List of ways to spend money on your cruise

[over50visits]

EDIT: Updated list with all comments added on page 2 of this thread......


Haven't posted this for a while, thought I would. Also soliciting any additions/changes!

DCL Cruise Expenses (other than cruise fare and automatic gratuities)

1. Alcoholic drinks at the bars and from roving servers (welcome aboard)
2. Wine by the glass or wine packages at meals
3. Spa treatments
4. Shore excursions (including cabanas and rentals at CC)
5. Purchases from the stores: clothing, sundries, jewelry, souvenirs, etc.
6. Adult dining (Palo, Remy)
7. Bottled water
8. Photos (individual and packages)
9. Onboard booking for future cruises
10. Disney Vacation Club membership (you can purchase on board)
11. Art (thank goodness those "auctions" are gone, but you can still purchase art)
12. Popcorn, candy and snacks outside theater
13. Tips for room service
14. Internet
15. Room upgrades (usually at port, sometimes GS)
16. Bingo
17. Parking/transportation
18. Port porters gratuity
19. Alcohol and cigarettes for delivery at end of voyage
20. Welcome aboard packages (flowers, candy, etc waiting in your cabin)
21. Adventures by Disney (you can purchase on board)
22. Cameras from photo shop
23. Cellular phone calls (although it will be billed later to your phone bill)
24. Medical care
25. Cigars (Meridian bar)
26. Arcade
27. Hair Braiding
28. Nursery care for children under 3
29. Tastings and Mixology
30. Excursion tips
31. Soft drinks from room service or bar
32. Specialty coffee
33. Meeting room rental
34. Onboard or Castaway Cay wedding (currently $3000/$4000)
35. Vow renewal ceremony
36. Sports simulator
37. Laundry room
38. Send-out laundry and dry cleaning
39. Room service sodas and candy (these have a charge)
40. Additional tip (over the automatic) for bar servers
41. Required gratuity added to spa services (not optional)
42. Pins sold at trading pin sessions
43. Extra wave phone rental
44. Duties at customs at end of cruise if you've made a LOT of purchases abroad
45. Ship to shore calls from your room phone
46. Fuel supplement charge if the price of oil is above a certain level
47. Fish Extender program gifts
48. Kids’s club magic bands (if you want to keep them, you lose the deposit)
49. Stamps from Post Office at Castaway Cay
50. Tip for Castaway Cay cabana host (you’ll need cash for this one)
51. Sparkling or still (plain specialty) water with your meal
52. Upcharge food items at the adult clubs
53. Candy and ice cream from Vanellope’s on the Dream
54. Smoothies from the bar in Senses Spa on the Dream
55. Tuxedo rental
56. Corkage fee for your wine in MDR
57. Scooter rental (for handicap use on ship)
58. Tiana's Steamboat Supper Club
59. Private photographer by the hour
60. Canvas and Cocktails event
61. Dole Whip
62. Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
63. Palo Be our Chef experience

 

[T & R]

I think you got it. Dang, that's quite a list. What is "Dole Whip" on item# 61?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Haven't posted this for a while, thought I would. Also soliciting any additions/changes!

DCL Cruise Expenses (other than cruise fare and automatic gratuities)

1. Alcoholic drinks at the bars and from roving servers (welcome aboard)
2. Wine by the glass or wine packages at meals
3. Spa treatments
4. Shore excursions (including cabanas and rentals at CC)
5. Purchases from the stores: clothing, sundries, jewelry, souvenirs, etc.
6. Adult dining (Palo, Remy)
7. Bottled water
8. Photos (individual and packages)
9. Onboard booking for future cruises
10. Disney Vacation Club membership (you can purchase on board)
11. Art (thank goodness those "auctions" are gone, but you can still purchase art)
12. Popcorn, candy and snacks outside theater
13. Tips for room service
14. Internet
15. Room upgrades (usually at port, sometimes GS)
16. Bingo
17. Parking/transportation
18. Port porters gratuity
19. Alcohol and cigarettes for delivery at end of voyage
20. Welcome aboard packages (flowers, candy, etc waiting in your cabin)
21. Adventures by Disney (you can purchase on board)
22. Cameras from photo shop
23. Cellular phone calls (although it will be billed later to your phone bill)
24. Medical care
25. Cigars (Meridian bar)
26. Arcade
27. Hair Braiding
28. Nursery care for children under 3
29. Tastings and Mixology
30. Excursion tips
31. Soft drinks from room service or bar
32. Specialty coffee
33. Meeting room rental
34. Onboard or Castaway Cay wedding (currently $3000/$4000)
35. Vow renewal ceremony
36. Sports simulator
37. Laundry room
38. Send-out laundry and dry cleaning
39. Room service sodas and candy (these have a charge)
40. Additional tip (over the automatic) for bar servers
41. Required gratuity added to spa services (not optional)
42. Pins sold at trading pin sessions
43. Extra wave phone rental
44. Duties at customs at end of cruise if you've made a LOT of purchases abroad
45. Ship to shore calls from your room phone
46. Fuel supplement charge if the price of oil is above a certain level
47. Fish Extender program gifts
48. Kids’s club magic bands (if you want to keep them, you lose the deposit)
49. Stamps from Post Office at Castaway Cay
50. Tip for Castaway Cay cabana host (you’ll need cash for this one)
51. Sparkling or still (plain specialty) water with your meal
52. Upcharge food items at the adult clubs
53. Candy and ice cream from Vanellope’s on the Dream
54. Smoothies from the bar in Senses Spa on the Dream
55. Tuxedo rental
56. Corkage fee for your wine in MDR
57. Scooter rental (for handicap use on ship)
58. Tiana's Steamboat Supper Club
59. Private photographer by the hour
60. Canvas and Cocktails event
61. Dole Whip
62. Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
63. Palo Be our Chef experience

I believe there are no more arcades on the ships. And the tuxedo rental company went out of business.

 

[over50visits]

Dole Whip is a non-dairy frozen soft-serve desert, as found at Disney World. On the ships it's available with rum

 

[iloveeeyore]

Do you have princess high tea on there? You have room service soft drinks on there 2x 31 and 39.

Thank you for this incredibly comprehensive list. Well, I thank you but my wallet is in shock!

 

[clten]

Have to amend # 53 to include Sweet on You on the Fantasy

 

[SamFaniam]

Are they still offering the Art and Wine experience where you draw the BATB rose?

 

[Marc D]

Dole Whip is a non-dairy frozen soft-serve desert, as found at Disney World. On the ships it's available with rum

On the ships, it is made with real pineapple and not the Dole mix used in the parks and available on Amazon. It is a Dole Whip only by name... but it does come with rum !

 

[iloveeeyore]

On the ships, it is made with real pineapple and not the Dole mix used in the parks and available on Amazon. It is a Dole Whip only by name... but it does come with rum !

I wish they wouldn't call it Dole Whip, then. Very misleading and potentially quite disappointing. I'm glad I have you expert resources! Nothing like some FAKE pineapple/non dairy dessert concoction! But I MIGHT try the real pineapple mixed with rum for a nominal fee...you know...for information and comparison purposes. Always in the interest of science.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I wish they wouldn't call it Dole Whip, then. Very misleading and potentially quite disappointing.

Why "misleading"?

 

[iloveeeyore]

Why "misleading"?

When I hear "Dole Whip" it is a very specific thing that comes to mind, the fake pineapple non-dairy concoctions from Aloha Isle in MK and now also popping up in other locations like pineapple lanai at the Poly. The stuff on the ships is different. I'm sure it's delicious, it's just not what my family would expect from "Dole Whip." Call it pineapple puree maybe?

 

[Chemist]

Thank you for this incredibly comprehensive list. Well, I thank you but my wallet is in shock!

But remember...
Those are all the things you CAN spend money on.

Our first cruise:
DH had a glass of wine with dinner every night, a cocktail at sailaway and a cocktail on Castayway Cay while sitting with napping child.
We did port excursions to the beach. (Next time did them on our own.)
We bought each child a (small) stuffed animal and a t-shirt.
We paid a few hours of nursery for our 3 year old to nap.
We did not pay extra for Palo or Remy.

If we want soda, we go up to deck 9.
We did buy a popcorn bucket for cruise #2, for the movies. Did NOT buy candy.
The kids did not get snacks you had to pay extra for.

And we had a great time!

Just because you CAN spend the money, doesn't mean that you have to!

(Although I would do something in the ports, but a taxi to the beach may meet your needs. Our family loves beach days.)

 

[Marc D]

When I hear "Dole Whip" it is a very specific thing that comes to mind, the fake pineapple non-dairy concoctions from Aloha Isle in MK and now also popping up in other locations like pineapple lanai at the Poly. The stuff on the ships is different. I'm sure it's delicious, it's just not what my family would expect from "Dole Whip." Call it pineapple puree maybe?

I see you are a fan, like us. Our smile disappeared when we ordered one on Magic and saw the bartender put juice and pineapple in a blender. It is basically a pineapple slushy, made with fresh fruit. Disappointing and not very good !

 

[Capt_BJ]

I can shorten your list ...... on the ship anyway ....

handing your card to a DCL person .....

KA CHING

 

[dad of 3 addicted to DCL]

there's also the 'drink of the day' in the MDR (leaded and unleaded) as well as the dessert drinks offered

 

[tvguy]

LOL. 63 items on your list. 11 that were part of our cruise spending, so 52 that were not!

I'm a big spender compared to my mom. Her spending was limited to traditional tips, a glass of wine with dinner, and Bingo.

 

[brianvdb]

Gratuities at Palo/Remy
Smoothies at Frozone Treats
Concierge Gratuities
Charges for missing stateroom items (pillow, laundry bag, etc)
Beer mug
Purchases from stores on CC
Travel Insurance (either from DCL or otherwise)

 

[over50visits]

Gratuities at Palo/Remy
Smoothies at Frozone Treats
Concierge Gratuities
Charges for missing stateroom items (pillow, laundry bag, etc)
Beer mug
Purchases from stores on CC
Travel Insurance (either from DCL or otherwise)

Great additions! Thanks so far to everyone, keep 'em coming!! I'll summarize tomorrow after everyone had a chance at this, and post the revised list.

I grinned about the "charges for missing stateroom items...."

 

[Karin1984]

Gratuities at Palo/Remy
Smoothies at Frozone Treats
Concierge Gratuities
Charges for missing stateroom items (pillow, laundry bag, etc)
Beer mug
Purchases from stores on CC
Travel Insurance (either from DCL or otherwise)

What's so special about the laundry bag that it goes 'missing'?

 

[mmouse37]

What's so special about the laundry bag that it goes 'missing'?

If I can remember it is a white cotton bag with the word "Laundry" on it. I don't think it is that special and not even that large. Not sure why people feel the need to swipe it.

MJ