Age to join Castaway Club

[OlivePnut]

Hey guys! Does anyone know at what age you get to join the Castaway Club? My husband and I are Gold members, but my 1 year old has never cruised before. After our upcoming cruise, does she become a Silver member?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Hey guys! Does anyone know at what age you get to join the Castaway Club? My husband and I are Gold members, but my 1 year old has never cruised before. After our upcoming cruise, does she become a Silver member?

No age limit. Once anyone, regardless of age, cruises on DCL, they are in the club, silver level.

 

[mmouse37]

Yep, our now adult children are Platinum from cruising with us while they were very young. Now they have their own families and love the fact they gets the Platinum perks.

MJ

 

[dclpluto]

The minimum age is 6 months I believe. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Think you have to be at least 6 months to cruise with DCL.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

The minimum age is 6 months I believe. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Think you have to be at least 6 months to cruise with DCL.

It is currently 6 months for many cruises, but 1 year for the longer itineraries such as the Panama Canal and Transatlantic crossings. It used to be 3 months minimum but changed a while back, in 2014 if I'm not mistaken.

 

[gingerfeathers]

Somehow my one cruise as a minor got "forgotten" or something, which was a bummer. I recently had to call them to make sure I was getting credit for previous cruises, and that one was missing.

 

[OlivePnut]

Somehow my one cruise as a minor got "forgotten" or something, which was a bummer. I recently had to call them to make sure I was getting credit for previous cruises, and that one was missing.

That is a bummer!

 

[tee11]

Yep, our now adult children are Platinum from cruising with us while they were very young. Now they have their own families and love the fact they gets the Platinum perks.

MJ

Lucky kids!!!

 

[pbb322]

Yes, my daughter was not quite 5 months old when she got her membership card (back in 2012, when the age minimum was 3 months) - she is quite proud of it now at the ripe old age of 4

 

[mmouse37]

Somehow my one cruise as a minor got "forgotten" or something, which was a bummer. I recently had to call them to make sure I was getting credit for previous cruises, and that one was missing.

Happened to my husband. They had no record of his cruise even though we were on it together. They would not take my word for it but said if I had any proof of him actually being on the cruise they would review (pictures did not count lol). Luckily I had kept our invoice which showed the purchases he made and his KTTW card so I sent copies to DCL and they credited my husband with that cruise.

MJ

 

[Sytrace]

I sailed on the Magic in its inaugural year as a CM. But I don't think they were keepting track at that time. We just made platinum after 3 years of sailing Disney and my kids are 13 and 15. lol

 

[Quellman]

I sailed on the Magic in its inaugural year as a CM. But I don't think they were keepting track at that time. We just made platinum after 3 years of sailing Disney and my kids are 13 and 15. lol

It depends on the code fare that you sailed under. The cruise should show up in your past cruises, but it isn't one that counts towards the Castaway Club status. I suspect that if you win a cruise, or have a discounted rate not normally available (maybe cast special promotional or something) you won't have it count towards your status.

See more details in THIS post.

 

[wl1117]

Yes, kids benefit too. My 4 year old is Gold already. lol

 

[wl1117]

It depends on the code fare that you sailed under. The cruise should show up in your past cruises, but it isn't one that counts towards the Castaway Club status. I suspect that if you win a cruise, or have a discounted rate not normally available (maybe cast special promotional or something) you won't have it count towards your status.

Not sure about this... we used a DVC promotion cruise for our first DCL cruise and its reflected in our CC status.

 

[wombat_5606]

This is a disclaimer on the Castaway Club site:

Sailings purchased at select fare types (such as Media, Vendors and Cast Traveling on Business) are not considered eligible cruises when calculating the number of sailings for Castaway Club levels

 

[Sytrace]

It depends on the code fare that you sailed under. The cruise should show up in your past cruises, but it isn't one that counts towards the Castaway Club status. I suspect that if you win a cruise, or have a discounted rate not normally available (maybe cast special promotional or something) you won't have it count towards your status.

See more details in THIS post.

Good to know. Thanks

 

[andrews_dad]

I just noticed my son was missing a cruise credited while booking my December trip. His sister, my wife, and me all got credit. He is the oldest child, so it wasn't his age? He was like 7 at the time of sailing. So odd. I called and they won't do anything unless I can produce something that proves he was on it. Which, I'm not investing the time to try to find. He might get mad when his baby sister gets a higher level than him, but oh well! lol

 

[Quellman]

I just noticed my son was missing a cruise credited while booking my December trip. His sister, my wife, and me all got credit. He is the oldest child, so it wasn't his age? He was like 7 at the time of sailing. So odd. I called and they won't do anything unless I can produce something that proves he was on it. Which, I'm not investing the time to try to find. He might get mad when his baby sister gets a higher level than him, but oh well! lol

Call and talk to someone else. They have a record of who sailed and when, sounds like they were just too lazy to link it.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Call and talk to someone else. They have a record of who sailed and when, sounds like they were just too lazy to link it.

I agree. It seems to me they would have the information that he was onboard for the Oceaneer's club maximums.