John Sisker wrote:
> In today's environment, our (my wife Deborah and I) ideal cruise ship is
> the Disney Magic. It is a modern ship but with a somewhat old world
> flair and design. The two stack emphasis is meant to help capture the
> look of the ships of yesteryear, but only one stack is really
> functional, the other used to house the Teen Center.
The Disney Magic and Wonder are very Old World on the outside and the
main areas inside the ship are Art Deco. If you haven't taken it, there
is a tour that explains all the Art Deco features, the landing on the
main staircase which is three steps up and the reason it is like this. I
seem to remember it was a series of tours, but we only did the one.
> Likewise, Disney
> offers unique rotational dining, with a different dining room each
> night, but with the same table mates and waiter service.
The rotational dining worked well and was interesting, each dining roomm
had its own features. One more formal, one where the walls lite up and
Parrot Cay which was my favorite.
In addition,
> one can opt for the specialty restaurant, no kids allowed, optional
> dining for an additional fee.
We had never done alternative dining before the Disney Magic, but it was
an excellant experience. We did Palo for brunch and once for dinner and
both were very good. I have to say that brunch at Palo is still our best
alternative dining experience.
> Naturally, one would think
> that any Disney ship would be full of kids, after all, this is Disney.
> While true to a degree, it was surprising that the kids programs were so
> well organized that the kids were not a bother at all.
I have to agree that the kids program was so good that they never wanted
to leave the program. The only times we saw lots of kids was in the
picture gallery and when we walked past the family pool area. Almost
forgot to add, when we went to one of the Disney shows it filled with kids.
The ironic things about it is that we don't even have
> kids, but opted for Disney anyway. We did not regret it.
We went on the Magic, just the two of us, to celebrate our 60th
birthdays and had a blast.
> Likewise, there are plenty of places on the ships, including one of the
> pools, were kids are not allowed. This makes very quite places for the
> adults, but still plenty of places for the kids and families to do their
> thing as well.
I have to agree with you again, there was the adult only entertainment
areas, pool ares, beach areas and they were enforced. Of course not much
enforcement was needed since the kids wanted to be in the kids areas.
We are not huge Disney fans, nothing against Disney, but not much
interested in Disney type entertainment, yet we had a wonderful cruise.
The biggest reason we have not sailed Disney again, is that they did
away with the Duel Pianos which was our favorite entertainment on the
ship. The rest of the entertainment was not for us.
sue - who might do Disney again some day |