BuckeyeFortFan
Earning My Ears
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- Feb 19, 2019
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We recently came off the Wish on a 4/3 B2B. Our previous cruises were all on the Dream, a 4 day double dip and 2 B2B's over the past 8 years.
We were familiar with the criticisms of the new ship but we kept an open mind. Overall I would say we were impressed.
The Wish is beautiful, but different than the Dream. Less nautical. I believe I heard one of the designers describe it as a "Disney castle at sea." Many of the areas did remind me of the parks or resorts and I could easily see Arendelle, Marvel or 1923 transplanted to WDW.
The service was excellent as always.
The food was every bit as good as the Dream. Marceline Market may have slightly less selection than a pre-Covid Cabanas but the Fantasy of Foods makes up for it. Donald's Cantina is delicious, the Smokestack BBQ is very good and my kids loved the pizza. The main dining rooms had at least one offering per course that was excellent and I often got two entrees because I couldn't choose. I really can't comment on the main entrée sides, I usually don't eat the potato or whatever carbohydrate is offered.
The pools on the main deck are an improvement, mainly because there are more to choose from and didn't seem as crowded as on the Dream. I did not try the infinity pool in the adult section, my wife said it was small and hard to get out of because of the location of the ladder.
Aqua mouse is fine. It is nice to not have to climb six flights of stairs but it does feel shorter and not as thrilling as the Aqua duck.
We had a verandah stateroom. I really liked the room but my wife did miss the drawers beside the closet on the Dream. Next time we would pack into some type of drawer organizer that could be stacked on the shelves in the closet for small items like socks and underwear. The stateroom lighting is very nice, all dimmable LED's including a really cool light along the top of the verandah door, and bedside lamps and aimable reading lights on each side of the headboard. The closets also had lights that turn on automatically when you open the door of the hanging clothes sections on each end. The bathrooms were nice, very functional.
Criticisms we had have probably all been heard before and none were a trip ruiner.
Many spaces feel closer than on the Dream. The hallways on the stateroom decks seem much narrower. If a guest was in a ECV or wheelchair it could be difficult to navigate and hopefully no one is coming the other way.
The main dining rooms are way too crowded. The tables seem small and are definitely closer together. Servers had a difficult time navigating between them.
The Walt Disney Theater is torture to sit in for an hour. I am not the smallest guy around but the seats are small and leg room between rows is inadequate. I dreaded going to the evening shows, but my DD's love them. In comparison the theater seating in the upper deck of Luna was very comfortable. I don't know about the two movie theaters as we did not see any movies.
I would like to tell you about the adult section but it is so far out of the way that I only made it there once when touring the ship when we first boarded. I know a problem many had with the Dream class is the adults section being very close to the main area and actually having to cross through it to get to the spa or the forward elevators, but the adult section on the Wish is the extreme opposite.
The high end shopping on deck 3 is just silly. Huge amounts of space devoted to a few luxury items and honestly, I never saw anyone shopping in any of them and we spent a good bit of time in The Bayou, which is right between these shops. Mickeys Mainsail, on the other hand, was always crowded and did not seem to have near the selection as the souvenir shops on the Dream.
The elevators were not a problem for us. The buttons are a little tricky. Sometimes just waving your hand would initiate stops at several floors and other times you have to hit your floor selection two or three times to get it to activate.
Would I go back on the Wish? Sure, if the itinerary was right. We are probably done with the Nassau/CC B2Bs, and would like to try the Fantasy, but we heard she will be off to Europe and replaced by the Treasure doing 7 day trips out of PC by the time of our next trip.
If anyone has any questions about a B2B or the Wish I would be glad to answer if able.
We were familiar with the criticisms of the new ship but we kept an open mind. Overall I would say we were impressed.
The Wish is beautiful, but different than the Dream. Less nautical. I believe I heard one of the designers describe it as a "Disney castle at sea." Many of the areas did remind me of the parks or resorts and I could easily see Arendelle, Marvel or 1923 transplanted to WDW.
The service was excellent as always.
The food was every bit as good as the Dream. Marceline Market may have slightly less selection than a pre-Covid Cabanas but the Fantasy of Foods makes up for it. Donald's Cantina is delicious, the Smokestack BBQ is very good and my kids loved the pizza. The main dining rooms had at least one offering per course that was excellent and I often got two entrees because I couldn't choose. I really can't comment on the main entrée sides, I usually don't eat the potato or whatever carbohydrate is offered.
The pools on the main deck are an improvement, mainly because there are more to choose from and didn't seem as crowded as on the Dream. I did not try the infinity pool in the adult section, my wife said it was small and hard to get out of because of the location of the ladder.
Aqua mouse is fine. It is nice to not have to climb six flights of stairs but it does feel shorter and not as thrilling as the Aqua duck.
We had a verandah stateroom. I really liked the room but my wife did miss the drawers beside the closet on the Dream. Next time we would pack into some type of drawer organizer that could be stacked on the shelves in the closet for small items like socks and underwear. The stateroom lighting is very nice, all dimmable LED's including a really cool light along the top of the verandah door, and bedside lamps and aimable reading lights on each side of the headboard. The closets also had lights that turn on automatically when you open the door of the hanging clothes sections on each end. The bathrooms were nice, very functional.
Criticisms we had have probably all been heard before and none were a trip ruiner.
Many spaces feel closer than on the Dream. The hallways on the stateroom decks seem much narrower. If a guest was in a ECV or wheelchair it could be difficult to navigate and hopefully no one is coming the other way.
The main dining rooms are way too crowded. The tables seem small and are definitely closer together. Servers had a difficult time navigating between them.
The Walt Disney Theater is torture to sit in for an hour. I am not the smallest guy around but the seats are small and leg room between rows is inadequate. I dreaded going to the evening shows, but my DD's love them. In comparison the theater seating in the upper deck of Luna was very comfortable. I don't know about the two movie theaters as we did not see any movies.
I would like to tell you about the adult section but it is so far out of the way that I only made it there once when touring the ship when we first boarded. I know a problem many had with the Dream class is the adults section being very close to the main area and actually having to cross through it to get to the spa or the forward elevators, but the adult section on the Wish is the extreme opposite.
The high end shopping on deck 3 is just silly. Huge amounts of space devoted to a few luxury items and honestly, I never saw anyone shopping in any of them and we spent a good bit of time in The Bayou, which is right between these shops. Mickeys Mainsail, on the other hand, was always crowded and did not seem to have near the selection as the souvenir shops on the Dream.
The elevators were not a problem for us. The buttons are a little tricky. Sometimes just waving your hand would initiate stops at several floors and other times you have to hit your floor selection two or three times to get it to activate.
Would I go back on the Wish? Sure, if the itinerary was right. We are probably done with the Nassau/CC B2Bs, and would like to try the Fantasy, but we heard she will be off to Europe and replaced by the Treasure doing 7 day trips out of PC by the time of our next trip.
If anyone has any questions about a B2B or the Wish I would be glad to answer if able.
