Disney Treasure: 4 Reasons It’s My New Favorite Ship in Disney’s Fleet

What has catapulted the Disney Treasure to Disney’s favorite ship status is not just any bar, restaurant, space or attraction. Instead, it’s the experience you live from bow to stern via the bold yet warm and inviting colors, patterns and textures found throughout the vessel.

Although Disney Treasure’s footprint is the same as Disney Wish, the look and feel is completely different. It’s almost like comparing Magic Kingdom and Epcot – they’re both Disney World theme parks, but offer completely different vibes.

Disney Wish is undoubtedly beautiful and lovely, but it invokes the story of Cinderella, princesses, fairytale castles and fairy tales. While Wish has lots of intricate details, my photos also reveal areas with more solid-colored walls and carpets than I saw on Treasure.

At Disney Treasure, you are greeted with layers of intricacies set against a backdrop of vivid detail. In fact, it feels like you’ve boarded a vessel that isn’t hunting for treasure; it has already been found abundantly.

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The jewel tones, rich color palette and thoughtful design will remind you of some of the most adventurous Disney stories. The Grand Hall evokes the fictional city of Agrabah from “Aladdin”, with its carpet design representing the flowing fountain from Jasmine’s garden. But if you’re not so into that history, you could just as easily see the space as a nod to destinations like Morocco, Africa and Asia and the adventurous spirit of travel they convey.

You don’t have to connect the design with Disney stories to get the full effect – but if you’re a Disney fan, the thoughtful details will take your experience to the next level.

When it comes to the cabins on Treasure, you’ll find similar styling to what you’ll see on Disney Wish.

Fun art and design are balanced with a modern, neutral aesthetic. As much as I love the quartet of older Disney ships (Magic, Wonder, Dream, and my one missing ship, the Fantasy), the design of these rooms has remained largely unchanged since the late 90s and early The 2000s. They retain a bold nautical design. I much prefer the cabins on the two newest ships.

Related: Guide to Disney Cruise Line’s Ships and Itineraries

The physical setting is undoubtedly my favorite of any Disney Cruise Line family restaurant, with its warm party lights, painted chairs, greenery and bright colors that transport you to a place in a Mexican village. Like its Disney Wish counterpart, Arendelle: A Frozen Dining Adventure, the venue is large and will be crowded on a normal sailing, but a few key differences set Plaza de Coco apart.

First, the menu is Mexican themed with churros, enchiladas and other Mexican specialties.

Not only will the menu here likely be more popular with families than the Scandinavian menu you’ll find at Arendelle on Disney Wish, but the music and festive live entertainment at Plaza de Coco will likely have a broader appeal—and even an emotional impact—than those “Frozen” characters who take center stage in Arendelle.

Unique Disney Treasure bars

One of the most hyped and most unusual new spaces you’ll currently only find on Disney Treasure is the Haunted Mansion-themed bar, though it’s far from the only notable bar on this ship (and yes, kids are allowed until 10am). 21.00).

I have never experienced a bar like the Haunted Mansion Parlor.

The Haunted Mansion Parlor is full of atmosphere, detail and immersion with no “white space”. The portraits come (un?) to life and there are so many creepy special effects that you don’t notice them all the first time you visit.

For example, it matters where you sit, because some chairs offer different auditory experiences. Easy-to-miss details (such as written notes) in the dimly lit room only reveal new information about the story behind the hall at certain “magical moments”.

What I love about this space is that you can choose to enjoy the unique atmosphere over a smoky cocktail, or you can delve into the details and spend several visits during your seven-night cruise exploring all the clues that spread out in space.

While I greatly appreciate the Disney Imagineering and storytelling brought to the Haunted Mansion Parlor, I prefer the Scat Cat Lounge for an actual drink and a more traditional bar moment. It won me over with its schedule of live piano music, rich and playful design and innovative cocktails like the Strawberry Jam, which is made with gin, lime and bitters and comes with a jar of strawberry jam you can add to sweeten your drink.

Scat Cat Lounge is also a good example of a venue where the physical footprint is not quite identical to Disney Wish, as the location of the actual bar within the venue differs from its predecessor, Nightingale’s. This made it easy to place some bar stools just outside the main lounge footprint in the open air bar in the Grand Hall, something that the Disney Wish lacked.

Skipper Society Lounge and Periscope Pub are two more lounges on Disney Treasure that are inspired by Disney Parks attractions – Jungle Cruise and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage, respectively.

Both rooms also made my favorites list as they were ripe with interesting details and imaginative cocktails. At Periscope Pub, which makes you feel like you’re aboard a submarine, the ceiling above you looks out into the sea with ripples, changes in light and creatures swimming by.

You can order a daiquiri topped with a smoke bubble and served in a glass with tentacles for a stem to resemble a jellyfish. This is another great example of the level of detail that takes Disney Treasure from good to great.