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Mauretania
05-16-2015, 08:37 PM
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05-16-2015, 08:48 PM
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05-16-2015, 08:49 PM
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Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Mauretania these look amazing!!! It's definitely making me think I need to look into doing one of these sometime... :)

Mauretania
05-16-2015, 08:53 PM
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05-16-2015, 08:56 PM
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05-16-2015, 09:01 PM
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Moneybags
05-16-2015, 09:04 PM
Very cool - thanks for posting!

Mauretania
05-16-2015, 09:04 PM
It was a bit of a "photo dump" but the last two photos are of the six-toed cats at the Hemingway home in Key West, Florida.

foamy
05-16-2015, 09:05 PM
Great pic's Monica hope you had a great time.

UTtoyfan
05-16-2015, 10:17 PM
oh wow, love Disney!!

Mauretania
05-16-2015, 10:38 PM
PHOTO DESCRIPTIONS
I'm certainly no photographer and some of the pics aren't very clear as they were done on my iphone and it's a bit awkward to hold the phone "steady".
I randomly took pictures of things that caught my eye.

In typical Disney fashion, the DISNEY MAGIC shows attention to detail, from the "Hidden Mickey's", and film theater to the plexi-glass covering the railings.
I thought the housekeeping carts were cute - made to look like old steamer trunks with the "French Line" luggage labels, which made me smile.

My three-year-old grandson loved the water slide and fortunately he was over the 38" requirement. He and I went on that thing multiple times and I would go after him, to
give him a "push" to get him going. The other Grandma would wait below to catch him.

The "Library" on board - seems to be the small bookcase in the Cove Cafe (coffee place in the adult area).

We are not the "Snyder" family LOL - "Decorating" the stateroom doors seems to be the norm. It made it easier to find our door as it was one of the few that wasn't glammed up!

The menus offered more choices than what you usually see on other mainstream cruise lines today. The lunch buffet had a heap of crab claws (cut my finger on one!) along with large peel and eat shrimp every day.

Mauretania
05-16-2015, 11:29 PM
How I ended up on the DISNEY MAGIC:
The other Grandparents ("Pops" and "Lita" to Grandson) booked this trip for themselves, their son, my daughter and Grandson. "Pops" couldn't make it as he's working on a law case. Lita asked me to
take his place. We had a standard inside stateroom and the "kids" had an ocean view stateroom.

For the record, I LOVE Disneyland and Disney World. Our family has visited both many times over the years. I also LOVE cruises.

We had never sailed on a Disney Cruise. Why? The first Disney Cruises were three and four night cruises out of Port Canaveral, packaged up with a Disney World stay.
One could just do the short cruise itself but most did the package to make it a weeks vacation. I don't particularly like short cruises and didn't like the idea of packing up everything and
moving to the next part of the "package" (though you could add hotel/park days). We preferred two nights at Universal and five or six nights at Disney World. I also thought there would
be no escaping the little ones on a cruise ship (I was pretty right on about that!).

seemoreroyals
05-16-2015, 11:36 PM
Nice cruise pic's Maurentania. Loved the cat pictures as well. We have never done a Disney cruise before. It looks amazing. How was the entertainment, activities, and dining as compared to other major cruise lines?

Nhcris
05-17-2015, 12:04 AM
Wow, I had forgotten what a pretty ship she is! Love seeing all the pictures :)

Jen Jen
05-17-2015, 12:12 AM
Looks like a fun cruise ship. The only thing missing is the casino. Have fun!

sassycat
05-17-2015, 12:57 AM
Really pretty pictures and the ship looks so new!!

Glad you got to spend time with your grandson (still can't believe you have a grandson)

tee2green
05-17-2015, 01:11 AM
I can't wait to look these over later when I have time! My friend who is a huge Disney fan is going on her first Disney cruise in January. @ Mauritania I'm sure she may have tons of questions, hope you won't mind me asking for her after I show her your pics.[emoji4]


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dwwright12
05-17-2015, 01:41 AM
Very nice, Mon. Disney AND a cruise! Can't go wrong. Thanks for all the great pictures.


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Suze1000
05-17-2015, 02:26 AM
Fun! Fun! Fun!

Stephiede11
05-17-2015, 04:02 AM
Thanks for sharing your pics. Looks like a very fun cruise ship.

Laurie
05-17-2015, 04:09 AM
Thanks for sharing the pics!! Looks like a really nice ship!


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Mauretania
05-17-2015, 04:27 AM
How was the entertainment, activities, and dining as compared to other major cruise lines?

To be quite honest, the "major" cruise lines I've sailed on in recent years were a 4-night Carnival cruise in 2012 and a 14-night Holland America cruise in 2013. My other recent cruises
weren't on major cruise lines. I'll try and break it down for you:

Entertainment -
I rarely attend the shows in the main show rooms. I did attend one on the Holland America cruise as it was a tribute to Broadway shows and none on the Carnival cruise.
I spend my evenings in the Piano Lounge on pretty much all my cruises. I did the same on the Disney Cruise (Keys) too with Lita.
The Disney ships have an "Adults-Only" entertainment area (18 and over) from 9pm which consists of the Keys Piano lounge, an Irish Pub and a show room called "Fathoms" (a comedy show).
The main family show room - had a production show each evening and I did attend one with my daughter. Disney has beautiful sets, effects, costumes etc..but the particular show we saw wasn't very good - story was silly and far too loud (children around us were covering their ears). There was a duo (singer and a guitarist)that performed in the Atrium and the family Promenade Lounge at
different times during the day and evening.
Where Disney shines - the evening Pirate Party out on deck (which takes place one evening, only on Caribbean cruises) with the fireworks show:) We all had a blast!
They also have a proper movie theatre which is absolutely beautiful. Lita, my daughter and I watched the film "Cinderella" there, one afternoon. They showed trailers of upcoming
Disney Co. films including "Tomorrowland". Few cruise ships have dedicated movie theaters (Crystal does!).

Activities-
Trivia, family group games such as Pictionary etc..., Arts & Crafts (I think completely gone from the major cruise lines now), baby crawling races (really!!), Bingo, "port shopping" talks etc...
I went to the last Bingo session with Lita. She played, I kept her company. It was loud, and the cast members were annoying (hyper!). The prize amounts were lousy $100-$250 approx. per set (there were
four sets) and I think she paid $40 for the basic set of paper cards.
Pretty much one deck of the ship is devoted to the Children's Programs (I didn't like that they had very large screens promoting their new films in every room though). My grandson hung out with us.

Characters - You didn't ask but it goes with the territory - the photo sessions are listed on the app or the paper daily program and there were long lines. If you were lucky, you might
see one "unscheduled" - I spotted "Belle" in her blue dress sitting alone, reading a book on the steps in front of Lumiere's Restaurant and there was no one around lol Mickey Mouse
wandered by while I was reading in the Promenade Lounge and said hello to the surprised Arts and Crafts group:) The secret to this is, both times were while most passengers were
on shore in Nassau and Castaway Cay (Disney's private island and fabulous).

Dining -
There is an adults-only restaurant "Palo" on the DISNEY MAGIC for an additional charge. We didn't eat there. There are three family restaurants, which you eat at a different one, each evening,
and your waitstaff follows you and you sit at the same numbered table. The food was very good and quite a few choices. We had the early dining due to my grandson and the noise level
was loud (toddler melt-downs and crying babies) but I'm sure the later dining time would have fewer young children. Again, Disney has a nice surprise during one of those dinners:) The
buffet had basic offerings except for the crab claws and peel and eat shrimp at lunch every day. Around the pool area, self-serve ice cream cones, pizza, hamburgers etc...and a nice little
sandwich/wrap/salad place that served pastries, smoothies and fruit/yoghurt parfaits in the mornings. One 24-hour self-serve beverage station which offered soda, juice, coffee and hot chocolate.
The included coffee was the syrup stuff so I bought coffee every day from the Cove Cafe place (in my photos). Worth it to me especially as it was "Illy" coffee like at Palazzo in Las Vegas.

Sorry, perhaps too much info!

Mauretania
05-17-2015, 04:35 AM
Disney is known for their "pixie dust" and my daughter got some during the cruise (or maybe they do this for all first-time Disney cruisers??)
The first evening, they found a scroll with a bow in their room stating to expect special surprises each day:)
The first day, they found chocolate covered strawberries, the second day, a plate of artisan cheeses and crackers, and one day
a stuffed dinosaur (from Toy Story!) my grandson's latest favorite film! I can't remember the other things she got.

Hawkeye
05-17-2015, 04:50 AM
To be quite honest, the "major" cruise lines I've sailed on in recent years were a 4-night Carnival cruise in 2012 and a 14-night Holland America cruise in 2013. My other recent cruises
weren't on major cruise lines. I'll try and break it down for you:

Entertainment -
I rarely attend the shows in the main show rooms. I did attend one on the Holland America cruise as it was a tribute to Broadway shows and none on the Carnival cruise.
I spend my evenings in the Piano Lounge on pretty much all my cruises. I did the same on the Disney Cruise (Keys) too with Lita.
The Disney ships have an "Adults-Only" entertainment area (18 and over) from 9pm which consists of the Keys Piano lounge, an Irish Pub and a show room called "Fathoms" (a comedy show).
The main family show room - had a production show each evening and I did attend one with my daughter. Disney has beautiful sets, effects, costumes etc..but the particular show we saw wasn't very good - story was silly and far too loud (children around us were covering their ears). There was a duo (singer and a guitarist)that performed in the Atrium and the family Promenade Lounge at
different times during the day and evening.
Where Disney shines - the evening Pirate Party out on deck (which takes place one evening, only on Caribbean cruises) with the fireworks show:) We all had a blast!
They also have a proper movie theatre which is absolutely beautiful. Lita, my daughter and I watched the film "Cinderella" there, one afternoon. They showed trailers of upcoming
Disney Co. films including "Tomorrowland". Few cruise ships have dedicated movie theaters (Crystal does!).

Activities-
Trivia, family group games such as Pictionary etc..., Arts & Crafts (I think completely gone from the major cruise lines now), baby crawling races (really!!), Bingo, "port shopping" talks etc...
I went to the last Bingo session with Lita. She played, I kept her company. It was loud, and the cast members were annoying (hyper!). The prize amounts were lousy $100-$250 approx. per set (there were
four sets) and I think she paid $40 for the basic set of paper cards.
Pretty much one deck of the ship is devoted to the Children's Programs (I didn't like that they had very large screens promoting their new films in every room though). My grandson hung out with us.

Characters - You didn't ask but it goes with the territory - the photo sessions are listed on the app or the paper daily program and there were long lines. If you were lucky, you might
see one "unscheduled" - I spotted "Belle" in her blue dress sitting alone, reading a book on the steps in front of Lumiere's Restaurant and there was no one around lol Mickey Mouse
wandered by while I was reading in the Promenade Lounge and said hello to the surprised Arts and Crafts group:) The secret to this is, both times were while most passengers were
on shore in Nassau and Castaway Cay (Disney's private island and fabulous).

Dining -
There is an adults-only restaurant "Palo" on the DISNEY MAGIC for an additional charge. We didn't eat there. There are three family restaurants, which you eat at a different one, each evening,
and your waitstaff follows you and you sit at the same numbered table. The food was very good and quite a few choices. We had the early dining due to my grandson and the noise level
was loud (toddler melt-downs and crying babies) but I'm sure the later dining time would have fewer young children. Again, Disney has a nice surprise during one of those dinners:) The
buffet had basic offerings except for the crab claws and peel and eat shrimp at lunch every day. Around the pool area, self-serve ice cream cones, pizza, hamburgers etc...and a nice little
sandwich/wrap/salad place that served pastries, smoothies and fruit/yoghurt parfaits in the mornings. One 24-hour self-serve beverage station which offered soda, juice, coffee and hot chocolate.
The included coffee was the syrup stuff so I bought coffee every day from the Cove Cafe place (in my photos). Worth it to me especially as it was "Illy" coffee like at Palazzo in Las Vegas.

Sorry, perhaps too much info!

Absolutely not. Great trip report and pictures. Looks like a real fun time. Glad you got to go. Thanks for sharing Monica.

tee2green
05-17-2015, 11:31 AM
Thank you so much for the pics and descriptions Monica! My friend is going with her DH, 19 year old son, and 9 yr old son and they are huge Disney fans but she's trying to get as much info as she can because this will be their first cruise ever. She's prone to motion sickness, did you find that to be a problem with any of your group or others you noticed on the ship?


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treyster
05-17-2015, 11:50 AM
Hey, thanks for posting those pics. What a ship!

Mauretania
05-17-2015, 01:18 PM
Thank you so much for the pics and descriptions Monica! My friend is going with her DH, 19 year old son, and 9 yr old son and they are huge Disney fans but she's trying to get as much info as she can because this will be their first cruise ever. She's prone to motion sickness, did you find that to be a problem with any of your group or others you noticed on the ship?


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Ida, Our group had cruised in the past (except for my Grandson) and none of us have ever been seasick. Grandson was fine too. I did notice some passengers with the "patches" behind their ears.
Your friend should do an online search for what might work for her. I know some prefer the wristbands. She should also check out the Disney Cruise Line forum on Disboards.com though sometimes
it can be too much information lol

Mauretania
05-17-2015, 01:30 PM
tee2green,

Here is a great tip to pass on to your friend:
Disney Cruise Line has a free app "Navigator" which they can download to their cell phones BEFORE they leave home. It also has a free text feature which they can use on the ship. I think they
may be able to keep their cell phones in "Airplane Mode" to not incur roaming charges. I had roaming as I had to work a few hours per day.
It includes updates on weather, shows, port info, menus etc... Of course my crew never downloaded the app because they are "fly by the seat of the pants" kind of people which drove me crazy!

Mauretania
05-17-2015, 02:00 PM
I'm an "Organizer" and my family is not! I did the envelope thing, as I do for my Las Vegas visits.
I did an envelope for each day.
My first day envelope included the prepaid print-out car/driver transfer from the Orlando Airport to the Disney Cruise Terminal and the gratuity in cash. Same with the last day envelope.
I used "Happy Limo" and they were prompt and had the car seat requested for my Grandson. Both drivers, in each direction, were great about texting me a confirmation the night before.
Here was our itinerary:
Monday, May 11
1/2 day (afternoon) in Key West, FL
Lita and I walked to the Hemingway Home and found the shortest walk to the Aquarium from the ship. Went back to the ship picked up the rest of the crew and spent some time at the Aquarium.
I had pre-purchased the Aquarium tickets for my group online, with a slight discount.

Tuesday, May 12
Sea Day

Wednesday, May 13
Full day in Nassau, Bahamas
Ardastra Gardens and Zoo.
Todays' envelope includes taxi cash (I hate bartering with those taxi drivers in touristy areas!), and the exact amount for the entrance fees to the Gardens.
Our group took a taxi to Ardastra Gardens and Zoo. We arrived shortly after it opened and pretty much had the place to ourselves - perfect for my Grandson to run around and there was plenty of
shade from the lovely gardens. It's mainly a zoo for birds, flamingos a few reptiles, monkeys, lemurs, a petting goats and rabbits area and a couple of big cats. The girl at the ticket window, arranged for a taxi to take us back to the ship. If it had only been myself and my husband we would have gone to check out the new Baha Mar resort area and casino! lol

Thursday, May 14
Castaway Cay
The ship docks here, at Disney's Private Island. Lovely, quiet beach area and we all splashed around in the protected ocean area. Plenty of lounge chairs and umbrellas. They have a barbecue lunch buffet,
with plenty of shaded picnic tables, self-serve ice cream cone machine and beverage station. A couple of open air bars with alcoholic/non-alcoholic fancy drinks and smoothies for purchase. My daughter bought Castaway Cay-specific items from the gift shop that are only available on the island including pages for her "Disney Cruise Scrapbook". They have a shuttle train-bus (just like the ones at the Disney parks, to take you to different points on the island.

Friday, May 15th
Off the ship early to meet the car/driver and our flight from Orlando left on time at 11:40am.

RiverSong
05-17-2015, 02:21 PM
I just finished your trip report with my Sunday morning coffee. Thank you so much for sharing as I'm not a cruiser and this will be the closest I'll get. (besides watching Dream Cruises on the AWE chamnel. I thoroughly enjoyed the read, definitely not too much!

Mauretania
05-17-2015, 02:37 PM
I just finished your trip report with my Sunday morning coffee. Thank you so much for sharing as I'm not a cruiser and this will be the closest I'll get. (besides watching Dream Cruises on the AWE chamnel. I thoroughly enjoyed the read, definitely not too much!

Thank you, RiverSong:)
I had never heard of the AWE Channel (I looked it up). I don't get that channel and would LOVE to see all those past "Dream Cruise" episodes!

Penguin
05-17-2015, 02:41 PM
Monica you are organized. Thanks for the pics and info. Someday the Penguins will have to try a cruise.

Mauretania
05-17-2015, 02:48 PM
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I had to take this picture of my Grandson sitting on a classic wooden steamship lounge chair on the teak Promenade Deck!

Naturally he's wearing a Texas A&M t-shirt (his Dad's a grad).


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seemoreroyals
05-17-2015, 03:04 PM
Thanks for the report Monica. Did you venture into the casino at all? They always seem to be packed on the cruises we take and the few video poker machines they have usually have such bad pay tables.

tee2green
05-17-2015, 03:12 PM
Thanks for the report Monica. Did you venture into the casino at all? They always seem to be packed on the cruises we take and the few video poker machines they have usually have such bad pay tables.

Hope you don't mind me answering for Monica. They don't have casinos on Disney cruises. Kind of takes away from the wholesome family values lol.


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seemoreroyals
05-17-2015, 03:16 PM
Thanks Ida. Did not know that.

tee2green
05-17-2015, 03:21 PM
Your grandson is a real cutie Monica! She is COMPLETELY the organized type. I know she reads the DIS boards and has probably been to most of the cruise boards but I will definitely pass your info on to her. Going to talk to her today and see if she has any specific questions. Oh and I think I may have said this before but you look way too young too be a grandmother!


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Mauretania
05-17-2015, 03:54 PM
Thanks for the report Monica. Did you venture into the casino at all? They always seem to be packed on the cruises we take and the few video poker machines they have usually have such bad pay tables.

As Ida stated - no casinos on Disney Cruise Line ships! Only Bingo and I didn't play that either, just kept the other Grandma company while she played.
I didn't miss the casino as I very rarely play in the casino's on ships - they're not regulated and yes, have terrible VP paytables. My husband will play blackjack only, in the evenings on board cruises while
I'm hanging out in the piano bar or playing evening trivia. On my previous cruise, before the Disney one, I did play Roulette (first and only time ever!) with some other passengers that I had met earlier
in the cruise.
On the Holland America cruise in the fall of 2013, I was sailing with my Mom and she likes to gamble in the casino. I went to the casino myself, the first evening, to figure out how to use her room key in the casino slot machines and hit a .25 progressive Royal on my first hand lol I took the whole win home with me as I never played again but did help my Mom play the slot machines (she has short-term memory loss).

twinslotaddicts
05-18-2015, 10:04 AM
OMG I'm so jealous and can't believe I missed this whole new post from you about my other most favorite thing -Disney everything!!! What a fabulous time and LOVED all the pics!!

Ang

goldengreeke
05-18-2015, 10:45 AM
Great photos Monica and what a beautiful ship!

Brings back memories of my 30 years of cruising before I became such a degenerate gambler lol.

Nhcris
05-18-2015, 01:12 PM
That picture of your little guy is a classic! He is so handsome :)

CTslotters
05-18-2015, 01:36 PM
Great pics Monica! Makes us want to book another Disney cruise, such a beautiful ship! Thanks for sharing! tee2green, if someone in your daughters party is prone to seasickness, they have pills you can pick up at the main ship desk in the lobby (the staff just hands them out or if the seas are very rough, they leave a bowl of them on the desk, individually wrapped) We had some pretty rough seas during our December cruise and found it easier to just take a pill everyday than deal with the queasiness.

dodger3131
05-18-2015, 01:49 PM
Great pics. I have a little girl and pretty sure in the future we may end of taking a Disney cruise :glee:

tee2green
05-18-2015, 05:41 PM
Thursday, May 14
Castaway Cay
The ship docks here, at Disney's Private Island. Lovely, quiet beach area and we all splashed around in the protected ocean area. Plenty of lounge chairs and umbrellas. They have a barbecue lunch buffet,
with plenty of shaded picnic tables, self-serve ice cream cone machine and beverage station. A couple of open air bars with alcoholic/non-alcoholic fancy drinks and smoothies for purchase. My daughter bought Castaway Cay-specific items from the gift shop that are only available on the island including pages for her "Disney Cruise Scrapbook". They have a shuttle train-bus (just like the ones at the Disney parks, to take you to different points on the island.

Mauretania,
One thing she was interested in were the unique items to be had on Castaway Cay. Do you happen to know if they transport your purchases back to the ship once you've bought them like they do in Disney? She wants to shop early in the day and then relax but doesn't want to have her items with her.

She was like a kid on Christmas when she read your entries & saw your pics. She is an organizer and knows some of your tips but she still loved reading & seeing the pics.

Mauretania
05-18-2015, 08:43 PM
Mauretania,
One thing she was interested in were the unique items to be had on Castaway Cay. Do you happen to know if they transport your purchases back to the ship once you've bought them like they do in Disney? She wants to shop early in the day and then relax but doesn't want to have her items with her.

She was like a kid on Christmas when she read your entries & saw your pics. She is an organizer and knows some of your tips but she still loved reading & seeing the pics.

Ida,
Yes, my daughter hit the Castaway Cay shop, first thing and the shop had them taken to the ship. She picked her items up from the liquor store in the adults-only area on the ship. One of the other items she bought was a Castaway Cay Christmas ornament. Aw, I'm glad she enjoyed my pics and report:)

tee2green
05-18-2015, 09:37 PM
Thanks Monica. She's trying to keep it a secret from her kids but they sometimes get a hold of her phone. I just texted her back "You can send your purchases back to the you know what and pick them up at the liquor store on the you know what." HHH.