What do you mean, you actually sleep on a Disney cruise?You all staying up late is why I always have my pick of beach chairs at Castaway the next morning. Keep it up!
This. If I’m running behind I can just put some leggings and a hoodie on for the show. I’d never go to dinner on the ship wearing that.For me, I'm much less rushed with late dining. If I'm not 100% dinner ready, I can at least be show ready and then pop back to my cabin after the show to get dinner ready.
They'll pour you a Coke or something at the bar.What do you mean, you actually sleep on a Disney cruise?
That's time not well spent!
Edited to add: true story, first time on CC, I actually learned (the hard way) that the drinking stations were not open until 11am. Too bad as I am diabetic, forgot my sugar on the ship and needed some.
But the timing works out the same in terms of lateness. We're usually coming out of dinner with late seating around the same time peeps are coming out of the shows and vise versa when we've had main dining. Unless you want to skip the shows, in which case, main will get you to bed earlier.You all staying up late is why I always have my pick of beach chairs at Castaway the next morning. Keep it up!
We skip most of the shows, except for the ship's featured show, and that night we skip MDR, order room service, and do the early show.But the timing works out the same in terms of lateness. We're usually coming out of dinner with late seating around the same time peeps are coming out of the shows and vise versa when we've had main dining. Unless you want to skip the shows, in which case, main will get you to bed earlier.
I mean, how many hours of sleep are you getting anyway? It's not like you can get off the ship super early at CC.
extra time to explore the buffet for a bonus feeding before the buffets close
Cast member was quited confused as the bar was not yet open, neither were the stores. No way to eat or drink anything from CC at this (early) time of day. After calling on the radio to make sure they haven't overlooked anything, they offered to call the medics for help. Fortunately that wasn't needed as the drinking station just opened, waaay early of schedule. Lesson learned!They'll pour you a Coke or something at the bar.
For us west coasters, a 5:30 dining time equates to 8:30 Pacific time. That's late for me for dinner.They were coming from the West Coast so I have no clue why they thought it was better,
I never understood this thinking. When you're in Alaska, you're on Alaska time. You wake up on Alaska time, you have breakfast on Alaska time, and you have dinner on Alaska time. Dinner is at dinner time. It doesn't feel like midnight.I personally have found I prefer late dining because we eat later at home. However, we did early dining with my family and my parents on our June, 2019 cruise because my parents thought it would be better for the kids. (They were coming from the West Coast so I have no clue why they thought it was better, besides the kids...) For our Alaskan cruise we chose main since we are coming from the East Coast and 8pm is like midnight so that was way too late. We should be right around the correct time for dinner this way!
For the first couple of days, changing time that much for meals can be a challenge, especially with kids. The longer the trip, the better the timing gets to be. Then you've got to switch it back when going home. For some it's just easier to follow the physical needs then changing things twice within a short period of time.I never understood this thinking. When you're in Alaska, you're on Alaska time. You wake up on Alaska time, you have breakfast on Alaska time, and you have dinner on Alaska time. Dinner is at dinner time. It doesn't feel like midnight.