Disney cruise - Spanish on the ship?

heathrow42

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Hi folks,

We are sailing with a friend who only speaks Spanish. Are there Navigators available in Spanish? Is there translation service/device available for any of the shows? Any other resources or things to know for someone who only speaks Spanish?

Thanks in advance!
 
Depending on the home port or sailing itinerary, I have seen entries in the daily Navigator for ship tours and gatherings in Spanish. You don't mention what ship or itinerary, but I know I've noticed in particularly on the Wonder/Magic sailings out of Miami, San Juan, and Barcelona. The muster drill instructions are repeated in Spanish on all sailings I've been on the last few years. The loop movie channels on Wonder and Magic also have some of the movies playing in Spanish as well. I've also seen movie screenings in the Buena Vista Theatre (I remember seeing this most recently on my January Wonder cruise out of San Juan) in Spanish.
I do not know if translations for the live stage shows are available.
 
I doubt there would be any translation service for the shows. That being said, I thought some of the instructional videos on TV were in Spanish. I am also pretty sure you'll have no problem finding a server who speaks Spanish. I am not sure about the Navigators.
 
Thank you for the responses so far. We are sailing on the Dream out of Port Canaveral next week!
 

Hi folks,

We are sailing with a friend who only speaks Spanish. Are there Navigators available in Spanish? Is there translation service/device available for any of the shows? Any other resources or things to know for someone who only speaks Spanish?

Thanks in advance!

For cruises that depart from Barcelona thry did announcements, on the PA and before the shows in English and Spanish. On one Barcelona cruise we had a deputy CD Arnaldo, who spoke Spanish, after Brent spoke English, on the announcements and introductions in the Walt Disney Theatre.

Guest services and concierge speak Spanish. Muster drill was relayed in Spanish.

The shows are in English, but some films were in Spanish.

Late dinner was moved to 8.45 pm to accommodate Spanish requests.
 
Make sure you request a server that speaks Spanish. Lots on board should be no problem for them to fill the request.
 
Most of the announcements were repeated in Spanish but the shows are not translated.
Just off the Dream this morning! Was a fabulous ship!
 
Back from our cruise on the Dream. Thanks for the tip to request a server who spoke Spanish - we did this, and our server Miguel, was great! If you make this change on board, be sure to double check your pre-paid tips. Our pre-paid tips had the name of the server we were originally assigned to.

At the port they had a Welcome aboard quasi-Navigator in Spanish. They did not have a schedule in Spanish, but the almost Navigator did describe most of the activities. They also had list of Port Adventure descriptions in Spanish. The emergency instructions on the back of the door were also in Spanish. The muster drill directions (both overhead and in person) were in English and Spanish. The sit down restaurants had all the menus available in Spanish. I think the paper with the disembarkation instructions was also in Spanish (but I can't remember) The survey they give out on the last night was in Spanish.

We had no problems finding plenty of cast members that spoke Spanish. The cast is from all over the world, people spoke Spanish at the kids club, the pool, castaway cay, the front desk, etc. Her stateroom host did not speak Spanish, that would have been helpful. Once he knew though, he stopped me just about everyday to translate, ask if she needed anything and how she was liking things, etc.

What was not in Spanish, that really would have been nice: The embarkation and disembarkation tv programs, well, any tv programs... The daily navigators. The midship detective agency, and the shows. I thought the shows might have a closed captioning type device or headphones, but nope!
 
I, honestly, have heard more French, German, Japanese and Portuguese spoken by passengers than I've ever heard Spanish spoken by passengers on Disney cruises, which honestly has surprised me. I imagine the manpower necessary to translate all Navigators, etc. for all languages present on the ship would be cost prohibitive, though, and that's why they don't do it.
 

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