09/18/11 - DVCers Take Over the Dream (S.S. Member Cruise 2011) - Thread #12

[DizDragonfly]

Question for y'all - did you purchase trip insurance? We have never purchased it. I'm trying to figure out if we should. What's ya think?

Yup. Did it last night. I think anyone traveling in hurricane season should have trip insurance.

 

[W@LL-E]

Hiya Wally! How's the weather there?

 

[M & N Potter]

That is too cute!

 

[W@LL-E]

hope the CM @ Castaway Cay are safe

 

[DizDragonfly]

Where do you find the price of the travel insurance. Would I call member services or disney cruise line? Do you remember approximately how much the cost was?

Hi Everyone,
Have not been on in a long time. Finally caught up with the last few weeks of posts. Finishing all our FE's now and starting to pack. Its coming quickly! I have seen that people are getting insurance. We never have before and I would like to now. Can anyone tell me how to get started? Also, anyone staying at CIS the night before?

There's a good thread on insurance at http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2654664&highlight=insurance

If you buy insurance from someone other than DCL, it's frequently less expensive and it will cover more. For example, I understand that unless you buy your airfare through DCL, their insurance won't cover issues with your flights (delays, etc.). But, double check that, because I didn't really study DCL's policy.

If you have a TA, they can get some quotes for you. If not there's InsureMyTrip and some others, mentioned in that thread, I think. You can also buy direct from the insurance companies. Two big ones that I looked at yesterday were Access America and Travel Guard. They each have a plan that covers kids 17 and under at no additional cost. I ended up going with the Access America Classic plan. The AA and TG plans were very similar, but the AA had slightly better coverage in a couple of categories and both plans were within a few $s of each other for me.

Oh, and we are staying at CI&S, but we're staying on 9/14 before the first part of our B2B.

 

[DizDragonfly]

 

[DizDragonfly]

hope the CM @ Castaway Cay are safe

I'm pretty sure they evacuate them before big storms.

 

[DizDragonfly]

I was looking at pics last night of Castaway Cay after the last big storm went through.

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

I was looking at pics last night of Castaway Cay after the last big storm went through.

Where did you find those pictures?

 

[M & N Potter]

That 70's post!

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Anyone heard how Castaway Cay is holding up?

 

[ILoveDisney&Cruising]

Anyone heard how Castaway Cay is holding up?

Was just reading some of the other boards ... it's supposed to be getting a 'direct hit', from what they're saying.

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Was just reading some of the other boards ... it's supposed to be getting a 'direct hit', from what they're saying.

I keep hearing conflicting stories. I'd love to be able to find some pictures.

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

I sure hope it's okay by the time we get there.

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Actually 4 days "at sea" wouldn't be too bad. I'd better download a few more book into my kindle.

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

I think we're stuck in the 70's again. That's ok, I liked the 70's!

 

[peloha86]

I think we're stuck in the 70's again. That's ok, I liked the 70's!

Let's get you over the hump...

 

[peloha86]

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Thanks Jennifer.

 

[friends with mickey]

That 70's post!

Thank you for honoring That 70/s post

Since we are the only ones playing we can award ourselves prizes on the cruise