Yup, all of the stateroom art looks great. But if the staterooms are basically interchangeable, and you may not cruise on the Wish again for some time, why not try to reserve one with the decor of your favored princess? Just a fun thing, like choosing your horse on the carousel.
What a great analogy!
Ofcourse nothing wrong to try to choose a room with a character you like. its a bit of fun. But some posters are claiming they are reconsidering the wish cos its too princess themed for their boys in large part because the cabins only have princess paintings. This just seems to be a bit odd to me. Surely its the theme of the activities and shows that matter. I doubt any kids would care about the painting above their parents bed for more then a couple of seconds.
About the only way I see cruising on Disney again will be if I take my granddaughters. As they are 3 years old, and 4 months old that probably won't happen for about 12 years and even the Wish will probably have been through a couple of dry docks and remodels.
Oh, agreed that if I can sit through a Marvel dinner, the boys can put up with a couple of princess paintings in the room! That said, the Wish does seem to have a more "feminine" look to it, so I could see some boys past a certain age preferring the more "masculine" design of the prior ships if given a choice. But surely, the parents noted the concept photos of the Cinderella stateroom design that would have come up when they booked their Wish cruise? And as you say, most kids will probably not even notice or care.
So agree with this. Yet it doesn't stop the adults from being all concerned. I have no idea why.
Probably because everything has to be "perfect" nowadays and we have a tendency to want to control every detail in vacations.
Yeah, I get the same vibe. After seeing the walk throughs of the ship, it does seem underwhelming. I'm not a fan of the aesthetic and that their concentration seems to be making sure you reach a bar every 15 feet. The Marvel restaurant, which I was excited about, also looks disappointing. But I'll better judge it after we've tried it. We are going on the 7/22 Wish sailing and I kind of "wish" we were going on the Dream. Maybe next year.
I’m on the MV this Thursday. I’ve been avoiding reading any reviews or watching any videos for this reason. I want to experience it first hand and not have any pre-conceived ideas. We LOVE the Dream, she’s our home away from home. I’ll write up an honest trip report when I get back with the DW and I’d thoughts and feelings. Going in with low expectations and we shall see where we end up.
I agree that there is not enough information to write it off. I’m also amazed by the people who just KNOW that everything is going to be done just right and are fighting tooth and nail to tell other people they are wrong (not you.)
Agree the Aquamouse looks super underwhelming. My 10 year old is bored of all the slides and wants to do RC instead. The reviews I’ve seen the Wish is more geared towards little kids or hardcore Disney fans (I am the latter but gotta keep kids happy). Hope they add some big water slides to lighthouse point or we will switch over to RC for the tween/ teen years.
Do you remember which things the Wish does better?
We are on the maiden voyage and the following DVC sailing and couldn't be more excited about our upcoming adventures. We have two kids that will be sailing with my wife and I, but they re both adults now. This will be our first Disney sailing where all of us can enter the adult areas and restaurants. Kind of looking forward to that, although it's a little odd to have drinks in a bar with your kids.All of the coverage by influencers, mainstream media and video bloggers has only heightened our anticipation to get on board and explore. We have sailed nearly every itinerary category Disney offers, although these next two cruises are about the ship and not the destinations. Lately we have been on Celebrity and RCCL cruises and can't wait to get back to Disney. Super excited about Enchanté and the new Palos concept. Both restaurants look amazing and the Rose bar, especially at night looks to be a fantastic place to hangout. I appreciate that DCL kept the fundamentals of their cruise concept, such as split bathrooms and rotational dining of which we missed with the other cruise lines, but are pushing experiences to be more encompassing and immersive. The Celebrity Apex was nice, but kind of boring and the RCCL ships were just generic. The Disney Wish looks to be anything but that... 12 more days!
