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Thank you! We just joined Costco and now I'm extra glad we did :-) I think I've figured this out, but restricted rates mean you book for a certain category and just don't get to choose your specific cabin. Is that correct? (DH always books our cruises, so I'm still learning the lingo)

Thank you 💖 that's kind. And the planning's definitely the best part by far - welcome back to the bandwagon!

I just discovered this! Thanks for the help with the acronyms - I saw them this morning and thought, "I can't ask these nice people to answer any more questions for me...." Ooh, this is good - I'm going to use that exact language to coerce my husband into our second Disney cruise :-)

That was a great way to start my day, thanks :-)

WOW that's such a smart use of the second bathroom! That sounds perfect for us, actually! I don't think I could persuade him to go for a 1BR at CCV just yet, so that's a great way to make use of the special Studio setup at Poly. Thanks! My husband's well-traveled and is critical (to a fault) of...

We'd be going early next summer, probably mid-May or just after Memorial Day. So I hope (maybe foolishly) that the need for guidelines will have relaxed from what they are now.

That just sent me down a Google rabbit hole and I've been adequately scared. Point taken.

Holy wow - thanks for all the saving tips. I wouldn't have thought of those. I also hadn't considered before how much value the family-friendly environment would add. I've seen some things on other ships and wouldn't dream of letting my child of any age out of sight on those.

Great to hear that full conversion is possible! And thanks for the placeholder tip.

Thank you! DH is well-versed in all things cruises, and I "speak" WDW planning, but trying to get a footing with DCL seems like a whole new thing. It's going to take a lot of persuasion to get us booked on a Disney cruise 18 months out, but sounds like I better get to work on that.

DH is a cruise enthusiast, but not a Disney fan. He's curious about DCL only because he's heard how great the service is and how nice the ships are - but the Disney brand is almost a turnoff for him and the price tag is not what we're used to on other cruise lines. Now that we're expecting our...

Yeah, the laundry and separate rooms for napping are calling to me. Though my husband's not a big WDW fan, so it's harder for me to sell the upgrade to a 1BR (whereas a DVC studio is more in line with rack rates at a moderate resort). We went to a DVC pitch on our last trip and, to my great...

I'm smiling thinking of these memories like they were my own :-) That all sounds just wonderful. Thank you for sharing! Oooh, I had no idea. That's a mighty tempting perk.

Thank you both! Having never stayed at one of the MK resorts, I haven't paid attention to these patterns before. You've put my mind at ease!

So, to this point, I'd heard that the monorail is often so crowded that you have to take a baby out of a stroller and fold it anyway. Whereas, the boats to WL are uncrowded enough that (a) you can usually lift a stroller directly into the boat and (b) during peak time you can get onto a boat...

Oooh, great point! This is why I'm planning [way ahead] to stay at Boardwalk villas when our kid's older, but I hadn't considered what a difference it'd make next year. Duly noted, thanks!

Oh absolutely, I hear you. I would only rent if/when it becomes fairly safe to expect a whole new world than what we have now.

Getting ready to welcome our first child, so I'm of course at work planning their first trip(s). I'm planning to rent DVC points next year at either the Polynesian or Copper Creek. We haven't stayed at either before, and traveling with a stroller and diaper bag (not to mention the baby!) will be...

Thanks for the tips! I think I'll save Peter for a It's 10:30pm and we're about to leave the park possible add-on. I had wondered why Monday's crowd levels were so high! Alright, gonna get my game face on... oy.

We do already have our Max Passes purchased - I at least knew to do that much! Thanks for the reinforcement on not RDing Batuu. I may walk through it midday just so I can see it in the different light, but I'll probably save the real touring of it for evening. My husband loves to ride Dumbo...