Help me decide what to do....

[QTPie7375]

We our having trouble deciding whether to do the 2011 member cruise or not. Please help us decide. At the time of the cruise we will have a 4 year old (almost 5) daughter and another daughter who will just be a little over 1 year old. We have done the disney cruise before (not the member cruise) but we were not parents yet. Here are our questions:

How hard is it to get a reservation? (before I get my hopes up and spend countless hours making a decision I want to know I would even have a chance of getting on the boat)

Will our children like it?

Is there a significant difference between a regular cruise and the member cruise?

Should we pay for it, use our points, or a combination of both?

Would it be better to wait until Dec 2011 when our daughter turns 5 and celebrate her birthday at WDW in the parks?

Any other advice that would sway by decision one way or the other?

Thanks!!

 

[quirty30]

I've never done the cruise because my kids are older and I won't pull them out of school. So I say go for it while yours are still young.

 

[erionm]

How hard is it to get a reservation? (before I get my hopes up and spend countless hours making a decision I want to know I would even have a chance of getting on the boat)

In prior years the member cruise sold out in one day. The prior cruises were on the Wonder which has a capacity of 2400 passengers. The 2011 member cruise is on the Dream which has a capacity of 4000 passengers.

Is there a significant difference between a regular cruise and the member cruise?

For the member cruise, the stop at Nassau is replaced with a second stop at Castaway Cay. The member cruise will still have all of the regular DCL entertainment but there will also be a lot of DVC presentations with a push to do an add-on.