Also on the question for the Adults area. The good thing with the Wish. It makes it harder for kids to actually be in the Adults area vs. the Fantasy where if you are staying concierge and moving to certain areas you have to cross adult areas with kids.
That’s a great point about the Fantasy! I think that’s one of the reasons I prefer the Wonder for adult area. You don’t get the traffic of kids through it either.
@@AdventuresinMillerland yes... I was talking to a castmember on the Wish and they said it's easier on them to not have to tell parents that the kid can't be at Cove Cafe for example.
Thank you for this review. It’s my mom’s 6th cruise and my first, and my daughter’s first. She will be 4 on our trip. I have 7 days to go and book the expensive Olaf’s Royal picnic. That’s all I want on this trip…my child loves Olaf and Frozen. I know that they don’t get enough time on the Arendelle dinner to meet with the children. We’re going on the Wish because it’s a short cruise and no one can cover my caregiving job 12 hour shifts. I’m going on my 3 day weekend. The 3 night is the best choice for us. I love your food suggestions. I love watching you both have fun riding your bikes in the rain. Best moment of your video!
Flying out for a Fantasy Eastern Caribbean cruise today, and watching as I get ready! We watched all your Fantasy vlogs to get ready, and then continued to watch the rest! We are new fans of your beautiful and down to earth family ❤
Awwwww, thank you guys for the shoutout! I appreciate it! I wondered how I got so many new followers yesterday 😂 Also, you guys are almost at 5K! Woo hoo! So well deserved. I definitely feel the Wish gets a bad rep, but we loved almost everything about it. Dining was the thing that bothered us the most because the tables were sooo close that even the servers had trouble getting to tables. I also prefer the nautical theme on the other ships. Other than that I enjoyed excitement of something new and enjoyed the new food! We are planning a back to back on the Wish 😊
Our pleasure! I know! We just hit 4K right before the Wish 😳 Crazy. We didn’t feel the closeness of the tables to be too different that what we experienced on the Wonder last fall. They were close in some of the MDRs, I guess we just expected it. As far as the nautical theming, we have for sure heard that from others too. We like it, but we’re just as ok with what was on the Wish too 😊
Thanks for the video! I’m looking into the Wish and feel better about it. I don’t have the nostalgia either since it’ll be my first one so I think it’ll be great!
I’ve only been on 2 Disney cruises(the Dream & the Wish) and we did the 1 day pass Rain Forest room on both, but it is absolutely beautiful & worth it on the Wish! I, honestly, liked my Dream cruise better but (in hindsight) I think it’s because we went in September 2021 when it was still at 50% capacity, where as, our Wish cruise was 100% booked in 2023 so it was crowded! Lines for EVERYTHING were park level!😅😅. Now, I think I like the Wish better(overall).
We just did a 24 night cruise on the Disney Wonder (We did a B2B of a 10 night and 14 night cruise). It was the repositioning from Canada to Australia and the inaugural aussie, south pacific, equator crossing cruise for Disney Cruise Line. It had amazing service, relaxation and was all round great time! It definitely has put our family onto cruising with Disney more often and has made our family totally agree with your about the Wonder being like the best DCL ship. Keep up the great content! The joy on your kid's faces are truly heartwarming! Congrats on 4.89K subs, you deserve them all!
My 6 year old son enjoyed Marvel for dinner and the pirate night. The Oceaneer club with the Marvel room and Star Wars room were very impressive. I don’t think he minded all the other princess theming in the ship. Definitely recommend a day at Disney before the cruise. We did animal kingdom lodge for a couple of nights and Animal Kingdom. It felt like two vacations in one!
We just got off the 4 night Melbourne-Hobart-Melbourne Cruise on the Wonder and it was amazing! It was our first ever cruise! We watched so many of your videos over the past year and our youngest boy kept thinking he would see you all on our sailing! 😂 Thank you for all of your DCL videos and they helped us immensely. ❤
That’s so great! We love hearing that our videos have been helpful 😊 So glad you enjoyed it and that the Wonder will be sailing in Aus for some time going forward.
With a 3 night Wish, there is no pirate menu, so be mindful if you were to book Palo or Enchante! If you were to skip a place, I would say skip Arendelle. The show is great, but the food was the “worst” out of the 3 restaurants. Great review!
I think they should have more options on tours. They have so much to see and getting to learn about it would be great. They don’t play the shows in the state rooms so it was a miss since you were not there.
Hmm… they do show the theatre shows on the tv in staterooms on the other ships. Have you heard that this doesn’t happen on the Wish? We hadn’t heard that.
@@AdventuresinMillerland Yeah we were told from a couple that we sat next to in the theater because we heard you could watch in the stateroom. They told us that it doesn’t play. We asked because we wanted to pack as well. The Guest service desk told us they didn’t have that set up on the ship and not sure if it was going to be.
Super helpful video! Thank you so much. We are tacking on a Wish cruise to our WDW visit next month and we are so excited counting down the days but I think after this one we will seek the other DCL ships as well for longer stays.
Have an amazing time with all the Christmas feels at WDW and on the Wish! Longer cruises are so great! Definitely it’s own vacation. Much more relaxing than the parks and it’s great have short stops to explore new places too!!
You guys should definitely do an Alaska Disney Cruise sometime! We did one this year in May with our son/my parents/my sister & brother-in-law and all 7 of us LOVED IT! So much so that my wife and I booked an adult only one for our anniversary next year. I bet you’d love it!!!
We would love to cruise Alaska! Not sure if we would sail on that one with Disney. So much more than other cruise lines. That one seems to be slot more about the ports than the ship. Love that you all loved it though 😊
Aloha! Thanks for answering my question. The Wish is probably the last ship that we’ll experience. We’ve been on the Fantasy & Magic. Next year, we have plans to sail on the Wonder & Dream After that, the Wish & Treasure are the only ones we need to plan in order to sail on ALL Disney ships.
😊 That makes sense. Definitely recommend sailing on the Treasure first, esp since you both need to travel a good distance to get to Orlando! Hope Leighton had a good birthday!
I agree that the layout of the Ship was better than the Disney Magic for us. I also agree that I want it to be longer. this Friday I board the Disney Dream for a 7 night, and we are taking it because it's a longer cruise. It was great cruising with you on this past sailing.
Loved your recap videos! We did the Rainforest Room ONE day pass (I believe $79 per person) but honestly didn't find it worth the time and money. You probably get the same relaxation and peace in the adult pool area (without themed showers and saunas)
Yeah, that is a lot for one day. If it was $50, then maybe it makes sense. Not sure if we would footnote Wish or treasure. Most likely on the Dream or Fantasy though.
We booked a 4 night on the Wish to help us maybe on the Treasure. I think we will like the Treasure better with theming and having a longer cruise. We are going to wait at least a year before booking a Treasure cruise. We did book a 4 night Fantasy cruise , when the Treasure takes over the 7 night cruises, with a stop in Castway and another at the new Lighthouse Point. Thanks for sharing your experiences and opinions 🤗♥️⚓️🚢
with having to travel from Canada to the ports it doesn't make sense to do a cruise less than 6 days so we will hopefully book the Treasure at some point
As a mom of a teen, I really find your family's prespective and hearing what your girls think about things. I really wish that the Wish and Treasure were flip flopped and the Treasure was the 3-4 night and the Wish was the 7 night.
I’ve always wanted to know if cruises have a lot of bugs flying around? I know this seems like a silly thought in the middle of the ocean. I assume there’s only bugs flying around when the ship is docked near land?
I'm with Carrie in that I see no need for a magic band on the ship or at DL. We aren't lanyard people either, so I assert those aren't necessary as well. I have a small card holder on my phone and the husband keeps his card in a pocket.
Great review. I’m sort of worried about cruising the Treasure and Haunted Mansion Bar having a reservation system like hyperspace did to begin with, but excited to cruise is in March/April 2025 leaves March 29th comes back April 5th Have Magic cruise August 12th, 2024 booked and excited about that Ranking ships is hard to me. Personally I asked my crew friends how Wish was and Mario, Matt(Cruise Director), Miguel, Kelvin and others said I’d love it and the bars. And they were right, I did. I cruise more for crew now at times if I can. I still cruise for ships and itineraries as well, but crew as well love seeing ones I know again and again
@@AdventuresinMillerlandexactly. I am excited, to be going on though sooner then I did missed out on special gifts for first year. So hopefully for Treasure they will do it again. Hopefully you guys will be able to check out the good bar areas on the Treasure. Seems you missed a lot this time. But glad you did have a great cruise it seems Not me hoping you spontaneously book August 12th, 2024 on Magic 🤣🤣
Any Disney cruise is great for any age kids, but if you are wondering about the kids clubs, Oceaneers on the Magic is a lot of fun. Edge on the Magic is pretty small, and wasn’t our girl’s favorite version of edge. I believe Disney just changed their policy where 11 and 12-year-olds have to go to edge now and no longer have the option to go to Oceaneers. Everything else about the Magic is great, especially the crew, dining/food, servers… but if your 12 yr old really wants a better teen club option, the Fantasy, Dream or Wish have better teen club set ups, esp the fantasy or dream.
Thank You! If you had to choose between Fantasy and Magic for your first Disney cruise but you are used to the huge ships of RC which one would you choose?@@AdventuresinMillerland
We would definitely choose the Fantasy. The smaller ships are great too, but maybe for a 2nd or 3rd cruise 😊 We believe the Fantasy is smaller than the larger Oasis RC ships, so it should feel smaller.
Yes, midnight (eastern) November 5 - that would be tonight. If you are in the Pacific time zone, you would check in at 9 PM Pacific. Hope that makes sense 😊
It sounds like your ships only had princesses on them from your husbands comments. Do they not have the super six or any other characters like marvel or star wars, ( not that I consider any of those disney by any means)
Good question - for clarity, my comments about if feeling very “princessy”were mostly about the theming in the grand hall, the staterooms and generally around the ship. The only characters we saw around the ship were princesses, and Mickey and friends. We did interact with Spider-Man in the Worlds of Marvel restaurant, which was fun. We never saw Marvel or Star Wars characters around the ship. I did see that they showed up once or twice a day in the oceaneers club for meet and greets with kids. But if you’re an adult or an older kid that wants to do that, not sure if those opportunities are there.
We're adults without kids, and loved the Wish. I think the bar themes are better than those on the Dream. Nightingales was our favourite.
Agreed about the lounges! Even more excited for the lounges on the Treasure!
Also on the question for the Adults area. The good thing with the Wish. It makes it harder for kids to actually be in the Adults area vs. the Fantasy where if you are staying concierge and moving to certain areas you have to cross adult areas with kids.
That’s a great point about the Fantasy! I think that’s one of the reasons I prefer the Wonder for adult area. You don’t get the traffic of kids through it either.
@@AdventuresinMillerland yes... I was talking to a castmember on the Wish and they said it's easier on them to not have to tell parents that the kid can't be at Cove Cafe for example.
Thank you for this review. It’s my mom’s 6th cruise and my first, and my daughter’s first. She will be 4 on our trip.
I have 7 days to go and book the expensive Olaf’s Royal picnic. That’s all I want on this trip…my child loves Olaf and Frozen. I know that they don’t get enough time on the Arendelle dinner to meet with the children.
We’re going on the Wish because it’s a short cruise and no one can cover my caregiving job 12 hour shifts. I’m going on my 3 day weekend. The 3 night is the best choice for us.
I love your food suggestions. I love watching you both have fun riding your bikes in the rain. Best moment of your video!
Glad it was helpful! Have an amazing time! Hope your daughter loves the Olaf picnic. And bikes in the rain was such a great time 😊
@@AdventuresinMillerland thank you. You have amazing daughters too.
Flying out for a Fantasy Eastern Caribbean cruise today, and watching as I get ready! We watched all your Fantasy vlogs to get ready, and then continued to watch the rest! We are new fans of your beautiful and down to earth family ❤
Awww thanks so much 😄 Appreciate the kind words and glad you said hi! Have the best time on the Fantasy!!!
Awwwww, thank you guys for the shoutout! I appreciate it! I wondered how I got so many new followers yesterday 😂 Also, you guys are almost at 5K! Woo hoo! So well deserved. I definitely feel the Wish gets a bad rep, but we loved almost everything about it. Dining was the thing that bothered us the most because the tables were sooo close that even the servers had trouble getting to tables. I also prefer the nautical theme on the other ships. Other than that I enjoyed excitement of something new and enjoyed the new food! We are planning a back to back on the Wish 😊
I follow you on Instagram, aren’t you doing Fantasy Back-2-Back. I just will need to do Treasure back-2-back to have done it on all ships 🎉.
@@marla07860 yes, we are doing a back to back on the Fantasy in the spring!
Our pleasure! I know! We just hit 4K right before the Wish 😳 Crazy. We didn’t feel the closeness of the tables to be too different that what we experienced on the Wonder last fall. They were close in some of the MDRs, I guess we just expected it. As far as the nautical theming, we have for sure heard that from others too. We like it, but we’re just as ok with what was on the Wish too 😊
@@AdventuresinMillerland I didn’t feel tables close either, but luckily with seating assignments maybe?
Thanks for the video! I’m looking into the Wish and feel better about it. I don’t have the nostalgia either since it’ll be my first one so I think it’ll be great!
Longer cruises are better if you can make it happen, but you will have an amazing time no matter what ship you sail on!
I’ve only been on 2 Disney cruises(the Dream & the Wish) and we did the 1 day pass Rain Forest room on both, but it is absolutely beautiful & worth it on the Wish! I, honestly, liked my Dream cruise better but (in hindsight) I think it’s because we went in September 2021 when it was still at 50% capacity, where as, our Wish cruise was 100% booked in 2023 so it was crowded! Lines for EVERYTHING were park level!😅😅. Now, I think I like the Wish better(overall).
Yeah. We went in the wonder in 2021 with maybe 40% booked. Everything has been full since then.
It’s official - been christened and confirmed. 1st done by the new bishop in Salisbury cathedral font.
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We just did a 24 night cruise on the Disney Wonder (We did a B2B of a 10 night and 14 night cruise). It was the repositioning from Canada to Australia and the inaugural aussie, south pacific, equator crossing cruise for Disney Cruise Line. It had amazing service, relaxation and was all round great time! It definitely has put our family onto cruising with Disney more often and has made our family totally agree with your about the Wonder being like the best DCL ship. Keep up the great content! The joy on your kid's faces are truly heartwarming! Congrats on 4.89K subs, you deserve them all!
😳😳😳😳 YO! That’s an epic back to back! And thank you 😊 Appreciate your encouragement and thanks for being one of the 4.9K who watch our channel 😄😄
My 6 year old son enjoyed Marvel for dinner and the pirate night. The Oceaneer club with the Marvel room and Star Wars room were very impressive. I don’t think he minded all the other princess theming in the ship. Definitely recommend a day at Disney before the cruise. We did animal kingdom lodge for a couple of nights and Animal Kingdom. It felt like two vacations in one!
Those areas were cool! Smaller than expected, but when you look at Oceaneers as a whole on the Wish, it’s huge!
We just got off the 4 night Melbourne-Hobart-Melbourne Cruise on the Wonder and it was amazing! It was our first ever cruise! We watched so many of your videos over the past year and our youngest boy kept thinking he would see you all on our sailing! 😂 Thank you for all of your DCL videos and they helped us immensely. ❤
That’s so great! We love hearing that our videos have been helpful 😊 So glad you enjoyed it and that the Wonder will be sailing in Aus for some time going forward.
I was just hoping for another video from your family! You all are a breath of fresh air, absolutely love your content!!!
Thank you! ☺️
With a 3 night Wish, there is no pirate menu, so be mindful if you were to book Palo or Enchante! If you were to skip a place, I would say skip Arendelle. The show is great, but the food was the “worst” out of the 3 restaurants.
Great review!
Thanks McKenzie. Good point!
I think they should have more options on tours. They have so much to see and getting to learn about it would be great. They don’t play the shows in the state rooms so it was a miss since you were not there.
Hmm… they do show the theatre shows on the tv in staterooms on the other ships. Have you heard that this doesn’t happen on the Wish? We hadn’t heard that.
@@AdventuresinMillerland Yeah we were told from a couple that we sat next to in the theater because we heard you could watch in the stateroom. They told us that it doesn’t play. We asked because we wanted to pack as well. The Guest service desk told us they didn’t have that set up on the ship and not sure if it was going to be.
@anthonyrico5274 It’s ok. We had seen the show before, so not a huge loss, but good to know. Thx!
Thank you for answering all my questions, much appreciated. ❤
Our pleasure 😊 thanks for asking!
I am commenting as I watch the video. I agree that the Wish felt more crowded and smaller.
Super helpful video! Thank you so much. We are tacking on a Wish cruise to our WDW visit next month and we are so excited counting down the days but I think after this one we will seek the other DCL ships as well for longer stays.
Have an amazing time with all the Christmas feels at WDW and on the Wish! Longer cruises are so great! Definitely it’s own vacation. Much more relaxing than the parks and it’s great have short stops to explore new places too!!
@@AdventuresinMillerland thank you!
You guys should definitely do an Alaska Disney Cruise sometime! We did one this year in May with our son/my parents/my sister & brother-in-law and all 7 of us LOVED IT! So much so that my wife and I booked an adult only one for our anniversary next year. I bet you’d love it!!!
We would love to cruise Alaska! Not sure if we would sail on that one with Disney. So much more than other cruise lines. That one seems to be slot more about the ports than the ship. Love that you all loved it though 😊
Aloha! Thanks for answering my question. The Wish is probably the last ship that we’ll experience. We’ve been on the Fantasy & Magic. Next year, we have plans to sail on the Wonder & Dream After that, the Wish & Treasure are the only ones we need to plan in order to sail on ALL Disney ships.
😊 That makes sense. Definitely recommend sailing on the Treasure first, esp since you both need to travel a good distance to get to Orlando! Hope Leighton had a good birthday!
I agree that the layout of the Ship was better than the Disney Magic for us. I also agree that I want it to be longer. this Friday I board the Disney Dream for a 7 night, and we are taking it because it's a longer cruise. It was great cruising with you on this past sailing.
Have a great time on the Dream!
Loved your recap videos! We did the Rainforest Room ONE day pass (I believe $79 per person) but honestly didn't find it worth the time and money. You probably get the same relaxation and peace in the adult pool area (without themed showers and saunas)
Yeah, that is a lot for one day. If it was $50, then maybe it makes sense. Not sure if we would footnote Wish or treasure. Most likely on the Dream or Fantasy though.
We booked a 4 night on the Wish to help us maybe on the Treasure. I think we will like the Treasure better with theming and having a longer cruise. We are going to wait at least a year before booking a Treasure cruise. We did book a 4 night Fantasy cruise , when the Treasure takes over the 7 night cruises, with a stop in Castway and another at the new Lighthouse Point. Thanks for sharing your experiences and opinions 🤗♥️⚓️🚢
Sounds like a good plan!
with having to travel from Canada to the ports it doesn't make sense to do a cruise less than 6 days so we will hopefully book the Treasure at some point
That for sure makes sense! We feel that way about FL too! This one worked out since we were gonna be in the “area” for a wedding first 😊
As a mom of a teen, I really find your family's prespective and hearing what your girls think about things. I really wish that the Wish and Treasure were flip flopped and the Treasure was the 3-4 night and the Wish was the 7 night.
It all depends on the kind of theming you prefer. We can’t wait to sail on the treasure for a longer cruise!
Been waiting for this!!
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I’ve always wanted to know if cruises have a lot of bugs flying around? I know this seems like a silly thought in the middle of the ocean. I assume there’s only bugs flying around when the ship is docked near land?
I’ve never noticed any bugs.
@@carriekmillerThank you!
Yep - agree w/ Carrie - no bugs that we’ve seen on the ship 😊
I'm with Carrie in that I see no need for a magic band on the ship or at DL. We aren't lanyard people either, so I assert those aren't necessary as well. I have a small card holder on my phone and the husband keeps his card in a pocket.
Everyone has their preferences for sure. A cardholder on a phone is a great option!
I love your Disney cap. Where did you get it?
I get them from an Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/listing/1281221840/
Great review.
I’m sort of worried about cruising the Treasure and Haunted Mansion Bar having a reservation system like hyperspace did to begin with, but excited to cruise is in March/April 2025 leaves March 29th comes back April 5th
Have Magic cruise August 12th, 2024 booked and excited about that
Ranking ships is hard to me.
Personally I asked my crew friends how Wish was and Mario, Matt(Cruise Director), Miguel, Kelvin and others said I’d love it and the bars. And they were right, I did.
I cruise more for crew now at times if I can. I still cruise for ships and itineraries as well, but crew as well love seeing ones I know again and again
Thx! That’s why we don’t want to sail on the Treasure right after it starts. Well let the kinks get worked out and the initial crowds go first.
@@AdventuresinMillerlandexactly. I am excited, to be going on though sooner then I did missed out on special gifts for first year. So hopefully for Treasure they will do it again.
Hopefully you guys will be able to check out the good bar areas on the Treasure. Seems you missed a lot this time.
But glad you did have a great cruise it seems
Not me hoping you spontaneously book August 12th, 2024 on Magic 🤣🤣
What are your thoughts on Disney Magic for kids who are 7 and 12?
Any Disney cruise is great for any age kids, but if you are wondering about the kids clubs, Oceaneers on the Magic is a lot of fun. Edge on the Magic is pretty small, and wasn’t our girl’s favorite version of edge. I believe Disney just changed their policy where 11 and 12-year-olds have to go to edge now and no longer have the option to go to Oceaneers. Everything else about the Magic is great, especially the crew, dining/food, servers… but if your 12 yr old really wants a better teen club option, the Fantasy, Dream or Wish have better teen club set ups, esp the fantasy or dream.
Thank You! If you had to choose between Fantasy and Magic for your first Disney cruise but you are used to the huge ships of RC which one would you choose?@@AdventuresinMillerland
We would definitely choose the Fantasy. The smaller ships are great too, but maybe for a 2nd or 3rd cruise 😊 We believe the Fantasy is smaller than the larger Oasis RC ships, so it should feel smaller.
Registration for our cruise is nov 5. Do we register at midnight?
Yes, midnight (eastern) November 5 - that would be tonight. If you are in the Pacific time zone, you would check in at 9 PM Pacific. Hope that makes sense 😊
It sounds like your ships only had princesses on them from your husbands comments. Do they not have the super six or any other characters like marvel or star wars, ( not that I consider any of those disney by any means)
Good question - for clarity, my comments about if feeling very “princessy”were mostly about the theming in the grand hall, the staterooms and generally around the ship. The only characters we saw around the ship were princesses, and Mickey and friends. We did interact with Spider-Man in the Worlds of Marvel restaurant, which was fun. We never saw Marvel or Star Wars characters around the ship. I did see that they showed up once or twice a day in the oceaneers club for meet and greets with kids. But if you’re an adult or an older kid that wants to do that, not sure if those opportunities are there.