ILLUMINATIONS CRUISES-What they are--How to book--FIND ONE TO SHARE

[Faline]

Hi,

I was just posting to see if anyone had space available for 4 for the illuminations cruise on any of these days. I couldn't call, because we had to go to Boston to help my son whose apartment burnt down last week. Now that we are back, I realized that we missed our 90 day window.

If anyone can help, let me know.

Thanks,

barb

 

[katter24]

We are 2 adults DH and I....we are willing to share a cruise on Oct 27th or Oct 30th...pm me if you have space Thank you

 

[blewits]

If anyone has 2 seats (or even up to 4) avail on either an illuminations or wishes cruise they would like to fill, my husband and i will be there Oct 21st thru 24th and have never done one before.

send me a pm if you need to fill one up and get the cost down.

wendy

 

[Iowaswete]

Hi......I was wondering if anyone wanted to share a boat on Feb 13th or Feb 16th. It will just be me and my DD(6)......message me and we can set something up

 

[iamallears]

Grandparents, (2) mom & dad (2) 3 kids and (1) uncle.
We would love to do Illuminications cruise -

Can we find availability ? and pay for our 8
Thank you,

 

[OK GRUMPY]

Would like to know if anyone has space available for 3 on the illumination cruise 12/3 thru 12/9 any of those days.
thanks

 

[cobbler]

Ok, I may be slow but I just found out that the price increased for the Wishes cruises too. I know Illuminations cruises went up to $250 in October 05. But Wishes too??

Did this change occur last year as well or was it more recently??

 

[Crazy Hakim]

Ok, I may be slow but I just found out that the price increased for the Wishes cruises too. I know Illuminations cruises went up to $250 in October 05. But Wishes too??
Did this change occur last year as well or was it more recently??

Yes, Disney tries to make sure that all pricing is the same.
But Wishes has two tiered pricing depending on the size of the Pontoon Boat (20ft vs 24ft) and the 24ft boat has the music piped in.
Wishes and IllumiNations both went up Oct 1, 2005, which I believe went into affect 90 days later. Also, still unconfirmed, but I think they are going to go up again by another $25.00, soon as I know for sure I will let you know.

 

[cobbler]

Thanks for the info. I didn't know that Wishes had gone up. We did the Illum cruise last year on October 2nd and had the luxury of paying the higher price

Wanted to do the Wishes because I thought it would be cheaper but alas, I guess not.

 

[Crazy Hakim]

PRICE INCREASE IN EFFECT!

Spoke to Cap't Scott last night (10/23/06) at Bayside Marina. As of Sunday, October 22, 2006 the IllumiNations Cruise Price has gone up to $275.00 and Birthday Cruises to $300.00
No Grace Period, Price has gone up ("Prices are subject to change at anytime")
I assume that this affects Wishes too, I was told that all Marina Pricing is the same.
Please pass the work to avoid this surprise at the Cashier's Window.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

Wow, Disney is really pushing the limits with these watercraft price increases, aren't they? The fishing cruises went WAY up, too. Strange, just when gas prices are coming down. But, I guess as long as there is demand, they can do this. I wonder what the impact will be on the supply now.
Hope this doesn't affect the Captain's tips, Mike.

 

[rainy~daze]

Does anyone know what the forms of payment are that are accepted at the marina for the cruises? Can you use gift cards and disney dollars? TIA!!

 

[followin_the_dead]

I was wondering how much have people who have been on Illuminations tipped their driver.

My apologies if this has been asked I did a search and it couldn't find anything. TIA.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

I was wondering how much have people who have been on Illuminations tipped their driver.

My apologies if this has been asked I did a search and it couldn't find anything. TIA.

At the time, the cruise was $250, so we tipped $50...20%.

 

[followin_the_dead]

At the time, the cruise was $250, so we tipped $50...20%.

Thanks so much for the reply. That is what I had in my head, but thought I better confer with the experts!

 

[daveastump]

My wife and I are looking to share a cruise on any day Jan 21th to Feb 3rd.
Does anyone have room for two shipmates????
Thanks.

 

[espana94]

Hi all, my family has an Illuminations Cruise boooked for January 2. We are looking for a someone who might want to share with us. We have space for up to 5 more people.

We are a family of five...me, DH, DD15, DD12 and DD9. We are all very well behaved! I promise.

Please PM me if you would like share the cost and cruise with us on January 2!

Thanks, Espana

 

[sandyman612]

Wow, Disney is really pushing the limits with these watercraft price increases, aren't they? The fishing cruises went WAY up, too. Strange, just when gas prices are coming down. But, I guess as long as there is demand, they can do this. I wonder what the impact will be on the supply now.
Hope this doesn't affect the Captain's tips, Mike.

No Change in demand, I bet.

 

[ultranet]

This is a good piece of informations

 

[yellownovawife]

I DID IT!!! First try, too! I got the last boat this morning, for Jan 30th Illuminations. It is not my first choice of date but I will keep it if I do not get through on Saturday morning. Thanks for the tips!