Ohmymonty
Mouseketeer
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Hey all!
I was on the 4/23/2022 sailing of the Disney Fantasy. I'll be happy to answer any questions you guys might have (if I can answer them).
Schedule:
Day 1 - Port Canaveral
Day 2 - Day at Sea
Day 3 - Cozumel
Day 4 - Grand Cayman
Day 5 - Falmouth
Day 6 - Day at Sea
Day 7 - Castaway Cay
Day 8 - Port Canaveral
Ended up waiting about 45 minutes for the DCL Transfer bus after our flight arrived in MCO. Maybe we could have caught the first bus if we hadn't stopped to get a breakfast snack, but oh well. Getting to the port was easy. Once at the port, they walked us over to the covid testing area. It went fast, we got our results in about 10-15 minutes and then headed straight to the port. Inside the port, they hadn't started boarding yet. But when they did, it started going pretty fast. We were boarding group 7 but when they called boarding group 5, the guy managing the line just waved us over and told us to go in. I didn't complain! Our rooms were ready about 2pm. I'm a gold member and our welcome back gift was the sling backpack. We were on deck 7, in case that matters.
Of course, you've probably heard these updates elsewhere by now. Cast Members are still wearing masks. No character hugs, but character interactions are happening with physical distance. The app did not specify which characters were coming out, but usually a cast member would know. There was plenty of trivia to be done, but not a lot of adult ish activities outside of that. It was pretty much trivia, happy hour, alcohol tasting, or sit on deck. The Buena Vista theater was showing Dr. Strange, The Eternals, Encanto, Turning Red, and Disney Polar Bears. The nightly entertainment included Aladdin, Frozen, and Believe musical shows, Moonshot acapella group, a magician named Eric Jones, a variety act named Taylor Mason, and Turning Red. The nursery was still not open but all other kids clubs appeared to be open and active.
Compared to my previous Disney cruises, this was kind of a let down? Not to say I didn't have fun or anything like that, but I felt like it was not as smoothly run as other Disney cruises I've been on. All small things like the servers at dinner both asking us for drink and food orders right after the other did. The entertainment staff seemed a little less experienced and like they hadn't quite found their groove yet. It was like showing up for trivia and the host is like "yeah, hi, this is trivia and number 1 is___" which I suppose is time efficient but wasn't very fun-feeling. I did a champagne and whiskey tasting, which were both fun but I'm not sure with the price increase if I will be doing them again, unless it is something that sounds really interesting that I haven't done before.
Sailing away and Pirate deck parties were back. Pirate night buffet was back as well. I didn't go to it because I wasn't hungry, but my servers told me it was there. Merchandise was kind of a letdown, to be honest. There wasn't a lot of sizing available for Smalls and Mediums. Castaway Cay had mostly 5k merchandise or more limited sizes. I'm personally not a fan of spirit jerseys or shirts with big designs on the back of them, so I didn't check for sizing there.
If you have any questions, let me know!
I was on the 4/23/2022 sailing of the Disney Fantasy. I'll be happy to answer any questions you guys might have (if I can answer them).
Schedule:
Day 1 - Port Canaveral
Day 2 - Day at Sea
Day 3 - Cozumel
Day 4 - Grand Cayman
Day 5 - Falmouth
Day 6 - Day at Sea
Day 7 - Castaway Cay
Day 8 - Port Canaveral
Ended up waiting about 45 minutes for the DCL Transfer bus after our flight arrived in MCO. Maybe we could have caught the first bus if we hadn't stopped to get a breakfast snack, but oh well. Getting to the port was easy. Once at the port, they walked us over to the covid testing area. It went fast, we got our results in about 10-15 minutes and then headed straight to the port. Inside the port, they hadn't started boarding yet. But when they did, it started going pretty fast. We were boarding group 7 but when they called boarding group 5, the guy managing the line just waved us over and told us to go in. I didn't complain! Our rooms were ready about 2pm. I'm a gold member and our welcome back gift was the sling backpack. We were on deck 7, in case that matters.
Of course, you've probably heard these updates elsewhere by now. Cast Members are still wearing masks. No character hugs, but character interactions are happening with physical distance. The app did not specify which characters were coming out, but usually a cast member would know. There was plenty of trivia to be done, but not a lot of adult ish activities outside of that. It was pretty much trivia, happy hour, alcohol tasting, or sit on deck. The Buena Vista theater was showing Dr. Strange, The Eternals, Encanto, Turning Red, and Disney Polar Bears. The nightly entertainment included Aladdin, Frozen, and Believe musical shows, Moonshot acapella group, a magician named Eric Jones, a variety act named Taylor Mason, and Turning Red. The nursery was still not open but all other kids clubs appeared to be open and active.
Compared to my previous Disney cruises, this was kind of a let down? Not to say I didn't have fun or anything like that, but I felt like it was not as smoothly run as other Disney cruises I've been on. All small things like the servers at dinner both asking us for drink and food orders right after the other did. The entertainment staff seemed a little less experienced and like they hadn't quite found their groove yet. It was like showing up for trivia and the host is like "yeah, hi, this is trivia and number 1 is___" which I suppose is time efficient but wasn't very fun-feeling. I did a champagne and whiskey tasting, which were both fun but I'm not sure with the price increase if I will be doing them again, unless it is something that sounds really interesting that I haven't done before.
Sailing away and Pirate deck parties were back. Pirate night buffet was back as well. I didn't go to it because I wasn't hungry, but my servers told me it was there. Merchandise was kind of a letdown, to be honest. There wasn't a lot of sizing available for Smalls and Mediums. Castaway Cay had mostly 5k merchandise or more limited sizes. I'm personally not a fan of spirit jerseys or shirts with big designs on the back of them, so I didn't check for sizing there.
If you have any questions, let me know!
