We are a little late in posting but after we returned I had to travel for business and it took this long to get everything unpacked and ourselves settled in to the real world again. In terms of the FE the kids loved it - they were thrilled to come back each day and find anothe present and loved the stuff they got. We too tried to find Luke and Owen - in fact my wife and I walked the whole ship after we realized the room number did not exist. I am sure it was way more frustrating for them and my heart goes out to them.
In terms of the cruise my comments would be that it was wonderful and we had a great time but it was not so much more spectacular than the other ones we have done, which included Carnival and RCI. Cruises as a whole work really well but this was quite similar to the others. For the same price we got a 9 night out of NYC on RCI with 2 connecting rooms, where this was 1 room and 7 nights. It was not so much better to justify the money though we would do it again, under the right circumstances. The Disney "atmosphere" is worth it to some extent but other cruise work for us too.
Thanks and best wishes to everyone. To those who organized the FE, a huge thanks. It was a real highlight for our kids.
Bob
In terms of the cruise my comments would be that it was wonderful and we had a great time but it was not so much more spectacular than the other ones we have done, which included Carnival and RCI. Cruises as a whole work really well but this was quite similar to the others. For the same price we got a 9 night out of NYC on RCI with 2 connecting rooms, where this was 1 room and 7 nights. It was not so much better to justify the money though we would do it again, under the right circumstances. The Disney "atmosphere" is worth it to some extent but other cruise work for us too.
Thanks and best wishes to everyone. To those who organized the FE, a huge thanks. It was a real highlight for our kids.
Bob
