Has anyone ever been on the 1st Christmas sailing of the season?

[UCLAVES]

Did this cause a delay in boarding while they got everything set up?

Thanks

 

[stickeymouse]

I have not been on the first X-mas sailing, but I do not believe it results in any delays. I think they decorate the ship overnight. Do they still do the gingerbread house? I wonder who makes it and when it is installed.

 

[wajones2]

We were on the first holiday sailing on the Magic last fall. They were just starting the gingerbread house when we boarded, and it was finished by the last night of our 7 night cruise. All other decorations were up and ready when we boarded. No delay in boarding.

 

[wajones2]

Gingerbread house was in main atrium and the head pastry chef was buidling it.

 

[sambycat]

yes, we have, no, it did not.

 

[flyersfan1129]

We were on the first Christmas sailing during the Fantasy's Inaugural Year. We were on board on time, and we were amazed that everything was up!

 

[lbgraves]

Our first cruise was the first of the Christmas season. When we boarded the greens were hung up around the ship. The next morning the Christmas tree was in the atrium. I walked around that day thinking we had missed it the first day. I didn't have time to pull out the Passporter to see the layout of the ship until that night and realize what had happened.

 

[Cleo123]

Magical

 

[ludari]

does anyone know the actual dates the ships first sail with holiday decorations?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

does anyone know the actual dates the ships first sail with holiday decorations?

The dates haven't been posted on the DCL site yet.

 

[Flossbolna]

does anyone know the actual dates the ships first sail with holiday decorations?

According to the unofficial Disney Cruise Line Blog, travel agents have already been provided with dates:

http://disneycruiselineblog.com/2015/05/very-merrytime-cruise-dates-revealed-for-2015/

 

[lollidrop]

I got off the last non Christmas sailing once and they had the decorations coming on as we were getting off, wreaths were leaning up against the wall they were to be hung on. They mentioned they bring in the decorators from the parks to help.

 

[clten]

On one of our back to back cruises, our second sailing was the first with Christmas decorations. (This was a long time ago -- when you only had to go to Guest Services to check back in, which is why we were hanging out in the atrium.) As the last guest left, the atrium becomes quite a workplace. It was fascinating to watch how quickly they put everything up. They didn't miss a beat between when one group of guests left and being ready for the next group. As others have said, the large gingerbread house is the last thing constructed -- I believe not only because it takes a long time and special skills but also because they want to let the guests take part in watching that come together.

 

[LLM]

According to the unofficial Disney Cruise Line Blog, travel agents have already been provided with dates:

http://disneycruiselineblog.com/2015/05/very-merrytime-cruise-dates-revealed-for-2015/

I am booked on the December 28th Dream sailing, disembarking on December 31st. Our sailing is not listed. Is this not considered a holiday sailing as we fall between Christmas and New Years?

Lisa

 

[dcassetta]

On the Wonder Halloween Cruise last year, they starting putting up the gingerbread house toward the end of the cruise.

 

[Sil452]

According to the unofficial Disney Cruise Line Blog, travel agents have already been provided with dates:

http://disneycruiselineblog.com/2015/05/very-merrytime-cruise-dates-revealed-for-2015/

Nice, looks like we will be on the first merrytime sailing on the Fantasy.

 

[Bill B.]

We were on the Dream's first x-mas sailing last November. We didn't get to the port until 1:30 (ME from WDW) but when we got on the ship it was full. If there were any delays at all they must have been minimal. Here is a picture from early the next morning before anybody was up

 

[missyp]

Based an the varying answers it seems like there isn't one set way it is done, or maybe it varies by ship. We were on the Wonder for the last non Christmas cruise ( November 2014) They were building the ginger bread house during our entire cruise, and it was completed by the time we disembarked. Some of the decorations were also up the morning we left the ship