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We started with Disney Cruises and I feel like they "ruined" WDW for us. We loved WDW, but the cruise was fun and relaxing, and in our opinion, took customer service to the ultimate level. The CMs at WDW couldn't live up to the ones on our cruises. I agree with this! I was so thankful that a...

Day 2: Magic Kingdom (Recap on Blog) We had breakfast reservations at Be Our Guest, and got to enter the park 50 minutes before it opened. Even though the breakfast at BOG is considered quick service on the dining plan, we didn't have the meal plan, and it felt like a sit down meal to us...

We told our kids on a Sunday that we were leaving for Disney World that Thursday. They had just finished two months of hard work on a community theatre production and we gave them this gift box to open. They were Disney-fied enough to know exactly what these were: I had booked our trip about...

Hi Friends! I'm ready to share my Disney World trip report. I learned a lot while writing my Disney Cruise trip report, and it actually turned into a full-fledged blog. The Dis interface has changed since I wrote that report, but thankfully, my WDW report is already completed on the blog, so...

I've edited my second post in this TR because the old blog links no longer work. You can find my new blog at kateskitchencounter.blogspot.comand you can search by the tag "Disney Cruise." There is a Disney Cruise Diaries Index Post here...

At first glance, I LOVE IT. The old site was so cumbersome for initial vacation decisions. I just want to know if there are any cruises coming up that I can afford! The new site let me enter party size (2A3K) and pulled up 270 results in one list with prices. When 2017 itineraries come up in two...

From the Facebook conversation, I think both kinds of letters had the same subject line. They came one hour apart, the yesses at 11:37pm eastern, I think.

Sorry, Jennifer! I know lots of people apply for many years. We probably won't cruise again until 2017 (Yay for itineraries on sale 10/8!) so I won't be eligible next year. I'd love to experience each ship as well, MP or not!

I got the rejection letter. I didn't realize there were only 3 DCL moms and 40+ WDW moms. It would have been a long shot with only 2 cruises under my belt and both on same ship/itinerary. How about you?

Members of the Facebook group are reporting they are getting their emails right NOW! nothing in my inbox yet...

Shoney, thanks for the help, we booked our Barcelo Maya vacation today! I highly recommend that people use a travel agent, because mine saved me $1000 off of what I was seeing on Barcelo.com. Family Jr. Suite at the Palace Deluxe for 5 nights. Can't wait!

When my kids were 4, 6 & 8, we did early dinner. The next year when they were 5, 7, 9, we did late. The late dinner was fine, nothing tragic about it, but we preferred the early dinner time we had the previous year. My kids were all hungry by that time and then we had the show afterwards and the...

Thanks Shoney, I may have some more questions for you. I also found a public facebook group for the 5-Barcelo resort group that seems pretty active. My kids will be 11,9, 7, and I got the impression that Azul may just be a little young for them. Is there any kind of Lazy River at Barcelo...

Thanks for this thread! I've been searching for the same information. I was pretty settled on taking the family to Karisma Azul Sensatori on the Riveria Maya, but then came across the Barcelo Maya Palace resort. My TA told me that she has some clients that do all the Barcelo resorts- like we...

1) Favorite Disney animated movie: The Lion King 2) Favorite Disney non-animated movie: The Parent Trap (1961), Swiss Family Robinson, Flight of the Navigator, Mary Poppins 3) Upcoming Disney movie you are most looking forward to: Pete's Dragon (although I'm always afraid of remakes) 4) Favorite...

1) First name: Kate 2) Specialty applied for: Disney Cruise Lines 3) Location: From SE Michigan, Live in North Texas 4) Kids: 6th grade Son, 3rd grade Daughter, 1st grade Son 5) Favorite Disney character: Belle 6) Favorite Disney ride/attraction: bike rides on Castaway Cay 7) Favorite Disney...

I just applied for DCL. I've only got two cruises under my belt and they were both on the same ship, so I am assuming it's a long shot, but I'm great at researching answers and I hope they like my writing style. The sample MP question was about whether you need passports for your cruise and they...

I had heard this tip before, but we were in our hotel room for the night without any newspaper. I stuck a hand towel in each of our pairs of shoes (one end of the towel in each shoe.) They were still wet the next morning, so we changed the towels and wore our other shoes. By the following day...

Thanks Alex! I don't know if this is true, but my husband saw somewhere that Disney tracks repeat guests and he wondered if we had something on file about our second cruise that would yield us special treatment at Disney World. We did get, in our opinion, the best possible building and room at...

If you enjoyed this trip report, you may be interested in our next adventure. We just returned from 6 days at Walt Disney World and staying at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort (the WDW property, not an actual Caribbean Beach Resort. Don't I wish!) My blog continues and will compare our WDW...