People like to burst my bubble.....

[lisamarie12]

Don't listen to them. Since DD was born, we have only cruised once alone and it was on Celebrity. But it was amazing.

At this stage in my life, I would not take a Disney Cruise without my DD, namely because this is a "once in a long time" trip for us that it stretching our budget. But we are celebrating a big birthday of mine and our 10 year anniversary, so we are doing it. But its probably the only one we will take for a long time, so there is no way I can leave my DD behind. She would never forgive me. I think Minnie was one of her first words, seriously. As a matter of fact, when she grows up, she either wants to be a doctor (like Doc McStuffins) or Minnie Mouse. She has big goals of course, since she is 4.

But if you can afford to go twice, go. It is your money, your vacation time and your memories, no one else needs to be involved in it.

Although I have not been on a Disney Cruise, I have been on plenty of cruises and I have always found plenty to do. DCL might have a family focus, but from what I hear (and will see in a few days) they have a lot of adult activities. Plus, you can go to the movies or see a show or DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. And not have to worry about anyone being bored, hungry, tired or whatever.

 

[lisamarie12]

Plenty of areas on all the DCL vessels where is it Adults only and the CM's do a pretty good job keeping the kids out. I would not believe the kids onboard would be a deal breaker except for a very few adults.

AKK

Unless of course you are missing your kids like crazy, then seeing kids might make you a little sad. Of course as long as you keep yourself very busy, you are good.

 

[tup1830]

different strokes for different folks...

people love giving their opinions....if you're excited and its a good choice for you...why let it bother you?

 

[Tonka's Skipper]

Unless of course you are missing your kids like crazy, then seeing kids might make you a little sad. Of course as long as you keep yourself very busy, you are good.

Well Lisa .... you bring up a whole different issue and point........my point was that few people would not go on a cruise because there were kids onboard. Yet you bring up a personal event for me. The first trip my wife and I took to WDW without our kids, who were just out of college and working, we were at rope drop at the MK watching the show and steam train pull into the station and I broke into tears because I suddenly hit me, my kids were not with us..........call me a silly ole bear.........but it hit me. I called each one and told them I missed them.

AKK

 

[Maggie'sMom]

Maybe people are saying you will have MORE fun if your kids are with you on a Disney cruise? I know when we go to Walt Disney World or Disney Land, we have a better time if our kids are with us (we went once without them before they were born). I know last year when we went on our cruise, if we didn't have the kids with us, we wouldn't have had as good of a time. We would have had a good time, but the whole time I know we would have been saying "DD would have loved this", or "I wish DD was here" etc.

It doesn't sound like that's what the OP is referring to. Plus, maybe I'm in the minority, but I really enjoy vacations without my DD. I can have just as much fun on a solo or adult only DCL cruise or WDW trip than I have when I'm with my DD. Don't get me wrong. I love vacationing with her, but my adult only vacations are a ton of fun too. I take one "big" vacation with her each year (7-10 days) and then do a smaller 3 or 4 day trip without her. I look forward to both trips, and I don't spend a minute of my adult trip fretting about her not being there.

 

[perditax]

I'm a childfree person who is also introverted, and occasionally overloaded/grouchy with too much crowd interaction. I'm also an obsessive researcher and I've read enough good things about the adults-only areas of DCL (and the overall quality of the product) that DCL will be my first cruise. (Although I will be bringing earplugs and I'm not quite sure yet if the MDR will be a thing I can deal with.)

That said, SO's coworkers have given him comments of sympathy and horror about "all the kids" when he mentioned our cruise. I had to assure him that it wasn't going to be quite like that.

 

[Shelley Chiarats]

Disney is versatile -- you can enjoy it as a kid, you can enjoy it as an adult and you can enjoy it as an adult with your kids. Plus there was a tip in a guide to WDW (Birnbaum's Guide for Adults I believe) that I read many years ago -- only "see" the cute children. To this day, I only see the cute ones both in WDW and on DCL.

I love this quote. My husband and I are childless by choice and really enjoy Disney. I enjoy watching all the kids have a good time and can even enjoy the ones not having as good of a time because I can walk away.

 

[MunFam]

We just got off a 15 day cruise...while our 4 year old had the time of her life, there were times I wished we were sailing as adults only...there was so much fun stuff for adults, especially late at night that we missed because the kiddo had to go to bed.

 

[Club Disney Chandler]

Not sure why so many people that HAVEN'T been on a Disney cruise tell me its more for kids and you will be miserable or they just start talking so convincingly that when just my hubby and I go without our two kids for our first of two cruises we wont have fun. REALLY? Kids will be coming with us on our second but geesh, its starting to make me doubt my decision and actually starting to tick me off LOL. I even got another couple (he and my husband are co-pastors and she and I are good friends because we have so much in common as pastor's wives) to go on the same cruise with us in February Sigh, but these same people said DCL is one of the highest rated cruise lines though so at least thats a bonus

First rule of thumb is when they say that to you is don't defend your decision, just politely ask them, "what didn't you enjoy when you took yours?" When they can't answer you can reply with, "oh, so you really have no idea what it's like, thanks for letting me know."

Hopefully, it will be a lesson for them to not open their mouth when they have no clue what they're talking about.

I hope you have an incredible time on your cruise.

 

[bumbershoot]

Well Lisa .... you bring up a whole different issue and point........my point was that few people would not go on a cruise because there were kids onboard. Yet you bring up a personal event for me. The first trip my wife and I took to WDW without our kids, who were just out of college and working, we were at rope drop at the MK watching the show and steam train pull into the station and I broke into tears because I suddenly hit me, my kids were not with us..........call me a silly ole bear.........but it hit me. I called each one and told them I missed them.

AKK

I've taken a couple solo dlr trips and one buddy trip to wdw.

Each one involved sigh-filled possibly teary "I miss them" moments. But that just made the next family trip,or the anticipation for it, sweeter.

And then, after whatever adorable family moment that made me well up, I invariably see some sort of child or spousal tantrum that makes me savor the family-free time.

Both ways it's a win win.

 

[kiford]

If that was one of your big motivations going on a disney cruise would probably be a unwise choice... because there will be large amounts of children there.

There may well be large amounts of children there but we don't encounter them a lot and certainly not in large groups. We do mostly stick to the adults only areas, adults only activities, activities that are not of as much interest to children and eat at the second seating and thus tend not to see many of them. We have no children, although may frequently be said to be young at heart, and I think that DCL strikes a very good balance between families with and without children and providing an adult experience without completely segregating children from adults.

(Although I will be bringing earplugs and I'm not quite sure yet if the MDR will be a thing I can deal with.)

Is that because of the general level of noise? The MDRs can be noisy but I've always found that we spend so much time talking to our tablemates that we barely notice what's going on outside of our table. We do later dining and that also tends to be a smaller crowd than the earlier dining which also attracts more children.

 

[sambycat]

it doesn't matter what other people think and you don't have to tell people what you do for vacation? you will have fun. i think its funny when people say oh my, disney again?!

 

[cheermom2four]

As excited as I am, nothing could ruin it. I'm so excited to just experience it and be on DCL as no matter how much I research, DCL comes up highly recommended all around and now I've got other couples going on DCL (wished I could get a referral OBC LOL).

 

[jack87891]

As excited as I am, nothing could ruin it. I'm so excited to just experience it and be on DCL as no matter how much I research, DCL comes up highly recommended all around and now I've got other couples going on DCL (wished I could get a referral OBC LOL).

we just got off our 3rd Disney cruise without kids. it was outstanding again. Our table mates for rotational dining were 2 couples, both without kids and both on their first Disney cruise (it was their first cruise period for both of them). they loved it!!. we tell all our friends that a Disney cruise is a great adults only experience. we're excited to take our next one

 

[disney debi]

We had been on carnival and royal Caribbean prior to Disney and were much happier with Disney! We are not big gamblers so were more happy with Disney activities onboard.

 

[Lorilais_mommie]

This makes me think of a lady and her husband we met on our last disney cruise...

They had been on over 50 disney cruises!!!!! And out of those cruises had only taken there children/grand children on 5-6of those...
Her and my mother got along very well and spent most of meal talking about all the wonderful things disney has to offer for the 21+ crowd.. The way she talked about DCL she was almost accusing disney of keeping the kids busy in the kids club and with kid actives, so they don't bother the adults!

Whoever said disney is just for kids.. Should talk to this lady!

 

[com_op_2000]

What I tell people is:
Whoever pays the piper calls the music.
If your friends/family wants you to go on a vacation and they are willing to pay for it, go and have a great time on them. If you are paying for the trip you go where and when you choose to go.

 

[Disneyholic]

My DH & I have been on 8 DCL cruises so far with no kids and have 2 more booked for 2016. There are many things to do onboard for adults. Check out the Navigator each day. There are many tastings (extra charge for some), how-to classes for cooking (& you get to taste what they make plus a small amount of complimentary wine to go with whatever food is made), napkin folding, towel folding (all free) and mixology drink classes (extra fee). There are movies and shows plus movies on the top deck on funnel vision. We watched Frozen on funnel vision late at night. I think there were maybe 3 other couples and no kids up there at the time. If it was so bad do you think we would keep going back? Don't listen to the naysayers, go & enjoy. Only you can decide after you have gone if it is for you or not, but I think you will have the time of your lives and a very relaxing time if you just check out and do, or not do, whatever you want.

 

[momof2n2]

They are just jealous and have convinced themselves of that because they aren't going.

 

[mistyann86]

We got back from our first Disney cruise (actually our first cruise ever) last week. My husband and I are talking about going on another one without the kids. We did not have time to do all of the adult activities but we really enjoyed the things we got to do. Palo was amazing. So was the spa. The adult beach at Castaway Cay is probably the most relaxing place on earth!