we are going on July 19 and we just got ours last week. so I would say about 3 weeks to a month before. it sure makes you excited once you get them!!!!
We are also sailing on July 19 and ours arrived today - almost 3 weeks before departure. We heard they go out 3-5 day UPS/Fed Ex (ours came UPS) and it appears that travel agents get them before people who booked directly with DCL but I don't know if that's true or not.
We booked through All Seasons Travel and received ours right at three weeks out. When we booked using DVC points last year, we got the documents just under four weeks out. It doesn't matter when you get them, it's never soon enough...
We got ours last week and we will be sailing July 13th. I was kinda disappointed though,.... All we got was the booklet type docs. we didn't get any information about excursions or the stateroom baskets that can be ordered.
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