Disney Cruise for Adults - Tales of the Traveling Tote

Welcome to our March 2020 edition of 

Tales of the Traveling Tote, where a group 

of MacKenzie-Childs loving women travel 

around with our gorgeous totes and live to 

tell the story.  

Keep reading to the end of the post because we 

have a wonderful MacKenzie-Childs giveaway 

for you.  

Is a Disney Cruise great for just adults?  I would say a resounding

YES!!!

Let me tell you how I described a Disney Cruise to friends 

and family when I returned - 

"It was like Walt had invited you onto his private yacht, 

and thrown at you his best food, his best staff, and 

his best entertainment!"  Now with that in mind, come along 

with me and Miss Madi K (my MC tote) for my 

birthday celebration!

To celebrate my birthday in the dreary month of 

January, we have left the cold and snow and 

traveled to somewhere warm and wonderful for 

the past 20 years.  One of my bucket-list items has 

always been to take a Disney Cruise (researching 

to see if we want to take the whole family.)

So this year we decided to head to Orlando, 

hit Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, 

and then get on the Disney Fantasy Cruise Ship.

We had a wonderful cabin with a balcony, that 

Miss Madi K loved.

The cabin was very spacious and even had a sitting 

area.  I took a cue from my oldest daughter, who 

also loves Disney, and brought a Mickey and Minnie 

with me.  The room stewards have fun arranging 

them around the room for you every night.  He 

had fun arranging Miss Madi K too!

Hubby was so cute, he had a gift for me every day, 

and he wrapped them all in Disney paper.  

Definitely a keeper!!!!

From the minute you entered the cruise, where 

your names were announced, and the staff all clapped 

for you, you just can't take in all of the magical 

Disney details!

I can't even begin to show you all of the 

amazing touches that the Disney Imagineers 

have throughout the ship.  

Every nook and cranny of the ship is elegant 

and has a touch of Disney. 

Even the carpets and flooring are magical.

We took a tour where they explained the effort 

going into creating that Disney Touch.

Wish I could have brought some of these chairs home!

Even the tablesettings have the Disney magic!

We all wanted to purchase these gorgeous plates 

and butter knives.  

On a Disney Cruise you rotate with your servers 

to three different restaurants.  This is Animator's Palate, 

where screens built into the walls around the room 

play videos from various movies.  The most common 

is from Finding Nemo, where they even have 

interactive conversations with guests seated 

near the screens.  On the final night they surprised 

us by having us draw a figure and then everyone's 

figure becomes animated on the screens at the 

end of the evening.  It was very entertaining. 

The Royal Court Dining Room features 

exquisite mosaics of the Disney Princesses 

circling around the room.  

Can you see the bread baskets set on the tables?  

They are Cinderella's carriage, 

and so are the lights as you enter this grand room.  

The food selection changed from night to night, 

even when you repeated a dining room, as 

you would on a seven night cruise.  Everything 

we ate was amazing, 

and the presentation had that Disney touch. 

By the time we booked, there wasn't an option for 

the early dining.  We were seated with other couples 

without children, but we noticed that during the 

late seating there weren't that many children there 

in the dining room.  Actually we never felt overwhelmed 

by kids, and there were always places to go if you 

wanted to be in adults only spaces.  

We ate breakfast at the buffet most days.  Of course, they 

have the iconic Mickey waffles at the buffet.  

The buffets are laid out so well, that there was never 

a wait in line for items.  

And the variety was amazing.

Lunch at the buffet was a never ending seafood 

buffet for us!  Of course they had lots of other food, 

which we tried on the first day, but after that 

we indulged in huge shrimp 

and crab claws.  

We thought that maybe the shrimp and crab claws were 

just for the welcome aboard buffet, but no, they were 

there every day. We were delighted.

Maybe we threw in a little chocolate for lunch as well!

This is the first cruise I have been on where they 

have free soda with machines at the buffet and on 

the pool deck.  

Of course, there was free-flowing soft-serve ice cream, 

which we indulged in as we were waiting for the late 

seating - we needed something to tide us over!

They also had hand-scooped ice cream at the buffets 

every day.  

And I ventured out one day and enjoyed their sushi 

for lunch. 

You can dine inside or out when you eat at the buffet. 

There seemed to be plenty of lounge chairs around the pools, 

and an abundance of them in the adults only area.  We liked 

being a little closer to the action, as we had fun on their 

water coaster slide. (The shorts and a Minnie swimsuit were 

two of the gifts hubby gave me on the cruise.)

Meet the Aqua Duck - a thrilling yet smooth water slide, 

that circles the pool deck.  This was why we were hanging 

out in the pool area.  

By the time you reach the far side of the ship, you 

are going pretty slow and can wave to the people below you.  

Don't be scared by the posted "wait time" - we never 

stood in line for more than 15 minutes, even when it 

said the wait was 60 minutes. 

A seven night cruise allows you to have a Pirate's Night.  

Hubby is so fun, he always goes along with me when 

it comes to dressing up.

In the afternoon there are always characters you can 

get your picture taken with.  

So again, don't be scared off if you weren't able to 

sign up for a time for character meet and greets. 

How about this for a room steward creation on Pirate Night?

The evening ends with a Pirate show on the pool deck, starring 

Mickey and Minnie, and fireworks and a dance party.  

They can pull the dance floor right over the kiddie pools 

for the dance parties.  That is so cool.

On select cruises, they have a Star Wars day, that goes on 

from morning to midnight, also ending in fireworks and 

a dance party up on the pool deck.  

Darth Vader makes his grand appearance flanked with 

Storm Troopers, and you will see them around the ship 

during the entire day.  

Of the two days, I liked Star Wars Day the best - probably because 

it wasn't just an evening event.  Many people dressed up 

during the day and for dinner and the party, but I would 

say most just wore their regular clothes - so you can choose 

to not dress up and be just fine. 

Even the menu and food were Star Wars themed.  

Oh and did I mention that they had a late night 

Star Wars buffet that was delicious and perfectly 

decorated and themed?  I loved this day!

The last fun of the Disney Fantasy Cruise was a day 

on Castaway Cay, their private island.  The day was 

a little overcast and windy, but we heard they hadn't 

even been able to pull into the dock for the last three 

weeks, so we felt lucky we got to go.  

We stood on our balcony and watched as the captain 

backed this huge vessel in to the dock.  Then lines were 

shot out to the dock for people to catch.  I wouldn't miss 

watching that feat if I were you.  It was quite amazing. 

Two little castaways we found on board came ashore with us 

inside Miss Madi K!  

What a magical island with plenty of space to spread out.  

I have to admit as we stood on our balcony and watched 

all of the people flooding out we wondered where everyone 

would fit.  

They have trams to take you to the beach if you don't 

want to walk that far (oh those Disney people!) and 

we went over to the adults only beach.  It is quite a bit 

farther, so we took the tram.

Lunch at the adults only beach was wonderful.  It was honestly 

the only time we had much of a wait in line.  

We had dragged our snorkeling equipment 3/4 of the way 

across the nation, but as Olaf might be suggesting - it was 

too cold to get in.  Miss Madi K took a minute to pose 

with him though, as she had done the work hauling 

the snorkels and fins.  

As we wandered over to the family beach, we were 

entranced by these fabulous drink containers, so 

we each ordered a smoothie.

By then the sun was out a little.  Olaf is enjoying being 

up against the not so burning sand!

As the ship sailed away, of course the day was the most 

beautiful it had been.  I would definitely love to come 

back and try the private island again with a drink in my 

hand and my skin up against the burning sand, probably 

getting gorgeously tanned....

So in conclusion - Does a Disney Cruise work for adults only?

A glorious yes!  There were at least as many people there 

without kids as there were with kids.  I wouldn't suggest 

trying it over Christmas or Easter, and maybe even summer, 

but at other times of the year it was incredible.  

Oh I haven't even mentioned the wonderful 

evening entertainment 

with theaters big enough 

to hold everyone (this is the smaller 

of the two theaters), even if you are 

coming in five minutes before the show starts, 

and first run movies being played in the theaters

 during the days, and 

Disney movies in your room all day long! 

We had two original Disney productions at the 

beginning and ending of the cruise, and a stage 

productions of Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast.

 Plus there are 

wonderful shops that are the same prices as at Walt Disney World.  

I know, since I had just been there days before.  Captain Kirk 

now has a new sweatshirt to wear houseboating that will bring 

him back to the joy of our Disney Cruise.

Now what you waded through all of my cruise for -

the giveaway of this adorable MacKenzie-Childs whisk 

in the fun Flower Market pattern hosted by 

Jenna at The Painted Apron.  Leave a comment here 

and go visit her and leave a comment to be entered in the 

giveaway.  Then visit all of our other wonderful 

Traveling Ladies. 

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths 

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box  You are here!

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply 

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader

Cherry Kay and Carrie Ann Hall @ Entertaining Women  

and stay tuned for our next episode June 1st to see 

where the totes have traveled.