Spending Your Holidays on a Disney Cruise

by Lisa P | More from this Blogger

30 Sep 2007 06:27 AM

Are you one of those people who is afraid to take a cruise during a holiday because you think you'll miss out on holiday festivities? Well, that may be true for some cruise lines but Disney Cruise Lines makes the most of every holiday and the last thing you'll feel is that you are missing out! The two Disney Cruise Line ships, the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder, will be hosting holiday festivities for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.

Halloween

Halloween decorations will be found throughout the ships and, as a special treat, horror movies will be played in some of the ships' theaters. Guests of all ages can go Trick-or-Treating by following a trail of candy stations that lead them to a dance party on the top deck and special costume parties in each of the youth activity areas. The dance party on the top deck (for adults) will have a costume contest with prizes for costumes such as best group, most original and most Disney.

Thanksgiving

Themed craft projects for kids and teens and a traditional American Thanksgiving feast on Thanksgiving Day will ensure that none of you feel like you've missed an important holiday.

Christmas

The two cruises available during Christmas will be a seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise departing Port Canaveral on December 22, 2007, as well as a four-night cruise of the Bahamas departing Port Canaveral on December 23, 2007. During the Christmas season, you can count on the Disney decks to be completely decked out in full holiday decorations. Holiday services for most faiths will be held on board for those wishing to attend. Traditional holiday feasts will be served in the dining rooms so wear your stretchy pants!

New Year's Eve & Day

A shipwide party will ring in 2008, culminating with a fantastic fireworks show at sea. On New Year's Day, you can enjoy a shipboard tailgate party.

Needless to say, you'll never miss a holiday if you're on a Disney cruise ship!

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moedean52gunch (68) 27 Nov 2007 01:58 PM

we just cruised with disney on thanksgiving, 2007. it was a great experience. my children are young (4 and 7) and got far more out of the experience than a single traditional celebration at home woudl have yeilded. it turned out that Thanksgiving week was the best time to get the whole family to go and our shared experience was wonderful. disney has extremely nice ships (we sailed on wonder), better than the other ships we've sailed with carnival before. disney also understands how to do children: our kids had far more options than time to do it all. the shows were especially good, far beyond my expectations. each show held their full attention for 1;15 hours after dinner each night. the day at castaway cay was the highlight. my only dig would be that the food was OK, not special and that the children menu was merely park food like hamburgers, mac and cheese and hot dogs. my kids eat veggies so i was a little disappointed that we didn't get wow'd with a cool kids menu. that is no big deal in light of everyhting else that was so well doen and a crew that is expertly trained to entertain children. it was a thrill and we'd like to go again.

Lisa P (24013) 27 Nov 2007 03:03 PM

What a great review! Thanks for sharing your firsthand experience!