Trip Report: Robb & Elissa on the Disney Fantasy - Oct 13th Sailing

[robbalvey]

We also got involved with a group of people who do these "fish extender" things. In short, it's a Disney Cruise gift exchange! Here's our door filled with goodies from other people that we traded with! I have to be honest, I was a bit skeptical about this at first, but it turned out to be really amazing! So much so that we'll even do something similar on our next TPR group cruise!

 

Some of the people involved do a lot of decoration of their doors and fish extenders.

 

Wow, some people got a LOT of presents! (that bag on top was filled with something called "Churro Nuggets" which were amazing!)

 

Disney cruise people go all out!

 

It's sort of fun to see how enthusiastic people get...

 

Disney cruisers kind of have their own little sub-culture.

[robbalvey]

Some people give gifts every day, some do it once per cruise.

 

Some of the doors you can write notes to people. (I didn't write anything dirty!)

 

Other doors keep things simple, but cute!

 

It was fun going around the ship dropping off everyone's TPR "bag-o-crap!" :)

 

One of the people involved in the exchange actually made the Mickey for everyone to go on their door! It was a nice touch!

[robbalvey]

Love the bleeding skull! lol

 

Lots of random stuff!

 

Just a fish extender! lol

 

Keeping it simple...

 

It was cool to see people use other people's presents on their doors! Really added a sense of community to the whole thing.

 

I guess Canadians?

[robbalvey]

All of these doors are the people who we gave our gifts to, and in exchange, gave them back to us!

 

Just a Mickey and a fish extender. (Ok, I guess technically a SeaHorse extender for starboard rooms!)

 

Today was time for KidTums' first of three visits to Disney Fantasy's Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique.

 

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique is like the ultimate in "dress up" for little girls! Her fairy godmother "Nicki" asks her to choose her nail colours, etc...

 

KidTums has two "fairy godmothers" tend to her and teach her how to become a princess. :mickey:

 

Fairy godmothers Nicki and Sarah transform her by doing hair and nails...

[robbalvey]

Nicki works on her hair...

 

...while Sarah dolls her up! =) (And yes, Sarah, she really does want a bearded dragon!) lol

 

Today she is being transformed into "princess Minnie" (which is also the costume exclusive to the Fantasy.)

 

She gets some pink "diva" hair extensions. (Maybe she can be a Theme Park Diva?)

 

She's almost ready!

 

...just a few more finishing touches from fairy godmother Nicki...

[robbalvey]

The final "Princess Minnie!"

 

And even the real princess Minnie approves!

[dexddd]

Great job with the pictures. I remember seeing your Klassy Kruise and it was the funniest thing I've seen. I was a bit worried when you mentioned in that you were going on (or thinking of) DCL but DCL has obviously given your family a much better time than CCL did.

 

Where are all your friends? I didn't see any of them in the bars or passed out at the tables. Also didn't see that funnel character anywhere.

[dixielady]

Enjoying all your pictures of the ship....and your daughter is adoreable..

 

:)

[Dizney]

Great job! Keep it coming! :D

[robbalvey]

Great job with the pictures. I remember seeing your Klassy Kruise (Google it!) and it was the funniest thing I've seen. I was a bit worried when you mentioned in that you were going on (or thinking of) DCL but DCL has obviously given your family a much better time than CCL did.

 

Where are all your friends? I didn't see any of them in the bars or passed out at the tables. Also didn't see that funnel character anywhere.

The "Klassy Kruise" was certainly more of a parody of normal cruising for us! lol

 

This was much more of a "family" cruise this time around.

[iggy's mom]

Loving your review and pictures! Looking forward to more. :)

[PathfinderEss]

Awesome photo's, thanks for posting.

[robbalvey]

This is a little frustrating being limited to only 6 images per post. Does anyone know how to post more images in each post?

 

Anyway....

 

Here we are... Deck 10 on the Disney Fantasy! Lets go wander around the ship

 

The ship does some very random activities, and one of them was the "Jack Jack Diaper Dash."

 

It was a baby crawling contest. Now, I pretty much hate babies, but this was pretty funny!

 

Love that this is the name of their cooking classes!

 

This was on someone's door... Um... We support cancer... too? I think?

 

Hooray for Toy Story movies playing on the "Funnel Vision."

[robbalvey]

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Tonight's dinner was in the Enchanted Garden.

 

A very "elegant" restaurant which looks nothing like your typical cruise ship restaurant. This one of the reasons I like Disney so much!

 

While this restaurant doesn't transform as much as Artists Palate does, you'll see some things change by the end of the meal.

 

Lets take a look at the menu...

 

Page one...

[robbalvey]

Page two... All yummy!

 

Here's one of the flowers that will bloom by the end of the meal.

 

Having a bit of fun at dinner! (and yes, KidTums had pulled out all her fancy hairdo by dinner time!) lol

 

Ahi Tuna and avocado tower.

 

Yummy salad...

 

All the food has been exceptional.

[robbalvey]

Joey Ray would absolutely die!

 

Yay! The birds sing words and the flowers bloom! Well, the flowers bloom.

 

Another Mickey bar! These are so much better than at the parks... First of all, they aren't frozen solid to the point of chipping your teeth, and secondly... Toppings!!!

 

Who needs Carsland?

 

The "fake" portholes are amazing. I seriously like this better than having an exterior or balcony cabin!

 

In the adults section of the ship, there are these ridiculously high-end toilets.

[robbalvey]

Why? We have no idea... But it's cool.

 

Again, the portholes are so cool! I haven't been this entertained by any balcony stateroom we've ever had.

 

We've probably seen at least 25-30 different shows so far!

 

Hooray! Grand Cayman... We won't be getting off the ship! Lol.

 

Beautiful day to NOT go to Grand Cayman and have the ship to ourselves while everyone else is on shore.

 

Since this was our first port, everyone got off the ship! It was amazing!

[robbalvey]

It was so much fun exploring without anyone around.

 

Gotta love all the Disney movies shown all day and all night on the Funnel Vision.

 

Time for us to ride Aquaduck!

 

Sorry, Time to marathon AquaDuck! Check out the POV video below...

 

 

While I realize this isn't the most "wild" water slide in the world it's pretty darn cool being about 20 feet above the pool deck and at one point, the slide goes off the side of the ship over the water! It's actually a lot of fun! A mix of a water slide and a "lazy river!"

 

While its not the wildest ride in the world, it's VERY cool and a lot of fun!

 

Elissa and KidTums about to ride AquaDuck!

[robbalvey]

KidTums played on the slide for what seemed like hours!

 

Her favourite was actually in the Nemo area!

 

And after AquaDuck...PIZZA!!!! The pizza on the ship was actually pretty decent!

 

You know, not only is it the Disney magic that makes this ship awesome, it's the little things. For example, they have these little lid dispensers that work perfectly! They aren't disgusting or a mess, and when you are on a ship with a crap load of kids, you NEED cup lids!

 

Same thing with these wipes. While other ships have gel dispensers, which again get kind of disgusting, the Disney ship hands out full hand wipes. It's the "little" things...

 

Still can't believe the porthole idea has never been done before. Such a simple concept yet VERY effective!

[robbalvey]

And the "enchanted art" are probably my favourite "little" thing on the ship... In case you missed the video earlier in this report...

 

Hello Nigel!

 

This is so much better than Grand Cayman!

 

Our next dinner was at the Royal Court...

 

Here's our place setting... Very fancy...

 

And our menu...

[robbalvey]

The French Onion soup is Elissa approved!

 

Have we mentioned how amazing the food is?

 

My steak kinda looks like it ran over something! But OMG that balsamic glaze was amazing.

 

Here is how the dessert menu comes packaged.

 

I see something that I want!

 

"Amazing cupcakes!"

[robbalvey]

This peanut butter thing was better than normal sex! OMG! It was like a rich persons Reese's cup. Incredible!

 

Yay! We got fireworks on our porthole!

 

Once again, Disney perfects how to move people around! This place is going to be SLAMMED with people momentarily as the show let's out and the characters arrive.

 

So lets have some fun before everyone else gets here!

 

OMG! It's Princess Tiana!

 

I found me a new woman!!!

[robbalvey]

Drink menu at "The Tube."

 

We upgraded our fish extender with a present that someone left us! (Thank you Mickey cut-out person!)

 

Today we are in Costa Maya, Mexico!

 

For some reason I think it's funny that they are flying a Disney flag and a Mexican flag together!

 

Every cruise ship port pretty much has the exact same crap...

 

In Mexico, everyone has a ukulele, do you should, too.

[robbalvey]

All of Mexico looks exactly like this.

 

I'm told this is actually Jesus' skull... For reals!

 

In Mexico, they have chairs that look like butts!

 

I'm sure this has a double use! =)

 

Some every-day Mexican stuff going on here.

 

Thanks for covering up, dude!

[robbalvey]

One of these things is not like the other... One of these things does not belong...

 

"Excuse me, I'd like to buy everything on this table for $1. Thank you!"

 

¡VIVA MEXICO!

 

Best part of Mexico is the great view of our ship!

 

Yup, there's where Aquaduck goes over the side!

 

The Dumbo on the back is an amazing touch!

 

I'll post more photos and videos soon!