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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We went with our 8 and 11 year old kids last year.  We had a great time overall.  They loved the kids clubs (and didn't just watch TV there, although the 11yo played video game tournaments which helped him make friends - he is usually shy but always wanted to go back to the kids clubs).  There are occasional lines on the boat, but they weren't bad and never lasted too long - but the line for excursions off the boat can be.

We love vacationing with our kids, but seriously, having just a 2-hour break once a day to do something with my spouse was great - we did several of the adult tastings (champagne, martini, chocolates).

We did a 5-night cruise on the Dream.  It was the minimum length cruise I would recommend.  We also enjoyed having a veranda room - sitting on the balcony late at night.

The only reason I said we had a great time "overall" was two-fold:

1) the food was just ok.  We weren't expecting high quality but some of the meals were mediocre... but there are a lot of options and you can ask for something else and they happily bring it.  I suppose we just had higher hopes for the food quality vs. quantity.

2) I/we despise the lounge chair hoarders - and that was a problem.  I got up with the kids one morning at 8am to go for a walk around the boat for exercise and literally 90% of the chairs had people personal belonging on them.  In one case we sat next to FOUR prime spot chairs that someone set things on, and they didn't show up (ever) from 9am to 2pm!  I know this isn't a problem unique to cruises and it happens at many resorts.  But it was bad, and added stress to an otherwise relaxing trip.

I'm also in the minority on this it seems, but I wouldn't take my kids on a Disney cruise after 12 years old.  The boat is really geared towards 3-10 IMO.  Sure the tweens can have fun - but at that age they don't even want to go in the little pools because they are swarmed with tiny kids... my son called it "toddler soup" and had multiple kids literally climb onto him because they weren't strong swimmers.

Again, despite the above we really enjoyed the trip... overall :)

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I also hate lounge chair hoarders. I just move their stuff and sit. Almost every place you go has a sign that says “no reserving chairs” or “chairs unattended for more than 45 minutes may have belongings removed.”  [/quote]

Off topic but I once got screamed at by a lounge chair hoarder lady. Except we hadn't moved any stuff. She calls her sister on the phone (her sister is the one that had staked out the chairs earlier) and as she is talking to her sister it dawns on her she is looking for her stuff in the wrong place. It was right where the sister left it one row over from us. But oh boy was she fighting mad when she thought we moved her stuff![/quote]

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