Honest Question on Not Liking the Ships

[Disneyworldlocal]

Hi DCL Fanatics. Looking for feedback on when people say they dislike, hate or won’t gone on X ship ever again. I guess I am asking this as i am in the planning phase of taking our first non DCL cruise ( 5 x DCL cruises ). I love all the DCL ships I’ve been on Dream, Wish, Fantasy, Magic. Have there been some some not so stellar service experiences, sure there have been. But there has also been some amazing service experiences. My question I guess is really more the ship itself that you dislike. It’s hard for me to understand someone actually disking or hating a ship to the point they won’t go again.
As noted above, I’m in the planning stages of trying another cruise line and also have concerns that I might hate the ship for one reason or another. This is somewhat incomprehensible to me since I love all the DCL ships I’ve been on. Whether it’s fears of going on an older ship that hasn’t been well taken care of or a mega ship that is just too nuts. Oddly enough I really want to try the Royal Caribbean mega ships but also fear they might be bonkers packed. I want to try Virgin Voyages but worry that the shows might be too whacky compared to what I have tried. We are also looking at a cruise on MSC staying in the Yacht Club area. We have a few friends that RAVE about the yacht club experience but also say the rest of the ship is generally not that great ( especially the food ).

In conclusion just getting people’s thoughts on hating a ship— it’s a vacation and paying that kind of money and disliking or hating the experience overall seems hard to fathom ( if you know what I mean )

 

[scrappinginontario]

We did 4 DCL cruises until we were priced out and moved to RCL. We’ve really enjoyed our 2 cruises we’ve sailed on including Harmony if the Seas which is one of their mega ships. Except for the first day waiting for staterooms to open and some events we chose to attend, it didn’t feel crowded. We would very happily sail in one of their mega ships again. Personally we would not choose to sail in their smaller, older ships as we like the options of activities the newer ships offer.