What to expect to pay for family of 5?

[Poohmom]

HI!

I would love to take our 3 kids on a Disney Cruise next winter. They will be 9, 7 & 4.

I'm thinking a 4day will be long enough for them, and I'm wondering what we'd pay. I know 4 is possible in a room, but what about 5? I'm thinking February or March. Also, a 7day isn't out of the question, I'm just not sure on the cost difference.

I'd appreciate any of your best advice. Thanks!!!

[Firefighter Mickey]

If you surf over to http://www.disneycruise.com you can easily get a quote and even do some comparison pricing for catagories.

Also, www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com would be happy to provide a quote.

And yes, 5 is possible in certain room catagories. I know for certain that Cat 4 will handle 5, not sure about any other catagories though (but the quote system at disneycruise will tell you what's available to you).

[RickW]

You can go to www.disneycruise.com and use the "Get a quote" feature to get some comparisons, but here is something to get you started. I did a check for the 2nd week of February in 2003 for both 4 and 7 day cruises. With a family of five, you have a couple options: You can get a Cat 4 room with a verandah, which can accomodate all 5 of you, or you can get 2 connecting rooms.

Here are the prices I came up with for a family of 5:

4-day, Cat 4: $3894
4-day, 2 Cat 10s: $3534

7-day, Cat 4: $5337
7-day, 2 Cat 10s: $5357

Note that these are directly off of the DCL website. You may be able to get better prices, but the relative differences should be similar.

Added note: I believe that Cat 10 is the lowest Cat. with connecting staterooms.

[bcburgner]

We are a family of 5 (son - 10, daughters 9 & 3 plus my wife and me). We found that we had three options,

1. 1 category 4 family suit that sleeps 5 - $4,600 7 day cruise
2. 2 category 10 connecting rooms - $4,200 7 day cruise
3. 2 category 12 rooms - $3,800 7 day cruise/
Note that all of these prices include the early booking discount and are during non-peak times (Feb 1, 2003).

You can also get some other combinations of two rooms, but this is generally what your choices are. We ruled out option 3 because the rooms aren't connecting at this category level and with a 3 year old we didn't feel good about that. So the choice was between options 1 & 2. Option 1, the cat 4 room has a verandah and the cat 10's don't. But, the two cat 10 rooms would give us over 400 sq ft of space and the cat 4 is roughly 315 sq ft. In the end, we chose to spend the extra money for a cat 4 room and have the verandah and less space. Note that DCL will not allow 5 people in a cat 10 or 12 room, that is why you have to get two rooms.

Hope this helps.

[Towncrier]

We've done two 7 day cruises with 5 people. The first time we all shared a Cat4 cabin. Very nice with the verandah, but a bit crowded. On our most recent cruise, we had adjoining Cat10 cabins. Two bathrooms, two showers, and lots more closet and drawer space. Even though we did not have a verandah or even a window, I think that we all enjoyed the extra room afforded by having two cabins.

[Poohmom]

Wow! Thanks for the great replys. It's just what I needed to know.

[my3kids]

We are a family of 5 sailing in November. We also opted for the 2 category 10 rooms(and got the secret portholes, so it is actually kind of like an 8) It is costing us $3868.75. The category 4 would have been a little more, but we liked the idea of 2 rooms with one for us and one for the children, treating it more like a suite where the kids will sleep in the living area and Mom and Dad's bedroom will be the other one.