MinnesotaMouseketeers
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 25, 1999
DW, DS (adult), and I were on the Wish over Christmas. We knew we wanted to sail over Christmas, on the Disney Wish but not for the short cruise duration that is sails. So we did our first ever B2B sailing; four night followed by the three night cruise that was over the holiday. This was DW's and my 11th and 12th cruise so we finally have sailed as a Platinum CC member!!! DS is finally sailing as a Gold CC member.
Because the first thing you see of the Wish when boarding is the Grand Hall lets start there. I have read comments (some of them from released pictures before they were accepting guests) that it is so boring, it's just painted white. I thought it was beautiful, from the chandelier, the sweeping staircase, the stained-glass, the LED lights that sparkle across the ceiling and down the walls and pillars, to the bronze statue of Cinderella, we thought it was beautiful. For the people that couldn't believe that DCL would put a slide in the Grand Hall as an alternate way for the children to get to the Kids Club. Not once did I find it distracting and it was actually fun to see the excitement from the kids when they went to check in there. And I would recommend that you go into the Grand Hall once during your cruise just before midnight (before the clock strikes midnight) for the short light show. I am very much a morning person but am glad I took the time to check it out.
We had a Family sized stateroom with verandah, it was nice having a larger room with three adults. While I do think that there was less drawer space, between the drawers there are and shelves in the closets and hanging up some clothes we had enough places to store our clothes.
Even if you're not directionaly challenged it can/will be difficult navigating your way around a ship you've haven't been on before. The Wish is no exception. And the shorter the cruise, the less time you have to become acquainted with her. And I do agree that there does seem to be more dead ends on the Wish than the other DCL ships. But hopefully; if you run into the same dead end twice it will then be ingrained in your memory and you will avoid it a third time. And you do have the layout for each deck on your phone.
I'm in full agreement that the the promenade deck is all messed up. When I'm on one of the other ships I am out there regularly walking laps. I have no problems with steps so having to climb them at the bow of the ship wasn't the problem. But between them and the fact that it wasn't a full oval track seemed to make me disinterested in getting out there. I'm interested to know what joggers think of the Wish's promenade. And just so you know you can get up to the bow of the ship. And if you want raise your arms and yell "I'm King/Queen of the world".
There is a thread that had been going about how horribly uncomfortable the seats are in the theater. We went to all three shows in the Walt Disney Theater. And we saw two movies, one in the Neverland Cinema and one in the Wonderland Cinema. None of us had a single problem with the comfort of the seats in any of the theaters. Including after having sat through the THREE hour Avatar movie.
And as a side note: the shows in Walt Disney Theater were fun and the performers were as great as ever. But I don't believe I need to see them again in future.
And the elevators are messed up. I don't mind the fact that they didn't have a bank of them mid-ship. But the touch-less key pad is truly a pain. There were many times when it would not light up the floor number when placing your finger near the button. But the keypad was really good at knowing when someone stepped in close to them when allowing other people onto the elevator, I having done that early into the cruise and having seen many others do the same thing throughout the cruise.
I'm going to stop for now. Plan on getting into the food/bar side of things next.
Because the first thing you see of the Wish when boarding is the Grand Hall lets start there. I have read comments (some of them from released pictures before they were accepting guests) that it is so boring, it's just painted white. I thought it was beautiful, from the chandelier, the sweeping staircase, the stained-glass, the LED lights that sparkle across the ceiling and down the walls and pillars, to the bronze statue of Cinderella, we thought it was beautiful. For the people that couldn't believe that DCL would put a slide in the Grand Hall as an alternate way for the children to get to the Kids Club. Not once did I find it distracting and it was actually fun to see the excitement from the kids when they went to check in there. And I would recommend that you go into the Grand Hall once during your cruise just before midnight (before the clock strikes midnight) for the short light show. I am very much a morning person but am glad I took the time to check it out.
We had a Family sized stateroom with verandah, it was nice having a larger room with three adults. While I do think that there was less drawer space, between the drawers there are and shelves in the closets and hanging up some clothes we had enough places to store our clothes.
Even if you're not directionaly challenged it can/will be difficult navigating your way around a ship you've haven't been on before. The Wish is no exception. And the shorter the cruise, the less time you have to become acquainted with her. And I do agree that there does seem to be more dead ends on the Wish than the other DCL ships. But hopefully; if you run into the same dead end twice it will then be ingrained in your memory and you will avoid it a third time. And you do have the layout for each deck on your phone.
I'm in full agreement that the the promenade deck is all messed up. When I'm on one of the other ships I am out there regularly walking laps. I have no problems with steps so having to climb them at the bow of the ship wasn't the problem. But between them and the fact that it wasn't a full oval track seemed to make me disinterested in getting out there. I'm interested to know what joggers think of the Wish's promenade. And just so you know you can get up to the bow of the ship. And if you want raise your arms and yell "I'm King/Queen of the world".
There is a thread that had been going about how horribly uncomfortable the seats are in the theater. We went to all three shows in the Walt Disney Theater. And we saw two movies, one in the Neverland Cinema and one in the Wonderland Cinema. None of us had a single problem with the comfort of the seats in any of the theaters. Including after having sat through the THREE hour Avatar movie.
And as a side note: the shows in Walt Disney Theater were fun and the performers were as great as ever. But I don't believe I need to see them again in future.
And the elevators are messed up. I don't mind the fact that they didn't have a bank of them mid-ship. But the touch-less key pad is truly a pain. There were many times when it would not light up the floor number when placing your finger near the button. But the keypad was really good at knowing when someone stepped in close to them when allowing other people onto the elevator, I having done that early into the cruise and having seen many others do the same thing throughout the cruise.
I'm going to stop for now. Plan on getting into the food/bar side of things next.
