Disney Cruise Line automatically adds gratuities for your main dining room server, assistant server, head server, and stateroom host. These charges can either be paid in advance when you pay for your cruise or they will be added to your onboard account and settled at the end of the sailing. …
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Do Disney Cruises Have Animation Magic on Shorter Sailings?
Disney’s popular Animation Magic dinner show, where guests draw their own characters and later see them animated on the screens in Animator’s Palate, is no longer offered on most itineraries under seven nights. Currently, Animation Magic is only scheduled on select sailings of seven nights or longer on the …
Should I Book a Disney Cruise With Only a Month or Two Before Sailing?
Short answer: yes, it’s absolutely still worth it, even if you book only a month or two before your Disney Cruise. You might miss out on a few early-reservation perks, but you won’t be “shut out” of the experience. Not even close.
People book last-minute Disney cruises all the time, …
How Cold Are Disney’s Lookout Cay and Castaway Cay in the Winter Months?
If you’re heading to Disney’s Lookout Cay or Castaway Cay in the winter, you might be wondering how chilly it gets. The good news is: winter in the Bahamas is basically a warm spring day compared to upstate New York in February. Most guests find the weather extremely comfortable.
During …
Is a Disney Cruise Placeholder Discount Worth It?
Disney Cruise Line offers a popular onboard deal called a Placeholder Reservation. It lets you put down a small deposit for a future cruise and receive 10 percent off the voyage fare on most sailings within the next 24 months. With cruise prices rising each year, it sounds …
Which Disney Princesses Have Been on the Disney Dream?
If you are sailing on the Disney Dream, you will see a rotating lineup of Disney Princesses throughout your cruise. The exact characters can vary by sailing, itinerary, and season, but recent guest reports give a good idea of who you may meet.
Princesses Recently Seen on the Dream
…Will my Port Arrival Time change if I book official DCL transfer?
If you’ve already checked in for your Disney Cruise and received your Port Arrival Time (PAT), you might have heard that adding official Disney Cruise Line ground transfers could shift that time earlier.
The simple truth is this: booking DCL transfers can change your PAT, but not consistently. When you …