would you pay more for the wiggles on your cruise

[4formickey]

we just paid over $200 for wiggles tickets. Would you pay extra for a dcl cruise if the wiggles performed? Or would you jump cruise lines if they perform on another cruise line ship?

 

[MrsMork]

Nope, I would not pay extra for any specific performers. Entertainment is included in the price of the cruise. Would be fun for the kids if they brought the wiggles onboard though.

 

[4formickey]

I know that entertainment is included but this is what if. We pay extra for food, [palo] and that is included!

 

[my3kids]

My teen and almost middle school age kids would make us all jump lines if they brought the Wiggles onboard.

 

[lbgraves]

ITA that the cost of entertainment is included in the cost of the cruise. The May repo cruisers didn't pay a seperate price to see Boys 2 Men...or whoever it was that performed on that cruise. I also wouldn't pay $200 for Wiggles tickets even though both of my kids love them. They haven't asked to watch a video for a while though. Maybe I should put one on so they can wear themselves out dancing. LOL!

IOW....NO!!!

 

[4formickey]

we all know that entertainment is included but the question is would you pay more if they charge a seperate fee for this or if this particular cruise cost a little bit more than the other cruises just for the enterainment.

 

[txaggie94gigem]

i would not pay more to see them specifically but i do believe Disney is missing out by not having "themed" cruises...especially in the off season....they could offer a playhouse disney cruise or a winnie the pooh cruise for pooh fans or more....i think this would help with off season sales and people who love certain characters not usually on the cruise could get to see them....i think a princess and prince themed cruise would be a big hit! Just think of all the limited edition pins they could make!

It would also be a fun cruise if they had their preteen/teen shows stars on board such as Raven, who could give a concert and others.....disney promotes them enought with music cds and videos...why not on the cruise?

:Let's do more theme cruises.....

 

[anitame]

Or would you jump cruise lines if they perform on another cruise line ship?

I wouldn't jump cruise lines but I might just jump overboard.

 

[F1Julie]

I would pay extra for the Wiggles. My DD5 has pretty much outgrown them by now, but we'd go and pay if they were onboard. Wiggles shows are fun. We've gone twice and the parents seem to have as much fun as the kids.

 

[HLester3]

I would definitly be more willing to go. I hate to admit this, but last year I paid a scalper for wiggles tickets. We got front row, and it was totally worth it. My kids loved it! I still cannot believe how fast the wiggles tickets went when they came to CA. I was kind of disapointed because we missed them in April because were were at WDW.

It probably depends on the age group of your kids, if you would pay for this or not, since I think I would jump overboard if Raven or any of those older Diseny shows were on the cruise. I do like the idea of themed cruises though. You pay extra for the siskle and ebert cruise, so I am sure they would probably charge extra for a popular act to come on board. I think the repositioning cruise was probably something special and that is why they didn't charge. I didn't even know boyz2men was still around, so they maybe they were cheaper....

 

[lbgraves]

LOL! Neither did I...it may have been a way for them to get a discount on the cruise?

 

[tvguy]

No I wouldn't pay extra. Cruises are designed to be all inclusive vacations. I've been cruising for 25 years and NAME entertainers used to be the norm on cruise ships. They never charged extra then.
The trend now is for fancy shows with large casts and special effects, and Disney has the market cornered on that. I bet Disney spends more on shows than other cruise lines used to pay for name entertainment.
Besides, REAL stars, at least in kids eyes, Mickey, Minnie and friends are with you all week on a Disney cruise.

 

[JJsmama]

Yes, me too. My kids would love to see the Wiggles and I admire them for the morals and values they teach in their songs. (I wouldn't pay tooo much more though. DCL is pricey enough.)

 

[Takia]

We were on a cruise a few years ago, and DCL had the Baha Men on board on the night of Nassau... We wouold not ahve paid, but it would have been worth it...

 

[Masonpips]

Um, no and no.

 

[HIHO...HIHO]

Um, no and no.

Ha! Love it!

 

[sopandbass]

I would pay extra for the Wiggles. Anthony is a hunk. Oh....and my DD4 loves them too.

 

[Hollyster2]

Nope.

 

[kmr444]

Funny. . . we missed the Wiggles in our hometown (Winnipeg) because we were on the 7 day Eastern at the time! Did see them in 2002 and they were great! I work with a nurse who went to high school with Jeff and Anthony back in Australia!

 

[logan1_2000]

I honestly don't know what a wiggle is. Animal, vegetable, or mineral? Animated? Nauseating? If Barney mated with a Teletubby do you get a wiggle?

Pay extra? Methinks not. Pay extra for something called Baha Men or something called Boys 2 Men, which I think were mentioned earlier in this thread? Also no--not sure who or what those are, either. Is someone confusing DISNEY Cruise Line with DOWNFALL OF WESTERN CULTURE Cruise Line? Mickey and Minnie unionize or something, and these other "acts" are possilbe replacement players in the event of a strike? Aren't there a bunch of hockey players looking for work thses days, can't we bring them on....

The DCL production shows charm and soothe me--my DCL vacations are for the purpose of relaxation and de-stressing and being happy. I skip the jugglers and ventriloquists, even if they are good.

A poster mentioned scalper pricers for front row. Until I read that I thought it would have been preferable to publicly admit to being an axe murderer than to have let it slip that once, when DW waited waaaaaaaay too long to insist that we take DS, then 2 1/2, to see Barney Live, and I had to go to my ticket broker and drop $95/seat for Barney in the second row. So there's a pair of us, don't tell--they'd banish us, you know. (Bonus points for those who attribute that reference).

In terms of the themed cruises--great idea, but it comes back to this--DCL isn't exactly sailing half-full w/o them. The cruises are a third CC members, not 75% CC members, so there are many many many still experiencing DCL for the first time, and to bring on Pooh or Raven means to take something else away--something from a formula that keeps packing them in. But DCL is starting to vary, such as the WEst Coast or the occasional special Eastern or Special Western, and the survey that is out and about--see the thread--so they are willing to open it up in the future. Has always surprised me that Pooh isn't featured anywhere, really.--instead we get Chip and Dale? That a bit of a reach, to anyone else, or just me? Have kids heard of them? Have adults? (I'm 41, can't really recall them as being featured parts of the Disney stable of characters). Maybe has something to do with the licensing or rights--wasn't there litigation a couple years back about the extent of the rights that Disney owns to the characters?