Is the cruise fun????

[Maddypants]

Hey I am a young girl going on a Disney cruise do any of you have any tips,facts and more???I will check your awnsers



Bye Madddy

 

[Fatphil32]

Cruising is the greatest vacation you can ever take. The DCL is one of the best out there. The best place for you to go would be to visit the DCL forums on this site or some more cruise specific sites. It's hard to get an unbiased opinion on the Teen Board, when a lot of members haven't been on a cruise.

 

[wilmabride'sdaughter]

Hey Maddy .

I'm going on a cruise this year with my family this year. I've never been on one before so i hope it's fu. By the sounds of what i have heard so far, it's the best Disney experience ever

 

[chisnpeke]

Cruising is the greatest vacation you can ever take. The DCL is one of the best out there. The best place for you to go would be to visit the DCL forums on this site or some more cruise specific sites. It's hard to get an unbiased opinion on the Teen Board, when a lot of members haven't been on a cruise.

I TOTALLY agree. I love love LOVE cruising.

Go to cruisecritic.com and their forums have a ton of information on cruising. There is a Disney specific board for their cruise.

 

[Pocahontas_6]

cruising with Disney is a very memorable time.
you will have lots of fun! and there is something for everyone to do, and make sure you check out the shows, their reallly good.

Have Fun!

 

[imabrat]

Cruising on the DCL is great. Lots of stuff to do.

 

[Cinderelli16]

I've never been on one, but I'm going to next year around June/July for a Graduation present.

Already talked to my parents about it, actually they brought it up to me. hahah

 

[LittleMissMagic]

Disney cruises are fun. Well, cruises in general are fun. But by the end of the week, you're going to want to escape your family. I recommend visiting the Stack the first day. It can get rather clique-y, and by the end of the week, a lot of teens don't want to make friends anymore (hmph).

I'm going to next year around June/July for a Graduation present.

Me too - Northern Europe 2010!!! How cool!

 

[Addicted.to.Speed]

Yea, just like everyone says they are basically the coolest thing and they are never the same. I would also recommend going to the Stack/A Loft the first night for the 411 meeting, this will give you the basic rules for the hang out. You also get to meet many new people and like the OP said, it tends to get really clichy fast!

yay! nothern europe 2010 and Russia!

 

[That_Australian_Kid]

Yea, just like everyone says they are basically the coolest thing and they are never the same. I would also recommend going to the Stack/A Loft the first night for the 411 meeting, this will give you the basic rules for the hang out. You also get to meet many new people and like the OP said, it tends to get really clichy fast!

yay! nothern europe 2010 and Russia!

or ocean quest if your my age

 

[Addicted.to.Speed]

or ocean quest if your my age

I was really lucky, i went on a crusie right before they changed the ages in the teen clubs.

i was 13 in the teen clubs yay! But i was by far the youngest

 

[Fatphil32]

or ocean quest if your my age

You mean the Oceaner [sp?] Lab..

 

[Disney Dork]

I'm probably going to be the odd one out here-but that's ok!

I thought the cruise was OK, but I personally would rather just go to Disney World instead. I've never been one to be part of a 'clique'. I've always been the outsider that just kind of hung out with who-ever and did my own thing. I've always had such a huge range of people I'd talk to, from those guys that were UBER!popular and had a bunch of girls hanging on them all the time (which honestly has always irked me...and they know that too...but that's ok! ^__^ ) to people that were members of the "HAND RADIO CLUB!" (I actually had someone try to get me to join once. But, I honestly am not into that kind of thing...AT ALL. DD: It wasn't cool. Not cool at all. ;>__<).

But really, I just felt very much like...I didn't belong there (in the Stack). Does that make sense? I'm not one to be part of a clique and am really quite shy. So when cliques start to form so fast like that (and they did there)...and I have such a limited time to get to know these people and break out of my shell...I just kind of go off on my own.

But other than that! THERE IS TONNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSS! of food. OMG, it's amazing! Everything's FREE! (or at least they kind of are. You pay for the food when you pay for the cruise) My sister and I went down to this ice cream machine when we were there, and got yelled at by one of the workers because he was all "YOU'RE TAKING ALL MY ICE CREAM!!!!!" because we were making UBER!high stacked ice cream cones. Then we were all "But...it's free, right?!" and he was all D:< "HMPH." *stalks away muttering about how stupid kids are*

I was kind of...scared at the time...but now that I look back at it, it's hilarious. xD

Oh! And Animator's Palate is so cool! Or at least I thought it was. But I'm also easily amused.

Oh! And we also had the chance to see Cars before it even opened in theaters. They showed it on the boat the day before they let it out to everyone else.

The state rooms are also really tiny (or at least they felt that way to me-but I also have a tendency to get claustrophobic). We got 2 for our family of four-my mom and dad in one with a veranda and my sister and I in one right across from them. Ours had no windows, so when we woke up every morning it still felt like it was the middle of the night because of how dark it was in our room. I kind of liked that we had our own space tho. THAT was awesome.

And I'd also be careful in Cozumel if you go on the cruise that goes there. I know it's probably part of their culture and no big deal there, but the people at the stores are SUPER pushy. One of the people that were standing in front seriously put their arms around my mom and were trying to 'guide' her into their store as we were walking by. Completely freaked me out. But I was also probably just being paranoid, so...yeah. I'll stop now.


*ends the horribly long post* ;>__<

 

[That_Australian_Kid]

I'm probably going to be the odd one out here-but that's ok!

I thought the cruise was OK, but I personally would rather just go to Disney World instead. I've never been one to be part of a 'clique'. I've always been the outsider that just kind of hung out with who-ever and did my own thing. I've always had such a huge range of people I'd talk to, from those guys that were UBER!popular and had a bunch of girls hanging on them all the time (which honestly has always irked me...and they know that too...but that's ok! ^__^ ) to people that were members of the "HAND RADIO CLUB!" (I actually had someone try to get me to join once. But, I honestly am not into that kind of thing...AT ALL. DD: It wasn't cool. Not cool at all. ;>__<).

But really, I just felt very much like...I didn't belong there (in the Stack). Does that make sense? I'm not one to be part of a clique and am really quite shy. So when cliques start to form so fast like that (and they did there)...and I have such a limited time to get to know these people and break out of my shell...I just kind of go off on my own.

But other than that! THERE IS TONNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSS! of food. OMG, it's amazing! Everything's FREE! (or at least they kind of are. You pay for the food when you pay for the cruise) My sister and I went down to this ice cream machine when we were there, and got yelled at by one of the workers because he was all "YOU'RE TAKING ALL MY ICE CREAM!!!!!" because we were making UBER!high stacked ice cream cones. Then we were all "But...it's free, right?!" and he was all D:< "HMPH." *stalks away muttering about how stupid kids are*

I was kind of...scared at the time...but now that I look back at it, it's hilarious. xD

Oh! And Animator's Palate is so cool! Or at least I thought it was. But I'm also easily amused.

Oh! And we also had the chance to see Cars before it even opened in theaters. They showed it on the boat the day before they let it out to everyone else.

The state rooms are also really tiny (or at least they felt that way to me-but I also have a tendency to get claustrophobic). We got 2 for our family of four-my mom and dad in one with a veranda and my sister and I in one right across from them. Ours had no windows, so when we woke up every morning it still felt like it was the middle of the night because of how dark it was in our room. I kind of liked that we had our own space tho. THAT was awesome.

And I'd also be careful in Cozumel if you go on the cruise that goes there. I know it's probably part of their culture and no big deal there, but the people at the stores are SUPER pushy. One of the people that were standing in front seriously put their arms around my mom and were trying to 'guide' her into their store as we were walking by. Completely freaked me out. But I was also probably just being paranoid, so...yeah. I'll stop now.


*ends the horribly long post* ;>__<

My friend and I got milkshake cups, filled the icecream up to the top in a spiral then filled the rest of the cup with chocolate syrup
Tastes good, but after 5 in a day.. well... yeah. =='

And I saw Camp Rock, Wall-E and PotC 3 before they came out
diff cruises.

You mean the Oceaner [sp?] Lab..

Nope. Ocean Quest, only on the Magic though. 2nd floor. Its for 12-14's and they have open house aswell.
And they have lots of Xboxs, Wiis, PS3s, DSs

 

[GoofyiiFan]

I've never been on one. Really afraid of them.

I'm sure you'd have a lot of fun. If it was not fun you would not be going on the cruise. Hope you have a wonderful time. I'm sure there's lots of things to do.

 

[Fatphil32]

The state rooms are also really tiny (or at least they felt that way to me-but I also have a tendency to get claustrophobic).

I wouldn't recommend going on a different cruise line, because Disney has some of the largest rooms at sea, haha.

 

[Fatphil32]

Nope. Ocean Quest, only on the Magic though. 2nd floor. Its for 12-14's and they have open house aswell.
And they have lots of Xboxs, Wiis, PS3s, DSs

I figured Ocean Quest was only open at certain times, since when I was on the cruise, most of the time was spent in the Lab.

 

[Disney Dork]

My friend and I got milkshake cups, filled the icecream up to the top in a spiral then filled the rest of the cup with chocolate syrup
Tastes good, but after 5 in a day.. well... yeah. =='

And I saw Camp Rock, Wall-E and PotC 3 before they came out
diff cruises.

You had five in a day?! Omg, I would have been like, bursting! Especially after all the food they give you with dinner! The day we did it, my parents had gone to eat at Palo, which is *ADULTS ONLY*. So we were left to either 1-go to the planned restaurant of the day on our own or 2-order room service/scavenge. We scavenged...and then later that night I ordered some Macaroni and Cheese from room service. ^__^

I wouldn't recommend going on a different cruise line, because Disney has some of the largest rooms at sea, haha.

Yeah, I know! My mom told me that. I can't imagine a family sleeping in anything smaller tho, omg. ;>__<

CLAUSTROPHOBIA IS NOT FUN! I hate that feeling. It's like everything is closing in on you and you can't get out.

Wide, open spaces are <333. If we ever did a different cruise with someone else and it got bad enough, I'd probably go sleep in the hallway. So if any of you guys ever go on a cruise that's not Disney's and see some strange girl sprawled out in the hallway at night with all her pillows and stuff....that would probably be me.

 

[imabrat]

See, I didn't think the staterooms were that small. We had the split bath, queen bed, and pullout couch with the bunk bed from the cieling and a veranda. I thought it was fun.


Watch out for the locals when you dock, though. We docked in Nassau, and only lasted 30 minutes out there. It was like 102 (I thought it felt good though and I was fine) and the locals were begging to braid my hair! They would strap you down onto this bench and then have 20 ladies braiding your hair at the same time.
Imagine me at the time, an 8 year old white girl with shoulder length hair getting braids all over. Yeah, no thanks.

The locals are VERY VERY VERY pushy.

 

[chisnpeke]

See, I didn't think the staterooms were that small. We had the split bath, queen bed, and pullout couch with the bunk bed from the cieling and a veranda. I thought it was fun.


Watch out for the locals when you dock, though. We docked in Nassau, and only lasted 30 minutes out there. It was like 102 (I thought it felt good though and I was fine) and the locals were begging to braid my hair! They would strap you down onto this bench and then have 20 ladies braiding your hair at the same time.
Imagine me at the time, an 8 year old white girl with shoulder length hair getting braids all over. Yeah, no thanks.

The locals are VERY VERY VERY pushy.

All of Disney's staterooms have split baths! Very nice.

Don't go to Jamaica....they are the PUSHIEST locals ever. One of them started to carve my brother's name on some tiki thing or something He was acting all friendly and said what's your name and my brother told him then he started to carve his name on it!