My Magical Voyage on the Disney Fantasy-Spring Break

We started out down to Port Canaveral the day before boarding the ship, which is highly recommended. We spent the night at the Country Inn and Suites right by the port. Great room, lots of space, and a great hot breakfast the next day. The breakfast room was full of energy of that days cruisers. We opted to drive our care to the terminal and pay to park there for the week. It is so easy to drop your luggage at the curb and walk right into the terminal. After security we checked in for the cruise and registered the kids for the kids club. We had one of the earliest boarding times so when we boarded we went right to Port Adventures desk. This is where you would get your tickets for the Princess meet and greets. We chose to do the Disney jr. breakfast so we received our tickets there. Then my husband signed up for some adult beverage tastings and it was time for lunch at Cabanas. So many yummy choices for everyone. Both my kids always to try new things on a cruise too! Rooms are ready at 1:30 so we dropped off our carry on then headed to the Tube for a meet and greet with our Facebook group. It was great to meet some other couples and both my kids instantly made friends with others their age. We hung out with two families all week which made everything more fun. Time for the sail away party then we were off to the Caribbean. Disney has rotational dining so our first night for dinner at Animators Palate (my favorite). Your servers stay with you the whole week as you rotate restaurants. Animators palate looks like you are inside the studio of a Disney Animator. After dinner the kids enjoyed time in clubs and my husband and I headed to get a drink. We all had a great night sleep. This cruise we were in a verandah room on deck 7. Each morning we had room service deliver coffee which we drank on the deck. It was Easter morning and the morning of our Disney Jr. Breakfast. The breakfast took place in Animator's Palate. As our favorite Disney Jr. shows played on the screens we enjoy Mickey waffles, eggs, and bacon and other yummy items as Goofy, Pluto, Jake, and Doc McStuffins came around for pictures. We enjoyed lots of fun things on the ship like the Great Detective Agency game, Disney Trivia, mini golf, swimming, and so much more. That night was formal night. We all dressed up in our finest! With dinner at Enchanted Garden. After dinner was Disney's Dreams, a Broadway style show with singing and dancing and of course our favorite characters.
We enjoyed the next day at sea with the kids busy with their friends and the activities in the clubs. My husband had an amazing dining experience at Palo for brunch. Palo brunch is an extra cost and worth every cent. Our server, Pamela, was knowledgeable about all the food and even challenged us to try every dessert. We enjoyed a lovely table looking out at the water. Upon leaving we immediately made a reservation again for brunch on our next sea day. Palo brunch is a must do!
We met up with the kids and it was time for some Aquaduck! Aquaduck is a water coaster that goes around the outside of the ship. It had been too windy the day before but this day was fine. Another one of our favorites on a Disney Cruise is all you can eat free soft serve! I am sure I gained 5 pounds just from that! We decided we would skip our assigned dining that night for dinner at Cabanas. For dinner it is a sit down dinner where you order off the menu. The food was great and it was much more relaxing environment. The show that night was Aladdin and it was amazing. My favorite part was when they sang A Whole New World and flew on the magic carpet.
The next day we were up early for a yummy breakfast at Cabanas and a full day at our first port, Tortola. We booked the Long Bay Beach and Lunch. After a short tour of the island we spent the day at the Long Bay Beach club. We had chairs for the day, access to the pool and a delicious lunch. What a beautiful place. That night was pirate night. We all had full pirate costumes which I highly recommend. It just makes things more fun. All the cast members join in on the fun as well. We enjoyed the pirate menu at Animator's Palate then some singing and dancing on deck 11 with Mickey and his pirate crew! Later that night we were entertained by Captain Jack Sparrow and the most amazing fireworks show! Disney Cruise Line is the only one with fireworks at sea! After the fireworks we headed to Cabanas for a late night pirate buffet. Everyone slept soundly after all the excitement.
St.Thomas was our next port. What a beautiful sight to wake up to! I really enjoyed have the verandah that morning. That day we took a cab to Morning Star Beach Marriot where I had bought a beach day pass. The pass included chairs, an umbrella, and adult beverages. The kids enjoyed the beach and ocean as we relaxed and sipped Margaritas. Lunch was at Coco Joes. Delish! We relaxed by the pool after lunch and headed back to the ship for some Aquaduck time before dinner. My son wanted to stay at the kids club so we let him stay and they even serve dinner there so it was a nice relaxing time with our daughter at dinner at Enchanted Garden. I ate the most delicious turkey. After dinner my daughter met up with her friend and we enjoyed visiting O'Gills the Irish bar.
Thursday was our at sea day so back to Palo we went then we enjoyed a Rainforest spa pass. We tried the steam rooms, different shower sprays, hot tub, and my favorite, the heated lounge chairs. We spent time in the adult pool area with a few refreshing drinks. It was semi formal night which we enjoyed with dinner at Royal Court. The most scrumptious lobster tail and incredible desserts. That night we enjoyed the magic of Shawn Farquhar and got a good night's sleep for our day at Castaway Cay. That night the captain announced there could be some unpredictable seas so our arrival at Castaway Cay would be delayed.
We took our time the next morning sleeping in and enjoyed a leisurely breakfast. When it was announced we could disembark we had unfortunately missed our Stingray Adventure but still had time to find a great spot on the family beach. I rented some floats for the kids and we enjoyed the day. Lunch is served at Cookie's and includes burgers, hotdogs, grilled chicken and ribs and all the fixin's and of course more ice cream. We enjoyed some more beach time and souvenir shopping then back to the ship for one last ride on the Aquaduck. We wanted to arrive early for dinner that night since we were in for a special surprise at Animator's Palate that I am not going to tell you about and is only available on the 7 night Fantasy cruise. It is by far one of my favorite things that happened that week. We met up with some friends for a little Disney Cruise trivia. My daughter met up with her friend to see Zootopia and my son headed to the kids club. We needed to have our bags outside our room by 10:30 so we took this time to pack up and thank our stateroom hostess Annette for all her hard work. We finally had packed all of our wonderful fish extender gifts, everything we had bought and brought and met up with the kids for our last night.
We were up bright and early for our last breakfast in Animator's Palate and took one last walk around the ship before departing. We had a fabulous week, met new friends, and made tons of family memories. We can't wait to go back on our next Disney Cruise!
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