Well this has been a crazy week. I have been packing for our vacation next week (we leave Monday!) while watching the coverage of Hurricane Matthew and wondering if we will even have a vacation at all. We are supposed to be at Universal Studios on Thursday, and then get on the Dream on Friday, […]
Preparing for Cruise #7: Part 4
Sorry for the lack of posting lately, but things have been crazy around here! Fall is always super busy in our house, and blogging has definitely been neglected as a result. We leave for our Universal/Disney Cruise trip in less than 2 weeks and until yesterday, I had done NOTHING to prepare for it since […]
Reader Questions: First Edition
Welcome to the first edition of my new Reader Questions series! I’m not sure how often I’ll do this, but from time to time I will ask for any cruise-related questions you may have and try my best to answer them. If I don’t know the answer, I will do my best to direct you […]
Send Me Your Questions!
Next week I will be starting a new series on the blog titled “Reader Questions”. I often receive cruise-related question from readers via email, Facebook, or the comments section of a post. I try to answer all of them, or direct them to another source if I don’t know the answer. By starting this series, […]
Preparing for Cruise #7: Part 3
If you want to start this series from the beginning, click here. Well I seem to have hit a road block in my unpacking journey. For the first 2 weeks, I was eager and motivated and very productive. Now I have just run out of steam. I am in the final stretch and having a […]
Preparing for Cruise #7: Part 2
A few days ago I shared the beginnings of my cruise preparations for our upcoming October cruise on the Dream (you can read that post here). Today I am moving onto check list items 2 and 3 on my to do list, which I just completed last week: My online booking window opened on July […]
Preparing for Cruise #7: Part 1
It’s great to be back! I took a 2 week break from blogging in order to unpack from a cross country move. I am by no means finished unpacking, but I have made enough progress that we can live a reasonably normal life again and I don’t feel too guilty taking small breaks to do […]
How I Choose Shore Excursions
I typically book shore excursions on my own, not through DCL. I am not usually opposed to DCL excursions (we have done three: one was fantastic, one was not very good, and one was just okay) and I am not ruling them out in the future if they happen to align with what we want […]
Cruises and Passports
Cruises and Passports Not all cruises require passports. Some only require a certified copy of your birth certificate plus a photo ID (for everyone over 18). Since I am not qualified to give legal advice, I will just direct you the DCL website that will give you more details: https://disneycruise.disney.go.com/guest-services/passport-travel-documentation/ If you really want to […]
Disney Cruise Line Very Merrytime Dates for 2016
Disney Cruise Line Very Merrytime Dates for 2016 Disney Cruise Line recently released the dates of their Very Merrytime Christmas sailings for later this year. We were fortunate enough to sail on a Very Merrytime sailing last year on the Wonder. You can read the trip report here, which includes LOTS of coverage (photos and […]