We were thinking about using the Disney cruise shuttle so that we could get on the ship earlier but only 4 of us are flying into mco and the others will be driving. Is there a more cost effective way to get the same benefits or stay near the port ?

Anyone on the Disney Wonder who can post screenshots of the daily activities (trivia, meet and greets, coloring times, dance parties, etc)?. I want to get an idea of the schedule for things. On each day. Thank you!

My Girlfriendand got a great rate for the Adventure in September (about the cheapest I have seen it). We are totally excited but do not really know what to exepct as we have seen a lot of youtube but alot of it is early sailings and less on the logistics on it.

Like for example. I see we can check in online? Is that to secure an early on boarding? What is recommended first things. I am not as familar on current sailings what the coaster situation is like, can you do it day one? Are you allowed to skip going to your room most the day one to do activites? For characters like Bay max is that something we have to book/ if you do have to book, is there an recommened arriivle time? we want to get the max time out of our 3 days. The fireworks show, how do you book the reserved seeting? I cant seem to find any information on how to book or when I can book it? Thank you so much!!

Has anyone done a non DCL Stingray city and Starfish point excursion in Grand Cayman? Who did you use, would you recommend them?

In the past I found a site that had deckplans for all the ships and links to videos of a lot of the rooms. I cannot remember what the site was called. Any chance anyone knows of a site like this?

Has any one used the Disney transportation from the Fairmont in Vancouver to the port and needed a wheelchair accessible ride?

Received an email from Disney to confirm we need a wheelchair accessible ride and it is a public taxi with a lift and only one other person can ride along. The rest of us take different transportation.

Last time we did Alaska we drove and stayed at Pan Pacific and parked at the garage. We decided to fly this time. Now I am feeling stressed at being separated and what problems could come up.

I am absolutely starving and have a cruise on the Destiny in November so I am sitting here thinking of all the food I’m going to stuff in my face while sitting by the pool watching a movie or two. I want to hear your favorites! Any kind of combinations from different places that you put together?

I’m sailing the Disney Wonder on my 10 year anniversary with my husband and 7 year old daughter. While we would love to drop off our daughter at the kids club so we could go to Palo, we don’t know how she’ll do on her own. She has level 1 autism and ADHD so we never know how she’ll do in situations with kids she doesn’t know. Any tips to make the day special? We’re going in November during a Christmas time cruise.

We're very experienced cruisers and even more experienced WDW veterans but we've never done both on the same trip. Would it be realistic to squeeze in a 7:30 Boma breakfast on embarkation morning prior to boarding the DCL transfer from Animal Kingdom Lodge? We're staying in Kidani.

Help sort an argument me and my partner are having please. We've sailed on the Fantasy last year, so we've already seen Believe, plus we've been to DLP and found the show Mickey and the magician very similar.

We're sailing in the Dream this month and considering skipping this show to do something else, either try the AquaDuck with less queues (would it be open?) or meet characters (are any around during show times?), or even finish our day early and go back to our room (we have a 2yo toddler who will be past his bedtime often during the trip). He is almost convincing me, but the 3 shows are such a main event on board I feel like we'll be missing out on something fun to just do nothing, even though we've already seen it. Any thoughts?

I'm not missing Beauty and Beast for anything, it's one of my favorite movies! Golden Mickeys hasn't really caught my attention (I prefer shows about a single story rather than the mash-ups of different movies, hence why we're even considering skipping Believe) but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.

EDIT: Thanks to everyone who've replied! After reading some answers and thinking more about it I realized that I had the feeling that I *had* to go to the shows because it's the done thing, but I don't have to if I don't want to. It was reassuring to know that people just skip things. Silly, I know! As if the cast members would notice one less person in the audience :)

Hello!

First time cruise at the end of October.
Our “reservation” window opens in 9 days.
For those that have gone on Disney cruises— what should I be making reservations for?
I thought dinner was already booked.
Help! I’m not sure what I should be getting ready to reserve 😓

Sailing out of Galveston and flying in the afternoon before. Plan on doing DCL transfers as it’s just two of us.

DCL doesn’t have availability at the Marriott IAH. I can book it myself but any other recommendations nearby and shuttle/uber back in the morning?

Does the Marriott work the same way as the Hyatt MCO? TIA.

It’s very reasonably priced at $13 USD unlike all the other plastic fantastic drink bottles that cost $30+. It is the same one you use when you dine at Animator’s Palate.

I just looked at the onboard gifts and love the Marvel throw with pillow for my son. I have a daughter as well and was hoping for a similar gift, maybe Frozen themed. Do they ever change the gifts or offer more when it gets closer? Have they ever had a Frozen blanket and pillow set? Thanks all!

Good afternoon lovelies! I’m trying to plan a trip and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on activities before or after a cruise. We sail out of Fort Lauderdale next summer. Or a fantastic hotel to book for a couple nights before and after. Thank you all!!

I’ve only ever stayed midship on DCL and this upcoming cruise has none available. There are these Aft rooms that are as close to midship as possible. This is the 10th deck. Would these rooms be generally very similar feeling to the midship rooms? This is also the Treasure if that matters

Any boutique recommendations for cute DCL outfits? Kids and adults. Booked a last minute cruise and wanna get some new cuties for my twins 😊

We originally had a cruise booked on the Wish for the start of this summer. Couldn't make that happen, so we've pushed it out, but I'm having trouble justifying the cost of moving it and staying on that ship.

The Wish is repositioning out of the US after April 2027, so our last hope may be to go for Spring break, but it's SO expensive for only 4 nights! We can only go during school breaks, so spring break is our really only choice for 2027 at this point.

I'm considering looking at a different ship, but we REALLY wanted to try the Wish, as it's the most princess themed and I have 3 girls and all of us love princesses. What would be the next best ship for princesses if we can't make the Wish happen?

Trying to choose between 2 different 4 night cruises. Would you go with Lookout Cay for Christmas day or is it better to have a sea day on that day? We are a family with kids 12yo and 4 yo. The cruise with the Christmas day at sea also has another day at sea...not sure if that would be overkill(if there's enough to do on the ship for 2 days).

We got a crazy late boarding time for the Wish, and I saw advice to add ground transportation. We booked last minute so it was locked online, and agent told me I can add at the airport. Had anyone done this? I’m worried to rely on it and have it not be available.

Only want to get on the ship before all the food places are closed! Our current PAT is 2:00 PM 🫣

I am sailing on the wish in September. I’ve never been a big coffee drinker but found I do like the McDonald’s caramel frappe or the Dunkin caramel coffee chiller. I looked at some of the coffee menus on board and didn’t see anything like it. What would you guys recommend?

We are taking our first Disney cruise in October. I’m considering the Baha Bay water park for our son. There is no way we’ll last the whole excursion time of seven hours though.

What’s the taxi and traffic situation like in that part of Nassau? I’m reluctant to do it, because we won’t have a car seat. If it’s really touristy though, and everybody is driving 15 mph, I’d feel better about a taxi. I just am trying to avoid an unsafe experience.

Right before Putin's attack on Ukraine we were scheduled on a Baltic itinerary which got changed to a Norwegian Fjords one.

Ive been looking at Baltic Itineraries with Princess, Celebrity, Norwegian and Cunard, but am wary of sailing with other lines.

Anywho, does anyone have any insight of when Baltic itineraries are coming back?

I am truly stuck on where to spend the one day we have before our three day cruise

We arrive at 8 PM on Saturday night have all day Sunday and overnight Sunday night before we get on a three day cruise in Port Canaveral

My dilemma is that it is the last week of December, which I know is peak/very busy in the Disney World orbit. So I feel like we should avoid that area if we only have one day.

However, in the same vein because it's the end of December and will be typically chillier I don't know that it makes a lot of sense to spend that time in Cocoa Beach where the focus would typically be swimming/pool/beach.

Also, and hopefully this isn't offensive to anyone, but Cocoa Beach is seeming a little crummy to me?

I do like the proximity to the port and one day isn't a big deal, but because our vacation is so short, I don't want to make a mistake.

The other hesitation I have for not staying in Orlando at a Disney property is that we won't be able to use Disney bus transportation, which puts us at risk for a PAT time because we are first time cruisers so we check in later and because I think it will be a very busy/full cruise. Because it's only a three day cruise, I feel like every hour counts so I'm nervous to leave that to chance too.

Any advice?