Here are just some things I found that caught me off guard that I didn't read anywhere on here.
PICTURES:
When your in the terminal they have a character, but it changes, so you don't know who you are going to see.
On the semi-formal night is when you can get your picture taken with Mickey and Minnie together. I wish I would have know this, since we wore our best clothes for formal night. You can get pictures with Mickey and Minnie on formal night, they just aren't together.
Late Seating you have more opportunties to get pictures without so many lines. We had early seating and most of the pictures done with characters we had to miss because of timing. For example:
7:30pm - 8:00pm Early Seating can get to these, but they are
crowded, because you have all of early and
some late seating people too.
8:00pm - 8:20pm Once again you can get to this, but you have
Late Seating people, once again, here too
since they don't eat until 8:30pm
On the last night the times were:
6:00pm - 6:20pm and 8:00pm - 8:20pm
Early seating missed the first one, since dinner starts at 6:00pm, but late seating had the chance to catch both since they didn't eat until 8:30pm.
We were just rushing and waiting in alot of lines to get those pictures. They do have a autograph session that they do where they have 7 characters behind a table just signing, no pictures allowed. This was a GREAT opportunity to get those autographs and to do pictures later.
They don't take pictures when you get off in port. This surprized me as all our other cruises always did this. I guess with all those characters they have to stop somewhere. They are set up on Castaway cay to get an outside picture, but take it when you see it because they do not stay long.
On tropical night it more like Mexican night. The characters are all dressed up in Mexican attire, so the pictures with them look kind of silly with us in our tropical wear and them in their Mexican wear. They are the same night. Don't know why they call it tropical night, except they do have a tropical party on deck that night.
One the last day they run a special if you buy 5 8x10's anytime throughout the entire cruise you can get a portfolio free. So don't buy one before then.
And the last thing about pictures is that they are 6x8's, but it's no problem what so ever. I bought a album that holds 5x7's and more than one worker asked me if I realized that it only hold 5x7's, I did, but thought there was enough border to trim off. And I was right. I just finished cutting them down to fit in the album. They look great! You don't even lose 1/2 inch of picture. One lady was so upset that they print in 6x8's because she said that it's impossible to find a frame that size back home. Don't stressed, they can fit in 5x7 with no problem.
Onto other things:
HAIRDRYER: They get so hot that's it's hard to hold them. I did
bring my own, but forgot an extension cord, so mine
would no fit in any outlet due to the location of how
they place the outlets. I think they do this on
purpose so you don't use your own. So don't
forget an extension cord if you are planning on using
your own hairdryer.
BALCONY: Not all balconies have the see through plastic front.
We had a balcony, but ours was metal and you
couldn't see unless you were standing and the kids
were standing on a chair, which was pretty stressful.
KIDS: We were travelling with 4 kids. 1 is in a wheelchair, but
no problem at all. I really thought I wouldn't see our kids
for the entire cruise. That was the mistake I made. They
were with us all the time, except the times we MADE them
go into the club. Their ages are 9, 8 and 5. They really
didn't like going to the club and to this minute I don't know
why. I talked with alot of people who couldn't get their
kids out, so it is alot of fun, but just don't PLAN on them
being there.
PICTURES:
When your in the terminal they have a character, but it changes, so you don't know who you are going to see.
On the semi-formal night is when you can get your picture taken with Mickey and Minnie together. I wish I would have know this, since we wore our best clothes for formal night. You can get pictures with Mickey and Minnie on formal night, they just aren't together.
Late Seating you have more opportunties to get pictures without so many lines. We had early seating and most of the pictures done with characters we had to miss because of timing. For example:
7:30pm - 8:00pm Early Seating can get to these, but they are
crowded, because you have all of early and
some late seating people too.
8:00pm - 8:20pm Once again you can get to this, but you have
Late Seating people, once again, here too
since they don't eat until 8:30pm
On the last night the times were:
6:00pm - 6:20pm and 8:00pm - 8:20pm
Early seating missed the first one, since dinner starts at 6:00pm, but late seating had the chance to catch both since they didn't eat until 8:30pm.
We were just rushing and waiting in alot of lines to get those pictures. They do have a autograph session that they do where they have 7 characters behind a table just signing, no pictures allowed. This was a GREAT opportunity to get those autographs and to do pictures later.
They don't take pictures when you get off in port. This surprized me as all our other cruises always did this. I guess with all those characters they have to stop somewhere. They are set up on Castaway cay to get an outside picture, but take it when you see it because they do not stay long.
On tropical night it more like Mexican night. The characters are all dressed up in Mexican attire, so the pictures with them look kind of silly with us in our tropical wear and them in their Mexican wear. They are the same night. Don't know why they call it tropical night, except they do have a tropical party on deck that night.
One the last day they run a special if you buy 5 8x10's anytime throughout the entire cruise you can get a portfolio free. So don't buy one before then.
And the last thing about pictures is that they are 6x8's, but it's no problem what so ever. I bought a album that holds 5x7's and more than one worker asked me if I realized that it only hold 5x7's, I did, but thought there was enough border to trim off. And I was right. I just finished cutting them down to fit in the album. They look great! You don't even lose 1/2 inch of picture. One lady was so upset that they print in 6x8's because she said that it's impossible to find a frame that size back home. Don't stressed, they can fit in 5x7 with no problem.
Onto other things:
HAIRDRYER: They get so hot that's it's hard to hold them. I did
bring my own, but forgot an extension cord, so mine
would no fit in any outlet due to the location of how
they place the outlets. I think they do this on
purpose so you don't use your own. So don't
forget an extension cord if you are planning on using
your own hairdryer.
BALCONY: Not all balconies have the see through plastic front.
We had a balcony, but ours was metal and you
couldn't see unless you were standing and the kids
were standing on a chair, which was pretty stressful.
KIDS: We were travelling with 4 kids. 1 is in a wheelchair, but
no problem at all. I really thought I wouldn't see our kids
for the entire cruise. That was the mistake I made. They
were with us all the time, except the times we MADE them
go into the club. Their ages are 9, 8 and 5. They really
didn't like going to the club and to this minute I don't know
why. I talked with alot of people who couldn't get their
kids out, so it is alot of fun, but just don't PLAN on them
being there.
After we realized this was going to be more like a WDW trip than like our last cruise (before kids) we had a great time.
