Forget Reality! We're cruising on the Fantasy July 28, 2012!!!

[Smileneyes]

Hi, all...booked for this sailing while on the Dream last week. Looking forward to sailing with everyone!

--Drew

 

[Princess Runner]

Hi, all...booked for this sailing while on the Dream last week. Looking forward to sailing with everyone!

--Drew

Welcome! wasn't it awesome? I reviewd a little in my last post, I want to see if you agree, or if I missed any info. Did you guys did FEs and meets? hope to "talk soon" Blessings Elcka

 

[Smileneyes]

Welcome! wasn't it awesome? I reviewd a little in my last post, I want to see if you agree, or if I missed any info. Did you guys did FEs and meets? hope to "talk soon" Blessings Elcka

Thanks, Elcka!

I think you captured a lot of what we experienced on the Dream. A couple of my personal observations:

1) The Magic and the Wonder are definitely more intimate, due to size. I spoke to various cast members who confirmed as much. They felt it much easier to know people (both cast and crew) on a personal level on those smaller ships.

2) The Dream definitely has technological advances...for example, the moving artwork in the hallways, the floor in Oceaneers' Club and Oceaneers' Lab, and the virtual portholes within the inside staterooms. We had an inside cabin, and really liked this feature. At night, we could "turn off the porthole", and the cabin stayed dark until we were ready to wake up the next day...not at 5:30 AM as with a true porthole.

3) I was not all that impressed with Enchanted Garden either. I had heard a lot of buildup on how it changed from day to night during the dinner; however, you only really get that feeling if you're close enough to the center of the room to see the ceiling. We were in one of the many "outer enclosure" tables, and thus saw nothing but the daylight coming through the portholes.

4) Animator's Palate lived up to its billing with the interactive Crush. From what we heard for the Fantasy, the concept will be totally different. One of the officers indicated that diners will be able to draw their own artwork, which will then come to life. Not sure how this could be done, but it would definitely add some "Disney Magic" to dinner, and come even closer to an "animator's dream".

5) I also was not a big fan of the pools. Elcka is correct...noise from the family area blends over into Quiet Cove. Part of that is because there are food stations just on the other side of the glass partitions. Cast members try to do a good job of keeping minors out of the QC area...but the noise that wafts in defeats the purpose.

6) Having had a Palo dinner on the Wonder in Alaska in June, we had brunch on this last cruise...and liked it a lot more. Again, a personal preference.

7) They still gave out free cocktails at the Officer's Reception on Wednesday (sea day)...but to be able to attend this, you have to be gold or platinum Castaway Club members.

As for the FE, we did not participate this year. Having organized the last two (in 2010 and Alaska in June), we wanted to take a break...plus, we did a B2B...and didn't want to hassle with two lists, two sets of gifts, and twice the running on two shorter cruises. No doubt that we'll be participating in the FE on this upcoming cruise!

Thanks!
--Drew

 

[Princess Runner]

Thanks, Elcka!

I think you captured a lot of what we experienced on the Dream. A couple of my personal observations:

1) The Magic and the Wonder are definitely more intimate, due to size. I spoke to various cast members who confirmed as much. They felt it much easier to know people (both cast and crew) on a personal level on those smaller ships.

2) The Dream definitely has technological advances...for example, the moving artwork in the hallways, the floor in Oceaneers' Club and Oceaneers' Lab, and the virtual portholes within the inside staterooms. We had an inside cabin, and really liked this feature. At night, we could "turn off the porthole", and the cabin stayed dark until we were ready to wake up the next day...not at 5:30 AM as with a true porthole.

3) I was not all that impressed with Enchanted Garden either. I had heard a lot of buildup on how it changed from day to night during the dinner; however, you only really get that feeling if you're close enough to the center of the room to see the ceiling. We were in one of the many "outer enclosure" tables, and thus saw nothing but the daylight coming through the portholes.

4) Animator's Palate lived up to its billing with the interactive Crush. From what we heard for the Fantasy, the concept will be totally different. One of the officers indicated that diners will be able to draw their own artwork, which will then come to life. Not sure how this could be done, but it would definitely add some "Disney Magic" to dinner, and come even closer to an "animator's dream".

5) I also was not a big fan of the pools. Elcka is correct...noise from the family area blends over into Quiet Cove. Part of that is because there are food stations just on the other side of the glass partitions. Cast members try to do a good job of keeping minors out of the QC area...but the noise that wafts in defeats the purpose.

6) Having had a Palo dinner on the Wonder in Alaska in June, we had brunch on this last cruise...and liked it a lot more. Again, a personal preference.

7) They still gave out free cocktails at the Officer's Reception on Wednesday (sea day)...but to be able to attend this, you have to be gold or platinum Castaway Club members.

As for the FE, we did not participate this year. Having organized the last two (in 2010 and Alaska in June), we wanted to take a break...plus, we did a B2B...and didn't want to hassle with two lists, two sets of gifts, and twice the running on two shorter cruises. No doubt that we'll be participating in the FE on this upcoming cruise!

Thanks!
--Drew

I see you agree in almost everything, I see no comments in the cabanas...we also like the darkness of the inside cabin, plus this time we had the verandah and the only ones that really enjoyed it were the wet bathing suits

Also agree on Palo brunch, but I read that Remy is great...I don't know, we may try this time.

Looking forward for you to organize the FE exchange JUST KIDDING

Congratulations on your moving on to platinum Castaway

Elcka

 

[WAHkoMom]

Hi! My DH and I actually booked this cruise before we left the Dream last April, but I haven't come back to the DIS boards until now. In April, we didn't bring our kids, but for the Fantasy cruise we are bringing DD and DS, who will be 14 and 12, respectively, when we sail next July.

I made a FE for our first Disney cruise back in 2009 (Magic, Western Caribbean) so I'm definitely planning on participating in a FE on this cruise. The kids enjoy putting the gifts together as well as passing them out on the cruise almost as much as checking for goodies each time we come back to the cabin.

My DD informed me yesterday that we have less than 300 days until the cruise! Still early to start counting down, but planning is half the fun for me.

Looking forward to more people joining our thread.

 

[Smileneyes]

Hi! My DH and I actually booked this cruise before we left the Dream last April, but I haven't come back to the DIS boards until now. In April, we didn't bring our kids, but for the Fantasy cruise we are bringing DD and DS, who will be 14 and 12, respectively, when we sail next July.

I made a FE for our first Disney cruise back in 2009 (Magic, Western Caribbean) so I'm definitely planning on participating in a FE on this cruise. The kids enjoy putting the gifts together as well as passing them out on the cruise almost as much as checking for goodies each time we come back to the cabin.

My DD informed me yesterday that we have less than 300 days until the cruise! Still early to start counting down, but planning is half the fun for me.

Looking forward to more people joining our thread.

Hi, Lori...and welcome to the gang! Glad to hear that you'll be participating in the FE!!! --Drew

 

[Princess Runner]

Hi! My DH and I actually booked this cruise before we left the Dream last April, but I haven't come back to the DIS boards until now. In April, we didn't bring our kids, but for the Fantasy cruise we are bringing DD and DS, who will be 14 and 12, respectively, when we sail next July.

I made a FE for our first Disney cruise back in 2009 (Magic, Western Caribbean) so I'm definitely planning on participating in a FE on this cruise. The kids enjoy putting the gifts together as well as passing them out on the cruise almost as much as checking for goodies each time we come back to the cabin.

My DD informed me yesterday that we have less than 300 days until the cruise! Still early to start counting down, but planning is half the fun for me.

Looking forward to more people joining our thread.

Welcome Lori! DCL sans kids? sounds appealing we may try sometime. Looking forward to hear from your experience!
Blessings Elcka

 

[Elfinjojo]

Oh my was looking forward to joining a busy meet group for this cruise but it seems not so!

I will introduce myself anyways in the hope that people Come back.

We are cruising B2B with this and the next weeks cruise, in an attempt to avoid the Olympics back home.

Elfinjojo (me) 39
Rob (DH) 40
Holly (DD) 10
Evan(DS) 8

By the time this cruise comes around DH and I would have cruised 12 times having made Platinum status on the MV of the Fantasy The children will make platinum on the B2B week after the MV

We cruised this itinerary over Christmas and new year just gone on the Magic and really enjoyed it, so looking forward to going back and mayne doing oe excursions as we didn't do any this time round.

Hope there will be an FE for this cruise, as have loads of ideas, don't mind organising a group(not that I have before but willing to give it a go)

 

[Elfinjojo]

Subbing

 

[DVC Mary]

Welcome Elfinjojo!

I'm hoping our group will get more active soon as people start planning more for their summers.

Congrats on going on the MV of the Fantasy! You'll have to tell us all about it & share tips about the new ship!

We cruised Alaksa last year & it was our favorite cruise of all time.

DVC Mary

 

[Princess Runner]

Oh my was looking forward to joining a busy meet group for this cruise but it seems not so!

I will introduce myself anyways in the hope that people Come back.

We are cruising B2B with this and the next weeks cruise, in an attempt to avoid the Olympics back home.

Elfinjojo (me) 39
Rob (DH) 40
Holly (DD) 10
Evan(DS) 8

By the time this cruise comes around DH and I would have cruised 12 times having made Platinum status on the MV of the Fantasy The children will make platinum on the B2B week after the MV

We cruised this itinerary over Christmas and new year just gone on the Magic and really enjoyed it, so looking forward to going back and mayne doing oe excursions as we didn't do any this time round.

Hope there will be an FE for this cruise, as have loads of ideas, don't mind organising a group(not that I have before but willing to give it a go)

Welcome Elfinjojo>>>as you saw my post is the last one all the way back in October, so I am sad aswell, we are already in January, six months away and I hear no noise,in any case< we are getting our Gold status during this trip, and yes we have to do the FEs. We'll talk soon Elcka

 

[ladypirate]

we are still here, just lurking for now. We too will probably be interested in the FE, plus it'll give us something to do on the sea days!

 

[ladypirate]

shoot, need to fix my ticker... we were originally on the July 4th cruise...

 

[Elfinjojo]

Bumping up to the first page to try and get more activity going.

Come on and join the fun in the sun, looking to start an FE group

 

[WAHkoMom]

We will definitely join the FE group! I made my FE for our first Disney cruise, and LOVE to be able to use it! 181 days left!

 

[Elfinjojo]

can we start and official role call and FE list?

I am happy to organise the spreadsheet for the FE and update a roll call.

I'll start

Dis Name : ElfinJoJo (JoJo DW)
Rob (DH)
Holly (DD 10)
Evan (DS 8)

FE: Yes please.

NB : if you wish to signup for the FE please Email me elfinjojo@hotmail.co.uk (titled july 28th Fantasy FE) with the above roll call details plus your Stateroom number, which will only go on the spreadsheet and be passed onto fellow FE participants and not go on the public board. Also an email address would be handy for sending you a copy of the spreadsheet .
Also let us know if you have any allergies to food or would rather not receive candy so that folk can organise their gifts accordingly.

Let's do this folks

 

[Elfinjojo]

BUMP

Is it just me that wants to FE? Come on July cruisers let's get this started

 

[princesscinderella]

So we have switched our cruises from the dream 5 night on 7/27 to this sailing. We took advantage of the got rate that popped up the other day surprisingly, it was only $32 more for the adults but the kids were $250 more. Either way for the difference of $750 we are adding 2 nights from our dream cruise and getting to go on the fantasy!!! So count us in for the fe as well.

 

[Elfinjojo]

Welcome PrincessCinderella

Well done on the bargain change to your cruise

yay a taker for the FE, this group is very slow and so far there is only me and now you on the list. Email or PM me your details and I will update the non Existent FE list

ANYMORE TAKERS FOR THE FE?

 

[WAHkoMom]

JoJo - I just sent you a PM with my crew's details!

I really hope we have more participants, because this is one of the fun parts of cruising DCL for me and my kids.