Honest responses please: Would a childless couple enjoy the Disney Cruise...

[duges]

We cruised on DCL 12/15/01. We have no children, and have been on other cruises . . . Disney was awesome!! We are on another DCL cruise 7/02 and can't wait. It was so amazing to me that you can be walking down deck 9 where the pools are and pass by the Mickey Pool - so loud; then keep going and pass the family pool - such lound music and happy noise; then you get to the adult pool and all of a sudden you notice how quiet it is there. I still can't figure out how they do that - it's great. We have commented several times to many people that even though there are so many kids on the ship, it is not a problem at all. Actually, we went to the early showing of Disney Dreams and they had the kids from the clubs there in the front - that made it even that much better. Seeing their reaction makes it so entertaining.

Obviously my opinion is DON'T MISS IT - BOOK IT NOW!!!

 

[inkkognito]

I'm with duges...
Even though we always pick late seating and are in the show with less kids, a couple of cruises ago we ate at Palo early so we saw Disney Dreams at the "kids" (i.e. later) showing. There was so much more energy with all the little ones there. They were a lot more fun than the adults (and more well behaved than lots of adults, too!). While I love having adult areas to escape to, I also like seeing how much fun the kids are having.
Barb
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[Dodie]

As usual, you guys are awesome!

 

[Limmer]

We went for our honeymoon and the only time I thought kids were even visible was at the shows. We were very happy. We had friends who did a Royal Caribbean cruise and they said there were kids all over the place, always underfoot. I think Disney has done very well keeping them occupied and giving adults areas to be away from them.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

DH and I went on our honeymoon. We LOVED it and will be going on another cruise in the near future. There are plenty of places to get away from the kids, although we never really noticed the kids except to say awhh looks like they are having a great time. We had the late seating, so there weren't many kids there. As for no casino, that is one of the reasons why I like DCL.

 

[1 Disney Lovin' Mom]

We will be cruising with children in July, but it was actually a good friend of mine, who does not have any children, who first told us of her and her husband's wonderful DCL experience. They had a blast and felt that DCL went above and beyond to accomodate adults cruising without children as well as families.

If you do decide to cruise on DCL, I hope it's a great one!

1 Disney Lovin' Mom
Memphis, TN

 

[fireplug]

We have taken one cruise and are going on second 1/27 (we can't sleep we're too excited) There is so much to do and so much ship to enjoy you wont have too much of a problem avoiding loud kids. A couple quick suggestion, request the second sitting for dinner , go during sept or oct (kids starting school) and
spend time in adult only areas. One other small comment, spend a little time near where the kids are, it is a lot of fun just listening to them laugh and play. It really adds to the magic of Disney.

 

[danicaw]

We went on the 7-day the first week of Dec. Hubby and I had a such wonderful time. We have even booked another cruise for Sept 2002 to fit in the middle of a 2 week WDW/Orlando trip.

We enjoyed the Adult Seminars: Navigators Series, and Behind the Scenes. We missed the Art of Entertainment so maybe next time. But there was so much to do and so many ways to just relax. We met several other couples who were cruising without children.

 

[keenercam]

Hi, Dodie--
My DH and I (late 30s) took our DD12 and DS7 on the 7 day magic this past May and loved it so much we are going again WITHOUT our kids!! We found so much to do with and without our kids and could not wait to explore a lot of the options without the kids. Let me say, though, that I have no doubt at all that a "kidless" couple might have even more fun than those with kids. The nightclub district is a total blast and we had the BEST time at the theme parties, including a 70s party. With 4 ports of call on the new western itinerary, there will be many many opportunities to do excursions that are more geared to adults. We'll be in several of the ports until late evening and I think that provides great opportunities to go to nightclubs, etc.
I also wanted to say that we sailed on Celebrity to 3 of these 4 ports (cancun instead of castaway cay) and I am convinced it will be even more fun on DCL--DCL is much more relaxed and casual, which we LOVE!
Good luck in making a decision. Maybe we will see you on the 6/22 sailing?!