Little Man's First Cruise

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DCL Fantasy May 10-15, 2026

Booking three staterooms on the Fantasy? -Any tips on bringing a little one on a cruise?

Picture this-you're on your last Disney Cruise in December 2024 and you make a placeholder thinking you’ll be able to enjoy it in 2025-we were thinking the Fantasy Transatlantic. But then you get back to land and find out you are pregnant with your first baby. Well now what do you do? You plan your Little Man’s first Disney Cruise with his Grandparents when he’s 9 months old!

Welcome to my journey or adventure of planning the first grandchild’s cruise with the Grandparents. I decided on the Fantasy because we just did the Dream-we wanted the Wonder but that is a little too much travel for a 9-month-old but maybe next time. The time of year was easy. We went in August and December on our last two cruises. August was too hot and December was a little chilly so May seemed to be the best compromise. And of course I chose the dates for Mother’s Day for just a little extra magic.

























Introduction:

This trip will be me, my husband and Little Man. It will also include both sets of Grandparents, Nonna and Papi and Grandma and Grandpa. This is my husband and I’s third Disney Cruise, Little Man’s first, and Nonna and Papi’s third Disney Cruise. Grandma and Grandpa will be joining us for their first Disney Cruise. All of us are excited to experience Little Man’s first cruise together.

We all love Disney and we are excited to start the planning for this cruise!

 

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Booking Three Staterooms on the Fantasy!

We have three placeholders we would like to use for this trip. My husband and I did one and my in-laws did two so my parents will be using one of their placeholders this time. We have always done Deck 6 on the other ships. But when I looked there were only three midship Deluxe Verandahs and not all on the same side of the ship. We thought it over and decided on Deck 7 for this trip. There were more Deluxe Verandahs available with rooms closer to each other so we can all be on the same side of the ship and be close to each other for the baby.





We tried doing the Placeholder online but it would stop working for us at some point in the reservation. So we decided to call and hope it would be a quick and easy phone call.

We are all connected on the DCL app so when we called to make the reservations we needed to make sure we could put Little Man’s name on the reservation later-as well as his birthdate since he isn’t due until August. And we were able to! Little Man is now called TBA3 on our reservation. I cannot wait to add his name to it.

I am a little bummed we got the second dining seating but we are on the waitlist for the first. Every trip we did we were able to get the first seating after being on the waitlist. I already added special requests to our room for a Pack-n-Play (not sure if we will use theirs or bring our own) and a highchair for dinners.


Super excited for another Deluxe Family Verandah

This is our first time on the Fantasy. What is everyone’s favorite thing about the Fantasy? And any tips for a 9-month-old?