Well... that sounds like our Dexter (hubby's kitty) . I know, I know.... that's what I get for naming him after a serial killer. Oliver (my kitty) on the other hand is sweet and would probably be no trouble.After Mo decided to nip my wrist this morning and then swat me - ALMOST scratching my eye - when I said "No!"... He is going nowhere fast. LOL.
Well... that sounds like our Dexter (hubby's kitty) . I know, I know.... that's what I get for naming him after a serial killer. Oliver (my kitty) on the other hand is sweet and would probably be no trouble.
On Carnival I felt like an imposition at every turn from meals, to waterslides even down to getting pool towels (they took my name and stateroom number and were going to charge me $20/towel if I didn't "check" them back in - ridiculous).
Yeah I hear that a lot. It's good that other cruises offer more options.Dh and I are a childless couple. And, we love all things Disney! We are Florida residents and enjoy going to WDW as much as possible. So, a DCL cruise makes perfect sense to us. We also sail with other cruise lines, too and also enjoy them. DCL is getting out of hand with their prices!
WDW has gotten pricey for me too. I actually started couch surfing to save money. I actually am going on the NYC cruise because a day in WDW is included.One day we were sitting (bored) at the pool of Coronado Springs. To kill some extra time, we ordered drinks and my husband got us booklets about Disney Cruise Line so we could have something to read. I read a part talking about the Quiet Cove on the cruiseships and Castaway Cay. It looked amazing. We already had a NCL cruise to the Bahamas booked at that time so cruising was already part of our plans but we were not sure if we would really be into cruising.
So we decided that since we were not sure we'd enjoy cruising, we might as well try it with DCL thinking "If we hate cruising, at least there will be a little bit of Disney there as a consolation prize".
Turns out we love cruising (with or without Disney).
Most of the things we love on Disney Cruise Line are the things we can also find with other cruise lines to be honest: good food, good service, a nice adult only section, a verandah (I'm obsessed with the ocean), mixology/wine tasting classes, specialty dining (18+), free movies and free ice cream & I love musicals (my DH doesn't).
For the price they charge for cruises longer that 3-4 nights, we can most likely do two vacations. We prefer to travel more. So, since we are getting bored with the Bahamas and because all the DCL ships are pretty similar, we will try something else for a while (we have a list of 6-7 other cruises/land trips that we would like to do) and reevaluate the offer in 5 years when the new cruiseship arrives, pending on itineraries. Same for WDW. We've been there 7 times in the last 5 years and need to experiment something new.
Our upcoming Land & Sea trip is our «Goodbye» trip.
Yeah the lack of a dinner buffet is a deal breaker for quite a few people.We enjoyed the concierge level service on the Dream, but being child-free, being locked into MDR dining has turned out to be the deal breaker for me for another DCL cruise. Everyone says the late seating is better, but kids screamed and ran throughout our 8:30pm dinners. We're also not people who like to linger over dinner. So dinner was a thing we came to dread.
(Other similar cruise lines open up the buffet for dinner, even on short sailings like the Dream's. If this one thing were different, DCL would probably get my (off-season) money, even at their current prices. But it's pretty clear they don't need my money.)