lynzi2004
DIS Veteran
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- Feb 3, 2016
Ok so lets throw a wrinkle in the plan...lets split the difference. 4 night Merrytime Cruise on the Dream out of Ft. Lauderdale...might this be the the middle of the road?!? (Its also middle on price!) A decent choice that would get us the bigger ship, but a more "normal" cruise itinerary to the Bahamas? Pros and cons to it? We've been to WDW last Christmas and headed to DisneyLAND this Christmas so obviously, I know Disney does Christmas well. But I'm not sure on weather...better in December or May? Any other thing I should consider with these.
As an aside...I'm still weighing all the pros and cons of the other 2 even if I haven't personally commented on each post. My biggest fear with the Magic is that my first cruise was on Carnival's smallest, oldest ship. There were pros and cons to it, but anytime I mentioned a con my sister kept assuring me that ANY cruise ship would be bigger, nicer and newer than what we were on. I know Disney is way better, but I can't get the thought out of my head that cruising on the Magic is going to be dated and I'm going to be left feeling like I did when I got off the Fantasy. But I'm also telling myself that last year we stayed at both Boulder Ridge and the recently remodeled Grand Floridian on a split stay. While the GF was amazing, we had stayed at Boulder Ridge first and were very happy with our accommodations. That being said, I also told DH after our GF stay, that I wouldn't necessarily pick BRV again until it was redone. Thank you all so much for your help! And as I dig through post after post of these similar topics, I'm finding all the info very helpful when trying to decide!
As an aside...I'm still weighing all the pros and cons of the other 2 even if I haven't personally commented on each post. My biggest fear with the Magic is that my first cruise was on Carnival's smallest, oldest ship. There were pros and cons to it, but anytime I mentioned a con my sister kept assuring me that ANY cruise ship would be bigger, nicer and newer than what we were on. I know Disney is way better, but I can't get the thought out of my head that cruising on the Magic is going to be dated and I'm going to be left feeling like I did when I got off the Fantasy. But I'm also telling myself that last year we stayed at both Boulder Ridge and the recently remodeled Grand Floridian on a split stay. While the GF was amazing, we had stayed at Boulder Ridge first and were very happy with our accommodations. That being said, I also told DH after our GF stay, that I wouldn't necessarily pick BRV again until it was redone. Thank you all so much for your help! And as I dig through post after post of these similar topics, I'm finding all the info very helpful when trying to decide!