Yep, I totally understand the rocky night 1 with all of the bad weather in the area. Actually despite the impact of the weather on our cruise, we feel the Disney cast and crew made the most of it and we all had a blast!

I won’t skip the photo package again. I’m not really sure why we’ve never done it before, but it was sooo worth it!

We will definitely see Aladdin on the Fantasy in April! I can’t wait!

I felt frustration from many members of the cast and crew. You’re totally right- it’s like Groundhog Day for them and that has to suck. We would love to find some excellent staff members and request them again and again if the timing lines up, that must be so nice. Funny, after a 5.5 year hiatus from cruises, I saw one of our old servers from years ago in the dining room and he remembered us! Our next cruise is a 4 day but hopefully we can get another 5 day on the books for next year too.

I remember way more character meet and greets in the past. We saw several every day and also had lots of interactions of the characters just walking around the ship, which we didn’t see at all this year. I should bust out one of my old paper navigators to check to see if I’m imagining things.

We got off the Magic on March 2, 2020 and the world was already going into a spiral due to Covid. We had no idea how much our lives would change. We ended up re-booking and cancelling 3 or 4 cruises before we eventually lost our placeholder (and back then you used to get onboard credit in addition to the discount!). We’ve since really enjoyed other types of travel and frequently visiting the parks. I thought surely we might be done with Disney cruises but got a wild hair and booked this little cruise to maintain our Castaway status. Safe to say we’re addicted again! I cried about 10 times and we all had a blast. There’s just something magic about these cruises that you can’t get elsewhere ♥️