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I nice read to remember so many of the DCL vessels perks and attractions not often talked about. Yes I know, some have copied DCL. Others tried and dropped some things, like NCL, dropping characters and fireworks.

Still the Disney Magic and Pixie dust out shines them all, even if they cost more,to us and many others it is well worth it!


AKK


Disney Cruise Line was the first cruise line to…

• Have a fireworks display at sea, like only Disney can do, a stunning entertainment element for the “Pirates IN the Caribbean” celebration.

• Implement an innovative rotational dining concept, featuring three themed restaurants, where guests dine in a different venue each evening, accompanied by their same serving team

• Have a dock at the line’s private island (Castaway Cay), allowing guests the ease of walking on and off the ship at their leisure, thus eliminating the need to use tender boats.

• Have a shipboard water coaster – AquaDuck!

• Give inside staterooms a “window” on the outside with a Magical Porthole, a wall-mounted monitor that displays real-time video views from high-definition cameras outside of the ship.

• Bring The Muppets to a cruise ship in an interactive adventure game played through the ship’s Enchanted Art.

• Allow guests to become animators and see their own drawings magically come to life and dance on screen.

• Make the princess and pirate fantasies of young guests a reality, giving them full pixie-dusted and piratical makeovers at the first Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and Pirates League at sea.

• Offer movie premieres at sea on the same day a film debuts in theaters – including films in Disney Digital 3-D.

• Feature nearly an entire deck dedicated to children’s activities. From Flounder’s Reef and It’s a Small World Nursery to the Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab, kids from 12 weeks to 12 years have plenty of places to take their imaginations to new levels.

• Offer exclusive spaces just for tweens and teens. 11-13 year olds can hang out at Edge, while 14-17 year olds have their own club, Vibe.

• Offer free soft drinks any time of day or night, with a free 24/7 beverage station offering sodas, coffee, tea and water.

• Design staterooms with a family-friendly bath-and-a-half.

• Provide guests with complimentary use of Wave Phones for onboard communications.

• Have an animated character as the godmother of a ship. Tinker Bell is the godmother of the Disney Wonder.

• Apply a hull coating that is non-toxic and innovative in reducing surface resistance in the water, allowing the ship to be more fuel efficient and eco-friendly.

• Have yellow-colored lifeboats, rather than the traditional regulation color of orange. Disney was granted special permission by the U.S. Coast Guard to paint the lifeboats yellow, in order to keep with the special color theming of the ship – the colors of Mickey Mouse himself.
 

I nice read to remember so many of the DCL vessels perks and attractions not often talked about. Yes I know, some have copied DCL. Others tried and dropped some things, like NCL, dropping characters and fireworks.

Still the Disney Magic and Pixie dust out shines them all, even if they cost more,to us and many others it is well worth it!


AKK


Disney Cruise Line was the first cruise line to…

• Have a fireworks display at sea, like only Disney can do, a stunning entertainment element for the “Pirates IN the Caribbean” celebration.

• Implement an innovative rotational dining concept, featuring three themed restaurants, where guests dine in a different venue each evening, accompanied by their same serving team

• Have a dock at the line’s private island (Castaway Cay), allowing guests the ease of walking on and off the ship at their leisure, thus eliminating the need to use tender boats.

• Have a shipboard water coaster – AquaDuck!

• Give inside staterooms a “window” on the outside with a Magical Porthole, a wall-mounted monitor that displays real-time video views from high-definition cameras outside of the ship.

• Bring The Muppets to a cruise ship in an interactive adventure game played through the ship’s Enchanted Art.

• Allow guests to become animators and see their own drawings magically come to life and dance on screen.

• Make the princess and pirate fantasies of young guests a reality, giving them full pixie-dusted and piratical makeovers at the first Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and Pirates League at sea.

• Offer movie premieres at sea on the same day a film debuts in theaters – including films in Disney Digital 3-D.

• Feature nearly an entire deck dedicated to children’s activities. From Flounder’s Reef and It’s a Small World Nursery to the Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab, kids from 12 weeks to 12 years have plenty of places to take their imaginations to new levels.

• Offer exclusive spaces just for tweens and teens. 11-13 year olds can hang out at Edge, while 14-17 year olds have their own club, Vibe.

• Offer free soft drinks any time of day or night, with a free 24/7 beverage station offering sodas, coffee, tea and water.

• Design staterooms with a family-friendly bath-and-a-half.

• Provide guests with complimentary use of Wave Phones for onboard communications.

• Have an animated character as the godmother of a ship. Tinker Bell is the godmother of the Disney Wonder.

• Apply a hull coating that is non-toxic and innovative in reducing surface resistance in the water, allowing the ship to be more fuel efficient and eco-friendly.

• Have yellow-colored lifeboats, rather than the traditional regulation color of orange. Disney was granted special permission by the U.S. Coast Guard to paint the lifeboats yellow, in order to keep with the special color theming of the ship – the colors of Mickey Mouse himself.

Thank you for posting! With so many posts out there complaining about pricing, etc., it's nice to see that the Disney quality you get is worth every penny!!! I've said it once and I will say it again, there is nothing out there that compares to Disney. :earboy2:
 
I just returned last week from my seventh Disney cruise – on the fantasy. It was my best so far with perfect smooth waters and weather and my favorite room to date. I am desperately missing the ship :guilty: and come on these boards to read the various posts to feel better.

Thanks so much for this thread !
I enjoy your posts regularly and the fact that you impart maritime knowledge to us as well as enthusiasm. :)
 
I just returned last week from my seventh Disney cruise – on the fantasy. It was my best so far with perfect smooth waters and weather and my favorite room to date. I am desperately missing the ship :guilty: and come on these boards to read the various posts to feel better.

Thanks so much for this thread !
I enjoy your posts regularly and the fact that you impart maritime knowledge to us as well as enthusiasm. :)

Thank you for your kind comments.


AKK
 
Thank you also for this. I put it in an email to a friend I'm trying to convince to go on a DCL cruise with me. I'm hoping this will nudge her in the way of DCL. I hope you don't mind I sent it to her. Sorry if I over stepped. It is a great post. :flower:
 
Thank you for posting! With so many posts out there complaining about pricing, etc., it's nice to see that the Disney quality you get is worth every penny!!! I've said it once and I will say it again, there is nothing out there that compares to Disney. :earboy2:

It's so nice to see a thread where the posters are praising DCL instead of complaining it.
 
We're you on a short or long cruise? For some reason I was thinking it was only on the 7 night Magic cruises and they added it during dry dock, but I certainly could be wrong.

Every cruise I have been on Disney Magic, all since the reimagining, has featured the draw your own character animation show, which is on the second dining night in Animator's Palate. It has an abbreviated special menu which allows for more time for the show between the main course and dessert.
But just to clarify, they have either been 7 or 12-night cruises, so we did hit each dining room at least twice.
 
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Love this list!

• Bring The Muppets to a cruise ship in an interactive adventure game played through the ship’s Enchanted Art.

Just to add they also physically brought the Muppets onboard in 2006 I think it was or 2007 when they did a Muppets show on the Disney Magic
 
I nice read to remember so many of the DCL vessels perks and attractions not often talked about. Yes I know, some have copied DCL. Others tried and dropped some things, like NCL, dropping characters and fireworks.

Still the Disney Magic and Pixie dust out shines them all, even if they cost more,to us and many others it is well worth it!


AKK


Disney Cruise Line was the first cruise line to…

• Have a fireworks display at sea, like only Disney can do, a stunning entertainment element for the “Pirates IN the Caribbean” celebration.

• Implement an innovative rotational dining concept, featuring three themed restaurants, where guests dine in a different venue each evening, accompanied by their same serving team

• Have a dock at the line’s private island (Castaway Cay), allowing guests the ease of walking on and off the ship at their leisure, thus eliminating the need to use tender boats.

• Have a shipboard water coaster – AquaDuck!

• Give inside staterooms a “window” on the outside with a Magical Porthole, a wall-mounted monitor that displays real-time video views from high-definition cameras outside of the ship.

• Bring The Muppets to a cruise ship in an interactive adventure game played through the ship’s Enchanted Art.

• Allow guests to become animators and see their own drawings magically come to life and dance on screen.

• Make the princess and pirate fantasies of young guests a reality, giving them full pixie-dusted and piratical makeovers at the first Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and Pirates League at sea.

• Offer movie premieres at sea on the same day a film debuts in theaters – including films in Disney Digital 3-D.

• Feature nearly an entire deck dedicated to children’s activities. From Flounder’s Reef and It’s a Small World Nursery to the Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab, kids from 12 weeks to 12 years have plenty of places to take their imaginations to new levels.

• Offer exclusive spaces just for tweens and teens. 11-13 year olds can hang out at Edge, while 14-17 year olds have their own club, Vibe.

• Offer free soft drinks any time of day or night, with a free 24/7 beverage station offering sodas, coffee, tea and water.

• Design staterooms with a family-friendly bath-and-a-half.

• Provide guests with complimentary use of Wave Phones for onboard communications.

• Have an animated character as the godmother of a ship. Tinker Bell is the godmother of the Disney Wonder.

• Apply a hull coating that is non-toxic and innovative in reducing surface resistance in the water, allowing the ship to be more fuel efficient and eco-friendly.

• Have yellow-colored lifeboats, rather than the traditional regulation color of orange. Disney was granted special permission by the U.S. Coast Guard to paint the lifeboats yellow, in order to keep with the special color theming of the ship – the colors of Mickey Mouse himself.
Very encouraging!
 
New cruiser here, is this on all the ships? We'll be on the Wonder in August. Sounds like fun :)

Good Morning.

Sorry as the others have pointed out, the animated show is only on the Dream and Fantasy. Rhe Drean and Fantasy also have a talkk with Crush the turtle show as well.The Wonder and Magic , in animated Pallet MDR starts dinner as a white and white room and slowly as the meal progresses the rooms changes over into a colorful animation and walls, etc.

You will have a wonderful cruise.

AKK
 
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