SeanSD
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2022
Another great trip on the Fantasy. Two adults no kids. Summary and highlights below.
We did parks the days prior and stayed at TownePlace Suites night before cruise. It was decent but service and breakfast better at Hampton Inn.
Embarkation - smooth and easy. Cast members friendly and helpful and lines moved quickly.
Fantasy looked even better with 25th anniversary touches like banners and decor.
We stayed port verandah. We decided we do like starboard better for views especially Castaway Cay view. Stateroom host was good and room was right near midship.
Restaurants and server team very good. We tried some new items, some hits some misses. As usual if you don’t like something just tell them and they will get you something else. And if you want to try multiple apps or desserts just ask.
Palo brunch - our third time having it and still amazing. Paced ourselves better so didn’t need hour nap after lol. Panna Cotta dessert may be our fave, so light and refreshing after big meal.
Pools - we only did adult Cove pool and typically early before it got crowded. Was very nice.
Rainforest Room - we got the week pass and used it 5 times I think? Twice was busy and didn’t wait for a chair as people napped or camped out with books. But we did hot tubs and showers and steam/sauna. Three times we were able to use chairs and they are heaven. The value spends on how much you use it and hitting it at right times. It’s also nice to use the spa showers as they are much roomier than staterooms.
Cozumel - dune buggy and snorkel, beach excursion. The buggies are just road vehicles nothing off-road. Snorkel was guided and decent nothing amazing. I have snorkeled in better spots on Cozumel. The beach part of tour was unfortunately not what we expected. More like an outside restaurant with adjacent stores and they had some hammocks and beach chairs but not a beach to swim as it was rocky and rough on that side of island. We did share our buggy with a super nice mom and daughter so got to chat with them and the mom was nice enough to drive (stick shift). We thought port area shops were just ok.
Cayman - we booked late and did stingray city and snorkel with a powerboat. Red Sail was operator. Really cool excursion as Stingray City, although loaded with tourists, is pretty amazing. Rays swim all around you and guides will help you “kiss” them and cradle them. The snorkel spot was decent saw a Ray and some cool fish. The port area had some shops and decent deals and no pressure sales.
Jamaica - did the Good Hope Estate tour with tube river float. Was relaxing as tube float was about 20 minutes through a beautiful area. You can get out to swim a couple spots and guides do their best to keep you entertained. After that the estate area has pools, long waterslide and some waterfall pools. We got to enjoy pool before hordes of tours arrived which was nice. After it got too crowded we caught bus back to port area. Port area has many shops and we thought deals were ok. No pressure sales.
For sea days we did Rainforest, Midship Detective Agency for first time and that was fun, a deck walk around track, some trivia and shops and Aquaduck once.
We hit Cove Cafe every am and sometimes afternoon. For quick serve we did pizza (ok), burgers (decent), sandwich and wrap (good) and chicken tenders (a fave).
The shows were great as usual, the photographers onboard super nice with Veronica and Noemi and others always there with a smile.
We finally tried gelato at Sweet on You and was great and would get it again.
Trivia, animation and other entertainment was good also with Declan, Yo-Yo and others keeping things lively. The deck shows very good and bonus 25th fireworks nice although that show was more staff interviewing a few cruisers.
Overall a great time and we love that ship (our only other experience is on Wonder) and will likely book another cruise on it.
We did parks the days prior and stayed at TownePlace Suites night before cruise. It was decent but service and breakfast better at Hampton Inn.
Embarkation - smooth and easy. Cast members friendly and helpful and lines moved quickly.
Fantasy looked even better with 25th anniversary touches like banners and decor.
We stayed port verandah. We decided we do like starboard better for views especially Castaway Cay view. Stateroom host was good and room was right near midship.
Restaurants and server team very good. We tried some new items, some hits some misses. As usual if you don’t like something just tell them and they will get you something else. And if you want to try multiple apps or desserts just ask.
Palo brunch - our third time having it and still amazing. Paced ourselves better so didn’t need hour nap after lol. Panna Cotta dessert may be our fave, so light and refreshing after big meal.
Pools - we only did adult Cove pool and typically early before it got crowded. Was very nice.
Rainforest Room - we got the week pass and used it 5 times I think? Twice was busy and didn’t wait for a chair as people napped or camped out with books. But we did hot tubs and showers and steam/sauna. Three times we were able to use chairs and they are heaven. The value spends on how much you use it and hitting it at right times. It’s also nice to use the spa showers as they are much roomier than staterooms.
Cozumel - dune buggy and snorkel, beach excursion. The buggies are just road vehicles nothing off-road. Snorkel was guided and decent nothing amazing. I have snorkeled in better spots on Cozumel. The beach part of tour was unfortunately not what we expected. More like an outside restaurant with adjacent stores and they had some hammocks and beach chairs but not a beach to swim as it was rocky and rough on that side of island. We did share our buggy with a super nice mom and daughter so got to chat with them and the mom was nice enough to drive (stick shift). We thought port area shops were just ok.
Cayman - we booked late and did stingray city and snorkel with a powerboat. Red Sail was operator. Really cool excursion as Stingray City, although loaded with tourists, is pretty amazing. Rays swim all around you and guides will help you “kiss” them and cradle them. The snorkel spot was decent saw a Ray and some cool fish. The port area had some shops and decent deals and no pressure sales.
Jamaica - did the Good Hope Estate tour with tube river float. Was relaxing as tube float was about 20 minutes through a beautiful area. You can get out to swim a couple spots and guides do their best to keep you entertained. After that the estate area has pools, long waterslide and some waterfall pools. We got to enjoy pool before hordes of tours arrived which was nice. After it got too crowded we caught bus back to port area. Port area has many shops and we thought deals were ok. No pressure sales.
For sea days we did Rainforest, Midship Detective Agency for first time and that was fun, a deck walk around track, some trivia and shops and Aquaduck once.
We hit Cove Cafe every am and sometimes afternoon. For quick serve we did pizza (ok), burgers (decent), sandwich and wrap (good) and chicken tenders (a fave).
The shows were great as usual, the photographers onboard super nice with Veronica and Noemi and others always there with a smile.
We finally tried gelato at Sweet on You and was great and would get it again.
Trivia, animation and other entertainment was good also with Declan, Yo-Yo and others keeping things lively. The deck shows very good and bonus 25th fireworks nice although that show was more staff interviewing a few cruisers.
Overall a great time and we love that ship (our only other experience is on Wonder) and will likely book another cruise on it.
Were your excursions booked through Disney? This will be our first time really doing excursions on a cruise ship so I am definitely trying to learn as much as we can.
