I think you should have some options, I would be surprised if many people on the member cruise want to visit Cozumel vs staying on the ship. In my opinion, DCL is relatively weak on shore excursions and the Cozumel options often involved a lot of walking around the pier area.New cruiser here.
Hopefully there will something from my wish list left on May 19th. I’m mainly interested in shore excursions for Cozumel. (We don’t need any premium dining.)
We actually like the pirate night menu (well, I do, not sure the rest of my family really cares for it) and I like to be together with the family for pirate night and not racing to finish dinner at Remy to regroup for fireworks.Yes, I was disappointed to not know about Pirate night when deciding when to book Palo.
Is “big ending show” a 2-3x a night experience or is it like pirate night where everybody gets one opportunity to see it?I was thinking pirates maybe wouldn’t be the last night because of the big ending show they usually have, what do you thinK? I’ve not been on many MCs out of FL.
Interesting that Pirate night is so early. I’d like to know what “repeat night” is that isn’t pirate night. Maybe Day 4? Thank you very much for calling!Tom called DCL and was told Pirate night would be Day 2 and optional dress up is day 4. So, we booked Palo for Day 2. I don’t want to miss any rotational dining menus!
It will be twice, opposite the dining times. The last several MCs it has been a show with the Disney on Broadway/West End special guests singing and sharing.Is “big ending show” a 2-3x a night experience or is it like pirate night where everybody gets one opportunity to see it?
At Platinum opening, no Palo brunch was available. We did get Palo dinner though.Not sure if any other people experienced this, but I was surprised that at Platinum opening it was hard to get a spa appointment on embarkation day before 4pm and also there were somewhat limited dining options for Remy (though switching from 2 people to 1 person seemed to open up a lot more availability). Everything else seemed similar to what I experienced in the past when gold booking windows opened.
I wonder if this means there’s a very high number of pearl (and platinum?) cruisers.At Platinum opening, no Palo brunch was available. We did get Palo dinner though.
It’s honestly surprising to me it would sell out faster simply because there are so many member-specific activities on this sailing that we plan to skip many of the things we can do on any other cruise.Most drinking Onboard Fun events are sold out, and I don't what's left will last much longer. If you look at the availability, you'd think this was a Disney Day Drinker club cruise!
If anyone would like to arrange a swap...
We were able to get Champagne Tasting for 2 people on day 4 (Aug 5) at 12pm before those sold out. We've done that one before though (loved it) so if anyone would like to trade the Rum or Chocolate & Liquor (haven't done those yet), feel free to send a DM!
It’s honestly surprising to me it would sell out faster simply because there are so many member-specific activities on this sailing that we plan to skip many of the things we can do on any other cruise.
I’ve always wanted to do the champagne tasting but cannot drink much mid day without feeling disgusting by dinner— I wish they occasionally offered it in the evening after dinner.
I bet that once folks get onboard and see the little booklet with the MC special activities, they will cancel a lot of the normal DCL activities like the tastings since many may conflict with presentations/events. Unfortunately, there's no way to know what the special stuff is until they hand you the little booklet while boardingIt’s honestly surprising to me it would sell out faster simply because there are so many member-specific activities on this sailing that we plan to skip many of the things we can do on any other cruise.
It's also on-line check in day for first time cruisers. So those people need to decide which is more important, Royal Gathering or better Port Arrival Time (if not using Disney Transportation).July 3 is the day to book the Royal Gathering if that’s something that interests you and your family.
It's also on-line check in day for first time cruisers. So those people need to decide which is more important, Royal Gathering or better Port Arrival Time (if not using Disney Transportation).
I added a cruise last winter specifically because I wanted to make it up to Platinum by the time we did the member cruise, but there was less availability for activities at the beginning of the Platinum booking window that I’d often encountered at the opening of gold.Given how all the booze "onboard fun" slots were booked when the Gold activity window opened up, this doesn't seem like a cruise with many first time cruisers![]()
We should be Platinum now, but Hurricane Milton had other ideas and caused our Oct 2024 cruise to be cancelled.I added a cruise last winter specifically because I wanted to make it up to Platinum by the time we did the member cruise, but there was less availability for activities at the beginning of the Platinum booking window that I’d often encountered at the opening of gold.![]()
We also booked it— I was planning to fly home late that night but hadn’t booked flights yet. When will we find out what time the event starts?We were able to book the Moonlight Magic at TL on our last night in WDW after the cruise. Is anyone else going?
Final event details are not sent out until a few days prior. Typically, you can enter 2 hours prior to park closing and the actual event will start either 30 minutes or 1 hour after park closing.We also booked it— I was planning to fly home late that night but hadn’t booked flights yet. When will we find out what time the event starts?