Search results

  1. B

    Trip insurance

    I highly recommend travel insurance. I used to be a travel agent and knowing how many claims I had to process for either cancellation or some type of emergency while travelling. I also had a number of clients who did not buy insurance and I saw how much money they lost if they had to cancel...
  2. B

    Ginger Ale on the Magic?

    Nice! This is new since last year! You used to only be able to get it in the dining room or room service. Thanks!
  3. B

    Dream—ordering a birthday cake

    Thanks for the info! Yeah, I just want a basic cake, nothing fancy. I was only planning to order the chocolate celebration cake so nothing over the top. I will see what I can do once on board. Thank you!
  4. B

    Dream—ordering a birthday cake

    Fair enough! But really outside of doctors, lawyers, insurance agents faxing is not the main stream anymore. I live in Canada, where you used to be able to go to a post office and send a fax. They looked at me like I was on glue when I went there and asked to fax something! Oh well. Such is life.
  5. B

    Dream—ordering a birthday cake

    Does anyone know if there is an option of ordering or purchasing cupcakes onthe Magic?? We have a birthday during our cruise. I tried to order a cake which I thought I could do over the phone, but no, I need to FAX in my request!! Who the heck faxes anything anymore!!?? When I called DCL even...
  6. B

    Crossing border with food

    Unless you are taking cheese or PB&j sandwiches across the border I wouldn’t do it. You can’t take fresh veggies or meat across the border in either direction but dairy is totally fine. I bring cheese back from everywhere I go and ALWAYS declare. I watch a lot of the show Border Security and...
  7. B

    Disney Themed Condolence Gift Ideas

    I'm not really sure if I am posting this in the right place, but it looked like my best option. My friend is very close to losing her battle with cancer. She will be leaving behind a loving husband and two young daughters (10yrs & 2yrs). She is an avid Disney fan and the family would vacation in...
  8. B

    Waitlisting the first seating

    I’m pretty confident you will get the seating you want. Your cruise is a long way off and people will cancel. I also suspect they hold seating times. We had the reverse situation. We wanted late seating but it was full so had to take the early seating. We wait listed and it came through for us...
  9. B

    Considering first Disney cruise

    There are a million things to do on a Disney cruise for all ages and especially kids!! Okay - I don’t have kids, so this is purely observation, but I have been to WDW a few times and 8 Disney cruises. WDW is super overwhelming for an adult let alone a 4 year old. At Disney World I have never...
  10. B

    Which is the best 'light option' at dinner?

    The salmon is quite good from the “lighter fare” options. My mom usually orders it a few times and Is always happy with it. Sometimes I just order a couple of appetizers for my dinner if none of the mains appeal to me. They usually have good salads and then something else. I tend to like the...
  11. B

    Sea Sickness Threat

    I know some people have commented that it doesn’t matter where on the ship you are if you suffer from sea sickness, which I do know people who suffer so badly they can’t cruise at all. Yes, there are times when you may feel motion on all decks (especially in the Mediterranean) but overall, I do...
  12. B

    Do they try to up-sell you at Palo?

    We also eat at Palo every cruise, no up selling but definitely up feeding! We always stick to the basics - regular water, order the cheapest wine etc. without judgement. However, they definitely like to make sure you are well fed!! The servers aren’t shy with bringing multiple appetizers and...
  13. B

    What Travel Insurance do you recommend?

    We have taken a lot of Disney cruises and have bought insurance through Disney (non medical) in the past as it was strangely inexpensive! It’s been a few years since we have bought insurance with them, but looked at it for our upcoming cruise and they told us it didn’t cover Canadians anymore...
  14. B

    Tell me about Deck 1 or 2!

    We almost always stay on deck 2. We take one ocean view and one interior so I have experienced both. A have also stayed on deck 1 and higher up when we had one verandah stateroom. We really like deck 2. It’s quiet. Convenient for getting an elevator - if you stay on the higher decks elevators...
  15. B

    Disney fanatic but no desire to go on Disney Cruise?

    Visiting the parks and taking a Disney Cruise are two totally different things. I happen to love both. However, when I am visit the parks, it is for the thrill of the rides, the park energy, the shops, parades etc. The cruise is a combo of wanting to see great destinations but knowing I will be...
  16. B

    Early or Late Seating Dining?

    We are a family of 4 adults and we always take the late dinner seating. We like to be able to relax before dinner, see the show, enjoy a glass of wine and then go to dinner. Afterwards, we always go out and walk the deck and enjoy the deck and a cup of tea :)
  17. B

    What Travel Insurance do you recommend?

    I use Travel Guard Canada for insurance. They are excellent! They offer really good coverage, they are the least shady of all insurance companies I have worked with (I used to be a travel agent) and they have excellent customer service. They offer medical, trip cancellation/interruption, all...
  18. B

    Avoiding Theft in Europe

    Like others who have commented here, I have travelled quite bit with family, friends and solo to places where petty crime was a risk. I also used to be a TA and sold luxury adventure travel so my job was to educate my clients on how to be safe and avoid being robbed. Basically, like many have...
  19. B

    Six countries, five currencies - best money strategy

    I have been thinking about this currency thing as well, since I will be doing the Northern Europe cruise at the end of July. I was wondering if any of the non euro countries would except euros? I know when I did a Greek isle cruise and we stopped in Turkey, euros were accepted in most places...




Top