This is extremely hard to believe can anybody else verify this?
Scott at Disney Cruise Line Blog is still reporting specific cruise directors on his "Personal Navigators" of specific sailings, including July 2022 cruises. I suspect that on this particular cruise the cruise director was down with Covid.
I suppose it's possible, but I would be stunned to learn that the District, Pink, 687, Skyline and Evolution were all closed at 9. There is just too much money to made in the bars for that to occur.
I was thinking it was to do with COVID. I was on the Dream in December and while the adult areas were quieter at night due to reduced capacity, there was still the normal activity.
So there’s no adult club host anymore? Is there no place to dance for adults? Last I heard it was only game shows. I remember back in the day Evolution used to have a DJ and there’d be people on the dance floor.
I think they're right; there is no dance club anymore. Which sucks because it used to be pretty nice back in the day. This is what someone just recently replied on a DCL Facebook group:
Well, I think that is the nail in the coffin for me - we are going to look for a different cruise line. I just don’t get it Disney! One of the best aspects of cruising is that parents can enjoy a little nightlife knowing that their kids are safely supervised close by. If they are trying to cater to families with kids this ain’t it IMO.
While I think a majority of DCL clientele match what you say, I wouldn't say a huge majority. I'd also say there is an interest in dancing/nightclubs. Disney clientele is a pretty diverse group of people. They range from young families with kids to more seasoned parents with teens, to couples with no kids, to retired and no kids, to couples who never had kids, to singles, to LGBTQ+, and to any other person I left out. When I sailed on the Fantasy in 2019, the nightclubs were not exactly dead after 9:00 PM. In fact, there was quite a bit of life to them. It was not Carnival Cruise party crazy, but it was still lively. As for me, I'm in that middle-aged not old enough to retire but traveling without an adult child this time. My wife and I enjoy dinner at Remy or Palo and then afterward relax to a glass of wine and a couple of dances before calling it a night. That's what has been the great thing about Disney and DCL in the past, it has always offered something for everyone.
And who are you to define the majority? I did not know that having a family meant you no longer have an interest in having a couple drinks and hitting the dance floor. Even then so, there are many young couples with a love to Disney who like to dance as well. It costs them nothing to turn up the music a bit and let people dance and mingle.
RIGHT? The kids club 4-12 is so amazing that the kids will want to be in there. And it's like all Disney wants to offer the adults now is paid activities like tastings and the spa. Sigh.
