ENTERTAINMENT/WHAT'S ONBOARD
The shows onboard all of the ships are second to none so try not to miss them. They are mainly like Broadway shows, but DCL also has ‘live’ acts such as comedians, magicians and singers.
My personal favourites are Buckets & Boards (comedian/musicians), JUNNK (musical comedy) and the Disney show Believe.
Each ship has an exclusive show that is only seen on that ship -
Magic - Tangled
Wonder - Frozen
Dream - Beauty and the Beast
Fantasy - Aladdin (new and updated)
You will have a show on each night of your cruise, a mix of the Disney shows and live acts on the longer cruises and just Disney shows on the shorter ones.
Your dining time will coincide neatly with the shows, you won’t miss anything. While the early diners are eating, the others will be watching the show and vice versa.
All shows are in the Walt Disney Theatre but the 'cabaret' style entertainers may also do an adult only show which would be in the nightclub area. These are not adult in the terms of offensive or rude, but the humour can be a little more risqué.
Alongside the shows, you can also enjoy the cinema in the Buena Vista Theatre which shows old and new Disney films (inc Marvel of course!). On all of the ships, you can watch Disney films on your stateroom TV, you can even pause it then start watching it from the same place later or the next day ... a great innovation (will be on the Wonder later in 2019 after it's refit).
More films are shown on Funnel Vision throughout the day (big screen on the funnel). You will find children love this as they mooch around in the pool while watching the film! It's quite nice late in the evening to grab a lounger, a hot drink (free don't forget!) and sit watching a movie while the world goes by.
If films and shows are not your thing, you could try some sport ... basketball, ping pong, shuffleboard, and even crazy golf and simulation golf on the Dream and Fantasy. The CMs also hold regular competitions such as Wii Sports, golf chipping, trivia and a race involving vegetables, some toy car wheels and a few cocktail sticks (you have to see it to believe it!). For the really young ones, they have a Diaper Dash race ... Competitive parents screaming at their babies to crawl faster! lol
For those who like late nights, there are the ‘nightclubs’. I put it in inverted commas as in my eyes, they are not true nightclubs, rather bars with a dance floor and stage. You can still hear yourself think in most of them which is a bonus, but some are more bars and some are more nightclub.
On the
Fantasy you have:
Bon Voyage: A small bar on Deck 3, open to all, all day.
Meridian: Quite a well to do bar which is between Palo and Remy, the adult only restaurants.
Europa District .. within this area, you have:
Skyline Lounge: Adults only, a chic cosmopolitan lounge with panoramic views of cities in Europe. Really dark, great if you forget your makeup!
La Piazza: Italian inspired adults only lounge. Has those really freaky Venetian masks on display!
O'Gills Pub: Certain Dibbers spent alot of time in here! This sports bar shows baseball and American football mainly. Quite dark inside but after a few of their drinks, who cares?!
Ooh La La: Quite a sweet little adult only bar which is supposed to look like a elegant Frech boudoir .. has some great chairs!
The Tube: Adults only nightclub. This is where they hold the adult entertainment shows too. If you arrive late for a show and it's busy, they normally send you into La Piazza to watch on the screens there. The Tube is designed to resemble the London Tube system and if you ignore the fact that it's clean and people talk to each other, it is really good! The lights on the ceiling over the dance floor make up a Union flag which is pretty cool, the seats have large tickets printed on them and there are handles to 'hold on to' .. you'll need those after some of their cocktails!
On the
Dream you have:
Bon Voyage: A small bar for families to enjoy snacks and drinks all day.
District Area has the following bars:
Bar 687: A sports bar and named 687 as the Dream was the 687th ship to be built at that shipyard.
District Lounge: All seating, no dance floor. Quite nice for evening chats over cocktails. Open during the day to all ages.
Skyline Lounge: Adults only cocktail lounge. Shows the skylines of many European cities as the evening progresses.
Pink: A very posh bar selling pink champagne.
Evolution: The nightclub and the only place you can’t hear yourself think!
On the Classics:
The
Magic has
After Hours which encompasses:
Keys: A piano lounge
O'Gills : A sports bar
Fathoms: For dancing the night away!
The
Wonder has
After Hourswhich has:
Cadillac Lounge: a piano lounge
Crown and Fin pub :the sports bar
Azure: The nightclub
In addition to the bars and clubs above, the Magic and Wonder have The Promenade Lounge on Deck 3. It's open to all the family and is where you can find the fabulous t'interweb man (go to him before signing up to any wifi package) and a lot of the craft activities. It's also where most groups meet up as it's central. On the Wonder the Promenade Lounge will shortly be changing to a themed New Orleans (NOLA) area. It has it's first sailing out of NOLA in Feb 2020 and already has Tiana's palace restaurant so DCL are just upping the theming a little.
All ships have the D Lounge which is a family friendly lounge and 'nightclub' which hosts family karaoke, quizzes, craft workshops and other activities.
Pink Champagne Lounge on the Dream/Fantasy
Walt Disney Theatre (on Magic/Wonder it is smaller and does not have the balconies)
Crazy Golf on the Dream/Fantasy
Funnel Vision. You can also see the Aquaduck (Dream/Fantasy)around the ship
AquaDunk - Only on the Disney Magic and great fun (just check your swimmers before standing up at the end ladies!) The Dream/Fantasy have the AquaDuck which is more family friendly
The new re-imagined bars on the Wonder ..
Cadillac Lounge
Azure nightclub
Whatever you do, don't miss out on seeing and joining in with the adult entertainment host. Our favourites are Tisa (US) and Jo (Weston Super Mare). They are both a little risqué but not offensive, tremendous fun and are worth their weight in gold.