Honest Question on Not Liking the Ships

[AquaDame]

Just because I want to try new ships and happen to like other cruise lines doesn't mean I'm deeply disappointed with DCL. It may come across that way because one constantly has to defend themselves to people that think DCL is be all end of cruise lines or the ones that constantly disparage other cruise lines to justify the cost.
The only disappointment I have with DCL is the cost and the horrible itineraries. If the price is right and the itinerary is decent I will continue to sail on DCL. You get to a point where you can't pay money to do the same thing over and over again.

Sorry for the delay responding; I wrote about why I was unhappy first but that I then enjoyed the Treasure - when I said more deeply I was trying to convey more deeply disappointed than I since the alterations to the Treasure were enough to satisfy me.

 

[Flossbolna]

Mein Schiff spas look great.

Just be aware that the sauna will be a nude sauna. As all saunas are in Germany.

 

[DCLGirlie]

The Aqua Mouse was specifically designed to be accessible.

That's cool, but one thing on the pool deck being accessible doesn't make up for the fact there are many things that limit accessibility across the ship

 

[epski]

We sailed on the Wish earlier this month. It was our first cruise, ever. We were not converts. Arendelle was loud, and yet I could not understand what performers were singing because the guests were too loud. Marvel was pretty entertaining for a first time, but it didn't have a lot of content going for it, and I can't imagine I'd be that interested in doing it a second time. The food was pretty mid, except a couple entrees, which were excellent. Full disclosure: we're vegan. The Oceaneer Club didn't do it for our kid. Lookout Cay was not worth paying for a whole cruise to go back, despite thinking it might have been more fun in nicer weather. The lines on board for characters were still pretty long for me and our kid (both AuDHD), so we skipped all of those. And without those things and Oceaneer Club, there wasn't much more to us to do. We're not into being human soup (the pools). I will say that we got away with AquaMouse once because we could see Encanto playing on the Funnel Vision screen most of the time. Personally, despite AquaMouse being mildly diverting, I wasn't willing to wait half an hour again to put myself through the loud audio at the beginning of the ride. The only thing I found diverting enough to return to a few times was trivia, but there were definitely some ringers on board that took some of the fun out of it--I was finally able to win one when most guests were in the Little Mermaid show, which I left, so there were only 5 of us at Luna for the Pixar trivia. These trivia events seemed like excuses to sell more alcoholic beverages (which I don't drink), though to be fair many people participated without a beverage, and I did have one great host 2-3 times (Sasha).

Long story short: we just weren't wowed for the money. Perhaps we're not the target audience. I could see us trying another cruise ship again for a specific destination we want to see anyway, like Alaska, but otherwise the consensus here is that we'd rather spend our Disney vacation funds into resort vacations.

 

[John VN]

So sorry that your experience seemed not up to your Disney $$$$ value standards. Since beginning in the late 1970's with our kids, we have experienced the value/$$ decline tremendously with WDW, DVC and DCL and it saddens us.

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Long story short: we just weren't wowed for the money. Perhaps we're not the target audience. I could see us trying another cruise ship again for a specific destination we want to see anyway, like Alaska, but otherwise the consensus here is that we'd rather spend our Disney vacation funds into resort vacations.

r.e. bold -- Out of PC you might try checking out MSC since their $pecial$ right now also include *MSC's "Kids Sail Free" promotion allows children ages 17 and under to cruise for free on select sailings as the third or fourth guest in a cabin with two full-paying adults.*

We sail MSC YC *MSC Yacht Cub* and once even sailed this level that's HIGHER than DCL Concierge for less than a WISH Interior. BTW, they are starting to sail Alaska next year.

 

[epski]

So sorry that your experience seemed not up to your Disney $$$$ value standards. Since beginning in the late 1970's with our kids, we have experienced the value/$$ decline tremendously with WDW, DVC and DCL and it saddens us.



r.e. bold -- Out of PC you might try checking out MSC since their $pecial$ right now also include *MSC's "Kids Sail Free" promotion allows children ages 17 and under to cruise for free on select sailings as the third or fourth guest in a cabin with two full-paying adults.*

We sail MSC YC *MSC Yacht Cub* and once even sailed this level that's HIGHER than DCL Concierge for less than a WISH Interior. BTW, they are starting to sail Alaska next year.

The cost basis sounds great. Would love to try something higher than DCL Concierge for less than a Wish interior cabin. But how is MSC for kids?