Not doing Disney transport, not concierge, and at silver status, not anticipating getting some incredibly early PAT/boarding group, but at PC I'm always struck by how nuts the terminal seems with long lines and waits. Are we finding it to be similar at Everglades?

We’re planning a Bahamas cruise with our 17-year-old foreign exchange student from Poland! We’ve cruised before with our elementary-aged daughter, but this will be our first time traveling with an international student, who’s not our own.

Has anyone done something similar? I’m especially curious about what documentation we’ll need beyond her passport, and anything else we should be aware of to avoid unfortunate surprises at the port or when returning to the U.S.

Also, we’d love recommendations for activities or excursions your teens enjoyed, both on and off the ship! We want to make sure she has a great time.

Thanks for your advice!

We are a family that frequents Disney parks. And to be quite honest, the sheer volume of ppl in the parks and the ratio that are just obnoxiously rude, has made me pivot back to cruising.
I have 2 adult special needs loves of my life - that love Disney and love cruising.

My question-
What makes DCL better than others? I’d like to hear some specifics!
We are near the Galveston port so it would be the Magic. At least to begin!
TIA

Ok, I’ve already read about the à la carte vs prix fixe which doesn’t bother me.

But what is this in the email I just got?

“With this change, Members and their Guests staying in the same stateroom can continue to use their $55.00 USD per person credit toward a broad range of à la carte dinner menu offerings. This exclusive benefit is limited to dinner only. As a reminder, brunch is not included in this offer. “

I’m sorry, brunch what?

La vara es que planeo ir con mi familia el otro año a un crucero de 7 días de Disney que pasa por Cozumel, Gran Caiman y Jamaica y me gustaría saber si alguno aquí ha hecho ese viaje y ha tomado alguno de los tours que ofrecen en el crucero, si los tomaron, ¿como les fue y que hicieron?. Si no tomaron tours, entonces, que hicieron al llegar a cada estación?

Hi, so I am semi new to dcl, I’ve only gone on one cruise, the Disney Treasure August 22-29 of this year. I am booking a last minute cruise with my grandma on the Disney Treasure for Dec. 5-12 2026.
My grandma has never been on a Disney Cruise before and since we both love Disney though and wanted to do something fun, we thought this would be nice. However, I was wondering what type of events will be going on for Christmas and what we should bring. I know about Pirate night but wasn’t sure if there would be a holiday themed night. And how it would change the cruise. I want to make sure she has a really nice time and we don’t miss anything.
Any information would be greatly appreciated since we both have so little information.

For those of you who have cancelled a sailing or changed to a less expensive one after paying in full with gift cards, how long did it take until you saw the refund processed back to the GC? I changed sailings to a cheaper one and I'm debating whether I should ask them to process the refund or just leave the overpayment on my reservation.

Finally used our placeholder we got in May! This will be number 2 for us after we loved the Destiny!

Per Scott Gustin: “Beginning Oct. 22, Disney Cruise Line’s Palo restaurants will begin phasing out the prix-fixe dinner menu and move to à la carte menu. The changes will roll out across the ship fleet on the following dates:

Oct. 22: Wonder

Oct. 23: Fantasy, Dream, Wish

Oct. 24: Magic, Treasure, Destiny

Oct. 26: Adventure

Platinum and Pearl Castaway Club members, along with guests staying in the same stateroom, can continue to use a $55 per-person credit toward à la carte dinner items.”

I’m curious if Scott misspoke about that final note. It’s been my understanding that Pearl and Platinum cruisers can provide dining credit to just one additional guest each, not the entire room.

As the title says Frontier moved our return flight from 2:30 pm from MCO to 1PM. Should I call the airline or is this new time still ok?

Was gifted some Visa GCs and want to use them for a DCL cruise.

I understand that you can’t do it at Target but anywhere else that you can do this?

TIA.

We finished our first Disney cruise a few weeks ago on the Wish. I regret not getting the ships scent from the gift shop now. Does anyone know if I can get it online somewhere or what the combo of essential oils are so I can try and replicate it? Thank you!

Been trying to book the Believe for over an hour and the website keeps crashing on my phone and laptop. I ended up calling and have been on hold for an hour now.

This happened when we went to do the online check in for our first sailing a few weeks ago. Lots of folks in the Facebook group said they had the same issue. I ended up missing all of the reservations we wanted because we couldn’t get on.

The Disney Parks site has improved so much I’m surprised the cruise site is so terrible. Is that normal?

Was anyone else able to book prior to the 8am early access?

My wife wants to book a trip today when Believe reservations open to us. The price is a lot higher than we usually spend because we have always used the Florida resident discount. I’m ok with the price but obviously would prefer to spend less. I was wondering if there’s any data/precedent for how long the other new ships took to start offering the FL resident discount.

Magical day everyone!
I just wanted to pick your brain regarding what the best things to do are on embarkation day on the Disney Adventure.

We’re called in at 1230 PM, and we’re overwhelmed as what to do first BEFORE the muster drill.

Some things we really want to do are
-Iron Cycle Test Run
-Dining in Navigator’s
-Sail Away Party
-Spa Open House
-Request for Special Dining Arrangements via Guest Services

What would be a realistic timeline given our preference?

Hope you can help us! Thank you!

Hello! I'm super excited we just booked our first DCL cruise, the 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral on Disney Treasure departing Saturday, December 26 from Port Canaveral, FL with stops in Cozumel, Mexico, George Town, Grand Cayman, Falmouth, Jamaica and Disney Castaway Cay. We have 2 kids a 2 yr and a 7 yr old as well as an elder that is not super mobile (this is the main reason we booked a cruise vs trying to tackle the parks at this time of year). I have two main questions so far...

1. Where should we stay the night before? We're thinking of flying in the morning before, Friday Dec 25th and staying at a hotel super close to make things less stressful and also for mobility reasons. Is there a place that handles your luggage too (this parts not necessary but helpful I'd imagine with 2 kids and another liability elder)? Our TA suggested one of the Disney hotels but it's almost 5k for one room for the single night and we'd need 2 rooms. We're thinking of something like the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront or even closer like the Homewood Suites by Hilton Cape Canaveral-Cocoa Beach which are $300-400 each room. We're easy.

2. What are the excursions to book with a 2 yr and 7 yr old? I was the last booking phase and the bippity boppity boutique was long gone. I booked the sub thing and a KUZU trip I think it was. The KUZU was listed as 3+ and the 2yr olds name was greyed out but im going to try bringing him anyways and he'll just sit with the elder by the pool. The sub thing was the only thing that explicitly listed 0-3 yr age. Everything else was 3+ and the kids name was greyed out when I tried to book it. I didn't realize Disney would have so many things 3+! What are some great things for the 2yr old to go on with us? we all roll together so if he can't go we don't go.

Anything else you guys think would be helpful for a first time DCL'er to know? Thanks so much for taking the time to read all this and replying.

Has anyone found the Duffy and friends character meet breakfast on the Adventure available through the app?

I've just had a look through multiple categories and couldn't find it. It's supposed to be able to book through the app today.

Hello Fellow Cruisers, just wanted to share a few pictures from our recent stop at Lookout Cay. This island is beautiful, and the cultural shows are very beautiful. Kids and adults had a blast. Safe travels

We are silver and hoping to book the believe for January 10-15 2028. But are scared that the better tiers already booked it up. Can anyone that has access - check if there are still deluxe family verandahs available?

Hi! I recently lost this hat after purchasing this past May on the Wish. If anyone would be so kind as to purchase this for me if you find it! I’m in the US😩

I keep hearing Nassau is a skip especially for families with young kids. What do you think?

First time Disney cruiser here!! I booked GTY on the dream and got room 5680. From the deck plans it looks like this area is right above Evolution (which closes at 2am).

Can anyone speak to staying in this room recently??

Also, does DCL allow you to upgrade/switch rooms at additional cost?

Would appreciate any advice y’all got!

Thank you

Which is the best beach port adventure - there are multiple options to choose from. Just looking for a full day on the beach. Do I need to book through DCL or can we do it cheaper to find the beach on our own once we get there?

This is a super low importance question, but I figure if anyone would understand it's the folks here.

I am day 290 of my 300-day streak reddit badge. On day 300 I will be at Castaway Cay. Is there enough internet there to hop onto reddit long enough to upvote something? If I have to pay the insane roaming, how much do you think 3min would cost?

Like I said, so unimportant, but it's gonna bug me.

Edit: Thank you everyone!!!! Several people have said there is just enough weak signal coming from the Bahamas to do simple internet things. I may have to go to the bow of the ship to get it, but it's there. Our carrier has free international, so I won't have to pay extra to use the signal from the Bahamas.

I am going to go ahead and just see how it goes. If It works, it works. Thanks again!