dizneykids5
Cruisin' with Mickey
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Looks like no one has started a thread for this cruise yet, so here goes! Any other DISers aboard?
We booked this morning.
This will be #2 with Disney. And our second out of Galveston. There will be 22 of us as long as it all works out. My Mom picked this one spontaneously so fingers crossed. Can’t wait to invade Castaway Cay for 2 days!Awesome! What number cruise is this for y’all? It’ll be our 12th. We just finished our 10th last month and are doing the WBTA in September. Then, we have the long wait until next year!
Glad to have another Disney cruise to look forward to. This will be our 4th Disney cruise, and our 3rd out of Galveston. We are really excited to spend 2 days at Castaway Cay. Looks like the big movie showing on our cruise will be Frozen 2, it is scheduled to come out 2 days before we set sail. Our girls will love seeing that on the boat. Only 553 days to go!
It just seems so far away!! I’m so happy we have one before then. Even then, once we are home, it will still be over a year before the double dip
I know it's pretty early to start planning but I thought I would post some info/tips from our last two cruises on the Wonder out of Galveston. We took this exact same cruise in 2016 and 2017 except we docked in Key West, Castaway, and Nassau instead of 2 Castaway Cay days and Key West. Here are some things that we did not know until we found them out by reading the DISboards or until we got on the ship. Disney may change some things in 2019 but for the most part this info should be applicable to our cruise.
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If you have any questions please feel free to ask.
Um...we are stupid excited. 2nd Disney cruise but first on the wonder and first out of Galveston. Our last cruisr was an Easter Caribbean on the fantasy and our fabpfavo days were the sea days and castaway cay. So when this itinerary popped up I knew it was perfect! Not many cruises our of Galveston go to castaway and we get to go twice. Not to mention I get to celebrate my birthday while sailing. I couldn't ask for more.
Fantastic information! While I haven't sailed out of Galveston or done a Merrytime cruise, this cruise will be our 12 on DCL. I've been on the Wonder 4 or 5 times. Hopefully, we'll get more DISers here, so we can share all this knowledge!
Curious if anyone can give us a heads up on how overpriced or busy flying into Houston will be on American Thanksgiving? We had no idea.
Thanks from
The only Canadians on board!
Well, as it is a holiday week, it will be expensive. Since we drive to Galveston, and I haven't flown into Houston in a long time, I can't say how expensive. The sooner you can book, the better you will be. Think about traveling off-peak (early in the morning, late at night). Traveling on Thanksgiving Day itself may be less expensive than the days leading up to it. I would not advise flying in the day of the cruise....too many things could go wrong, and you might miss the ship. Remember to book a hotel as early as you can as well. Sorry I can't be more helpful!
as we live in Texas also and it is really nice not to have to fly. Hopefully when the 3 new ships are delivered Disney will cruise more out of Texas.
Thanks so much. We moved to Texas almost 2 years ago. So we were excited for a Galveston cruise that goes to castaway. I am really excited for the smaller ship. I know a lot of people prefer it. We have two littles (4&2) so I feel like a less crowded boat and island will be amazing.You will see definite differences between the Fantasy and the Wonder. We finally went on the Dream--our first on one of the newer ships--and I personally prefer the feel of the smaller ships. There were just SO many people on the Dream!
We are surprising our 3 "boys" (the youngest will have just turned 21!). They've been grumbling that they haven't cruised since 2009, and DH and I will have 2 under our belt this year without them. So, this will be a last "Mom and Dad are paying" cruise for them. They'll each have to make platinum (they'll only need one more each) on their own nickels! We picked this one for the double dip, but also because we are Texans (well, except DH who is a Yankee) and Galveston is just down the road a piece.
Welcome aboard, y'all!
SAME SAME SAME! I REALLY hope we will get a "home" ship to stay at Galveston. I'd be JUST FINE with it being the Wonder.
Also - HI EVERYONE! This will be our 4th cruise, 3rd as a family! Our first cruise was our wedding cruise out of Galveston, May of 2013!!