Sorry, don't want to hijack this post. Kind of late now to start questioning myself. Just was wondering as to WHY people aren't as happy with this ship?
I think a lot is just personal preference. Above someone comments about where the soda station is positioned. Mid Ship or Aft. To me I cannot be bothered by this, it might save you a minute if you are staying midship and two minutes when you are staying frontship. I would probably never noticed until it was mentioned here. But it can be something to give a preference to the Fantasy and Dream, as on these ships they have learned from what they did on the Magic & Wonder. It's more cconvenient, and similar to the parks,
Disneyland Paris benefitted a lot from what they have learned from Disneyland Anaheim, Disneyworld and Disney Tokyo.
I haven't been on the Dream yet, but whenever I look at it, I think: No, I am not going to like that ship. It's the restaurants, the shows, the bigger ship, that it only does short routes (which makes me think that because of the crew is used to the short turnovers, therefore not used to be more personal. Could be false, but this is my feeling). Nothing says to me: You have to sail this ship. I am totally biased
There are also plenty of people who like the Magic, see above posters and in this thread:
https://www.disboards.com/threads/what-do-you-think-about-the-magic.3800278/
But I have a feeling people rather like to believe the negative comments over the positives. People tend to be (especially on the internet) more vocal about negative things. And that's how a reputation is created.
Why do you question if there will be activitities for a 2 and 6 year old? It's Disney. Their business is to entertain families with young children.
You are probably worrying for nothing, unless your kids have a splash pad etc. at home, they are probably going to be fine.
Relax. And have an open mind, if you go in with the wrong mindset, you will have a lesser time and influence your family.