Star Wars Day at Sea.....and Port...and Castaway Cay?

[Ikaikalani]

I was looking at the cruise app and Onboard Activities for our upcoming 7 night Fantasy trip. Today for the first time some SWDAS activities showed up. But, the same activities show for day 5- St Thomas, as well as day 6-At Sea....and day 7 Cadtaway Cay? Are they really having 3 Star Wars days, maybe like they have 2 nights of fireworks now, or is this maybe another glitch??

 

[Kwami]

My 7-night Fantasy cruise also shows the Chewbacca and Darth Vader meet & greets on three days (5-7). I suspect that they're just trying to spread everyone out because of Covid. I wonder which day is actually the SWDAS...

 

[disEAR]

Seeing the same thing, but can’t book until a little more than a month before sailing.

 

[Dug720]

I wonder which day is actually the SWDAS...

Unless you have more than one sea day, the official day will be that. Because it's Day at Sea, not Day in Port.

 

[Ikaikalani]

It makes me wonder if due to social distancing, etc. measures, SWDaS will be reduced to just a few photo ops without a show etc. This will be our first SWDAS so I'll never know the difference .

 

[yfamdiscruise]

On our last SWDAS cruise in 2020, they had those Meet and Greets spread out over several days, which was nice so we weren’t trying to pack everything in on the actual SWDAS, which is what happened on our 2018 SWDAS. The official SWDAS (Thursday?) will be the day the SW music plays in the hallways, the menu is SW themed, and other SW specific activities occur, but the scheduled meet and greets (the ones you need to reserve in advance) may happen all week. That was our experience in 2020 anyway.

 

[Ikaikalani]

On our last SWDAS cruise in 2020, they had those Meet and Greets spread out over several days, which was nice so we weren’t trying to pack everything in on the actual SWDAS, which is what happened on our 2018 SWDAS. The official SWDAS (Thursday?) will be the day the SW music plays in the hallways, the menu is SW themed, and other SW specific activities occur, but the scheduled meet and greets (the ones you need to reserve in advance) may happen all week. That was our experience in 2020 anyway.

Thanks so much for this info!!! Its exactly what I wanted to know so we can plan our other stuff and not miss out on the actual Star Wars day.

 

[lklgoodman]

We've done 3 SW cruises. SW day has always been on Thurs.

 

[Kwami]

We've done 3 SW cruises. SW day has always been on Thurs.

Thanks! I don't know why Disney can't be bothered to just say that on the cruise plans page.

Somewhat related: Since there's a Star Wars menu, do we still get a Pirate menu on another day and skip one of the secondary MDR menus? Or is there no Pirates menu?

 

[lklgoodman]

Thanks! I don't know why Disney can't be bothered to just say that on the cruise plans page.

Somewhat related: Since there's a Star Wars menu, do we still get a Pirate menu on another day and skip one of the secondary MDR menus? Or is there no Pirates menu?

Our 2017 cruise no pirate menu, 2019 cruise I don't remember, 2020 cruise had pirate menu. We had the each restaurant's menu. For WC cruise pirate night was day we went to Cozumel. For EC, it was when we went to Tortolla. We did WC in 2017 and 2020. Did EC in 2019.

 

[Kwami]

Our 2017 cruise no pirate menu, 2019 cruise I don't remember, 2020 cruise had pirate menu. We had the each restaurant's menu. For WC cruise pirate night was day we went to Cozumel. For EC, it was when we went to Tortolla. We did WC in 2017 and 2020. Did EC in 2019.

So, for the 2020 cruise, you had the three MDR menus, the Pirate menu, the Star Wars menu, and then only two of the MDR secondary menus?

 

[Dug720]

So, for the 2020 cruise, you had the three MDR menus, the Pirate menu, the Star Wars menu, and then only two of the MDR secondary menus?

Pirate, Star Wars/Marvel, Prince & Princess, See Ya Real Soon, etc. are all secondary menus. The MDRs will all have either their unique menu (once per rotation each cruise) or the same secondary menu.

So just randomly - not saying this is a rotation, but just giving an example.
Let's say the schedule is
MDR1 - each MDR has its rotational menu
MDR2 - each MDR has its rotational menu
MDR3 - each MDR has its rotational menu
Pirate Night - ALL have the same menu
Star Wars - ALL have the same menu
Prince & Princess - ALL have the same menu
See Ya Real Soon (not sure if this is the name, but the final night menu on 5 night or longer cruises) - ALL have the same menu

Unless things have changed radically.

 

[Kwami]

Pirate, Star Wars/Marvel, Prince & Princess, See Ya Real Soon, etc. are all secondary menus. The MDRs will all have either their unique menu (once per rotation each cruise) or the same secondary menu.

So just randomly - not saying this is a rotation, but just giving an example.
Let's say the schedule is
MDR1 - each MDR has its rotational menu
MDR2 - each MDR has its rotational menu
MDR3 - each MDR has its rotational menu
Pirate Night - ALL have the same menu
Star Wars - ALL have the same menu
Prince & Princess - ALL have the same menu
See Ya Real Soon (not sure if this is the name, but the final night menu on 5 night or longer cruises) - ALL have the same menu

Unless things have changed radically.

That wasn't my experience when I took a Western Caribbean cruise at the end of 2019. It was more like this:

MDR1 - Each MDR has its rotational menu
MDR2 - Each MDR has its rotational menu
MDR3 - Each MDR has its rotational menu
MDR1b - Each MDR has its secondary rotational menu
Pirate Night - ALL have the same menu
MDR2b - Each MDR has its secondary rotational menu
MDR3b - Each MDR has its secondary rotational menu

That is, you always had Captain's Gala in Royal Court, Prince & Princess at Enchanted Garden, and Animation Magic at Animator's Palate. The DCL Blog seems to agree with me. For instance, from the page about the Prince & Princess menu:

The Prince & Princess menu is served on the Fantasy on the second or third visit to Enchanted Garden depending on your specific rotation and when Pirate Night falls on your cruise.

So, if there's a Star Wars night and a Pirates night, then we'll miss out on of the three "b" menus. I just want to confirm if that's the normal situation so that I can decide which dining rotation to request.

 

[Dug720]

That wasn't my experience when I took a Western Caribbean cruise at the end of 2019. It was more like this:

MDR1 - Each MDR has its rotational menu
MDR2 - Each MDR has its rotational menu
MDR3 - Each MDR has its rotational menu
MDR1b - Each MDR has its secondary rotational menu
Pirate Night - ALL have the same menu
MDR2b - Each MDR has its secondary rotational menu
MDR3b - Each MDR has its secondary rotational menu

That is, you always had Captain's Gala in Royal Court, Prince & Princess at Enchanted Garden, and Animation Magic at Animator's Palate. The DCL Blog seems to agree with me. For instance, from the page about the Prince & Princess menu:



So, if there's a Star Wars night and a Pirates night, then we'll miss out on of the three "b" menus. I just want to confirm if that's the normal situation so that I can decide which dining rotation to request.

Not sure what other menus you mean. The example I gave ;NO CKUE IF IT MIRRORS ANYTHING) has 7 dinners. 3 rotational menus and 4 alternate menus.

 

[Kwami]

Not sure what other menus you mean. The example I gave ;NO CKUE IF IT MIRRORS ANYTHING) has 7 dinners. 3 rotational menus and 4 alternate menus.

I'm not sure what's unclear about my example. Quite simply, the menus don't work the way that you think they do on the Fantasy. Each MDR has two exclusive menus. I marked those as "1/2/3b".

 

[lklgoodman]

So, for the 2020 cruise, you had the three MDR menus, the Pirate menu, the Star Wars menu, and then only two of the MDR secondary menus?

I looked over the menus again. I don't think we had the pirate menu in 2020. We were on the Wonder in 2018 and after looking at the menus again, I remember not liking the pirate menu. I know we had the prince and princess menu, because I also hate that menu. We were in AP on pirate night for 2020, and I'm pretty sure we had the regular menu because I always get the pork chop. Hope this helps some. Hopefully someone does the cruise this year before your's and can let you know how they do it this yr.

 

[Kwami]

I looked over the menus again. I don't think we had the pirate menu in 2020. We were on the Wonder in 2018 and after looking at the menus again, I remember not liking the pirate menu. I know we had the prince and princess menu, because I also hate that menu. We were in AP on pirate night for 2020, and I'm pretty sure we had the regular menu because I always get the pork chop. Hope this helps some. Hopefully someone does the cruise this year before your's and can let you know how they do it this yr.

Thanks for that info! I don't mind the Pirate menu, but I'm traveling with some first timers and I'd rather that they get to experience the normal MDR menus this time. So, I'm hoping that we skip the Pirate menu.

 

[Dug720]

I'm not sure what's unclear about my example. Quite simply, the menus don't work the way that you think they do on the Fantasy. Each MDR has two exclusive menus. I marked those as "1/2/3b".

Unless it has radically changed since I was on the Fantasy, the non-MDR menu nights all MDRs have the same menu. MAYBE a tweak or two but almost identical.

 

[Kwami]

Unless it has radically changed since I was on the Fantasy, the non-MDR menu nights all MDRs have the same menu. MAYBE a tweak or two but almost identical.

I'm sorry, but you're just incorrect. It doesn't work that way anymore. Each restaurant has one primary menu and one secondary menu. The Animation Magic menu is always at Animator's Pallet, the Prince & Princess menu is always at Enchanted Garden, and the Captain's Gala is always at Royal Court. It's been this way since at least 2019, when I was last on the Fantasy. I suspect that it's bee this way since at least 2018, when the Animation Magic menu became a full menu.

 

[Dug720]

I'm sorry, but you're just incorrect. It doesn't work that way anymore. Each restaurant has one primary menu and one secondary menu. The Animation Magic menu is always at Animator's Pallet, the Prince & Princess menu is always at Enchanted Garden, and the Captain's Gala is always at Royal Court. It's been this way since at least 2019, when I was last on the Fantasy. I suspect that it's bee this way since at least 2018, when the Animation Magic menu became a full menu.

As I said "Unless it has radically changed" which apparently it has. They are also not listed "Prince & Princess in Enchanted Garden", etc. on Scott's Disney Cruise Line Blog - so you should probably yell at him too.