Castaway Club Expiration

[Gentry2004]

Hi Everyone. I know that the fine print of the Castaway Club rules and regulations says that they can discontinue your membership (and you start over at 0 cruises) from five years after the debarkation date from your last cruise. It also says this is at Disney's discretion, so it does not sound like it is automatic.

I would be quite disappointed to lose my status, since I am now past the five year mark, but have taken a total of five cruises. My question is, do they really do this in practice? Have any of you been dropped from the Castaway Club after five years?

Thanks!

Our first and only cruise was 2017. We were supposed to take one in 2020 that was cancelled. Then Disney announced this change. We booked a cruise in spring of 2024 to take this summer, and we were glad to see that our Silver status was there without any action from us. However I'm not sure how long the grace period was after the announcement.

 

[dreamer17555]

So far I have not heard of anyone losing status- just that DCL in theory could (which 5 years seems fair to me)

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

If that is the policy, it has not taken effect.

My son last cruised with DCL at Platinum status in 2019. On our upcoming cruise when he and his girlfriend (who has never cruised on DCL) are in a different stateroom from my husband and me, I was able to book activities for them starting on the Platinum booking date.

Awesome, thanks. I just wanted to clarify since a lot of the people weighing in were silver to begin with.

 

[mmouse37]

my friend sailed once in 1998 and they found her status in Feb of 2025.. her castaway number is fewer digits

Other than that everyone I know is current

Yep those that cruised in the very early years how very low CC membership numbers. We were on the MV of the Magic in 1998 and we have 4 digit CC numbers. My daughter just sailed with us this month and hadn’t sailed since October of 2018 and she kept her status