MomOTwins
The Mommy Fairy
- Joined
- Mar 5, 2018
My parents DO NOT LIKE Disney, and have resisted joining us on any of our six Disney vacations to date, but have now finally agreed to go with us on our next Disney trip!!! I am so excited and can't wait to hopefully get them to see past their prejudices and finally enjoy some Disney magic with their grandkids. They have left all the itinerary/planning up to me, and I want them to have the best experience possible. They will definitely want the experience to be as high-end as possible, and we can pay for deluxe resorts at WDW and verandahs on the ship, although I don't think we can quite afford concierge.
But I am having a hard time deciding whether it would be better to do a land/sea vacation (a few days at Disney World followed by a 3 or 4 night cruise) or a 7-night cruise. On the one hand, I think they would enjoy the slower pace, excellent service, and "toned-down" Disney-theming of the cruise, especially since they do not really like theme park rides. On the other hand, the hotel rooms and pools at a WDW deluxe resort would definitely impress them more than those on the ships (they have never cruised so the small cabins and pools might be a bit of a shock), and they want to spend as much time with the grandkids as possible, so the kids clubs on the ship are a negative.
What would you do? Has anyone here had an experience introducing Disney skeptics to either the parks or DCL or both, and did you find they had a better reaction to one or the other?
But I am having a hard time deciding whether it would be better to do a land/sea vacation (a few days at Disney World followed by a 3 or 4 night cruise) or a 7-night cruise. On the one hand, I think they would enjoy the slower pace, excellent service, and "toned-down" Disney-theming of the cruise, especially since they do not really like theme park rides. On the other hand, the hotel rooms and pools at a WDW deluxe resort would definitely impress them more than those on the ships (they have never cruised so the small cabins and pools might be a bit of a shock), and they want to spend as much time with the grandkids as possible, so the kids clubs on the ship are a negative.
What would you do? Has anyone here had an experience introducing Disney skeptics to either the parks or DCL or both, and did you find they had a better reaction to one or the other?