Stay onboard on Lookout Cay day?

[DCL58]

This is just crazy talk to me. I love Lookout Cay- can’t imagine wanting to skip it to ride a water slide…. But to each there own I suppose.

Same. We actively book cruises that go to Lookout. We enjoy our days there much more than our days on castaway. But if others choose to stay on the ship, it will make LC less crowded for those of us who love it.

 

[ofcabbagesandkings]

No no no you see, people secretly hate Lookout Cay and they only go there because Disney forces them to get off the ship by closing things.

Well honestly, most of the reviews I read when it first opened were pretty negative. No shade on the long walk on the pier, flies and inadequate seating in the dining areas, erosion making the beach areas in front of many of the expensive cabanas unusable, etc. It's great that you love it! Happy for you. But some folks do sail for the ships (just look at the Adventure's current cruise to nowhere out of Singapore) and it would be great and very reasonable, in my opinion, if the major advertised amenities on these very-expensive-relative-to-their-peer class ships were running from 9am onwards. Especially since they close the kids clubs until 3 on island days.

It's wild to me that anyone would want to argue against that given the prices we pay, but some people will cape for Disney no matter what like any criticism is a personal affront. DCL could absolutely afford to keep the waterslide open in the mornings. They're not Dickensian orphans begging for change on a street corner.

In any case, I've gotten good feedback from other people on this thread about why they've chosen to go to Lookout Cay or stay onboard, so thanks to those folks!

 

[holula]

Because its so dead, the vast majority of the ship gets off. Even in the early afternoon when they do open it there are so few people, like less than 5 min wait. We usually do Castaway Cay day as a half day and then get back on for Lunch and its so quiet. Done that probably 5-6 different times. As you get closer to all aboard it gets busier but still nothing like a sea day or even a day in a regular port.

This is what I do too. Get off at 8.30-9, have three hours on the beach, head back to the ship for lunch, ride the Aquamouse. Both recent times I did this there was no line, which is great as they just let you stay in the raft.

On the Wish class ships they seem to have even less going on during port days than other ships. The poolside bar doesn’t open until 11am and Cove Bar doesn’t open until 1pm. I think the Aquamouse opened at noon.

I’d at least get off the ship for a couple of hours.

 

[Elangen]

I was wondering if that was still an issue! Cookies is even a bit tricky for us because one member of our party is vegetarian, so we have to preorder one lunch the day before if we go there. But it really seems like Mickey’s Festival of Foods would be much better for our family. Kids loved it on the Wish.

Ooh, didnt think of that but one of our party is also veg. When/where did you preorder? What was the option? Thanks!