I booked the Dream for 5 nights for 4/10/12. I chose this date solely for the best price (besides January) because we are hoping for warm enough water to swim in . Plus, it's a double dip! And now I'm seriously thinking that since the cruise is so far away and we have enough time to pay for it, we should just book a 7 night cruise. Is 5 nights too short? It would cost us a total of almost $900 more for 2 additional nights in the same category (in May 2012). The one date we had wanted before we picked the 5 night, was the 6/2/12 sailing cat 11C isn't available online anymore.
The prices for the Fantasy seem pretty high compared to other cruise lines but I've known Disney to be more. We are Florida residents so we're hoping for a Florida resident discount or any discount really . I know there's no guarantee, however. I'm just worried that if we change our cruise from the Dream to the Fantasy and the price remains the same, we'll feel like we paid too much and then won't be able to go back to the Dream for the price we currently have. Then there's the what if the prices are definitely better for the Fantasy in the fall of 2012. DD starts Kindergarten that year...do we really want to pull her out of school to get a better deal? Feel free to chime in and offer me advice. FWIW, Dh and I have only taken one cruise for our honeymoon 5 years ago (NCL). DD will be 5 when we go.
The prices for the Fantasy seem pretty high compared to other cruise lines but I've known Disney to be more. We are Florida residents so we're hoping for a Florida resident discount or any discount really . I know there's no guarantee, however. I'm just worried that if we change our cruise from the Dream to the Fantasy and the price remains the same, we'll feel like we paid too much and then won't be able to go back to the Dream for the price we currently have. Then there's the what if the prices are definitely better for the Fantasy in the fall of 2012. DD starts Kindergarten that year...do we really want to pull her out of school to get a better deal? Feel free to chime in and offer me advice. FWIW, Dh and I have only taken one cruise for our honeymoon 5 years ago (NCL). DD will be 5 when we go.