arielmomma
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2009
Welcome fellow cruise lovers! Its been awhile, but I'm finally back. Thank you for joining me as I share my latest at-sea adventures. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Joy - wife of James and mother to Jimmy (15) and Emily (12).
Anyone who has read my previous trip reports knows that we are HUGE Disney fans. We also enjoy travelling in general. So, from mid-2018 to mid-2019, we decided to broaden our horizons beyond our Mouse-eared comfort zone and not only sail with DCL, but also with two other well-known cruise lines - Carnival and Cunard.
I'll be up front with you from the beginning - THIS WILL NOT BE A TYPICAL TRIP REPORT. Rather than a day-by-day accounting of our vacations, I intend to provide an in-depth comparison of my family's experiences travelling on these three very different cruise lines. Hopefully in doing this, I can help answer many of the questions I see being asked in the forums and that I, myself, asked prior to to taking the plunge and booking a non-Disney cruise.
A REQUEST: I will be writing about MY ACTUAL EXPERIENCES, not about things I read or heard about before or after my cruises. Whether you had a similar or entirely different experience, feel free to contribute your thoughts, but please only comment on things that you actually experienced. The internet is full of information people have "heard" about. Let's try to keep this report as factual and helpful as possible. Thank you.
So, how exactly did Carnival and Cunard stack up against Disney? Have we been swayed by Fun For All or British Tradition? Does Captain Mickey still belong on the pedestal my family placed him upon? Let's begin and find out.
Anyone who has read my previous trip reports knows that we are HUGE Disney fans. We also enjoy travelling in general. So, from mid-2018 to mid-2019, we decided to broaden our horizons beyond our Mouse-eared comfort zone and not only sail with DCL, but also with two other well-known cruise lines - Carnival and Cunard.
I'll be up front with you from the beginning - THIS WILL NOT BE A TYPICAL TRIP REPORT. Rather than a day-by-day accounting of our vacations, I intend to provide an in-depth comparison of my family's experiences travelling on these three very different cruise lines. Hopefully in doing this, I can help answer many of the questions I see being asked in the forums and that I, myself, asked prior to to taking the plunge and booking a non-Disney cruise.
A REQUEST: I will be writing about MY ACTUAL EXPERIENCES, not about things I read or heard about before or after my cruises. Whether you had a similar or entirely different experience, feel free to contribute your thoughts, but please only comment on things that you actually experienced. The internet is full of information people have "heard" about. Let's try to keep this report as factual and helpful as possible. Thank you.
So, how exactly did Carnival and Cunard stack up against Disney? Have we been swayed by Fun For All or British Tradition? Does Captain Mickey still belong on the pedestal my family placed him upon? Let's begin and find out.