This is a guest blog series by Stephen Aleksza about our
Disney Cruise Line (DCL) cruise on the Disney Fantasy in September/October of
2014. Our Halloween on the High Seas cruise
had a western Caribbean itinerary that included: Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Falmouth,
Jamaica, and Castaway Cay. This was our
first Disney cruise, but somewhere around our 13th cruise
overall. Our previous cruises have been
on Princess (Platinum), Celebrity, and Norwegian. We enjoy Disney stuff, but I
would not say that we are Disney fanatics.
Our last trip to the Magic Kingdom was over ten years ago. I am big
pre-trip researcher so I figured that I would share some of my research and
contribute my own information through this series.
Part 2 – The Cabin
We stayed in cabin 7552. This was a Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah (Cat 5C) room. We loved the location of the room. |
| The room was forward on the starboard side. |
It was between elevators.
That made it easy to go forward or mid-ship. It also helped cut down on foot traffic. We also liked the 7th floor. Three floors up or down and you reached a
main floor.
The stock photos are very accurate, albeit photo shopped to
smooth out.
Here are some of our pictures.
We would compare this room to a mini-suite on a Princess ship. The bed has no obstructions under it so it makes for plenty of space to store your luggage. Our bed, unlike other cruise ships, didn’t seem like it was two twins pushed together. There was no dent or grove in the middle of the bed creating a divider. We didn’t need the normal egg crate to try to decrease the “divide”. The bed for our daughter was more of a futon. It was actually very comfortable.
There is table that is by the sofa/futon that is actually
a chest that you can use for storage. This was great for our daughter’s toys
and assorted “stuff” that we didn’t want lying around the room (in addition to
a place to put fish extender presents!).
There were two cons about the room. One is that the verandah had a partial
obstruction. About a foot on the right
side was blocked by a support structure.
It does not seem like a lot, but it did make it feel much smaller. The other was that for being about two years
old, the room was showing a bit of wear and tear. The scratched furniture and worn areas caught
us a bit by surprise. A minor annoyance
is that all the paper instructions, for things like the wave phone, were torn
and super worn out.
The net was that we would stay on the 7th floor
again, but probably not that room because of the small verandah obstruction.
Post 1 - Embarkation
Post 2 - Cabin
Post 3 - Ports
Post 4 - Fish Extender
Post 5 - Ship and Cruise
Post 1 - Embarkation
Post 2 - Cabin
Post 3 - Ports
Post 4 - Fish Extender
Post 5 - Ship and Cruise
