Review of Back-to-Back Disney Magic adventure July 22-Aug 5th

[cruisecastle]

This was my second Disney cruise and first back to back ever. First on the back to back. It is easy and wonderful. We had the entire ship to ourselves from 8:30 until 11:45 we watched the last folks walk off and first folks walk on. We were the only back to backs on this cruise that included alternative Western double dip and regular Western. Castaway Key 3 times in two weeks was awesome. All you do is go to the front desk at 11:30 and they recheck you in and issue new room keys. We were in the same cabin so it was NO work.

The greatest thing about doing two weeks is you really get a chance to relax and I will be doing it again when the new ships are delivered. One nice surprise was that the comedians etc.. were different on each cruise so we really had great entertainment the whole time. I was expecting to see the same folks each week so this was great

Everything about these cruises was great and I don't have a single complaint. When we took our first Disney cruise two years ago we thought the food was ok but not great. In fact Carnival's was better. Today however Disney's was awesome and despite the fact Carnivals is better today than it was two years ago as welll Disney now blows Carnival out of the water on food.

The cruise was smooth and we landed at all of our ports. In Costa Maya the temple of the masks tour was great and I would highly recommend it. In Grand Cayman did the Submaring in the am. Went down over 100ft and the island tour in the pm. Both were very good. We only had 10minutes between tours but the other met where the first dropped us off.

Cozumel we did the Fury snorkel excursion. The coral reef is gone but the number of fish was great and overall it was a good time. If you were really looking for a big coral snorkel then you'd be disappointed. The second time we just shopped and hung at Pancho's backyard and had a marg.

Key West we did the Schooner sailing which was fun and relaxing.

Castaway key we did the string ray deal and we really enjoyed that.

The photographers on Disney were great and we dropped just over $800 on pics.

Went to Palo's for the first time and was absolutely blown away. Incredible. Make sure you do this.

Every staff member we interacted with was great our head waiter Aleksandra was awesome and brought our daughter gifts every night for eating her veggies.

As usual the Disney shows were well done and shouldn't be missed.

We made one mistake as we didn't book another cruise while on board but did book one for thanksgiving 2007 two days after we got back. This will be our first time on the Wonder

 

[professorandmom]

I am sure you and your family were sitting next to me while waiting for the sting ray excursion on the first day at CC (7/23), I am so pleased you had a great time...our family talked about your double dip double cruise as we got off the ship (and we knew you weren't)
Thanks for the update
Barb

 

[Babs417]

From another Barb I thought the food was good

 

[delo4]

We had ALeksandra on a cruise once when she was a server. She was wonderful and after 8 cruises, she was still the best one. She remembers us each time we return.

My dream is to do a back to back one day!

 

[Tarabra]

We also commented that the food was the best by far of our 6 cruises. They've been listening. The lobster was GREAT!! Usually it's a little rubbery and tastless, but this time is was delicious.

 

[cruisecastle]

We had ALeksandra on a cruise once when she was a server. She was wonderful and after 8 cruises, she was still the best one. She remembers us each time we return.

My dream is to do a back to back one day!

aleksandra was beyond wonderfual and I definately hope to see her again on a cruise

 

[Tiggery]

Good to hear your recheck in was painless, especially as were doing it ourselves it a couple of weeks

 

[jrose529]

I'm so jealous! I would love to do a back-to-back. I'm glad you had such a magical and relaxing cruise.

 

[curlybop]

Oooh, back to back cruises sound like fun! Glad you had a wonderful trip.

 

[Alamo]

I've been on 2 Cruises - Wonder 4-day and Magic 7-Day W. Carribean w/2 stops at Castaway Cay.

Admittedly, I'm probably spoiled. I'm a sales professional and eat out quite a bit. That said, I thought the food was OK on the Magic. Some of the meals like Lobster night were great, but there were a few just average nights as well. The desserts were awesome for the most part. I had a white chocolate mousse at Palo that was to die for. Palo food is exceptional, but I don't count Palo in my review because it costs extra and is only available by reservation... By the way, servers at Palo only get .50 cents per $10 fee. There's some bogus info. out there regarding what these servers earn, so be sure and tip those folks well as they do a great job.

 

[splashmt]

In this post you are just so sweet and "oh I loved everything", and then in many more recent posts ...... you turn into a crazy, negative basher who rips apart other people's opinions and allows them no right to own them. People can make suggestions if they want.