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I don't know if this always happens, but the stateroom hosts left bandanas in the staterooms during the day the day of pirate night on my sailing . So even if you don't bring a costume, you will still look as if you participated.

For the fireworks, I recommend watching them on deck 10 in the goofy pool area on the starboard

side. You can see Mickey flying over the pool deck right before the fireworks start from that spot. Get there early because the deck will get crowded. The quiet cove area on deck 10 might be less crowded.

DCL doesn't repeat menus during a cruise. Every night is a different menu.

 

 

 

Sadly, yes, more people dress as pirates, then dress up for formal night. One question - was it actually called "formal" night? Or "Dress Up Optional"?

Lol what I meant was that I had Parrot Cay and Animator's Palate twice but one night at each of those it was a themed menu, not that dining room's usual theming. But animator's palate had the color changing experience only one night, the other night, it was mixed, the walls were black and white and the framed pictures of the characters were in full color and it stayed that way throughout.

I can't remember exactly, but I think it was called formal night. Regardless of what it was called, 75% of passengers were dressed up to some degree.

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My 12/21-26 itinerary was:

Day 1- Arrival, "welcome aboard" show.

Day 2- At sea, pirate night with themed menu in the MDRs, the magician had a full show.

Day 3- Cozumel, Toy Story.

Day 4- At sea, formal night, golden Mickys.

Day 5- Castaway, (this was Christmas Day so a holiday themed menu in the MDRs) and Disney Dreams show.

As stated above, this cruise incorporated Christmas Day so I doubt it's like this every cruise but I never had the same dinner menu twice.

Also, more people participated in Pirate night than formal night.

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I just got off the Wonder a week ago. Speaking first hand as an 18 year old HS Senior, I didn't participate in club 18*21 and still had the best time doing whatever I stumbled upon. My favorite activity the whole cruise was eating. Being on a Disney cruise, I found it better to let myself roll back and go with it and embrace the Disney cheese when it presented itself, just let yourself have a good time. (I waited in line for 20 minutes and took a picture with Pirate Minnie by myself because why not?)

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Just got off the wonder Dec 21 sailing. I went snorkeling at Castaway, it was in the lower 80s that day and the water was a bit chilly. I had a chill shock when I got in the water but it was fine after a minute or less, quite relaxing actually.

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Got back home yesterday, wow! Had the best time! here is my mini review:

I can give you plenty of reasons to go with DCL without kids, being Disney tolerant does help a lot.

They could have put forth more effort to be more Christmas festive, I had to constantly remind myself that it was Christmas eve/day. The atrium was heavily decked and there were a few mini trees in a few lounges, don't forget the giant gingerbread house and a few CMs were wearing holiday attire, the decorations ended there. I did appreciate the bonuses on Christmas eve/day, on Christmas eve, the stateroom host left a box of chocolates and a happy holidays poster. There were tables with help yourself cookies and hot chocolate here and there. Christmas day, the dining rooms were lightly decked, the menu was holiday themed with ham and roast turkey. Also, they left 2015 DCL themed calendars in the staterooms, possibly because it's close to new years.

This was my third cruise, the previous two being on Royal Caribbean. Overall, the quality of the cruise was indeed higher on DCL but not by an awful lot. The food on DCL easily wins over RCL food, especially in the buffets (BBB vs. Windjammer) the MDRs on DCL wins over RCL but only slightly. What I really appreciated was that DCL had more complimentary food varieties than RCL. On every other aspect, DCL has a slight edge over RCL.

Speaking of food, I CHOWED! I ate all three meals of the day twice almost everyday. I would eat the four course dinner, go get soft serve from Goofy's Galley, get a slice from pinocchio's, get some "late night" wings from Diversions, retreat to my stateroom and order a cheese platter from RS, go get more soft serve and a coke from the beverage station and then finally settle in for the night around 11:30. I don't eat like this while on land!

Speaking of late night snacks, Diversions had a small buffet with hot dogs, (awesome) wings, tortilla chips with salsa and a few other dips. The promenade lounge just had the chips and dips. The Diversions buffet was available as early as 7:30. I found Pinocchio's pizza better than RS pizza, in contrast to everyone's feedback.

The Deaf aspects, I had to manually request the communication kit from guest services, despite putting it on the reservation months in advance. The TTY and door knocker did not work, wasn't much of a bother. The interpreters were wonderful. One of them met me at my muster station during the drill. They would occasionally visit our table at dinner and interpreted the theatre productions (I went to the shows 4/5 nights.) They had two automatically scheduled open captioned movie showings of Big Hero 6 and Into the Woods, both early in the morning and on port days, not too convenient. However, they did let me personally chose a showtime and they made sure that showtime had OC. Overall, I was pleased with their efforts.

I loved Castaway Cay! When compared to Coco Cay, RCL's private island, Castaway was more polished, civilized while Coco Cay was less developed, more island like. After a long swim in the snorkeling lagoon, the mini sunken ship had plenty of fish swimming in and around it. I made a quick trip to the adult exclusive beach, very quiet, the water was much more clear and there were hammocks! Pelican Plunge was very nice, a unique concept of swimming to the platform. PP tried to take away my U.S. citizenship, I lost both my government FL ID and my KTTW card. A good samaritan somehow found my FL ID so I was able to board the ship.

Also, more people participated in pirate night than formal night.

When you board' date=' go to Guest Services and ask for a ticket for the gingerbread making session. These go quickly. One ticket is good for up to 4 people in a family.

 

 

 

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Oh thanks for that! We were,,,wondering (pun 100% intended) about the ginger bread session,

 

 

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Exited because my sailing on the wonder is tomorrow! Not sure if I'll end up avoiding some of the more cheesy elements or have a sudden decrease in age and embrace the cheese. I keep forgetting about the added Christmas day/eve elements in addition to the usual Very Merrytime goodies.

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Just got off the Wonder and the late nite snack provided in the Cadillac lounge was ....... get ready for it ......... peanuts! Could have done better staying in our cabin and ordering room service.

...aaaand what's wrong with peanuts?

Ok I'm kidding, you have a point.

But I'm glad I caused this little known hidden golden nugget about late night snacks to be dug up for everyone else to see.

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Does the navigator app work with the phone in airplane mode? I don't want to incur any international roaming charges.

It should, If you can turn on airplane mode and turn on wifi at the same time.

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DISNEY CRUISE LINE

 

All four Disney Cruise Line ships now offer messaging capabilities via the mobile Navigator app so you can stay connected with family and friends onboard. The mobile app, which is the electronic version of the ships' daily Navigators, allows you to see activities for the whole cruise all at once. The app is available for Apple and Andriod smartphones and is free to download and use. To find out more details about the app and see some of its coolest features, visit disneycruise.com.

Oh joy! I've heard a little about that and got exited but was worried that it wouldn't be ready for my Dec 21 sailing.

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Thanks for the replies. As you can tell, I'm all about food.

I've heard very little about Pinocchio's pizzeria even though it's right there on the pool deck in the middle of everything. Can anyone offer any feedback?

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The booklet with the luggage tags that DCL sent me says to come to the port around your assigned boarding time and if you come early, you may be asked to wait until your boarding time. I'm assuming by the posts on here that this is false and that you can board whenever between 11 and 4?

Can anyone confirm or deny the existence of caviar in the Cadillac lounge?

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I am sailing on the Wonder on Dec 21 and I already put the cruise line provided stateroom communication kit on the reservation and I had a few questions about that:

1. Just in general, does anyone have any previous experiences with Disney's accommodations for deaf/hard of hearing cruisers? I've looked into the accommodations already and was wondering how well they work out.

2. It's a bit silly but it's a deep burning question of mine, can either the provided TTY or the wave phones contact room service (or guest services) via text? It would be nice to not have to depend on the hearing members of my party whenever I have a snack attack lol!

One last question, not really deaf/hard of hearing specific:

3. DCL's website keeps mentioning that the adult lounges have late night snacks, can anyone confirm this and provide any comments on the variety or quality of said snacks?

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