, not having to cook, having dinners together, and just hanging out. The ports, yea, they are cool, but that is NOT the vacation for me, its an extra bonus. If I missed a port or two, I would maybe be a bit disappointed, if Disney credited me in some way, okay cool, but I'm not making that big of a fuss about it. I don't need the small stuff to have a good time, thankfully, we can have fun just the three of us together. Hopefully this thread will run out soon, its getting a bit depressing.