Inviting questions about the Wish Tower Suite

[trusilvr]

Hi all,

Long time lurkers, first time posters. We (45M, 44M) are sailing on the Wish on August 19 in the Tower Suite, and we wanted to invite any questions about the suite/experience that we can answer now or while we’re on board.

Anticipating some comments/questions:

We booked it on the Gold CC booking day - May 24, 2021. August 19 was the earliest date we could find Tower Suite availability.

Yes, we know it’s unjustifiably expensive. It’s our tenth anniversary and we wanted to have a unique Disney experience where we could bring along our families. We’ll be eight people across three generations. Our 4-year-old is very excited about the bunk beds in the kids’ room. The suite will be significantly bigger and fancier than our apartment (1200 sq ft in Brooklyn).

This is not our first Disney concierge experience, and our experience so far has been consistent with previous ones. So no “super-concierge” treatment that we’ve seen yet - just the usual extremely solicitous, helpful cast members.

We’ve watched many tour videos, still haven’t found one that shows exactly how the library connects to the accessible bathroom, and are eager to learn things like 1) how fast can the automated curtains hide us having breakfast from the people sitting at Currents Bar, 2) what’s the water pressure like in a tower shower, and 3) what do the closet sachets smell like?

Anything else you’re curious about, we’ll do our best to answer!

 

[dcassetta]

Maybe I’ve missed it because I haven’t watched very many videos of the tower suite, but how many closets are there? Is there one with each of the bedroom areas or just the one giant closet? Also, if anyone in your party decides to take a bath how comfortable are the tubs? They look sort of long and narrow.

 

[Lillebelle]

Thank you for offering your experience!

I'm definitely curious how you find the privacy or lack thereof. The photos that have surfaced recently suggest that it's very easy for people to see inside, so are you able to really enjoy the novelty of being in the funnel without feeling like you're always on display?

Happy anniversary and I hope you have an absolutely amazing time!

 

[trusilvr]

Maybe I’ve missed it because I haven’t watched very many videos of the tower suite, but how many closets are there? Is there one with each of the bedroom areas or just the one giant closet? Also, if anyone in your party decides to take a bath how comfortable are the tubs? They look sort of long and narrow.

We're curious about the closets too! As far as I can tell, there's a giant closet in each of the two upstairs bedrooms, but I'm not sure if the kid's room gets a closet or just a dresser, and/or what the situation is for the accessible/library room downstairs.
We definitely have bath people in our group, so I'll add that question to the list! Honestly I was kind of surprised that none of the tubs on the ship seem to have jets/bubbles -- maybe those are old-fashioned now?

 

[trusilvr]

Thank you for offering your experience!

I'm definitely curious how you find the privacy or lack thereof. The photos that have surfaced recently suggest that it's very easy for people to see inside, so are you able to really enjoy the novelty of being in the funnel without feeling like you're always on display?

Happy anniversary and I hope you have an absolutely amazing time!

I imagine that's gonna be the most important question! I'm also interested in what kind of views we get through the front/angled(?) windows while we're actually sailing.

We'll report back -- and thanks so much for the good wishes!

 

[jennyturin]

Hi all,

Long time lurkers, first time posters. We (45M, 44M) are sailing on the Wish on August 19 in the Tower Suite, and we wanted to invite any questions about the suite/experience that we can answer now or while we’re on board.

Anticipating some comments/questions:

We booked it on the Gold CC booking day - May 24, 2021. August 19 was the earliest date we could find Tower Suite availability.

Yes, we know it’s unjustifiably expensive. It’s our tenth anniversary and we wanted to have a unique Disney experience where we could bring along our families. We’ll be eight people across three generations. Our 4-year-old is very excited about the bunk beds in the kids’ room. The suite will be significantly bigger and fancier than our apartment (1200 sq ft in Brooklyn).

This is not our first Disney concierge experience, and our experience so far has been consistent with previous ones. So no “super-concierge” treatment that we’ve seen yet - just the usual extremely solicitous, helpful cast members.

We’ve watched many tour videos, still haven’t found one that shows exactly how the library connects to the accessible bathroom, and are eager to learn things like 1) how fast can the automated curtains hide us having breakfast from the people sitting at Currents Bar, 2) what’s the water pressure like in a tower shower, and 3) what do the closet sachets smell like?

Anything else you’re curious about, we’ll do our best to answer!

for the bathroom in the library

 

[jennyturin]

We're curious about the closets too! As far as I can tell, there's a giant closet in each of the two upstairs bedrooms, but I'm not sure if the kid's room gets a closet or just a dresser, and/or what the situation is for the accessible/library room downstairs.
We definitely have bath people in our group, so I'll add that question to the list! Honestly I was kind of surprised that none of the tubs on the ship seem to have jets/bubbles -- maybe those are old-fashioned now?

My thought is possibly one of two reasons
1) supply chain issues cuz covid
2) power issues? Like maybe it's not environmentally friendly or something?

 

[JWelch62]

My thought is possibly one of two reasons
1) supply chain issues cuz covid
2) power issues? Like maybe it's not environmentally friendly or something?

I'd lean more towards maintenance issues. Jacuzzi tubs can be a real pain to maintain. Just a cost savings

 

[starry_solo]

How long do you anticipate spending there (other than sleeping)?
Are you going to do room service? Is there private dining available?

 

[trusilvr]

for the bathroom in the library

Ha! We love those guys. They probably come the closest to showing it, but even their video, there's a cut between "we're in the library" and "we're in the bathroom." Nobody really shows the transition, a doorway, the hallway, a closet maybe? The unfinished, busted, and unthemed hole in the wall that none of the media are allowed to take photos of?? Who knows what's between those two rooms! It's a mystery!

 

[trusilvr]

I'd lean more towards maintenance issues. Jacuzzi tubs can be a real pain to maintain. Just a cost savings

Yeah I was guessing half maintenance, and half just design considerations -- it looks sleeker / more modern to have a standalone tub rather than a powered/bubble unit attached to the wall. Also I'd guess the non-bubble tubs need less water to fill. Hopefully they'll still be comfy!

 

[jennyturin]

Ha! We love those guys. They probably come the closest to showing it, but even their video, there's a cut between "we're in the library" and "we're in the bathroom." Nobody really shows the transition, a doorway, the hallway, a closet maybe? The unfinished, busted, and unthemed hole in the wall that none of the media are allowed to take photos of?? Who knows what's between those two rooms! It's a mystery!

Ha ha ha

Also, yes after watching a couple of their videos yesterday I was all excited again for our cruise next week on the Wish (we're just doing the 1 bedroom...I was offered the two-story suite from the waitlist but I just couldn't make myself drop $25K as I sat there looking at DS18's college tuition for next year! LOL). But their enthusiasm is contagious.

 

[trusilvr]

How long do you anticipate spending there (other than sleeping)?
Are you going to do room service? Is there private dining available?

I'm guessing that some of our family might spend more time in the room than we will -- both of our mid-70-year-old moms are coming, who will like the downtime and the space/luxury, and we have a couple of kids in the party who will appreciate some nap time. I think the two of us are going to try take advantage of the built-in family babysitting (hooray!) and stay up late running around the ship to see all the stuff that we didn't get around to during the day, doing the Uncharted Adventure game, etc.

That said, I do want to take advantage of what we can in the room itself, so we're expecting to order a big room service breakfast for one of the mornings. We do still want to see all the actual restaurants, so even though there's a private dining option for evenings, we'll have dinner in the new spaces instead. Maybe we'll end up having more late-night snacks in the room, or something else surprising we haven't thought of yet! We'll report back.

 

[trusilvr]

Hello!
I'm tremendously sad to say that our cruise is over and our vacation has come and gone, but I'm excited to be able to share some fun information on what we learned about the Wish Tower Suite! First, some answers to specific questions, and then a few additional notes.

@dcassetta asked about closets and tubs: Each of the upstairs bedrooms has their own walk-in closet with lots of drawers, hanging space (short and long), tons of hangers, a standard mini-safe, a fancy Christofle-brand box to hold....things? and a very nice scented sachet. The downstairs bedroom (converting from the library) is designed to be accessible, so instead of a walk-in it has a wall of door-opening closets with drawers on one side and the accessible pull-down hanging bar on the other, with plenty of hangers. The kids room has a dresser with 6 drawers, and also a closet with two doors, shelves, and hanging space.
The tub was very comfortable, and generously deep. It also worked just as well for my husband to have a good long soak, and for our four-year-old to splash around and get rinsed off by the handheld faucet!

@Lillebelle asked about the privacy or lack thereof given the deck-facing windows. Honestly, this was 100000% less of a problem than I was expecting it to be. There's a set of sheer curtains that raise or lower with a touchpad on the wall, and with those down you can see out remarkably well, and based on my scouting expedition, from decks 12/13/14 you can only get a vague suggestion of what's happening inside if someone is standing directly next to the windows. There's a further set of blackout curtains (same touchpad) that make everything inside invisible, and also block out almost every light from outside. It ended up feeling like a total non-issue once you're in the room. The views from the room were amazing -- yes, largely the front-facing view is of the deck, but the angled windows, especially being so high up, give a surprising degree of vision across the sea. The upstairs bedroom windows extend to the side even further than the living room. One of our guests, my 78-year-old mom, is generally *very* susceptible to motion sickness, and was worried about not having a balcony -- she declared the suite to be so open and airy, and with such an expansive view of the horizon, that she had no trouble at all.

I'll add here that the soundproofing was *exceptional* in every way. Once you're in the room, you can't hear almost anything at all from outside -- and that counts the sail-away music, the rockin' pirate party, the fireworks, none of it. The only vague suggestion of external sound was 1) the ship's horn and 2) a whisper of the AquaMouse music in the main upstairs bath, if you put your ear to the wall and really listened for it.

A note to @jennyturin that the downstairs library/bedroom just has an open hallway directly off the leftmost wall that has a door into the downstairs accessible bath! I definitely don't understand why none of the videos I've seen have been able to show the hallway properly, but I'm glad to report it's a perfectly normal corridor with a perfectly normal door in it. . The library with the bed pulled down from the wall was still very spacious and comfy, with the armchairs tucked away under the desk/shelves to the side.

@starry_solo asked about how much time we'd spend in the room / room service options. Turns out we were in the room a good amount! As expected, the moms took advantage of the quiet fairly often, and the kids loved the space. Unsurprisingly I wanted to spend as much time as possible in the room too!
We did order a room service breakfast on Castaway day -- the private dining option includes the ability to order from any of the rotational restaurants (included) and Palo (additional fee) during normal operating hours. We let the concierge know our order for 1923 sit-down breakfast the night before, and they were able to put it in at 8am for an 8:45am delivery.

 

[trusilvr]

A few other observations:

Just to say, the suite is genuinely as stunning as the videos make it seem. Just a shockingly beautiful space, with gorgeous furniture and ridiculously luxurious decor. That said, it does still have a few tweaks to sort out -- the more delicate door handles (into the kitchen and the powder room by the front door) were cracking a bit of the veneer on the doors. The bathroom faucets were too fancy for their own good -- they were a little too big for the sink, so they had a tendency to splash on the floor. Both of those were incredibly small potatoes, especially compared to everything else! The one issue I wish had been sorted was the fancy "musical chimes and lights Moana-themed greeting of the sea" that was supposed to welcome you to the room. The sculpture is definitely by the door (and also is lovely) but apparently it's not working yet, and has "been worked on for months." I asked if we get a fastpass to see it working someday on a future trip, and the concierge laughed and agreed, but I'm guessing I should have gotten it in writing.

Yes, a freezer full of Mickey bars, a fridge full of sodas and milk and juice and Evian. A wine fridge that was pre-stocked with a few bottles of red, white, and bubbly, also included for our use. I don't recall the wine, but the champagne was bottles of Moet Ice, and Taittinger, and we definitely drank both of them. Regular deliveries of cheese/cracker/honeycomb/fruit plates, chocolate dipped strawberries, etc. Very fancy-feeling Bvlgari soap products. Bernardaud French porcelain for the dishes. A stock of lots of flavors of Nespresso Vertuo pods, and a tea shop's worth of Twinings. It did take me a while to find the silverware, because it was inside this totally insane Christofle flatware egg that was ridiculous but fun. The flower arrangements were so fancy that someone literally painted the outer petals of the roses gold. If they're going to go ahead and paint some flowers gold, I can't believe they didn't go for lilies, but maybe literally gilding a literal lily was a step too far.

A remarkable key-controlled private elevator that was probably the most luxurious thing I'll ever see in my life. It opens to a key-card controlled vestibule on 10, onto a room on 12 just inside the door leading into the funnel, and then just outside the door to the suite itself on 14. One unexpected bonus to sharing that funnel door with the characters who run out to do sail-away and pirate party, is that maybe you pop out of the elevator to go somewhere on deck and run smack into Captain Hook and Mister Smee, waiting inside for their cue, who give you high fives on your way out!!!

Another unexpected (and unofficial, I think, although our incredible room host was really excited to show us) perk was an exit door through the library corridor, that opened directly onto the landing at the top of Slide-a-saurus Rex! So your adventurous kid could walk straight out of the door, into a water slide, and meet you out on deck!

Last thing I'll add is that the upstairs bedroom? Genuinely and completely, this was the most serene, most calming, and most comfortable bedroom I've ever been in. One night the hosts (again, incredible hosts as always) made this spectacular display of two huge towel swans in a heart shape, with fanned out tails, and covered the bed with rose petals (and yes some of them were gilded!) The bed itself was just lunacy levels of comfort and pillow and linen, and everything else felt so luxurious and the lighting was so good and ugh, I seriously hope that I can have dreams in the future just about going to sleep in that bedroom again.

Is it worth the expense just to stay in that suite? I mean come on, of course not! But it's something crazy and unique and magical that everyone in our family is going to remember and think about and talk about for years and years. Maybe we'll go back for our 20th anniversary -- if so I'll be sure to report on whether they've fixed the Moana light show!

 

[dcassetta]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience!

 

[paladin732]

Thanks a lot, this makes me feel a hell of a lot less nervous about the privacy.
Did you miss not having a balcony?

 

[starry_solo]

Do you get to take the wine with you (home) if you didn’t open it? Lol

 

[anricat]

I'd lean more towards maintenance issues. Jacuzzi tubs can be a real pain to maintain. Just a cost savings

Indeed. They can get really dirty and harbor bacteria, mold, mildew and the like. They have to be cleaned constantly. There are lots of stories out there of people in hotel rooms turning on jetted tubs only to see gross black and green gunk spraying out of the jets. I'm assuming DCL just doesn't want to deal with that type of hassle.

 

[brennanmom]

Hello!
I'm tremendously sad to say that our cruise is over and our vacation has come and gone, but I'm excited to be able to share some fun information on what we learned about the Wish Tower Suite! First, some answers to specific questions, and then a few additional notes.

@dcassetta asked about closets and tubs: Each of the upstairs bedrooms has their own walk-in closet with lots of drawers, hanging space (short and long), tons of hangers, a standard mini-safe, a fancy Christofle-brand box to hold....things? and a very nice scented sachet. The downstairs bedroom (converting from the library) is designed to be accessible, so instead of a walk-in it has a wall of door-opening closets with drawers on one side and the accessible pull-down hanging bar on the other, with plenty of hangers. The kids room has a dresser with 6 drawers, and also a closet with two doors, shelves, and hanging space.
The tub was very comfortable, and generously deep. It also worked just as well for my husband to have a good long soak, and for our four-year-old to splash around and get rinsed off by the handheld faucet!

@Lillebelle asked about the privacy or lack thereof given the deck-facing windows. Honestly, this was 100000% less of a problem than I was expecting it to be. There's a set of sheer curtains that raise or lower with a touchpad on the wall, and with those down you can see out remarkably well, and based on my scouting expedition, from decks 12/13/14 you can only get a vague suggestion of what's happening inside if someone is standing directly next to the windows. There's a further set of blackout curtains (same touchpad) that make everything inside invisible, and also block out almost every light from outside. It ended up feeling like a total non-issue once you're in the room. The views from the room were amazing -- yes, largely the front-facing view is of the deck, but the angled windows, especially being so high up, give a surprising degree of vision across the sea. The upstairs bedroom windows extend to the side even further than the living room. One of our guests, my 78-year-old mom, is generally *very* susceptible to motion sickness, and was worried about not having a balcony -- she declared the suite to be so open and airy, and with such an expansive view of the horizon, that she had no trouble at all.

I'll add here that the soundproofing was *exceptional* in every way. Once you're in the room, you can't hear almost anything at all from outside -- and that counts the sail-away music, the rockin' pirate party, the fireworks, none of it. The only vague suggestion of external sound was 1) the ship's horn and 2) a whisper of the AquaMouse music in the main upstairs bath, if you put your ear to the wall and really listened for it.

A note to @jennyturin that the downstairs library/bedroom just has an open hallway directly off the leftmost wall that has a door into the downstairs accessible bath! I definitely don't understand why none of the videos I've seen have been able to show the hallway properly, but I'm glad to report it's a perfectly normal corridor with a perfectly normal door in it. . The library with the bed pulled down from the wall was still very spacious and comfy, with the armchairs tucked away under the desk/shelves to the side.

@starry_solo asked about how much time we'd spend in the room / room service options. Turns out we were in the room a good amount! As expected, the moms took advantage of the quiet fairly often, and the kids loved the space. Unsurprisingly I wanted to spend as much time as possible in the room too!
We did order a room service breakfast on Castaway day -- the private dining option includes the ability to order from any of the rotational restaurants (included) and Palo (additional fee) during normal operating hours. We let the concierge know our order for 1923 sit-down breakfast the night before, and they were able to put it in at 8am for an 8:45am delivery.

Hi,

Thank you so much for your detail on the tower suite and echo the concerns about privacy which you have been able to help alleviate. We are slated for the Tower Suite in April of 2023. When the Tower Suite was announced, it was noted that the Suite would come with its own concierge individual/team and that there was "VIP access" to the Concierge Lounge. Would appreciate your feedback as to whether you experienced either of these and what, exactly, "VIP access" means as it relates to the Lounge. Thanks!