Just returned from the Wonder in Alaska. Alaska is pretty. I wasn't as wowed by it as most people are. I have seen better scenery in Wyoming and Montana, and then there's Iceland which I was totally blown away by. We had pretty good weather the first sea day it was 80 degrees the rest of cruise was normal Alaska weather cloudy, foggy and rainy. I did not miss having a balcony. Many times it was too overcast to see anything or just too plan cold to sit outside. Also I found the scenery to be pretty redundant. I lived in Lake Tahoe and my parents were outdoor people. We camped and hiked all over the northwest. It wasn't anything remarkable for me. I will say compared to Arizona heat it was a welcome change.
The service was great as usual, and a little overbearing and intrusive as usual. I heard one couple complaining about being chastised by their waiter for not showing up to MDR a couple of nights. Sounds about right. I'm going to admit I get a little tired of talking to them every night.
Food was just OK as usual. The MDR food was hit or miss. The buffet ditto. The pool side food is not edible. This is been my impression every DCL cruise. I don't cruise for the food. I get tired of going to the MDR, but there is no other option unless you want to eat horrible Pizza or burgers. Other people seem to eat it though. We have way too many good pizza and burger places in AZ for me to waste my calorie splurges on that.
The Edge fantastic as always. Really great, great, great counselors on this cruise. I can't say enough about the great job they do....I really can't they are awesome.
I haven't watched a Disney show in maybe 8 cruises, but Frozen was really, really good.
I had a funny exchange with connect at sea. As usual I had all kinds of problems with the internet package. I can surf for an hour and hardly use any mb and then another time I log in and withing 2 minutes I've gone from 200mb to nothing. As usual I go to the desk and complain. They refund my money and reset my mb. I ask if they get lots of complaints and they say yes. I asked it they are going to go to a unlimited plan like Carninval because I've gotten email surveys about it. I'm told maybe.
She then tell me that the reason Carnival can do that is because most of their customers can't afford the internet packages
, and Disney can't tell people they can't stream or watch movies because they have customers who are willing to spend thousands on internet. I had to laugh at this because I'm sure Carnival sells lots of internet packages, and I'm also sure Carnival customers aren't stupid enough to pay thousands for it....good grief.
One day I sat on a couch on deck 4 by the vacationing planning desk because it was the warmest spot on the ship, and I had a good view. I overheard many people rebooking. A lot of people booked placeholders. You also had husband and wife teams showing up going over cruises with the all the seriousness and scrutiny of buying a new car and some of these cruises cost as much as a new car. It was an interesting couple of hours to say the least...... then there's me telling them to find me the cheapest cruise on the Fantasy next year inside room, and I still walk away feeling like I'm overpaying. I doubt I'll be doing that Fantasy cruise, but it was fun to book it. Of course I've done 16 DCL cruises and most of these people cruise every couple of years, but yes people are willing to drop some serious cash on one cruise. I think I'm going to make it a habit to sit there and eves drop every cruise.
Overall it was great cruise...no complaints except the food, but I complain about that on every Disney cruise.
After 6 or so DCL cruises in a row I am feeling the need for a change. I have the Transatlantic booked for September. I'm not sure what I'll be doing between now and then.
