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

[Thenwood]

I'll be there the night of Oct 12th & 13th celebrating my 10th yr wedding annivasary. If anyone has a cruise open for 2 adults, please pm me. I'd love to surprise the hubby.

 

[EvilinaDM101]

Hi! My DH and I will be down there Oct 17-22. If anyone has any room for 2 on either a Wishes Cruise or Illuminations Cruise, please PM me! We will be happy to help with the cost!! Thanks again everyone!!

~Shonnel

 

[bgsnmky]

THere will be two of us at WDW:

Fri Oct 19th and 20th.
Thursday Oct. 25 - 27th if anyone has an illumination cruise - we would love to share...

 

[Tikihula]

Hi! My DH and I will be down there Oct 17-22. If anyone has any room for 2 on either a Wishes Cruise or Illuminations Cruise, please PM me! We will be happy to help with the cost!! Thanks again everyone!!

~Shonnel

Yes, we have room on our Illum. cruise Oct 18th. I responded to your PM.

 

[gkaussietykes4]

My family will be at WDW Sept 13th thru the 16th. We would love to share with someone or someone's. We are a family of 7, 4 adults, 3 childrens 2 girls ages 8, 6, and a little boy age 3.

 

[Hodder]

Ok...I know I should do a little more research but please help me out. When you call to book a cruise do you tell them which cruise you want...ie wishes or illuminations. Also, what about the holiday wishes...do they have a cruise for that? I saw last years schedule for wishes during MVMCP. Holiday wihses was at 9:30. If they have a regular wishes scheduled and a MVMCP wishes on the same night will there be cruises for both and what do you tell them for reservations. Also, which cruise is better....illuminations or wishes? Oh...one more question...for the wishes cruise can you ask for the boat with the audio? I really don't think I would like the wishes without the audio...?

Yes you tell them what you want to book.
Cannot answer about the MVMCP cruises nor which cruise is better. I booked for Wishes.
Yes you ask for the boat with Audio (that is what I booked, the CM said the platoons w/out audio will try to pull up to the ones w/Audio but there is no guarantee of sound.


Hope this answered some of your questions.

 

[ilovemyears]

We'd love to share an Illuminations cruise on the 28th or 29th of August. There are four of us DH 37, Me 38, DS 9, and DS 7. Please PM me or respond here if you have room for us!

Thanks!

 

[YourMajesty]

Yes you tell them what you want to book.
Cannot answer about the MVMCP cruises nor which cruise is better. I booked for Wishes.
Yes you ask for the boat with Audio (that is what I booked, the CM said the platoons w/out audio will try to pull up to the ones w/Audio but there is no guarantee of sound.


Hope this answered some of your questions.

Thanks for your reply...I think I'm figuring it out. Hope you enjoy your wishes cruise. That's what I'm leaning toward because we will be staying at WL so it would be nice. We still have a little time to decide before our 90 day window begins.

 

[DisneyBride'03]

Correct me if I am wrong....is there a limited availabilty for Illuminations cruises, and that is why folks share? Or is it to just share the cost?
I think I read its abt $200 and some change...plus a tip?
I may just book my own

 

[Hodder]

Correct me if I am wrong....is there a limited availability for Illuminations cruises, and that is why folks share? Or is it to just share the cost?
I think I read its abt $200 and some change...plus a tip?
I may just book my own

There is a limited availability for the Illuminations. I got through at 2 minutes after the booking time and they were booked already. Got the Wishes instead, but even then they were going fast. While I would have paid the full cost of the cruise if no one wanted to share, sharing made it possible to have some money towards Cirque de Soleil if we decide to go. Now instead of the $275+tip I will only end up paying for 1/2.

 

[Crazy Hakim]

Correct me if I am wrong....is there a limited availabilty for Illuminations cruises, and that is why folks share? Or is it to just share the cost?

In a nutshell:

There are only 6 boats available for IllumiNations.
5 Pontoon Boats and Breathless II
1 of the pontoon boats is set aside for Platinum Plan (Grand Plan) Guests.

Lou Mongello has a really good article explaining it all here:
http://www.disneyworldtrivia.com/articleViewer.php?aid=242

Bottom line, never give up, cancellations and no-show guests happen all the time.

 

[mathed101]

Yes and I have room.. Please let me know if you... or anyone else is still intrested.

I sent you a PM! There are two of us, me and my DH. I look forward to your response!!

PS: What day are you getting married?

 

[lainey]

Hiya
Has anyone been lucky enough to book an Illuminations cruise for Nov 5th?
If so, my family and I, (DH, DD and me ) would love to share with you.
I did try to book it myself this morning, but I was beaten to it
so please let me know if you are willing to share your cruise with a quiet, well behaved British family - well most of the time anyway
Elaine

 

[lynnmci]

again i ahve Illumiantions cruise booked for 23rd Sep and have space for two people.

 

[evenpar4me]

Looking to share Illuminations cruise,we are two adults dates are from Sept 15-20. Thanks!

 

[MrsAbel]

Hi all!

I know that it's short notice but I just discovered this board!

My husband and I would love to share an Illuminations cruise on any night between August 16th and August 21st.

Please let me know if you have 2 spots left.

Thanks!!!

 

[odhrty]

We are a family of 4. Son 10 and Daughter 9 (well behaved ). We would like to share a Illuminations cruise Oct 31 if anyone has any spots available. Thanks Amber

 

[tasmar]

Hi, I am looking for 4 spots on an Illuminations Cruise from Sept 17-24. It is for 2 couples (late 20s, early 30s). Please let me know if you have space you are willing to share!

 

[schaery]

Hi! I see that for $25 more, I can get a "Celebrations" cruise with decorations. Does anyone know what kind of decorations these are? (Is it worth the extra $25)? Also, I'm thinking about ordering a cake to be delivered. Do I have to order the cake from where I'll be leaving (Poly) or isn't there a WDW "cake place" that I can order from? Thanks for your help.

 

[DisneyBride'03]

You guys are awesome!! Thanks for all the info!!

If we do ever snag one of these, I will be sure to share and solicit fellow passengers