Today was the last sea day for our cruise, in addition to being Star Wars Day At Sea! The Fantasy hadn’t been overtaken too much during the cruise with Star Wars other than all the movies being shown throughout the cruise. All of that changed in the morning. As soon as we stepped outside the room into the hallway, you could hear the Star Wars themed music playing (which went on all day).
Today was day four of our cruise and the ship pulled into Tortola just as we woke up. We had an early excursion for this port, so we had ordered room service for breakfast. Normally we forget to use room service, but we had discussed it a bit the night before our arrival in Tortola. We took our breakfast out onto the veranda to enjoy it and look at the harbor.
Another fun day at sea was on the horizon, except I was super tired. I had taken some Dramamine the night before because I was feeling under the weather. Well, probably because of the Mixology class and not really anything else. Dramamine makes me really, really sleepy for a long period of time. I spent a good part of the morning sleeping in various location around the ship. I slept some up in Satellite Falls and some near the adult pool area. The weather was a bit overcast and it was chilly to be up on deck with the wind blowing. After lunch time, I started to get my second wind. I felt like I pretty much wasted the first part of this day, which was a shame. After seven cruises, I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that I should never take Dramamine, even if I do feel seasick.
After getting on board, we immediately headed up to the pool deck so the girls could ride the AquaDuck. They had worn their swim suits under their clothes, so they were ready to go. They jumped right on and didn’t have to wait at all. The AquaDuck actually loads in the rear funnel of the ship in a small one or two person raft and then takes you over the side and around the top deck. The girls really enjoy riding it. There is another slide as well on the ship that kids can use.
January 13, 2017 finally arrived and it was time to head off for our Star Wars Cruise! Our plan was to pick the kids up from school, let them get changed, then head off to the airport. Once we had the house squared away, a friend drove us from our house to Reagan National Airport. We arrived at the airport really early (as we always do), around 5 PM. We dropped our bags off with American Airlines and headed through security. Our experience with TSA Security is usually fantastic thanks to having TSA PreCheck! Everyone has TSA PreCheck in our family except our youngest daughter (who now has Global Entry).
Our 7 Night Eastern Caribbean Star Wars Day At Sea cruise on the Disney Fantasy didn’t start out as one of our normal cruises. As we discussed in our post about planning an off season cruise, we had originally planned to book our standard spring break cruise for 2017, but finances got in the way. We instead picked a different destination for spring break, and in October 2015 we booked what we thought would be a standard 7 night Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Fantasy. In January 2016, Disney announced new Star Wars Day At Sea cruises for 7 night sailings on the Disney Fantasy — and in March 2016, we received notification that our cruise had been switched to the Star Wars theme. Interestingly, the price of the cruise almost immediately went up by 50%. We weren’t upset that it got changed, but I probably never would have booked it for that price, even with the Star Wars addition.
During a recent Disney Cruise, we participated in the Mixology class. The class is a chance to try your hand at making (and tasting) five different mixed drinks. The class costs $20 per person and the amount is charged to your room. It is important to note that if you would like to do one of these classes, you should sign up when you board the ship on the first day. We looked in the Navigator we picked up in the port terminal to find the signup location. For our cruise on the Fantasy, that was in La Piazza. We waited around a few hours before going to sign up and we managed to grab the last two spots for the Mixology class on the first sea day.
Hello! This is an article about the 12 year old perspective of the Edge. The Edge is the Disney Cruise Line club for kids from 11 to 14. Normally, around the time you turn 11, you just want to go to the Edge, and not hang around the Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab as much. This is a guide about how the Edge works, because it is slightly different from the Club and Lab.
We recently went on the Disney Fantasy for a Star Wars Day At Sea 7 Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise. We stayed in room 6146, which is a Category 5D Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah. It is located on the port (left) aft (back) side of the ship on Deck 6. Here are our pictures of the room!
