New Years On the Wonder?

[sbro302]

Anybody have Personal Navigators or Trip Reports from this years New Years Cruise on the Wonder?

Were the Christmas decorations still up?

 

[jdb in AZ]

Generally the decorations stay up til the first cruise after New Year's. So if you're on the New Year's cruise the decorations will magically disappear between the end of your cruise and the beginning of the next cruise.

 

[Neptune's Fork]

Generally the decorations stay up til the first cruise after New Year's. So if you're on the New Year's cruise the decorations will magically disappear between the end of your cruise and the beginning of the next cruise.

I would think for that first cruise after new years there would be a delayed boarding time because that has to be the only chance they would have to make all the holiday decorations disappear.

 

[Shanti]

If you're on the New Year's cruise the decorations will magically disappear between the end of your cruise and the beginning of the next cruise.

...Or not so magically. At the end of our New Year's Magic cruise last year, while in line for Guest Services on debarkation morning, we had to listen to the crew demolish the life-size gingerbread house in the Atrium. I was like, can't they wait 45 minutes until the ship is cleared?

 

[Marc D]

I was on the NYE cruise on Wonder(Dec 30th) and everything related to Christmas was gone when we got onboard. Not a Christmas tree in sight. The only thing left was the Very Merrytime cups at the soda machines.

Here are the Navigators :

 

[Marc D]

Part 2 :

 

[MUN]

I was on the NYE cruise on Wonder(Dec 30th) and everything related to Christmas was gone when we got onboard. Not a Christmas tree in sight. The only thing left was the Very Merrytime cups at the soda machines.

Here are the Navigators :

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Wow! That's too bad! We were on the NYE cruise on the Wonder in 2015 which departed Galveston on 12/28 and it was Christmas for the entire cruise, including CC on NYE.

 

[Marc D]

Wow! That's too bad! We were on the NYE cruise on the Wonder in 2015 which departed Galveston on 12/28 and it was Christmas for the entire cruise, including CC on NYE.

It's not surprising from a business standpoint. They now advertise the Merrytime cruises as such and, I believe, sell them at a premium, like the Halloween, SW and (soon) Marvel cruises. It wouldn't make sense to let guests on later cruises get the same benefits without the related revenues. It creates exclusivity that they can monetize.

 

[MUN]

It's not surprising from a business standpoint. They now advertise the Merrytime cruises as such and, I believe, sell them at a premium, like the Halloween, SW and (soon) Marvel cruises. It wouldn't make sense to let guests on later cruises get the same benefits without the related revenues. It creates exclusivity that they can monetize.

Good point. We have the NYE cruise booked this year out of Galveston. It departs on 12/29. I will report back in a bit less than a year and let everyone know if it's still Christmas when we get on board. However, the cruise b/4 us is a Christmas cruise. I can't imagine they will take down Christmas during a Christmas cruise.

MUN

 

[Marc D]

Good point. We have the NYE cruise booked this year out of Galveston. It departs on 12/29. I will report back in a bit less than a year and let everyone know if it's still Christmas when we get on board. However, the cruise b/4 us is a Christmas cruise. I can't imagine they will take down Christmas during a Christmas cruise.

From a practical point of view, know that specialized teams (sometimes from a subcontractor) go onboard as soon as the ship docks and have the few hours between cruises to put up or take down the decorations. Someone I know has a daughter who did that for a while a few years ago. So, technically, it's not an extra task during turnaround for the regular crew and they don't need to do it in front of the guests during the cruise.

 

[firsttimemom]

We were on the 12/30 magic and the Christmas decorations came down btwn the cruise before us and our cruise. There was one lone poinsettia in concierge lounge and that was it.

 

[sbro302]

MUN, we are on that cruise also

 

[Shanti]

It's not surprising from a business standpoint. They now advertise the Merrytime cruises as such and, I believe, sell them at a premium, like the Halloween, SW and (soon) Marvel cruises. It wouldn't make sense to let guests on later cruises get the same benefits without the related revenues. It creates exclusivity that they can monetize.

Right...except that the New Year's Eve cruises are already extremely monetized...

 

[MUN]

MUN, we are on that cruise also

Awesome! I look forward to meeting you and we will find out together if it is still Christmas on the Disney Wonder on December 29th! It will be here before we know it.
Hey, I just realized 11 short months to Christmas!

MUN