Car seats on a cruise: it is a question I hear a lot from people traveling with young children. Before our first cruise, I struggled with the decision of what to do about car seats. We wanted to explore ports on our own, but didn’t want to carry and store large, heavy car seats with […]
Disney Cruises: The Boarding Process at Port Canaveral
One question I get from readers a lot involves the process of boarding the ship, so this post is long overdue! Since most Disney cruises leave from Port Canaveral, I will describe the details of boarding a Disney cruise in Port Canaveral. I really wish that I had cruised out of every port that Disney […]
Upcoming Cruises
This week was a big week in our family as we packed up and moved from Texas to North Carolina. I will write a blog post about the move soon, but in the meantime lets talk cruises. It had been killing me for quite a while that we didn’t have any cruises planned. Because of […]
Laundry Service on Disney Cruise Line
While there are laundry rooms on each level of the ships (that contain staterooms) where you can do your own laundry, Disney Cruise Line also offers a laundry service for those who do not want to do their own. In the closet of your room you will find a laundry bag and price list like […]
How to Get a Port Upgrade on your Disney Cruise
One thing that first time Disney cruisers (or any cruisers, for that matter) might not know is that sometimes you can try and upgrade your room while checking in for your cruise at the port. Notice I said “try”. Upgrades are not always available. Disney Cruise Line does a pretty good job of filling […]
Disney Cruise Line’s Onboard Airline Check In Program
With Disney Cruise Line’s onboard airline check-in program you can have your boarding passes printed for you on the ship and your checked luggage taken from your stateroom, not to be seen again until you reach your home airport. There are a few stipulations, which you see in the following documents. This first one is […]
My Tips for Saving Money on a Disney Cruise
Anyone who has priced a Disney cruise knows that they are expensive. Anyone who has compared the prices to other cruise lines may have almost fainted and then once recovered, wondered if there are any tricks to getting lower prices or saving money. One thing you need to know before we get started is that […]
Disney Cruise Line Alcohol Policy
Since the rules for bringing your own alcohol onto the ship have changed, I though it would be a good idea to go over the current DCL policy. Until recently, you were allowed to bring as much alcohol, of any type, onto the ship provided that you carried it on (i.e. you were not allowed […]
Disney Cruise Line Internet: Connect@Sea
One thing I know a lot of people would like information on before they cruise are the internet options onboard the ships. Disney Cruise Line’s internet service is called Connect@Sea and I have used it on our last 4 cruises. Here are the printed instructions you receive onboard: Connect at Sea Instructions One of the […]
My Top 15 Favorite Cruise Photos
Recently, while putting together some new blog posts, I was going through a lot of our old vacation photos and I kept coming across photos that I love but had completely forgotten about. After this happened for about the 50th time, I decided that I needed to somehow put all of these photos together in […]