Disney Want (Castaway Cay and Bahamas)

Sharing a recap of our Disney cruise #5 on the Want! Sadly this publish will not be sponsored or comped in any means; simply sharing my ideas!

Hello mates! How’s the day going? I hope you’re having an incredible afternoon. I’m right here in between shopper appointments and preparing for half two of the day. Choosing up the children and heading into after college actions and homework looks like a whole day by itself.

So let’s swap to trip mode! Immediately, I’m sharing a recap of our current Disney cruise. It was P’s birthday and the timing ended up corresponding completely with my RHS trip to Orlando, so we figured we’d flip it in to a birthday celebration with some Disney World enjoyable (on the Pilot’s birthday!) and cruise time.

We’re so comfortable that the Pilot’s sis and our niece had been in a position to be a part of us, along with a few of our closest mates and journey buddies. We’re formally Disney cruise obsessed. It’s the right mixture of household time, grownup time, scrumptious meals, reveals, selection for ports of name, and the Disney cleanliness and repair that units it aside. It was our fifth Disney cruise and as of now, now we have no want to attempt one other cruise line lol.

Disney Want (Castaway Cay and Bahamas)

Disney Want Overview

The Want is considered one of Disney’s latest ships, and it was completely beautiful. Probably the most breathtaking areas was the atrium, which has an illuminated Cinderella skirt chandelier, and was embellished for Halloween whereas we had been there. (It was a Halloween on the Excessive Seas cruise.)

We positively needed to get used to the structure of the ship, since the whole lot was new to us. The eating places had been totally different, and the children had been PUMPED to take a look at the children’ membership. Our cruise was solely three nights, however we had loads of time for exploring and benefiting from the facilities and leisure.

Execs:

– Child’s Membership. The youngsters’ membership was SO cool. The child’s golf equipment on the opposite Disney ships are completely wonderful, however this one was subsequent stage. I can’t even absolutely clarify it; you need to watch this video. P and Nylah espeiclaly liked designing their very own curler coaster, and taking the slide to enter children membership.

– The reveals! I really feel just like the expertise and leisure on this ship was the perfect we’ve skilled. This says lots as a result of Disney places such an emphasis on excessive manufacturing high quality. The reveals had been wonderful and I used to be expecially impressed with the Pirate Deck celebration and Sail A Wave celebration proper as we had been leaving the port. The music and dancing had been upbeat, and everybody cheered when the characters got here out to bounce on the stage – it was tremendous cute.

– The Aqua Mouse. The youngsters rode the Aqua Mouse slide at the least 15 occasions whereas we had been on the cruise. It has a Disney brief that you simply’ll watch within the tunnel in your double tube (no single riders), and you then’re pushed out to the principle water slide, which is a blast. P and I did it thrice in a row because it was Castaway Cay day and there was no line!

– Fast bites. They’ve new fast bites areas on the pool deck and so they had been SO good. BBQ with pork, hen, brisket and all the edges, and a Cantina with build-your-own tacos, bowls, and burritos.

There’s additionally the standard pizza spot and “American meals” spot with nuggets, pizza, and mac and cheese and the all-you-can eat tender serve ice cream.

– Ports of name. We stopped at Castaway Cay – Disney’s personal island – the place we swam, snorkled, and rented bikes.

We additionally stopped in Nassau, the place we did a day tour to Atlantis. Atlantis was wonderful; we’re planning on doing a household journey there so now we have extra time to discover. The youngsters did all the water slides (together with this one) and we additionally loved the seaside and bay.

– Additional holiday-themed actions. They’d an Oogie Boogie bash on the ship, characters had been of their Halloween costumes, and there have been additionally Halloween decorations and themed desserts within the sweets store.

Cons:

– Major eating rotation meals. We weren’t blown away by the principle eating room meals this time. The most effective was in Arendale, which had reside performances. The interactive expertise at Worlds of Marvel was enjoyable, however the meals was underwhelming.

– Present store! We felt just like the reward store was on the smaller aspect and didn’t have a lot Want-specific merch.

– Too brief! All of us agreed that the cruises should be at the least 5 nights 😉

All in all, it was anothe rmagical journey and extra enjoyable cruise recollections with the fam and mates!

Disney cruise suggestions

A few of my high Disney cruise suggestions:

– Pack a swim bag and hold it with you while you verify in. (You’ll drop off the remainder of your baggage and so they’ll ship it to your room when it’s prepared.) The swimming pools and sizzling tub are open and so they’re the least crowded they are going to be for your entire cruise. Experience the water slide and make the most of the meals and ice cream! Attempt to verify in as early as attainable for pool time and to have lunch.

– Beautify your door with door magnets. They have so many on Etsy!

– I additionally advocate getting magnetic hooks for the room (the partitions are magnetic) to hold swimsuits to dry or the rest you’ll want to dangle.

– I like having water sneakers for the children, particularly you probably have a Castaway day or seaside tour.

– Pack your own collapsible beach toys – a lot cheaper – and you may repack or donate to a different household.

– Be strategic about your time on the ship. The youngsters needed further pool time, and an ideal alternative is when everybody else is getting off the ship. We had already been to Castaway Cay, so we stayed on the ship and did laundy whereas the children rode the slide a bunch of occasions as a result of it was empty. We had lunch, after which acquired off in Castaway Cay, as a ton of individuals had been getting again on the ship. Castaway was means much less crowded!

– Pack a pop up hamper and laundry pods when you plan on doing laundry. I at all times love to do laundry on the final day; unpacking clear garments is rather less miserable after a visit.

– The whole lot is within the Disney cruise app, together with the each day navigator eating rotations, signups for excursions and further actions. You too can textual content members in your celebration from the app!

– Room service. You will get room service at any time, and it’s inlcuded; you simply have to tip. Nothing like getting a slice of the “cake of the day” or just a few Mickey ice cream bars for the children. When you get a carafe of espresso delivered at night time, it’s nonetheless heat and ideal while you get up! I additionally just like the espresso outlets on the ship (not included, however price it for a decaf almond milk latte with Moana printed onto the froth haha).

– Convey movement illness provides juuuuust in case. I at all times have a little dramamine and motion sickness bands in my backpack if we want it.

– One among my largest journey hacks is utilizing our Amex Platinum. We use this free of charge lounge entry once we journey, along with resort rooms and perks. We’ll usually get early check-in, late checkout, room upgrades when out there, and typically eating credit at inns. It has been amaaaaazing. Check it out with my referral link here!

So, inform me, mates: are you a cruise fan? What’s subsequent in your trip checklist??

xoxo

Gina

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