Welcome back and so sorry you had a less than magical time! Did your foot give you any trouble?
I understand what you mean about what some rave about just being overrated. We are from NY and I remember reading about
how wonderful Christmas decorations are at the park or fireworks and quite honestly, to me, they are okay, but nothing like
I see all the time where I live. I remember going to Disney for the first time seeing the Christmas decorations and I was like "is this
what everyone raves about"? Oh well.
We cruise often and usually different lines but sailed the Dream over NYE with my family, my sister's family and my mom so we had
a full ship. It was difficult finding loungers in the adult only area so we would go upstairs but never found the bars too crowded.
We usually, though, stayed in the one that had the dance floor since there was an awesome bartender that could make a mean mojitio
or margarita, very pleasant, so we usually just went there to hang and have our drinks. We did have a fantastic time but we were also
all together over NYE so that made it even more fun and we were all vacationing together. Booked RCCL for NYE this year since my
kids asked to change lines (my sister's kids are young so that is why we did
DCL this year).
I also don't understand how some will only cruise Disney but to each their own. We are going using our DVC points, otherwise it would have been a park trip. Just my mom and me this trip so a whole other experience.
I love Disney but think DCL is just average, compared to RCCL and NCL and I do not think for a minute that DCL Concierge can even be in the same
category as having the concierge in the Haven suites on NCL. We sailed at different ages with my kids, when they were 2 and 6,
18 and 14 and again over NYE at 20 and 16. They always preferred RCCL or NCL clubs over Disney and my kids were (are?) Disney park
lovers/likers.
It is disappointing that the concierge sun deck is just that, a sun deck. You cannot even see the ocean, which I think is such poor
planning and has very little shade. Did you use the sundeck? Did you do the spa or get passes? Did you enjoy your cabana on CC?
What did you enjoy on the cruise and are there any tips you can give us regarding concierge?
Thank you.