DVC Chit Chat Thread

[Cfabar1]

I have heard for Alaska they say you sail Holland America to see Alaska, and the Disney Wonder to see Mickey dressed up in a cute cold weather Costume

 

[VGCgroupie]

if my kids were older I'd pick the cruise over WDW if the dollars punched evenly just about every time...

We spent $2300 over 6 nights at WDW. Yes included some merch but a huge chunk of it was food. That paired with airfare, is where my mind was going. Also, my son is very excited to wear his halloween costume again and a cruise seems so much better weather wise than WDW early Sept.

But, with the younger kids we aren't quite comfortable yet doing two staterooms, which means as soon as the kids go to bed we sit in solemn silence in the dark in our prison...

LOL. Verandah or the win

The 2 BR villa nicely solves for that equation!

YEs!

 

[Memorymakerfor4]

I would love to hear from someone who has done Alaska with Disney and also other premium cruise lines how the experiences compare/contrast.

I only have experience with DCL here, but can say that what pushed us over the edge to pay more for DCL was talking to a friend who cruised with NCL (on the Encore I think). She was really let down by length of time in ports, always having to walk through a smoky casino to get anywhere, and very few offerings that were truly kid friendly. I found a YouTube channel called Window Seat and thought the DCL Alsaka cruise video was really well done. He took his family and you really got a good feel for what it is really like. We had a very similar experience to his.

 

[PoppyJ]

I only have experience with DCL here, but can say that what pushed us over the edge to pay more for DCL was talking to a friend who cruised with NCL (on the Encore I think). She was really let down by length of time in ports, always having to walk through a smoky casino to get anywhere, and very few offerings that were truly kid friendly. I found a YouTube channel called Window Seat and thought the DCL Alsaka cruise video was really well done. He took his family and you really got a good feel for what it is really like. We had a very similar experience to his.

I heard the same exact thing from a friend who did Alaska on NCL the week before we did DCL. NCL didn't arrive to some ports until the afternoon. I thought we had excellent port times and locations on DCL. We did DCL because we love Disney, so I feel like we just lucked out on the ports, but it is something I would definitely be cognizant about if I did another Alaska cruise. We did not have to tender at any ports but I saw other ships that did. We also were very close to town at Ketchikan and Skagway. There was a shuttle at Juneau but we rented a car so we didn't have to take the shuttle. This was our first cruise, and we were extremely happy with the experience.