Why You Choose Disney

Hey everyone,

I'm writing a final paper for one of my courses about cruising. I was hoping to see why you pick Disney cruises. To what extent does traveling with your family influence that decision? And how does consumption (purchasing things on board, doing Disney excursions) define Disney cruising for you and your children?

If anyone can respond with one or two sentences about this, I'd greatly appreciate it! Many, many thanks! :)

We haven't cruised yet, but leave end of May. We chose DCL for:

High level of customer service and attention to detail we have experienced with every other Disney experience (parks, hotels, booking, etc.)

We have 4 kids, and having done an Oceania cruise (with a handful of kids on the entire ship), wanted a ship that would appeal to us and the kids. Not because my kids are interested in princesses, but because the ship and activities, and supervising CM's are set up with kids in mind.

Hey everyone,

 

I'm writing a final paper for one of my courses about cruising. I was hoping to see why you pick Disney cruises. To what extent does traveling with your family influence that decision? And how does consumption (purchasing things on board, doing Disney excursions) define Disney cruising for you and your children?

 

If anyone can respond with one or two sentences about this, I'd greatly appreciate it! Many, many thanks! :)

Excursions are not a big deal on MOST DCL cruises. Other than a few special ones (like in Alaska where they have some geared to kids), you can get the same excursions on any line. They are all offered thru third party operators anyhow. Merchandise--the same sort of stuff is in the parks and the Disney store as well as on line (OK, not the cruise line logo stuff, but.....)

The places that Disney excels are entertainment, service, and family atmosphere. By that I mean very limited smoking, less alcohol consumption than on other lines we've cruised, and limited gambling (Bingo only on DCL). There is excellent attention to detail in everything from ship design to cleaning your cabin.

I could elaborate for much longer than you want to read.

Unfortunately, the 2016 prices are unreal. Not sure how much this will factor into our vacation plans in the future.

Our main reason for choosing Disney was that we were taking our 4 year old granddaughter. The experience was incredible.

We didn't take any Disney excursions. The ship itself with all the activities on board is a destination in itself!

We chose Disney when sailing with our 16 year old son due to the teen program and the layout of the one bedroom suite. The suite had doors rather than just a curtain so gave plenty of privacy. It also included two full bathrooms.

Excursions are not a big deal on MOST DCL cruises. Other than a few special ones (like in Alaska where they have some geared to kids)' date=' you can get the same excursions on any line. They are all offered thru third party operators anyhow. Merchandise--the same sort of stuff is in the parks and the Disney store as well as on line (OK, not the cruise line logo stuff, but.....)

 

The places that Disney excels are entertainment, service, and family atmosphere. By that I mean very limited smoking, less alcohol consumption than on other lines we've cruised, and limited gambling (Bingo only on DCL). There is excellent attention to detail in everything from ship design to cleaning your cabin.

 

I could elaborate for much longer than you want to read.

 

Unfortunately, the 2016 prices are unreal. Not sure how much this will factor into our vacation plans in the future.[/quote']

 

The sanest, most level-headed post in this whole thread, IMO. May be confirmation bias, but I would say now I'm a "former" DCL Gold CC but for the reasons cited above, I've already made arrangements with other cruise lines that will have TONS of stuff for kids to do as well as limited smoking and newer ship.

 

DCL is trying their New York Apple Cart pricing strategy for the late 2015 and all of 2016 seasons. Let's see how that pans out. In as much as people like to say they would travel DCL, soon enough they'll realize it's not worth the price ($6.5K vs. $3.5K) difference for a 7-night cruise in balcony class.

Well, I wrote why we chose DCL for our upcoming cruise. After anxiously awaiting 2016 pricing, we decided to do an Adventure by Disney trip for 2016. It is comparable to the new pricing for DCL, but, in my mind, you get more for the dollar with ABD.

Good luck on your paper!

I chose Disney because I love Disney, and I have a tween who will be growing out of it before too long.

I like Disney customer service based on experience with the parks, and I like the fact that the ships don't have a Casino.

In as much as people like to say they would travel DCL, soon enough they'll realize it's not worth the price ($6.5K vs. $3.5K) difference for a 7-night cruise in balcony class.

Disney is certainly more expensive but it isn't quite that bad. As an example, you can book the 7-night Fantasy on January 16, 2016 in a Veranda room for $1,876 per person for the first two people in the room. That comes to around $3,900 for a room for 2 including taxes fees and port expenses. That total increases to about $4,300 for a 256 sq ft Family Veranda room, which is the same size as a mini-suite on Princess and only a little smaller than a junior suite on RCCL or a Sky Suite on Celebrity.

For comparison, a couple would pay a total of $2,960 for a veranda room on the January 17, 2016 Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas or $3,985 for a Junior Suite on the same cruise. So, the Veranda Room costs 32% more on DCL than on RCCL, while a 256 sq ft Family Veranda room on DCL costs 8% more than a somewhat larger 317 sq ft Junior Suite on RCCL.

We chose to try Disney because we have kids, love Disney, and expected a great cruise experience. We had sailed many times on other cruise lines, either before kids or without our kids when they were very little.

After our first Disney cruise, this is why we would select it again for a family trip (assuming it is in the budget!):

1. The whole cruise really caters towards families - particularly the cabin. It was very comfortable for our family.

2. The service was better than on other cruise lines.

3. The kids club was fantastic.

4. We enjoyed the Disney themed entertainment.

5. Fellow passengers were very friendly and everyone seemed happy to be there! Great atmosphere! (lately we have come across very unfriendly/rude passengers on other cruise lines)

6. Disney's private island Castaway Cay was amazing!

Good luck with the paper!

It is because we already LOVE Disney. We had been to WDW a lot and had annual passes. It is our love of Disney. I cruised another line and it was great. It wasn't Disney however but it was completely worth it. Now we didn't have young kids but the ones I saw looked happy.

Sorry but.....

Hell everyone,

 

I am writing a final paper for one of my courses about the experience of cruising. I was hoping to better understand why certain cruisers choose Seabourn. I would also like to know to what extent consumption (purchasing things on board, doing Seabourn excursions) matters for your overall cruising experience.

 

If anyone can respond with one or two sentences about this, I'd greatly appreciate it! Many thanks! :)

Hi all,

 

I'm writing a final paper for one of my courses about cruising. I was hoping to gauge your thoughts on why you're a Carnival cruiser. Why pick Carnival? To what extent does consumption (purchasing things on board, doing the Carnival excursions) matter for your overall cruising experience?

 

If anyone can respond with one or two sentences about this, I'd greatly appreciate it! Many thanks! :)

And this condescending and very lazy response when questioned on a different lines board as to why they do not read the many many threads about what makes this line worth or better:

Indeed I have. Part of the primary research process, however, can entail conducting interviews/surveys to best construct an argument. While I have found posts that help shape my analysis, the above questions better pinpoint the issues I am trying to address--namely, consumption's role in the cruising experience. Hope that helps you understand how the research process works! :)

If anyone can answer the questions in 1 or 2 sentences to help the OP, feel free.

Just pointing out how limited and lazy the questions are that unless they can glean more information than I can, vs. say a onboard shopping entrepreneur wanting to set up their own company asking questions, vs. someone maybe getting very limited information from very vague questions, to someone playing devils advocate.

ex techie

We did our first disney cruise last year, just wife and me. 18 cruises, mostly royal carib. Did disney because they offered a 30% savings for disney vacation club. We select cruises for 1. Where it goes. 2. Price. 3. Prior experience

Although disney was a good cruise, its really best with young kids imo. Also usually too expensive. Royal carib is more affordable and Norwegian is best price.

That said, onboard consumption is never a concern when we plan a cruise. We dont drink alot, shopping prices are same across lines, and excursion costs vary depending how adventurous the exc is.

Ex techie, clearly you've never had to write a lengthy research paper!

Disney is certainly more expensive but it isn't quite that bad. As an example, you can book the 7-night Fantasy on January 16, 2016 in a Veranda room for $1,876 per person for the first two people in the room. That comes to around $3,900 for a room for 2 including taxes fees and port expenses. That total increases to about $4,300 for a 256 sq ft Family Veranda room, which is the same size as a mini-suite on Princess and only a little smaller than a junior suite on RCCL or a Sky Suite on Celebrity.

 

For comparison, a couple would pay a total of $2,960 for a veranda room on the January 17, 2016 Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas or $3,985 for a Junior Suite on the same cruise. So, the Veranda Room costs 32% more on DCL than on RCCL, while a 256 sq ft Family Veranda room on DCL costs 8% more than a somewhat larger 317 sq ft Junior Suite on RCCL.

The whole thing with DCL is a family-oriented cruise. If you add two kids (regardless of age).

Jan 17, 2016. Fantasy on a 5A 2 AD/2CH: $6,014.72

Jan 16, 2016. NCL Escape (brand new ship) 4A equivalent 2AD/2CH: $2579

Jan 11, 2016. 10-night EC MSC Divina conceirge suite equivalent 2 AD/ CH$4109

Jan 17, 2016. RRCL FotS D1 Balcony 2 AD/2 CH $4,240.16

Need more evidence to get through the Disney-colored glasses?

Hey everyone,

 

I'm writing a final paper for one of my courses about cruising. I was hoping to see why you pick Disney cruises. To what extent does traveling with your family influence that decision? And how does consumption (purchasing things on board, doing Disney excursions) define Disney cruising for you and your children?

 

If anyone can respond with one or two sentences about this, I'd greatly appreciate it! Many, many thanks! :)

Its not hard ................DCL cruises are like anything Disney does top notch!

Their vessels are designed along the art deco and Art Novo of the great liners of the 1920, 30, 40, with just enough Disney touches. The service excellent and the crews known to be some of the best in the Maritime industry. The food great to good, and lets be honest here, food is always subjective. The entertainment Broadway quality with Disney style.

Most of the other lines put out a good standard cruise. But Disney is unique and tops not only in the above listed areas, but they have the Disney *MAGIC* and PIXIE DUST*, which when added all together makes them special.

Just take one and watch the joy and magic in the children's eyes and the adults as well.

Disney does charge more but the price isn't most important, The high booking rates and people willingness to pay more proves DCL cruises are special.

AKK

Castaway Cay and brewed iced tea. That's my husband's reasoning. We are not "Disney people" and if you strip away all the Disney stuff, you still have a really nice cruise with great service, food, etc.

I was all set to book a RCCL for next winter but found that they do not have brewed iced tea and my husband didn't want to take a chance on their private island. We will have to switch out at some point though because I just can't see paying the elevated prices for 2017 going forward.

Ex techie, clearly you've never had to write a lengthy research paper!

the above questions better pinpoint the issues I am trying to address--namely, consumption's role in the cruising experience.

Well since out of the 14 responses so far (excluding ours), only 2 have mentioned consumption aboard the ship, so yes, it is a poorly worded attempt to get acurate and relevant research information.

You clearly did not read my post ;)

ex techie

Why I do not choose Disney? Because I can't afford it :p

Sorry about the nonsense :rolleyes:

I chose Disney because I want the magical experience. You either "get it", or you don't.

Why I do not choose Disney? Because I can't afford it :p

 

Sorry about the nonsense :rolleyes:

 

I chose Disney because I want the magical experience. You either "get it", or you don't.

And how does consumption (purchasing things on board, doing Disney excursions) define Disney cruising for you and your children?

Thats what the OP wants to know!

ex techie

I originally chose Disney for my Kids. It has the characters for the Kids and the children's facilities looked amazing.

The reason I will go on it again: The shows were truly magical. The service was impeccable. Castaway Cay is heaven.

Our consumption on board didn't really influence our cruise at all. We spent over $800 not including the service charge but I could easily go the whole cruise not needing to spend anything.

Castaway Cay and brewed iced tea. That's my husband's reasoning. We are not "Disney people" and if you strip away all the Disney stuff, you still have a really nice cruise with great service, food, etc.

 

I was all set to book a RCCL for next winter but found that they do not have brewed iced tea and my husband didn't want to take a chance on their private island. We will have to switch out at some point though because I just can't see paying the elevated prices for 2017 going forward.

Sorry, I didn't answer the second part of the question.

Onboard expenses, if that's what you mean by consumption, does not factor into my choice of cruise.

Well since out of the 14 responses so far (excluding ours), only 2 have mentioned consumption aboard the ship, so yes, it is a poorly worded attempt to get acurate and relevant research information.

 

You clearly did not read my post ;)

 

ex techie

Something tells me this is OP's first time writing a research paper. Maybe at a sophomore or a junior level class. Marketing or Journalism major. Maybe dabbling with technical writing. And if she plans to use forum response as the data source, she's going to have a hell of a time defending the paper. No professor worth their salt would accept free form and open ended answers with no control group whatsoever statistically sound enough to make inferences or logical conclusions for a research paper.

Something tells me this is OP's first time writing a research paper. Maybe at a sophomore or a junior level class. Marketing or Journalism major. Maybe dabbling with technical writing. And if she plans to use forum response as the data source, she's going to have a hell of a time defending the paper. No professor worth their salt would accept free form and open ended answers with no control group whatsoever statistically sound enough to make inferences or logical conclusions for a research paper.

I think it is indicative of the teaching staff, and level of hard work research by the OP needed to get a proper and accurate view.

The questions asked are laughable, as are the manner they are asked.

They might as well just make the opinions up them self.

I would reply to a poll on here if it had options, and even Google offer free polling multiple questionnaires.

This is just lazy, uninspired "research" using a quick source that will provide nothing of value.

ex techie

If anyone can respond with one or two sentences about this, I'd greatly appreciate it! Many, many thanks! :)

Here's my one sentence answer:

"If any company is going to go above and beyond to keep my child safe and happy, it's Disney."

Here's my second sentence addenda to that:

"I fully acknowledge that they are charging me a premium for that peace of mind."