Mickeyhugger said:This is something cruisers should mention on the comment card. (Or, enclose a seperate letter to DCL, using the stationery in the stateroom, and drop in the comment box.)
While I'm one of the "I'm too tired, going back to the stateroom cruiser, my DH is a night owl (he works nights.) We'd love it if DCL would have just ONE bar open until 2am?
My girlfriend, 20, and myself, 21, just got off the Disney Dream from a 3 night Bahamian cruise and almost everything was amazing. The crew were incredible, best service I've had on a cruise ship, and the food was amazing, including the wait staff. The design of the ship itself was so beautiful, I loved everything about it.
While I do understand that it was Disney, I was disappointed in the lack of night life on the ship. My cruise could've just been a bad crowd in terms of going out and partying, but my girlfriend and I were looking forward to dancing and having a few drinks until the wee hours of the morning at the clubs.
Frankie, the adult entertainment director, did a really great job with the events that were pre-planned. He was very entertaining, but as soon as Karaoke or Meet Your Match was over, no one stayed and danced, just went right to the room. I even heard some people say how they couldn't believe how late it was! It was only midnight!
I also was a little surprised when I did a karaoke song that had a couple swears in it they turned it off. I understand that it was Disney, but it was 18+ so I figured it would've been ok. I did feel bad after though, hope I didn't offend anyone.
All in all I really can't complain about the ship, everything about the vacation was amazing except this one little thing. I was just a little shocked seeing it as a short three day weekend cruise I was expecting a couple party nights, but the ship was a ghost town after midnight. Not what I was used to from my other cruises.
I think one of the challenges might have resulted from the fact that if you just sailed, you were sailing right as spring break season is starting to peak which definitely can impact the level of activity in the night clubs. On my 2 Disney Dream sailings, the nightlife definitely lasted into the wee hours (until about 2am I'd guess) but the guest composition was skewed toward active adults versus young families. Therefore, fewer parents who had to get their kiddies to bed and more people to spice things up in the nightclubs.My girlfriend, 20, and myself, 21, just got off the Disney Dream from a 3 night Bahamian cruise and almost everything was amazing. The crew were incredible, best service I've had on a cruise ship, and the food was amazing, including the wait staff. The design of the ship itself was so beautiful, I loved everything about it.
While I do understand that it was Disney, I was disappointed in the lack of night life on the ship. My cruise could've just been a bad crowd in terms of going out and partying, but my girlfriend and I were looking forward to dancing and having a few drinks until the wee hours of the morning at the clubs.
Frankie, the adult entertainment director, did a really great job with the events that were pre-planned. He was very entertaining, but as soon as Karaoke or Meet Your Match was over, no one stayed and danced, just went right to the room. I even heard some people say how they couldn't believe how late it was! It was only midnight!
I also was a little surprised when I did a karaoke song that had a couple swears in it they turned it off. I understand that it was Disney, but it was 18+ so I figured it would've been ok. I did feel bad after though, hope I didn't offend anyone.
All in all I really can't complain about the ship, everything about the vacation was amazing except this one little thing. I was just a little shocked seeing it as a short three day weekend cruise I was expecting a couple party nights, but the ship was a ghost town after midnight. Not what I was used to from my other cruises.
Yes, there should be more nightlife. Unfortunately for us, on our first cruise, we were young parents so needed to have our kids in bed. And once they are in bed, we are kind of stuck in our cabin twiddling our thumbs. I would LOVE to dance the night away like old times, but can't unless we bring our babysitter with us...which we don't have the money to do.
Our next cruise, our girls will be 9 and 7 and I will still feel uncomfortable leaving them in the cabin asleep alone. I'm just afraid that once they are old enough to stay in cabin alone (teenage years), I will be too old and tired to dance the night away.
So...there may be people on the DCL cruise who want to party until the wee morning hours, but they just can't because kids can't be left alone. Believe me, I've tried talking my inlaws to join us on the cruise so I can try to get them to babysit late, but they refuse. Oh well.