Is the Wish 3-night worth it?

[OKW Lover]

Ooops misread your post - Happy belated Birthday again.
How were the crowds?

Ship appeared to be "full" but we were Concierge this sailing and had no issues.

 

[bakerworld]

As a short vacationer 3 and 4 days cruises are our sweet spot, although we do prefer the 4 day. We like to head down the day before the cruise and the better half always needs a day to recover his land legs so the vacation is already a 6 or 7 days just meeting our pre and post cruise needs. November 2020 we ended with a 10 day land vacation due to Covid closures and, for me, that was way too long.

My only negative with a 3 day cruise is that I'd rather they did a sea day or went to another port beside Nassau. Isn't there anywhere else in the Bahamas they could dock?

 

[OKW Lover]

My only negative with a 3 day cruise is that I'd rather they did a sea day or went to another port beside Nassau.

Interestingly, the 11/4 3-night cruise we were on did not stop in Nassau. It was just a sea day. Fine with us as we wouldn't have gotten off there anyway.

 

[revdon64]

We're debating doing a 3-night cruise on the Wish early in 2023 for our DD's birthday. - Friday to Monday
We went on the Wish maiden voyage so we're beyond the appeal for novelty.
It's either this Wish voyage or a 3 day park hopping - MK, AK and Epcot. I prefer the cruise because it's obviously more relaxing as you don't have to deal with insane lines or constant walking and massive crowds.
We're in Central FL so going to port is about a 30 minute drive for us.

This particular cruise goes to Nassau and CC. I love Nassau & I like going to Atlantis to relax by the pool and go to the casino for a couple of hours.

But I'm wondering if it's going to feel way too short. We're 'seasoned' DCL cruisers and out of the 14 cruises we've done only the first one was a 4-night and that felt very short. Even the Wish 5-night maiden voyage felt short. I feel like once you go to 7+ night sailings, it's hard to go back to short cruises.

Anyway - is it worth it?

"Worth it" is so subjective. What might be worth it for some is so completely not worth it for others. From your initial post, I don't believe you'd find a 3-day worth it.

 

[DisneYE]

As a follow up to my OP - - > We're on the WISH right now as I write this.
I'll post later on the thread when the cruise is over.

One thing I wanted to report, since I have the chance and just walked into our SR:
I'm writing this from PC and I'm connected to the ship's wifi (DCL-GUEST) without having signed up to a plan yet....whaaat? how is that possible? Am I missing something? I mean, I was going to sign up for the 3 day plan anyway but being able to use it without signing up?
Is it a glitch? Are they letting folks use it for free while on the port?
It's certainly nice for me as I can check/reply to my last emails from work and I'm off to enjoy the weekend.

Anyone experience this recently?

 

[DSLRuser]

As a follow up to my OP - - > We're on the WISH right now as I write this.
I'll post later on the thread when the cruise is over.

One thing I wanted to report, since I have the chance and just walked into our SR:
I'm writing this from PC and I'm connected to the ship's wifi (DCL-GUEST) without having signed up to a plan yet....whaaat? how is that possible? Am I missing something? I mean, I was going to sign up for the 3 day plan anyway but being able to use it without signing up?
Is it a glitch? Are they letting folks use it for free while on the port?
It's certainly nice for me as I can check/reply to my last emails from work and I'm off to enjoy the weekend.

Anyone experience this recently?

I noticed that when in a port or docked.....DCLguest wifi was giving access to limited internet stuff like text messaging. as soon as we went back out to see...that stuff stopped working agin. this was in jan 2023

 

[MomOTwins]

As a follow up to my OP - - > We're on the WISH right now as I write this.
I'll post later on the thread when the cruise is over.

One thing I wanted to report, since I have the chance and just walked into our SR:
I'm writing this from PC and I'm connected to the ship's wifi (DCL-GUEST) without having signed up to a plan yet....whaaat? how is that possible? Am I missing something? I mean, I was going to sign up for the 3 day plan anyway but being able to use it without signing up?
Is it a glitch? Are they letting folks use it for free while on the port?
It's certainly nice for me as I can check/reply to my last emails from work and I'm off to enjoy the weekend.

Anyone experience this recently?

Yes, it will last till you are out at sea

 

[DisneYE]

Just got back from the Wish and to answer my original question,
The answer is yes. It's worth it.

Didn't feel that short bc we saw it as a weekend getaway and we had fun.
The ship is beautiful, clean, the CMs were amazing as always and it's breathtaking for me to be on the majestic open seas enjoying the beauty and the miracle that is to be alive on this blue dot.

Would have been a resounding YES if it was another DCL ship.
It was super annoying not having the continuous walking path on deck 4 (the gym was full most of the time - treadmills never available - so it's not an alternative), there were waaaay too many small kids/toddlers/babies and first timers that are just learning the ropes about cruising and etiquette, the pools are too small and ridiculously set up.. too many other little things to post.
I will never complain again about a single thing on the other ships after sailing the Wish twice. They are beautiful, straightforward, no nonsense ships with well seasoned cruisers. I miss them dearly now.

Despite all this and bad weather for 2/3 days, we still enjoyed it.
Would definitely consider future 3-night cruises but on other ships, not the Wish.

 

[Flying Fish]

I will never complain again about a single thing on the other ships after sailing the Wish twice. They are beautiful, straightforward, no nonsense ships with well seasoned cruisers. I miss them dearly now.

Despite all this and bad weather for 2/3 days, we still enjoyed it.
Would definitely consider future 3-night cruises but on other ships, not the Wish.

Perfect, concise review of the ship. We had plenty of complaints about the other ships in the past. When we got back on the Fantasy after the Wish it was a feeling I can barely describe. Deck 4 is the single biggest issue with that ship, and that is nothing they will be able to correct before the other ships are built.

 

[saraheli]

We did 3 night on the wish over MLK weekend in concierge. The only reason we booked it was because we had a 50% discount due to our original sailing date on the Wish being canceled and we had to use it or lose it. Unfortuantely due to our busy schedules it was the only sailing that worked for us. We've sailed 4, 5, and 7 night cruises on DCL and while we enjoyed the 3 night I really feel like I ran out of time to fully experience everything I wanted to experience on the ship (ie. adult dining, bars etc..). I don't think I would ever book 3 nights again. For me 5 nights is perfect, with 4 nights a close second.