cadien
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2017
Hello!
I found trip reports so helpful in preparing for our cruise that it seemed only fair to attempt one of my own.
There were three of us on this trip - myself, my husband, and our son, who turned 7 on the second day of the cruise. Along with being our first Disney cruise, it was our first vacation of any kind for just the three of us. We live 1200+ miles away from all family, only get 2 weeks per year of vacation, and have the only grandchild on both sides, so up until now all of our travel has been about going home. This was not our first cruise, however. Both sets of our parents are retired and cruise regularly. My in-laws took us on a Norwegian cruise on the Mexican Riviera in 2014. In the Haven, so we won't be entirely comparing apples to apples.
DH and I both really like to travel, especially to Europe. As a general rule, we didn't see cruises as our style at all. But we recognized their value when traveling with children. I always said we'd never consider a Disney cruise just because of the high price. And we're not Disney people, despite DH growing up 45 minutes from Anaheim. And having a boy does mean avoiding much of the princess thing. But what we are is geeks. We actually met at that big comic-con in San Diego. So between Star Wars and Marvel, Disney is suddenly getting all kinds of our money. And mysteriously, soon after they rolled out the Marvel Day at Sea cruises, they sent me a postcard about them. It took us about 5 minutes to decide to go for it. The fact Marvel had a 5-day option, which was much more affordable than the 7-day Star Wars ones, really helped. Picking the specific date was easy when I saw one happened over our son's birthday. So we booked about 13 months ahead of time, which means lots and lots of planning and Pinterest. And switching from Cruise Critic to here.
I found trip reports so helpful in preparing for our cruise that it seemed only fair to attempt one of my own.
There were three of us on this trip - myself, my husband, and our son, who turned 7 on the second day of the cruise. Along with being our first Disney cruise, it was our first vacation of any kind for just the three of us. We live 1200+ miles away from all family, only get 2 weeks per year of vacation, and have the only grandchild on both sides, so up until now all of our travel has been about going home. This was not our first cruise, however. Both sets of our parents are retired and cruise regularly. My in-laws took us on a Norwegian cruise on the Mexican Riviera in 2014. In the Haven, so we won't be entirely comparing apples to apples.
DH and I both really like to travel, especially to Europe. As a general rule, we didn't see cruises as our style at all. But we recognized their value when traveling with children. I always said we'd never consider a Disney cruise just because of the high price. And we're not Disney people, despite DH growing up 45 minutes from Anaheim. And having a boy does mean avoiding much of the princess thing. But what we are is geeks. We actually met at that big comic-con in San Diego. So between Star Wars and Marvel, Disney is suddenly getting all kinds of our money. And mysteriously, soon after they rolled out the Marvel Day at Sea cruises, they sent me a postcard about them. It took us about 5 minutes to decide to go for it. The fact Marvel had a 5-day option, which was much more affordable than the 7-day Star Wars ones, really helped. Picking the specific date was easy when I saw one happened over our son's birthday. So we booked about 13 months ahead of time, which means lots and lots of planning and Pinterest. And switching from Cruise Critic to here.