Hey Disney, While Not Sailing, would you PLEASE...

[Calantha]

Uh oh. We were looking forward to this....

Do not get the lobster bisque...it was the worst!

 

[insureman]

The pirate ship was more than a movie prop. It had to be USCG approved to be used on the movie set which ment it had to be sea worthy. At then end of the movie use, Disney was trying to figure out what to do with it. At one point it was on the market but no one wanted to buy it. During a meeting, it was brought up about what to try next, it was here that Karl Holz said that if nobody else wants the ship, he would take it. As president of DCL at the time, he got more than a few looks and jokes for adding to the cruise line fleet. The Flying Dutchman was taken to Castaway Cay and stayed until it could no longer pass USCG inspections. It was then take to another part of the island and retired. (lots of little pieces). I would have liked to have seen the ship pulled offshore and sunk. Then it could have been a fishing reef, a sight for a glass bottom boat ride or a scuba destination.

I'm not sure if it would need a US Coast Guard inspection if it was stuck in the sand in the Bahamas.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I'm not sure if it would need a US Coast Guard inspection if it was stuck in the sand in the Bahamas.

Here she was in 2009


And in November 2010

 

[ChicosWife]

Add Mexican into the Cabanas rotation beyond Pirate Night.

 

[Starwind]

I'd like to see them figure out how to:

For the theatre shows, give us an enhanced watch it from our room option. This will help with the return to sailing, but I'd like it to be a permanent fixture.

Bascially, livecast the initial/end talks by the ships officer [there is interesting and useful info given out], then when the show itself starts switch to a recorded version - we have seen with Tangled that they can do a very good recorded version.

I realize they already sometimes show the recorded shows via the stateroom TVs at different times during the day, but those don't have the pre/post officers presentations.

SW

 

[Strawberry's mom&dad]

Better dairy free desserts. Fresh fruit and raspberry sorbet gets old after a few days.

 

[vegs1]

Offer free popcorn for the shows.

Change the layout of the food stations in Cabanas.

Make the magical express as magical as it used to be. Last October, it took us an hour in a line just to get on a bus to the port.

 

[71 Truck]

I think when cruising gets back up and running it's going to be Cast Away Club members that are going to be the ones mostly on the ships. I think they are going to be their most valuable, and they are the most loyal customers they have.
With that said I think they need to start to look at revamping the Cast Away Club.
I think now would be a good time for this.

 

[insureman]

Offer free popcorn for the shows.

Change the layout of the food stations in Cabanas.

Make the magical express as magical as it used to be. Last October, it took us an hour in a line just to get on a bus to the port.

Like the free popcorn idea, I think Cabana's set up now is better than the the original straight buffet line that was original to the Classic ships. I'm not sure what happened with your bus but in 22 cruises we have never had an issue with the buses going to Port Canaveral.

 

[goofystitch]

Have more tastings since they fill up so quickly.

 

[vegs1]

Like the free popcorn idea, I think Cabana's set up now is better than the the original straight buffet line that was original to the Classic ships. I'm not sure what happened with your bus but in 22 cruises we have never had an issue with the buses going to Port Canaveral.

Funny how people like different things. I would like Cabanas to go back to the Classic ship style original set up. I really dislike it now.

That was our first time having an issue with the bus but friends also had a problem on a cruise just before the pandemic hit. I am just hoping it’s not the start of a trend for them!

 

[Vovin]

The Fantasy is in France right now getting its vibration issues looked at.

So you could say that they are doing something about the 100s of complaints they've had about it

Lets hope that the result is good!

 

[Snowwhyt]

Funny how people like different things. I would like Cabanas to go back to the Classic ship style original set up. I really dislike it now.

That was our first time having an issue with the bus but friends also had a problem on a cruise just before the pandemic hit. I am just hoping it’s not the start of a trend for them!

Say... I have only been on the classic ships. Two on the magic and four on the wonder. What types of difference as well I notice?

 

[Captainkate]

Scrape off the peeling paint over the veranda ceilings so I don't have to walk barefoot in paint chips.

 

[Captainkate]

Say... I have only been on the classic ships. Two on the magic and four on the wonder. What types of difference as well I notice?

In Cabana's on the Dream, It's confusing. The line seemingly starts at both ends because the elevator comes up on one end and the main door is at the other end so people are confused and trying to walk around each other in a line coming from 2 directions.

 

[Snowwhyt]

In Cabana's on the Dream, It's confusing. The line seemingly starts at both ends because the elevator comes up on one end and the main door is at the other end so people are confused and trying to walk around each other in a line coming from 2 directions.

I wonder if that will change and that we will be required to walk in a one-way fashion as some stores have set for our safety right out of the elevators.

 

[insureman]

Funny how people like different things. I would like Cabanas to go back to the Classic ship style original set up. I really dislike it now.

That was our first time having an issue with the bus but friends also had a problem on a cruise just before the pandemic hit. I am just hoping it’s not the start of a trend for them!

You're right about people liking different things because my youngest daughter liked the old buffet setup too. As far as the buses go, Our last cruise on the Fantasy which was the next to the last one before the shutdown, the bus transfer was as smooth as ever from Port Orleans Riverside.

 

[dclpluto]

The pirate ship was more than a movie prop. It had to be USCG approved to be used on the movie set which ment it had to be sea worthy. At then end of the movie use, Disney was trying to figure out what to do with it. At one point it was on the market but no one wanted to buy it. During a meeting, it was brought up about what to try next, it was here that Karl Holz said that if nobody else wants the ship, he would take it. As president of DCL at the time, he got more than a few looks and jokes for adding to the cruise line fleet. The Flying Dutchman was taken to Castaway Cay and stayed until it could no longer pass USCG inspections. It was then take to another part of the island and retired. (lots of little pieces). I would have liked to have seen the ship pulled offshore and sunk. Then it could have been a fishing reef, a sight for a glass bottom boat ride or a scuba destination.

I was at castaway cay three times in the less than two weeks. First time during that time the ship was in its spot. The second time it was moved. Third time it was in a million different pieces. Had a 4 night cruise than two days later a seven night double dip. Think it was November 2010. I can check if someone wants the exact date. The next year or a couple years after that a family asked the officer what happened to it. The officer lied to them and told them it was towed away. Lol. I had to step in and set the record straight.

 

[insureman]

IN Cabana's on the Dream It's confusing. The line seemingly starts at both ends because the elevator comes up on one end and the main door is at the other end so people are confused and trying to walk around each other in a line coming from 2 directions. (I'm sorry, I dont know how this duplicated)

So that's the problem why some people are confused because there are separate stations so there is no line. Too many people are looking for the beginning of the buffet but its what ever station you want to start at.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

In Cabana's on the Dream, It's confusing. The line seemingly starts at both ends because the elevator comes up on one end and the main door is at the other end so people are confused and trying to walk around each other in a line coming from 2 directions.

See, now the thing is, when the Dream class was built, a single file line through the buffet was not the way that most other cruise lines handled it. They have "stations". You can go from one to another, in no particular order. DCL designed the new Cabanas with that in mind.

There is no "line" in Cabanas. Each station is a stand alone "come and serve yourself" location. Well, it may not be serve yourself once cruising returns, so no one knows for sure how it's going to play out.