I'm an interior designer and agree that I love the elegance of the Disney ships. I love the art nouveau/Art Deco style. Our first few sailings were on the d/f and when we sailed the Magic I was afraid I would be disappointed, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was great to see how they designed some different areas like the piano lounge and the after hours area, as well as various other places around the ship. The areas I didn't feel were as elegant were the public restrooms (which were still nice and immaculately cleaned. But the d/f have some gorgeous public restrooms!) and the rainforest room. We still had great shows, great service, and an overall fun cheery atmosphere. I can now contrast it with our first non dcl cruise this past summer on rcl adventure of the seas which is newer than the Magic by 3 years and has an overall feel like it was designed in the 90's as a mall(even though it embarked 2001), and the interactions with the staff was nothing like on dcl. In the public spaces we constantly felt as if we were being accosted by someone trying to sell us something. I think you'll find overall you will still love it. Just be prepared to let go of some of the things you may love about the d/f and enjoy the differences and variety of sailing a different ship with the same overall classic elegant feel that Dcl does so well.
Interesting about rcl, we have done the dream and fantasy and are looking to book the Magic in 2019. Another line has briefly popped in my mind. What did you think about disney pricing vs rcl? Not just $, but over all.
We went on the southern Caribbean cruise without our kids and the price was good for a junior suite aft,which I am thankful we had because we didn't enjoy the ship and spent a lot of time on our huge balcony. On a Disney ship we would have been happy in a regular balcony room which would have made the price more comparable. Our reason for using rcl is that for the dates and itinerary we needed it worked. We were trying to do a cruise that included Barbados since that was where we spent our honeymoon and this was for our 25th anniversary. We have no plans to book with them again unless it is a very specific situation like before. We typically try to cruise during lower demand times to keep our prices low. Overall we did not feel it is worth the savings. It felt like a generic vacation in a lower quality environment vs one with the added "magic" of Disney.
Thanks for the reply, it confirms my feelings for paying more for Disney, sometimes I wonder, "am I crazy to pay so much for Disney". As the saying goes, you get what you pay for, and the Disney "magic" and environment is totally worth it.
Hey!!!! Sarah is my niece and we LOVE Omar!!
We are heading into the Magic right now. So glad everybody loves them like we love them!!Hey!!!! Sarah is my niece and we LOVE Omar!!
