What did you like and dislike about a Disney Cruise?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also -you don’t have to do either dinner seating. The lunch buffet place has food (never been but I’ve heard about it). We’ve eaten poolside at the quick service places and let the kids swim during dinner, when the pools aren’t as busy.

You are best to avoid the buffet as everyone is touching everything and that is how the norovirus spreads.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those curious about prices:

The next cruise my family of 5 is taking (2 adults, age 3, age 6, age 11) is costing us 9,104.00 for a 7 night in a verandah room.

For ONE room?!?

Supply and demand. We probably paid under $4, I think $3500 or less for our balcony room. No way I'd pay that much. Pull them out of school and go on an off week.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also -you don’t have to do either dinner seating. The lunch buffet place has food (never been but I’ve heard about it). We’ve eaten poolside at the quick service places and let the kids swim during dinner, when the pools aren’t as busy.

You are best to avoid the buffet as everyone is touching everything and that is how the norovirus spreads.

On Disney they give you a Clorox wipe to use as you hold serving utensils.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those curious about prices:

The next cruise my family of 5 is taking (2 adults, age 3, age 6, age 11) is costing us 9,104.00 for a 7 night in a verandah room.

For ONE room?!?

Supply and demand. We probably paid under $4, I think $3500 or less for our balcony room. No way I'd pay that much. Pull them out of school and go on an off week.

On a 7 night with 3 kids in a family verandah? Impossible.

[Anonymous]

It's expensive but there are some ways to get the cheapest prices... Like guarantee rooms. Or military/Florida rates. Or the biggest discount: going when school is in session. Also for whatever reason I've found the Mediterranean cruises much cheaper than Caribbean.
I never thought I'd be a cruise lover but I loved the two disney cruises we did. Service was amazing, food was better than expected, shows were so good. Always opted for the cheapest inside rooms and never did much in the way of add ons. If your kids are marvel fans, the magic also has cool avenger programming.

Also I'm not really interested in the pools and always find the pool complaints out of place. If you want a pool vacation go to great wolf.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Also -you don’t have to do either dinner seating. The lunch buffet place has food (never been but I’ve heard about it). We’ve eaten poolside at the quick service places and let the kids swim during dinner, when the pools aren’t as busy.

You are best to avoid the buffet as everyone is touching everything and that is how the norovirus spreads.

On Disney they give you a Clorox wipe to use as you hold serving utensils.

They didn't when we were there and do you want the wipes with chemicals touching the food.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those curious about prices:

The next cruise my family of 5 is taking (2 adults, age 3, age 6, age 11) is costing us 9,104.00 for a 7 night in a verandah room.

For ONE room?!?

Supply and demand. We probably paid under $4, I think $3500 or less for our balcony room. No way I'd pay that much. Pull them out of school and go on an off week.

On a 7 night with 3 kids in a family verandah? Impossible.

7 Nights/Disney Fantasy, not sure the room name but it was a nice balcony room/2 bathrooms. 1 kid/two adults. Not impossible as it was a military price and we did it within a month planning. The balcony room was only a few hundred more. We usually got when there is a 1-2 days of teacher days or holidays and so less school missed but we also combined it with a few days at Disney too (again military rates). I would never pay $10K. Even what we paid was high for what it was. We went October/November a year ago. The downside is there were mainly younger kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those curious about prices:

The next cruise my family of 5 is taking (2 adults, age 3, age 6, age 11) is costing us 9,104.00 for a 7 night in a verandah room.

For ONE room?!?

Supply and demand. We probably paid under $4, I think $3500 or less for our balcony room. No way I'd pay that much. Pull them out of school and go on an off week.

On a 7 night with 3 kids in a family verandah? Impossible.

7 Nights/Disney Fantasy, not sure the room name but it was a nice balcony room/2 bathrooms. 1 kid/two adults. Not impossible as it was a military price and we did it within a month planning. The balcony room was only a few hundred more. We usually got when there is a 1-2 days of teacher days or holidays and so less school missed but we also combined it with a few days at Disney too (again military rates). I would never pay $10K. Even what we paid was high for what it was. We went October/November a year ago. The downside is there were mainly younger kids.

Looking at the website it was a Veranda.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those curious about prices:

The next cruise my family of 5 is taking (2 adults, age 3, age 6, age 11) is costing us 9,104.00 for a 7 night in a verandah room.

For ONE room?!?

Supply and demand. We probably paid under $4, I think $3500 or less for our balcony room. No way I'd pay that much. Pull them out of school and go on an off week.

On a 7 night with 3 kids in a family verandah? Impossible.

7 Nights/Disney Fantasy, not sure the room name but it was a nice balcony room/2 bathrooms. 1 kid/two adults. Not impossible as it was a military price and we did it within a month planning. The balcony room was only a few hundred more. We usually got when there is a 1-2 days of teacher days or holidays and so less school missed but we also combined it with a few days at Disney too (again military rates). I would never pay $10K. Even what we paid was high for what it was. We went October/November a year ago. The downside is there were mainly younger kids.

Looking at the website it was a Veranda.

We also didn't do any of their excursions or paid for any extra meals/drinks. We took a private boat tour in Tortola that was much cheaper and rented a car on St. John's. We did splurge on the sting rays at their beach. Our kid doesn't care about gifts/buying stuff so that helped too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those curious about prices:

The next cruise my family of 5 is taking (2 adults, age 3, age 6, age 11) is costing us 9,104.00 for a 7 night in a verandah room.

For ONE room?!?

Supply and demand. We probably paid under $4, I think $3500 or less for our balcony room. No way I'd pay that much. Pull them out of school and go on an off week.

On a 7 night with 3 kids in a family verandah? Impossible.

7 Nights/Disney Fantasy, not sure the room name but it was a nice balcony room/2 bathrooms. 1 kid/two adults. Not impossible as it was a military price and we did it within a month planning. The balcony room was only a few hundred more. We usually got when there is a 1-2 days of teacher days or holidays and so less school missed but we also combined it with a few days at Disney too (again military rates). I would never pay $10K. Even what we paid was high for what it was. We went October/November a year ago. The downside is there were mainly younger kids.

Looking at the website it was a Veranda.

Your talking about a price of $4K for a family of 3 and the pp is talking about 9k for a family of 5. You’re also talking about off season vs prime season. My kids and I are booked on the Fantasy next Oct in a Verandah and I paid $3800 for the 3 of us.

[Anonymous]

I see 4200 for an adult and 2 kids in October for an inside room

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see 4200 for an adult and 2 kids in October for an inside room

Actually 4472 exactly for an adult, a 4 year old, and an 11 year old.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I see 4200 for an adult and 2 kids in October for an inside room

Actually 4472 exactly for an adult, a 4 year old, and an 11 year old.

7781 for a family of 5 during October. All other months are higher except for September, January but what's the point of cruising during hurricane season or when it's freezing?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those curious about prices:

The next cruise my family of 5 is taking (2 adults, age 3, age 6, age 11) is costing us 9,104.00 for a 7 night in a verandah room.

For ONE room?!?

Supply and demand. We probably paid under $4, I think $3500 or less for our balcony room. No way I'd pay that much. Pull them out of school and go on an off week.

On a 7 night with 3 kids in a family verandah? Impossible.

7 Nights/Disney Fantasy, not sure the room name but it was a nice balcony room/2 bathrooms. 1 kid/two adults. Not impossible as it was a military price and we did it within a month planning. The balcony room was only a few hundred more. We usually got when there is a 1-2 days of teacher days or holidays and so less school missed but we also combined it with a few days at Disney too (again military rates). I would never pay $10K. Even what we paid was high for what it was. We went October/November a year ago. The downside is there were mainly younger kids.

Looking at the website it was a Veranda.

Your talking about a price of $4K for a family of 3 and the pp is talking about 9k for a family of 5. You’re also talking about off season vs prime season. My kids and I are booked on the Fantasy next Oct in a Verandah and I paid $3800 for the 3 of us.

Of course you don't go prime and then complain about the price. It isn't $5-6K more for 2 extra kids in the room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see 4200 for an adult and 2 kids in October for an inside room

We’re going on feb. 3 nights, 3 people, whatever the largest veranda suite is - $2500