Pay only half of your required deposit if you book a Disney cruise by February 16, 2024! Disney Cruise Line offers tropical cruises to the Caribbean or The Bahamas and fun-filled itineraries to Alaska, Europe, Mexico, and beyond.

This is a limited-time offer on select sailings between June 17, 2024 and May 31, 2025 that do not require final payment at the time of booking, but must be booked by February 16th, so jump on it before the ships fill up.

This offer makes the deposit about 10% of the cruise price. The balance won’t be due until your final payment date about 3 months before the sail date, so you have time to plan and save.

This is not valid on Disney Treasure sailings departing December 21, 2024 through January 4, 2025. It’s also not valid on categories with restrictions (IGT, OGT, VGT), suites, or Concierge-level staterooms, and cannot be combined with any other offers or discounts.

We love Disney cruises and this is a great way to start on yours. Feel free to contact me if you want me to help book your next cruise with this offer.

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Disney Cruise Line just announced a change to the age ranges for the youth activity clubs, effective on all ships’ sailings starting on or after December 21, 2023.

This change shifts 11-12 year olds from Oceaneers to Edge. These are the new age ranges.

Oceaneers Club/Lab: 3 – 10 years

Edge: 11 – 14 years

Vibe: 14 – 17 years

Yes, this means 14 year olds can go to both Edge and Vibe. That’s not a typo.

Only children within these age ranges will be allowed to enter the respective activity spaces during normal operational hours.

A few times each cruise, especially on the first day, the clubs will have Open House hours, where adults and children outside of those ages can visit the clubs to see what they’re like. Check the DCL app’s activities listing for those times.

Feel free to contact me if you want to chat more about the youth activities or Disney cruises in general.

Disney Cruise Line has announced its sailing itineraries for early 2025. They include sailings to/from the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, Australia, and the South Pacific!

Bookings begin on different days next week, starting Monday, October 30, 2023, for different levels of Castaway Cay members and other Disney affinity groups. General members (those who have never sailed on a Disney cruise) can book on Monday, November 6, 2023.

• Oct 30 – Pearl Castaway Club
• Oct 31 – Platinum Castaway Club, Club 33, & Golden Oak Club
• Nov 1 – Gold Castaway Club
• Nov 2 – Silver Castaway Club, Disney Vacation Club, & Adventure Insiders
• Nov 6 – General Public

Sail on inaugural sailings on the new Disney Treasure ship or rare sailings from Hawaii and the South Pacific. Check out Lighthouse Point, a new Disney Cruise Line island retreat celebrating the breathtaking beauty and vibrant culture of The Bahamas. View the list in these pictures or on the DCL website below for the specific sailings.

Costs are generally the lowest when you book during this initial release, and some of the more popular itineraries can sell out FAST, particularly the Hawaii and South Pacific sailings. It is expected that there will be long waits on the phone with DCL. If you don’t need to apply a placeholder or credit to your new booking, it’s definitely going to be faster to book on the DCL website starting at 8am ET, or have a travel agent (like me!) do it for you.

For more details, visit the Disney Cruise Line Early 2025 Itineraries page:

• Disney Cruise Line Early 2025 Itineraries

If you would like me to help with your bookings, feel free to contact me ASAP. We love sailing DCL, so let me know if you want to chat about them. I have some recaps of our past sailings in the Trip Recap section of this site if you want to see what they’re like.

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Disney Cruise Line announced that the DisneyBand+ will now be available for use on the Disney Dream ship starting November 20, 2023.

The band functionality is currently available on the Wish, Fantasy, and Magic ships already. They give you another way to open your cabin door, charge purchases to your cabin, and enhance your shipboard experience with fun sounds and lights. It is not required though and you will still get the current key cards.

The DisneyBand+ is the same as the MagicBand+ at the Disney parks and in fact, will work at both locations if you have one. There are some cool cruise designs but it doesn’t matter what the design is or where you buy it from – cruise ship, park, online. You can link the same one to both your park and cruise apps.

If you have a cruise booked on one of the enabled ships, you will see the link to purchase a MagicBand+ in your reservation 45 days before your sail date. That means those of you on that Nov 20th sailing can buy them now. You can’t buy from there before your 45th day if you have a farther sailing, though you can buy from other sources sooner.

You also have to buy them at least 10 days before your sail date so they have time to mail them to you, though I recommend at least two weeks, and don’t forget to factor in extra days if you’ll be leaving home sooner than your sail date.

Do you think you’ll get a DisneyBand+?

As always, feel free to contact me if you want to chat about booking a cruise.

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