Christine
05-04-2013, 12:57 PM
This is just a quick synopsis of our trip:
April 27-May 2
Wonder
Western Carribean
I will start by saying, if it wasn't so inconvenient to get there I would use Port of Miami over Canaveral any day! It is so easy and nice, and the luggage retrieval is SO much more organized.
Weather- PERFECT! Not hot, not cold. Perfection and sunny! Made for smooth sailing.
Service- all in all pretty good. Our lead server didn't speak very fluent English. I told him I don't eat white potatoes and would like the sweet potato and he brought me sour cream. ??? :)
Very sweet tho.
The stateroom attendant was wonderful! He loved my husband and always asked me "where is mr John"
The rest of the crew, helpful but not really overly friendly as we've had on our other cruises. Not bad service at all, just blah.
Merchandise:
Loved the new dooney cruising patterns. The inaugural fantasy and the striped DCL were really nice. I abstained, like a good girl ;)
There was a lot of 15th anniversary DCL stuff too.
My biggest joy was the Cars popcorn bucket and come cup at the Walt Disney theater, straight from carsland in DLR.
Entertainment-
All shows were well done, but the Dream show is still my favorite.
Dining-
SLOW! Wow our dinners took anywhere from 2-3 hours! Not due to courses. We'd sit there with nothing for a long time. Also STEAK was a constant issue. My DH & our friend like medium rare. They got well done/actually charred more three times! On day 4 the head server brought us steaks from Palo as a terribly nice gesture. It was brown all the way through.
Other than that, not that impressed with the food. Our entire party (4 families) said they'd have rather had the time back and just eaten at Pluto's Doghouse. We put it on the comment card. Show seems to have has taken over quality of dining.
Favorites- baked Alaska and mushroom risoto appetizer. Those were the only things I ate all of.
Castaway Cay- great as always- Cookies had great food.
Did the 5K- HOT!!! But fun and got my sea medal!
Rode bikes, snorkeled, and laid under the palm trees. Then time to go :(
Characters- WAY too chaotic and long lines to deal with. The atrium looked like a disaster area
Ship-
Although they're sister ships, I prefer the Magic. Triton's and the promenade lounge had a constant sour smell. I overheard several folks say their room smelled like urine. (Ours did not, but I counted 4 at guest services saying that and one of our families did).
We had a super time & can't wait for the next one!
Pictures will come soon--
April 27-May 2
Wonder
Western Carribean
I will start by saying, if it wasn't so inconvenient to get there I would use Port of Miami over Canaveral any day! It is so easy and nice, and the luggage retrieval is SO much more organized.
Weather- PERFECT! Not hot, not cold. Perfection and sunny! Made for smooth sailing.
Service- all in all pretty good. Our lead server didn't speak very fluent English. I told him I don't eat white potatoes and would like the sweet potato and he brought me sour cream. ??? :)
Very sweet tho.
The stateroom attendant was wonderful! He loved my husband and always asked me "where is mr John"
The rest of the crew, helpful but not really overly friendly as we've had on our other cruises. Not bad service at all, just blah.
Merchandise:
Loved the new dooney cruising patterns. The inaugural fantasy and the striped DCL were really nice. I abstained, like a good girl ;)
There was a lot of 15th anniversary DCL stuff too.
My biggest joy was the Cars popcorn bucket and come cup at the Walt Disney theater, straight from carsland in DLR.
Entertainment-
All shows were well done, but the Dream show is still my favorite.
Dining-
SLOW! Wow our dinners took anywhere from 2-3 hours! Not due to courses. We'd sit there with nothing for a long time. Also STEAK was a constant issue. My DH & our friend like medium rare. They got well done/actually charred more three times! On day 4 the head server brought us steaks from Palo as a terribly nice gesture. It was brown all the way through.
Other than that, not that impressed with the food. Our entire party (4 families) said they'd have rather had the time back and just eaten at Pluto's Doghouse. We put it on the comment card. Show seems to have has taken over quality of dining.
Favorites- baked Alaska and mushroom risoto appetizer. Those were the only things I ate all of.
Castaway Cay- great as always- Cookies had great food.
Did the 5K- HOT!!! But fun and got my sea medal!
Rode bikes, snorkeled, and laid under the palm trees. Then time to go :(
Characters- WAY too chaotic and long lines to deal with. The atrium looked like a disaster area
Ship-
Although they're sister ships, I prefer the Magic. Triton's and the promenade lounge had a constant sour smell. I overheard several folks say their room smelled like urine. (Ours did not, but I counted 4 at guest services saying that and one of our families did).
We had a super time & can't wait for the next one!
Pictures will come soon--