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  1. MinnesotaMouseketeers

    Prepaid gratuities

    We always pre-pay the gratuity and bring additional cash. On the last night of the cruise we will hand each person the envelope with the pre-pay ticket and additional cash if they did more than just what is required of them. Of the 14 cruises we have taken; I can remember only one time when we...
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    Negatives of Disney Wish

    Wife, adult son, and I were on the Wish (our first back to back) over Christmas 2022. And while I can say it was not my favorite DCL ship, I can definitely say we would sail the Wish again, if it's back to back (3 & 4 night are too short for us). I really hope they fixed the elevator buttons...
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    Veranda room, not necessary in Alaska sailings in my opinion

    We will always get a stateroom with veranda. It isn't meant to isolate us from the crowds for the entire cruise. We can still get up out of our stateroom and join the crowds when we believe the majesty of the surroundings is calling. I was up very early in the morning before the ship started...
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    Do you still buy souvenirs on a cruise?

    My wife loves the Dooney and Bourke bags, she has a few but they don't gather dust. She uses them all the time. I buy clothes, especially caps and t-shirts the occasional zipper jacket. I will look for pins as well; they are on display (collecting dust).
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    White wall verandah

    My wife is in the spend the extra money for a plexiglass veranda category. She likes to sit and read with the option to look up occasionally and watch the ocean and clouds pass by. I'm in the reserve the white wall veranda and spend the money on something else category. But I am a little taller...
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    Northern Europe 11 day- is it worth it?

    We did this a few years ago, boarded in Copenhagen, Denmark; visited Norway, Iceland, Scotland, and disembarked at Dover, England. There were six of us and we all LOVED it. Can't answer to how small children will handle a long cruise; the two youngest in our party were in their twenties. But to...
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    Can you pre-book tasting at Hook’s Barbery?

    Yes, my son and I booked one during our cruise over Christmas last year. It's a very small setting, we had a good time.
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    Why B2B instead of booking one longer cruise?

    For my wife and me the longer the cruise the better. But we chose to do a B2B cruise (our first time) on the Disney Wish because this was the only way for us to sail the Wish for that long of a cruise. And we would do it again on a future cruise!!! The short layover at the port while segueing...
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    My brief takes on the Disney Wish: Part II

    Just a quick recap, it was DW, DS (adult) and I and this was our first B2B cruise, 4 night/3 night (over Christmas). These two cruises were DW and my 11th and 12th Disney cruises, our DS is a Gold CC member. Part II is going to be my brief thoughts on the three main restaurants, if you have...
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    My brief takes on the Disney Wish: Part I

    This is the one problem for us and doing a B2B cruise. After breakfast there really isn't anything to do but find someplace to sit and people watch until you have to get off the ship. We wanted to personally give the tip envelopes to our servers the last night of the cruise but forgot them in...
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    My brief takes on the Disney Wish: Part I

    As always I love the Disney performers and the sets are always impressive. I don't think DCL can find a better cast than the people they have performing every night on all five ships. This also includes the CM that work behind the scenes to make each performance happen. The problem for me is...
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    My brief takes on the Disney Wish: Part I

    If the only way you see yourself doing a 3 night or 4 night cruise is by taking a B2B cruise to extend your cruise vacation, DW and I think it is totally worth it and we would encourage it. On the last night of the first leg or your B2B cruise; you will receive an envelope in your stateroom...
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    My brief takes on the Disney Wish: Part I

    DW, DS (adult), and I were on the Wish over Christmas. We knew we wanted to sail over Christmas, on the Disney Wish but not for the short cruise duration that is sails. So we did our first ever B2B sailing; four night followed by the three night cruise that was over the holiday. This was DW's...
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    Anyone recently come home sick from a cruise?

    Of the six people that gathered for Thanksgiving last year, five of us tested positive for COVID-19 including wife and me November 26-27. Only one person never tested positive. But she had COVID-19 about three months before the holiday. Fast forward to our WDW Resort stay and B2B Christmas...
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    Arriving 2 days prior

    If you have check in luggage that you don't want to drag around, you should also have luggage tags to wrap around your luggage handle and they will get picked up; EARLY in the morning that you board the bus for Port Canaveral. We had to have the luggage ready by 7:00 AM, they were knocking at...
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    Tipping on tastings?

    As many have already responded, tipping is included in the cost. We have done many tastings with all the cruises we have done including our most recent cruise, a B2B on the Disney Wish over Christmas and we did not receive a receipt after any of them. We never added an additional tip following...
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    How do people cruise 25+ times on DCL?

    By the time we get off our B2B Wish cruise (coming up soon, first B2B), we will have completed our 11th and 12th DCL cruise. We started cruising DCL in 1999 so that means 12 cruises over a 24 year span. So at this rate I will be over 86 years old to get to Pearl level. This will be our 14 cruise...
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    Why Disney, WHY??

    Dining rooms are going to be full, Walt Disney Theater is going to be full, Buena Vista Theater is going to be full, bingo is going to be filled to the max, etc., etc. I don't think gathering for the muster station is going to be a big problem. And despite the unlikely event that you will need...
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    B2B on the Wish

    I'll be following this thread closely, my family also has a B2B on the Wish coming up. A question I would like to get an answer to; is about the Vaccination Card and Safe Passage. Do we have to submit the information to Safe Passage twice? One for each reservation. Or once, for just the first...
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    Wish Cruise for Two Adults - Should We Keep It?

    I've read all the negative reviews on the Disney Wish as well. My family has had a back to back reservation made for the Wish since Platinum CC members could first book a cruise on her. I am taking these reviews with a grain of salt and will form my own opinion when we are on her in December...




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