Fall 2026 itineraries

[DCLMP]

We want to go further in depth at the various locations than cruises will allow.

It clearly takes a lot more work (and a lot of packing/unpacking) to build out your own itinerary. In exchange, you get so much more of a place when you aren't limited to where cruise ships can stop and all aboard times.

Makes sense. I don't think I could have dealt with my kids in a hotel room for that long.

 

[JulieBeeRN]

Virgin has their own 'travel agent' branch called Virgin Holiday. The flights are within their company, they tend to have their own pattern so mostly can predict with high accuracy the flights they are planning, sure times may change a little but never really anything drastic, British Airways does something similar online.

If I wanted to book flight and hotel (possibly even park tickets) with Virgin Holidays I can do so atm until end Dec 27/Early Jan 28. Same for Fly drives (though these tend to be more expensive then seperate and you have to go with the provider they choose which I think is Hertz and not someone we would choose to go with). If we wanted to do a WDW onsite stay, that booking period is reduced to Dec 26/Jan 27, and includes the 'free' dining offer.

If booking flights only, 11 months is the max. Obviously I cant compare the same dates at different time lengths for the purpose of this comment, but comparing a flights 3 months from now to one in 11 months, the flights are comparable. About £100 cheaper give or take depending on the cabin (400 for upper class) 11 months out than they are in 3 months time. Same for 4 months, though the price difference for Upper class is only 200 instead of 400.

Booking short notice might work for you and others, but it doesn't work for everyone. Between different circumstance, job flexibility for leave, and personality (I.e preferring to know a cost and have it confirmed, rather then have to keep checking, tracking and maybe miss out because you had a busy week and it skipped your mind) it does not work for everyone. To each their own.

ETA: re booking opening day having "little worth", again thats a personal opinion and depends on personal circumstance. Alot of the discounts offered are either restricted to residency (Florida and Canada) which doesn't benefit a lot of cruisers, or are GT cabins which also doesn't benefit everyone as some people can't take the gamble on placement, some also need accessible cabins which of which are not many. The 3rd and 4th guest offer only benefits familys/sailing parties of 3 or 4, so again not everyone. And some people have placeholders. People can put a deposit down and if a offer comes out that works out better before PIF cancel and rebook, or apply the offer retrospectively is allowed like the recent offer was. There is no loss, in my veiw at least, to putting a deposit down and locking in the price. If the price decreases for some reason, you call disney and they sort it out for you (have done this before).

We always book on opening day. We get our preferred cabin and can pay it off monthly. The discounts either don't apply to us or we aren't interested in them.

 

[Bibbidi_Boo]

I’ve planned every week of annual leave I get except one until the end of 2027. Some things I haven’t assigned actual dates to, and some are just pencilled in as “Wish 4” and an approx number of days assigned to it, but the plan is there.

I can’t book annual leave last minute, I have to plan well in advance.

The longer I wait, the harder it will be to set the time off in many cases.

At worst, it can be penciled in and then you can work around it.

My husband do anything for time off that far in advance, other than holidays its usually not hard to get but he can't even submit for Jan yet. We have a Desiny cruise that leaves day after thanksgiving her can't even ask for till after labor day (super stressful, but he never asks for around holidays so should be fine). Then with kids activities I can't plan for fall trips till the May before. Honestly it is fine with me, life changes, what we may or may not want to do changes. Prices are sometimes better sometimes worst.

 

[o&smom]

I'm usually planning at least two years out. Sometimes further

We have all of our plans for 2026 and tentative plans for 2027!

 

[lois00525]

We always book on opening day. We get our preferred cabin and can pay it off monthly. The discounts either don't apply to us or we aren't interested in them.

We do the same thing. The only discount that is available to us is the Military Discount and we applied it to two of our reservations in the past.

 

[DCL58]

We are planning our January cruises. We plan last minute.

 

[DCLMP]

We have all of our plans for 2026 and tentative plans for 2027!

I do have a list in my head of things I'd like to do...what I can afford to do and what I would like to do never jive.

 

[DCLMP]

We are planning our January cruises. We plan last minute.

I'm waiting for first part of January GT rates. Lots of rooms available[Destiny excluded}.

 

[mocodis]

I am still waiting for the rest of 2026

 

[lois00525]

I am still waiting for the rest of 2026

Me too. I hope we get these sailings soon!!!

 

[Kit21]

Me too. I hope we get these sailings soon!!!

I'm really hoping the rumors of an October announcement aren't true and we get them next week (though unlikely as would mean silver booking opening during D23) or at D23.