We didn't experience any problems with the kids. Good thing, because i have no problem confronting the adults or asking for the hotel director if the staff doesn't address the problem. There is an entire ship geared towards kids, a little space for the adults shouldn't be that difficult. Don't get me wrong, I love kids, but rules are rules. What would Disney do if the adults started showing up at the teen space and want to use the area...
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DCL missed the boat on the adult pool and where it is located. The constant parade of people through the adult area I felt distracting. Couldn't quite get relaxed, too much commotion for me.
I too thought the ship was beautiful, but didn't get the same feeling I do on the Magic. We had an aft cabin and I felt it was inappropriate to have to walk through cabanas to get to the pool area. It is a health concern too. They could have done a better job with that.
Our main server Zoe was wonderful. She was the splitting image of Lindsay Lohan from the parent trap and the accent to go with it. Our assistant server Robert was brand new and his English was really bad. Just couldn't get it together. Our first night of dinner we were the last ones to leave the restaurant because everything was so slow. I know it wasn't just us, our table mates were not that happy either.
I ended up not even having an entree at royal Palace. I order the beef medium and it came so well done you could bounce it off the plate. Sent it back and the next one was just as well done. The third one came back so rare I thought it mooed at me. The soufle was pretty bad too. Funny thing, I felt the food in Cabanas was exceptional. The beef wellington they had for lunch was probably my favorite of the trip.
I do have to say that dinner at palo was exceptional, the food was so good I could have had seconds.
I didn't have a horrible time, but I like the intimacy of the Magic better. Just didn't blow me away. Happy I got to experience the new ship. I thought the artwork was remarkable. I am a huge Disney fan so it's not easy for me to criticize them, but they really did a poor job in ship layout and adult activities other than the bars. One champagne tasting for 10 people out of a ship of 1500+ adults. What were they thinking.
We did book the Fantasy for next December. We are staying in the parks the first week of December for the Holiday decorations and wanted to extend the trip to see the ship decorated.