Can we talk about how cool some of the random towel animals/ things that are found aboard a Disney Cruise. My kids love it, we did a towel animal excursion so to say a couple cruises ago. It was a lot of fun.

Safe travels

Hello fellow cruisers! I would like to get an idea of what kind of extras we will be purchasing during our cruise. I know the obvious like alcohol and souvenirs will vary from person to person, but I would like to know your experiences! Also what are some less obvious things that might come up? The last time we sailed was over 10 years ago and I remember all food being included (aside from the premiere dining) but I understand that might not be the case anymore? Is there any place I can look up what things cost? We're 2 adults sailing on the WISH, 3 day. Fellow budgeters, help me out!

This is cruise #10 so not our first rodeo by any stretch, but it'll be only our third sailing out of Port Canaveral. On our two Port Canaveral sailings so far, we've done Disney transfer once from Animal Kingdom Lodge and once from the MCO Hyatt. This time, because of room availability at Walt Disney World and the fact that the Hyatt doesn't have any rooms available that sleep 5, we're going to stay at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront. I'd appreciate everyone taking a look at the transportation plan and confirm that everything here is as efficient as possible.

Travel party is 2 adults and 3 kids. Only one booster seat needed, which we're carrying with us.

• MCO to Hilton Cocoa Beach: Uber
• Hilton Cocoa Beach to Port Canaveral: DCL Transfer
• Port Canaveral to Animal Kingdom Lodge: Uber
• Animal Kingdom Lodge to MCO: Uber

Hi! I just got off a 3 night cruise with the wish. And while it was an absolutely amazing experience. I wanted to get some opinions. It was my first disney cruise after being on 2 royal Caribbean ships. I love disney, own dvc, and was very excited for my first DCL cruise. I will say whatever I did experience had fantastic quality. But the wish just seemed a bit barren. Only 1 slide. 1 small hot tub and a small adults only pool. I feel like I had already done everything the ship had to offer on the first night. The 18+ gameshows were pretty similar to what I've gotten on other cruise lines. The stage shows were absolutely fantastic. However most days I felt like I was just trying to kill time until a bigger event like the show or dinner rather than truly enjoying my time. Ive heard from others on the cruise that the fantasy is a much better experience. Ive also heard that the treasure is better among the wish class

Main point. Would the fantasy or treasure serve me better?

And what do you guys use/view as justification for the higher cruise price. If disney was only a little more expensive I'd pick 10/10 times. But often I find prices nearly double other lines. What draws you into the disney cruise vs others

My elderly mom and I are going on our first Disney cruise this summer. It is probably her only cruise so we’re doing it big and sailing concierge. She loves the ocean and used to be an avid scuba diver so we are doing the snorkeling adventure. Aside from that we want to relax on the beach and spend some more time in the water.

I’m trying to decide if I should try for a cabana. I like the idea of having a base for us to hang out in but wonder how much we could use it considering the snorkeling adventure.

I have a 1pm PAT and am considering Disney transportation to get an earlier time. Is it worth it? There are 6 people in my party. I think I would need to go back to the airport the morning of the cruise to catch the transportation. What about disembarkation? I have an early flight. What time can I catch Disney transportation to the airport without doing express walk off?

Looking for recommendations for excursions in Puerto Rico and St Maarten with 3 and 6 year old! I think we will do one excursion total, so give me your best recs! I

tl;dr - Moor it as a hotel at Tokyo Disney Sea

Disney has a history of using ships (and airplanes) as tourist attractions along a coastline. Remember Port Disney? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Disney . They could use the lessons learned with that to make this work.

So my plan is to preserve the best ship DCL has sailed as a hotel and entertainment space along the seawall at Disney Sea in Tokyo. Build a pier, or drydock or even a cofferdam to moor the ship. Pull out the engines and navigation equipment to free up room and keep the shops, theater, dining and rooms. Overhaul to the pool deck to include a lazy river and make it the most spectacular hotel based water park Disney has. This is probably best used as a premium amenity for the Wonder guests rather than it's own attraction, but it could be expanded if desired.

Keep the theater open to all (paying) guests for Broadway Across America/the World types of shows. Do those shows already tour Japan? If so, you have a good theater right here with an incentive to let patrons stay aboard and go to the parks.

One side would have a view of the parks and the other would have a view of Tokyo Bay. I'll leave it to you to decide which is the better view and higher priced ;)

I don't think you would need a transportation system to get across the road and the existing boardwalk - just walk out to the (new) gate to get into the park. A zipline from a funnel to the park sounds great, but that might be a bit much!

Other ideas: Not sure how possible it is, but the adjoining rooms could be embiggened by reworking the wall separating them. Add a Swedish Meatball Food kiosk to the water park area, hosted by the Swedish Chef (I'll keep suggesting this until it happens, btw) Sound the ship's horn when the park opens Concierge rooms become DVC rooms/villas. Helps offset maintenance costs for upkeep. Maybe even use the whole ship as DVC? Hmm - need to think that through. There may be a way for curious locals that have never cruised DLC/OLC to get a tour to see what it is all about and if it is right for them Add some glass windows below the waterline to see the propellers, side thrusters and Tokyo Bay.

Thoughts?

Fair winds all!

Hi, we've never done a Disney cruise before but looking at options for the future. Currently tossing up between doing a Merrytime cruise in December 2027 vs a cruise in May 2028. I think we'd probably do a 4 night but not 100% set on that, going from Port Canaveral.

In terms of what we want to do on the ship, I'd like to be able to explore the beaches and go swimming and snorkelling. I'm guessing that that's going to be nicer in May vs December?

However, doing the Christmas cruise also sounds really fun and magical.

I also get seasick so calmer seas would be ideal.

For those who have cruised one or both of these times previously, what would you prioritise?

If it makes any difference we'd also be tacking this onto a trip to WDW. We've done May before, but not December. December would include going to the Christmas party.

Hey guys!

Long story short, I was thinking of planning a solo trip in February next year to go on the Fantasy. Trying to take advantage of my AP special offers plus some travel credit from United to do a short cruise.

I am stuck between Carribean Beach and Yacht Club to stay overnight and hit 1 or 2 parks before using DCL transportation to PC the next day. I’ve picked these two resorts as they are both accessible to parks that isn’t via Buses only and I haven’t stayed at either of these resorts.

Is it worth the extra money to jump to Yacht Club or save the money for stuff on the cruise or other expenses?Would the category of the resort matter to DCL transportation?

As a side note, I would be sailing the Fantasy (first time on this ship) during my birthday so its something to look forward to.

Thanks again! Any advice is appreciated!

We took our first cruise on the Destiny and loved it. I bought a placeholder and booked the Wonder for Christmas next year. Then I booked the Believe for April 2028. Inside stateroom. However, I realized that I could book a 6 night instead of 4 on the Fantasy and still go to both private islands plus 2 more ports and get a verandah instead of an inside room for cheaper! So I switched around my plans and booked that instead. I have it in my head to sail on every ship eventually. 3 down in 2.5 years is a good start I think.

Take this for what it's worth. I'd say it's a little more reliable than WDW bus drivers.

Just did a Mixology on the Fantasy and the bartenders made all of the drinks. My previous Mixology experience - guests took turns making the drinks.

Later that evening, I asked the bartender in Skyline (who did our Mixology) how they decide when guests get to make drinks vs the bartenders. She said that guests were no longer making drinks because of some issues with guest behaviour. She said they had guests break a few of the expensive bottles, had guests way overpouring, and even had guests taking shot pours directly from the bottle into their mouths. So as with most things nowadays, the horribly behaved people that only care about themselves have ruined an experience for others.

YMMV, but this is what we were told.

I searched through the sub but couldn’t find an answer for this question.

My son is turning 3 on our next cruise and is mostly potty trained. However, he sometimes forgets if there’s something super exciting going on. I know the 3-4 year olds are in a separate group, but do the counselors occasionally stop for potty breaks or are they relying on the kids to speak up if they need to go?

During the Prince Ali song of Aladdin on the Wish (and I assume the Treasure too), some of the cast members throw money in the air in the audience. My wife was able to catch one, and we noticed there is a random acronym in the lower corner of the money:

BDKJB
MMKCSJTLO
RGJKCP
JGCBCARK

I’ve been scratching my head to figure out if this is just gibberish or abbreviated song lyrics, or something else entirely.

Anyone know?

We're going on a Disney cruise next week with our 10-month-old and 3-year-old, stopping at both Lookout Cay and Castaway Cay.

I've heard that Disney has complimentary strollers and wagons available on both islands, but where exactly do you pick them up? Especially at Lookout Cay with that super long pier! Are strollers available right when you get off the ship, or do you have to walk all the way to the beach area first?

I'm debating whether to bring our own stroller or just use the baby carrier. I've also heard there are wagons available, but I'm not sure our 10-month-old is quite big enough to sit comfortably in one.

For anyone who's been recently with a baby around this age, what would you recommend? Is it worth bringing our own stroller, or can we get away with just the carrier and whatever Disney has available?

Trying to pack as light as possible, so I'd love to hear your experiences! We are going on the Dream so any other tips appreciated!!!!

I was thinking of leaving Disney pins around the ship for people to find but now I'm 2nd guessing it. I'd leave a tag saying "you found me" or something and put them up higher so a toddler doesn't get them but maybe it's still not a good idea?

I recently went on my first ever cruise on the Dream and loved every moment! I was so enamored with everything, the whole time I was telling my partner we need to plan our next one!! The only negative was having one of our magnets stolen from our stateroom door :( I naively thought no one would take it since so many other doors were covered in magnets. It was of Chip and Dale bathing in a warm coconut with Castaway Cay written on the bottom.

I would gladly pay in advance for the price of the magnet then pay for the shipping to send the item.

Attaching a photo that shows the magnet. I would be so grateful to whoever would be able to send this to us!!!!

We got off our first Disney cruise early this month. We sailed on the Fantasy and really enjoyed it. We purchased placeholders for two rooms for a future cruise. How do I book using my placeholders? Is there a placeholder portal or something? Everything I see leads me to the normal looking booking sites. Is it something only our travel agent can access?

For those of you who have been on both on cruise lines, which do you prefer and why?

Husband and I are traveling with our kids 18, 18, 16, and 12.

A while ago there was a post here, where people shared their unfortunate bad experience in this port.

It made me honestly nervous, but Here I want to share our experience.

We arrived on the Disney Destiny in Puerto Plata, I believe that was the second Disney ship ever to go there.

The area around the dock is build beautiful, everything seems quite new (excuse me I did not read up on when it was built). Washrooms top notch and clean. The walk to the busses was for some people in our group quite long, one lady struggled quite a bit. Our family enjoyed the walk, there were quite a few cool things to see.

We were booked on the authentic chocolate experience. And I would say it was one of the best excursions we have done. Its a family run chocolate plantation. It was the first time a stop didn't feel overrun. We didn't feel like cattle.

The family truly showed they love what they are doing. My kids had an amazing time learning about the production of chocolate beans to chocolate butter. It was hands on. The lunch was amazing. The drive was about 50 minutes. The roads were and adventure, but that was part of the fun.

The tour guide that was with us from the Port also was amazing. He gave us much insight into the country and culture.

On the way back we quickly cooled off at the fountain in the port area. Walking past the amazing looking lazy river.

Yes, the shop employees will say hi, or ask you to look at things. But there was no pressure. We traveled lots of other countries where people will follow you or even grab you. Here it was just a hallo and maybe saying what they offer.

We would totally go back.

TLDR: the bar charges extra to swap out allergens in drinks.

Edit: it’s a PARIS 75. My bad.

We just got off the fantasy! It was our honeymoon and it was awesome. Mostly.

I’m allergic to lemons, which I know is a weird and rare allergy. Not oranges, not limes, just lemons. The serving team was excellent with this, despite them messing up our private table in the beginning. Everyone was overly cautious, which is MUCH preferred to not caring or not believing me. 10/10!

Things went downhill when I went for drinks. I asked for a French 75 (edit: PARIS 75), which has lemon grey goose. Obviously I can’t have that, but no problems, right? Just swap it for orange. Same vodka, different flavor. WRONG. They charged me an extra $10 because it was “off recipe” and made me wait 45 mins for the drink because someone else had to watch my bartender make it. The time I can forgive (what else am I doing, anyway?), but the extra charge I cannot. My bartender was cool and edited it for me, but the bar manager who was there to watch her told me that this was an exception and I would be charged the whole fee going forward. That’s insane. That is a charge to be allergic to something. He explained that the price was a “discount” because it’s a recipe, but it’s not like it’s a premade drink. It’s not like it’s more expensive to buy orange grey goose than lemon grey goose. Sigh. I can maybe forgive it if I just didn’t LIKE lemons, because it’s their ship and they can do what they want. But to charge extra so I don’t die? That’s wild. That’s absurd.

Honestly, made me feel less safe overall. That’s so scammy, especially because I didn’t even know it would be extra until I had already drank it and the bill came.

My husband and I are taking our 7 month old on the Destiny in November. We want to go to 1-2 shows versus watching it in our state room and we’re intending to use the nursery. I was wondering if I would be able to nurse her to sleep before leaving her there. Also, are you able to pop in and feed your baby while they are there? Any insights?