Lower Decks Reviews
Let me just start by saying the ship is a true beauty! I LOVED exploring the ship and I spent a lot of time doing it and I still didn't get to see all of it. You really need 7 days
The Enchanted Art/Mid-ship Detective Agency was bloody brilliant!!! What a fantastic addition! In case you aren't up to speed...there are art pieces located throughout the ship....when you walk by them, certain things happen, they come to life...they move...they animate...some are VERY cool!! And they don't always do the same thing! Some pieces do different things each time it is activated.
These same pieces are also used in a game called Midship Detective Agency. At these kiosks (the only one that was open was the one just off the atrium, mid-ship (duh!) deck 5, for the first three days, then the other one near the Buena Vista Theatre was open on the sea day) you can register for the game. You just need to pick up a badge, a deck plan and then pick your Game and then follow the instructions to find all the Art. Then when you get to each piece, you hold up your badge and then it will ask you complete different tasks to find a clue. You continue on until you've hit all your spots and have figured out the proper villain.
Not all art pieces will have you do the same thing...it differs for every one and for each game you choose. It was pretty fun for me and I am 38
so I can imagine what it's like for kids!!!
I know I've said this a few times already but I can't wait to do this with Kira!!! She will be just shy of 6 when we next sail and it will be the perfect age to enjoy this.
I will say that it takes a lot out of you running to all these places! I did all the aft pieces, then all the mid-ship pieces and I was DONE
This is definitely not something you probably will do in one day but I am sure there are kids who do it
The shopping area was great and very beautiful the way they did it. Make sure you look up in the center part and find your Disney Astrological Sign
I will go more into detail about shops later...I also have some pics of some of the merchandise so I will write a whole chapter for that
Deck 4 was very similar to the other ships...great comfy blue chairs and nice deck space. It was cool to look up and see the bottoms of the hot tubs
I saw quite a few people running/jogging/walking by while I relaxed and I did go all the way around a few times getting some video. The front and back part is all enclosed. no cool ship/naval stuff to see like on the Magic/Wonder, just plain old white bulkheads.
Elevators are also improved on this ship...more of them and they all seem bigger to me. They were very elegant too!
Both Michelle and I noticed the lack of larger floor signs near the stairs/elevators and you really had to know where to look to see what deck you are on. Also, could just be me, but I am sure one of those ship maps on deck 3 (?) was wrong! We looked at it to find something on the first day...went to the deck that it was supposed to be at and it wasn't there....looked at another ship map and it said it was one floor above!
The art around the ship is just stunning! The regular art, that is. There were so many pieces I just wanted to take home with me, like that Wall-E one!!!
There's some great photos of Walt (some that I had never seen before!) inside Cove Cafe. If you are a true Disney fan, make sure you drop by and have a look!
Hmm, can't think of anything else right now...I will cover most stuff in the appropriate upcoming chapters
Excellent information!
