First Ever DISUnplugged Podcast Cruise 5/10/2009

[disneyholic family]

For suites, the final payment date is February 9, 2009. For everyone else, the final payment date is February 24, 2009.

90 days prior for suites and 75 days prior for all other rooms.

oops...yes, you already wrote that in my earlier question..

interesting because it used to be 60 days...i see they've increased it..

although, to be honest, i didn't even pay at 60 days on the 2nd cruise (when we had the walt suite)..
they didn't even bother me about it..,...and i was in constant contact with a personal planner at DCL...
but now that they have pre-booking for everyone, i see i have to be careful about actually paying when it's due....

i've entered the dates in my outlook calendar, so i won't have to remember...
my calendar will remind me..

the only reservation i actually want is brunch at palos...or maybe a dinner too...

thanks tracy..
sorry for all the annoyingly repetitive questions...

 

[LMO429]

For those of you staying at The Dolphin the night before the Podcast Cruise, How are you getting to the Ship the next day? what are the options?

 

[slapwhitey]

For those of you staying at The Dolphin the night before the Podcast Cruise, How are you getting to the Ship the next day? what are the options?

We are driving to port. We always rent a car while at WDW and like driving to port so we're there on our schedule nice and early. We just drop off at Hertz or, in this case, probably pay for parking as we'll want the car upon return. We'll see, depends on who we rent with.

 

[jeanigor]

For those of you staying at The Dolphin the night before the Podcast Cruise, How are you getting to the Ship the next day? what are the options?

I was planning on renting a car at the Airport,
cruising around town on Saturday,
driving to the Dolphin (and where ever we are pre-cruise meeting),
then driving to Port Canaveral in the morning.
My cruising partner hasn't been to Florida before, so it'll be nice to show him some of the scenery on the drive down to PC.
This is will also allow us to stop at Publix and ABC.

 

[kimisabella]

For those of you staying at The Dolphin the night before the Podcast Cruise, How are you getting to the Ship the next day? what are the options?

We're also renting a car - we're coming in on the Thursday before and spending a few days at the parks, then driving to the port and just parking the car there and driving back to the airport at the end of the cruise. DH will only rent a car when we go to WDW, he just prefers to be on our own schedule.

I believe the options are to take Disney transfers, rent a car, or take a private car service

 

[LMO429]

Is anyone taking a DCL shuttle to the port?

and how much would a cab cost me?

We usually do not rent a car in Disneyworld because we usually take the ME and rely on cabs/disney transportation to get to the parks.

 

[alanapapa]

For those of you staying at The Dolphin the night before the Podcast Cruise, How are you getting to the Ship the next day? what are the options?

Caro & I are planning on renting a car to get to the port & back

 

[tiggerbell]

I'm taking DCL transportation straight from the airport to the ship, but then I'm staying at the Dolphin after the cruise, and using DCL again to get there. Then probably Mears to get back to the airport...


I CAN'T WAIT!!!
I CAN'T WAIT!!!
I CAN'T WAIT!!!
I CAN'T WAIT!!!
I CAN'T WAIT!!!
I CAN'T WAIT!!!
I CAN'T WAIT!!!

 

[Caropooh]

Caro & I are planning on renting a car to get to the port & back

FYI dear, we haven't decided yet on renting a car to get back to the airport! We are discussing taking the DCL bus, remember?

 

[chirurgeon]

Is anyone taking a DCL shuttle to the port?

and how much would a cab cost me?

We usually do not rent a car in Disneyworld because we usually take the ME and rely on cabs/disney transportation to get to the parks.

I am paying for the transfer from the hotel to the ship and back. I will probably get a towncar to and from the airport. Now that I have booked the EB Repo, I may take back the first Friday that I had Tracy add to the Podcast stay. I really need to carry over a couple of vacation days from '09 to '10. But with '09 being a very full year with my oldest niece going to graduating HS and going to college OMG. Where is the time machine when you need it?

Kim

 

[LMO429]

If we were to rent a car, is there somewhere to park it by the port and if so how much is the parking fee per day?

 

[winotracy]

If we were to rent a car, is there somewhere to park it by the port and if so how much is the parking fee per day?

Parking at the port is $15 per day, payable when you arrive. That's why we do one way rentals. No rental fee and no parking fee while you are on the cruise.

 

[LMO429]

Parking at the port is $15 per day, payable when you arrive. That's why we do one way rentals. No rental fee and no parking fee while you are on the cruise.

Thank you Tracy is there a link or thread somewhere that explains the options of transporation to and from the port. I have to admit I feel very lost on what our best course of action should be

 

[jeanigor]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1520273

This is a thread that is over in the Cruise Forum...I found all the information very helpful.

There's all sorts of info, not just car rentals.

 

[scarlett873]

I think we're going to do the one way car rental too. We'll probably do another one way rental to get us back to the airport, but that will all depend on our flight times. If the flight is late enough, I don't want to sit in the airport all day, so we'll rent a car and go play for the day before catching our flight home!

 

[tmli]

We are also renting a car but keeping it at port while we are sailing. We found it easier with a pre/post wdw stay to leave in the car things we don't need on the cruise. We will have to get us from the airport to Dolphin, for use at WDW and for after cruise at Disney and back to the airport.

 

[DLBDS]

We're driving our car, parking it at John and Kevin's house (shhh...It's amazing the info you can dig up online) and doing a one-way rental to the port! I've already given Kevin's mom hush money. They'll never know.

 

[TheBeadPirate]

We are also renting a car but keeping it at port while we are sailing. We found it easier with a pre/post wdw stay to leave in the car things we don't need on the cruise. We will have to get us from the airport to Dolphin, for use at WDW and for after cruise at Disney and back to the airport.

This is what we're doing too. It's an expensive storage locker, but well worth it to not have to schlep all of our park crap around while on the boat!

 

[12paws]

this is totally cool!

 

[DVCsince02]

this is totally cool!

Are you joining our cruise?