A few more tid bits…..
Onboard there is soooo much to do everyday I would just suggest that you check each night the navigators and try and pin point which activities you definitely want to do so you can work it into your day plans. On suggestion would be if you are not a DVC member I would suggest trying to attend one presentation on DVC membership……these will be advertised throughout your cruise. We are DVC members since 2004 and love it!!! There are endless vacation possibilities when it comes to owning DVC. The presentations are fun and include free “adult” drinks and you are entered into a drawing to win onboard credit….I think it is 2 or 3 hundred dollars. If you enjoy the presentation and want to learn more I HIGHLY suggest setting up a meeting, some of the best prices and offers to buy into DVC are offered on the ship, the DVC reps are not at all pushy so don’t feel like you have to buy if you set up a meeting, they are really only there to give you more information on what DVC is about and how affordable it is for pretty much anyone’s budget. DVC likes to reward their current members for referring guest so if you do decide to go and take a listen please mention my name Ninette Limosnero, but do not feel at all pressured to go or purchase I am really only sharing because I love love love DVC and wished someone would have shared it with me a lot sooner.
Another suggestion would be to let the kids and adults take advantage of “Dine and Play” this is a service offered to people who have late dining assigned (8:15pm). When you arrive to your table you let your waiter know that the kids are going to “dine and play” this means that the waiter will hustle to get the kids order in and out so that when 9-9:15pm roll around they are free to go play……..in each dining room at around 9-9:15pm a youth counselor will show up and kids can go up to that counselor and check in for the kids club. The counselor will check them in and after a few minutes all the kids who participated in this service will be taken to the kids club (there is NO extra charges). This allows the parents to enjoy their dinner at a slower pace without having to worry about the kids and how they are done and ready to go. Parents get to have some “adult” time with adult conversation. Disney is all about making sure the whole family has a nice, fun, relaxing and memorable vacation, and this is just another perk of cruising Disney.
Also in my TR I mentioned about taking on wine, and beer, again you can take as much as you want as long as the bag or cooler you are transporting it in has NO ICE and fits through the x-ray machine.
For beer I suggest purchasing a Disney Beer mug, it is $13 or $15 and once your purchase it, it is yours to keep at the end of the cruise. Every time you are done with the beer from the mug your turn your mug in and they waiter will give you a ticket, the ticket he gives you is for you to use the next time you need a mug. You will turn that ticket in and the waiter will give you a clean and chilled mug. Just remember to turn that ticket in one last time before you get off the ship so you can take your purchased beer mug home. It is yours to keep!!
For wine I suggest popping the cork BEFORE you leave your room for dinner and then putting cork back in, if you ask the dinning room to do it they will charge you a corking fee of $15.00……..every night we popped the cork to our wine and took it with us to the dinner, our waiter did not charge us a corking fee and provided us with wine glasses, he even put our whites on ice.
I have however heard that some waiters are not so easy going, if the wine is not from Disney and even if it is uncorked they will still charge you for bringing it in to dining room. I say try my first suggestion once and if no charge then GREAT, if they charge you next time all you do if pour yourselves a glass and walk into dinner with a glass of wine…….they can NOT say anything this way and I see lots of people who stroll in with glasses of wine.
My other dinner suggestion would be DO NOT line up outside your restaurant before 8:15pm or your assigned dinner time. I never understood this, your table is assigned and it is not going anywhere so I never saw the point in lining up and waiting. My party and I always strolled in right around 8:20-8:25pm or so….NO line to stand in and NO waiting…..
Also if you are in late dining and have your eye on a show or movie or event following dinner dont be shy, tell your waiter they are sooo kind and will understanding they will speed things along for you so you dont miss a moment of the "Disney Magic".
If I think of anything else I will for sure post it.
I am open to questions you can either PM me or post it here.
