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charlie,nj
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We took the 4-night Disney Wonder last week. It was unbelievable ..the ship is like a floating deluxe hotel. We had more fun on the cruise then we did in WDW. We booked the 4-night cruise separately from our WDW hotel booking.
My wife who got sick as a dog on our honeymoon cruise many moons ago..faired much better on this cruise. (err..no puking) You could not feel the boat moving at all. (remind me someday to tell you about how on our honeymoon cruise the ship lost all power for hours and was drifting aimlessly in the Atlantic Ocean)
The nightly Disney shows were of Broadway caliper as well as the theater.(ok one night they had a juggler he was so so) The movie theater was great too..(but The Village stunk) The food was out of this world. I spent most of my free time on deck 9 stuffing my face with free food and drink. (I never met a hamburger I didnt like..didnt Wimpy say that) All of the CMs were excellent!
If you have kids you can deposit them at the different kids clubs for hours on end. (we didnt we kept them with us) If you dont have kids there are plenty of places to go on ship and shore that are adults only. There are activities going on all of the time..deck parties, club parties, bingo, classes, tours, etc. And the character greetings are done in a calm orderly way. (no line cutting or getting knocked over by those tour groups)
This is where were went:
Sunday leave Florida
Monday arrive Nassau, Bahamas
Tuesday arrive Castaway Cay (Disneys Island)
Wednesday day at sea
Thursday arrive Florida
The price includes everything except the ship photos, tips, booze, and the shore excursions. We did a Nassau excursion to the Atlantis Hotel..it has the worlds biggest seawater aquarium.. it was 33 bucks for adults and 23 bucks for kids.
We spent $135 on photos..they were ready nice. (well except for the one of me in my Speedo dam that free food)
This is the suggested tipping: (per cruise)
Dining Room Server: $14.75 per person (including kids)
Asst. Dining Room Server: $10.75 per person
Head Dining Room Server: $3.75 per person
Stateroom Host/Hostess: $14.50 per person
I am too embarrassed to tell you how much my booze bill was but if you read my hurricane Charley thread Im sure you can figure it out. (glad I brought along a few pennies)
We drove to the port parking was 10 bucks a day.
The location of the room doesnt much matter you are never really in it that much. Because I booked at the last minute we were split up into two rooms (didnt I get crap from my wife for that move) one nice room with a verandah and one room in the belly of the ship with no windows. (guess which one I slept in..but like I said it didnt matter)
Again if you can swing it..please go. We are lucky enough (knock on wood) to be able to go to WDW every year the cruise was a nice diversion from the parks.
I will post a cruise trip report on the appropriate board later. I thought I would do this little post on the CB first. (maybe get a few people hooked...I know I am)
Happy Cruising!
My wife who got sick as a dog on our honeymoon cruise many moons ago..faired much better on this cruise. (err..no puking) You could not feel the boat moving at all. (remind me someday to tell you about how on our honeymoon cruise the ship lost all power for hours and was drifting aimlessly in the Atlantic Ocean)
The nightly Disney shows were of Broadway caliper as well as the theater.(ok one night they had a juggler he was so so) The movie theater was great too..(but The Village stunk) The food was out of this world. I spent most of my free time on deck 9 stuffing my face with free food and drink. (I never met a hamburger I didnt like..didnt Wimpy say that) All of the CMs were excellent!
If you have kids you can deposit them at the different kids clubs for hours on end. (we didnt we kept them with us) If you dont have kids there are plenty of places to go on ship and shore that are adults only. There are activities going on all of the time..deck parties, club parties, bingo, classes, tours, etc. And the character greetings are done in a calm orderly way. (no line cutting or getting knocked over by those tour groups)
This is where were went:
Sunday leave Florida
Monday arrive Nassau, Bahamas
Tuesday arrive Castaway Cay (Disneys Island)
Wednesday day at sea
Thursday arrive Florida
The price includes everything except the ship photos, tips, booze, and the shore excursions. We did a Nassau excursion to the Atlantis Hotel..it has the worlds biggest seawater aquarium.. it was 33 bucks for adults and 23 bucks for kids.
We spent $135 on photos..they were ready nice. (well except for the one of me in my Speedo dam that free food)
This is the suggested tipping: (per cruise)
Dining Room Server: $14.75 per person (including kids)
Asst. Dining Room Server: $10.75 per person
Head Dining Room Server: $3.75 per person
Stateroom Host/Hostess: $14.50 per person
I am too embarrassed to tell you how much my booze bill was but if you read my hurricane Charley thread Im sure you can figure it out. (glad I brought along a few pennies)
We drove to the port parking was 10 bucks a day.
The location of the room doesnt much matter you are never really in it that much. Because I booked at the last minute we were split up into two rooms (didnt I get crap from my wife for that move) one nice room with a verandah and one room in the belly of the ship with no windows. (guess which one I slept in..but like I said it didnt matter)
Again if you can swing it..please go. We are lucky enough (knock on wood) to be able to go to WDW every year the cruise was a nice diversion from the parks.
I will post a cruise trip report on the appropriate board later. I thought I would do this little post on the CB first. (maybe get a few people hooked...I know I am)
Happy Cruising!
