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The Dream is my favorite of the fleet, so I personally (and highly) recommend the sailing on the Dream! The Disney Cruise Line terminal at Port Canaveral is also incredibly beautiful— they even decorate the stunning facility for Christmas during that time of year. Also, the friendly folks who work there are actual Disney Cast Members who work for Disney Cruise Line the entire year. It’s magical! We’ve sailed out of Miami on the Magic, and while it was a fun sailing, it was my least favorite Disney Cruise (out of the 15 that we’ve done). Port Miami is a very different experience than Port Canaveral, and we did not enjoy our experience at the port at all— from congested traffic and people blowing horns everywhere, to tremendously rude porters who actually demanded we tip them (which we would have anyways), to rude folks checking guests in. I won’t rehash the full experience, but we won’t be repeating that itinerary again. With that said, the Magic is a great ship and I would enjoy sailing on her again perhaps out of a different port, however, the dining and shows (especially Beauty and the Beast) on the Dream are absolutely incredible. The Dream also has the Aquaduck which is a big hit for families, and the ship is larger and more grand than the Magic in general. As far as how days at sea go, we typically take advantage of that time by catching a first-run movie in the Buena Vista Theater and getting a massage treatment at Senses Spa. The guest areas are at their busiest on days at sea because everyone is onboard, so you’ll find the pool and outside deck areas to be especially busy. We usually enjoy those areas on days when the ship is in port during the afternoon once we’ve spent the morning ashore. At any rate, either sailing will be magical! Bon voyage! ⚓✨

Congrats on your upcoming cruise! I have my 7th Disney Cruise booked for next month (on the Fantasy), but I finally cruised on the Magic this past December for the first time. We had such a blast! I’m sure you’re excited. :)

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I have tried for several weeks to access the Disney Cruise Site and I only get a dark blue page. I have tried with various browsers and nothing seems to work. Any idea what I can do to access the site?

It sounds like you may need to clear the Browsing History, Cache, and Cookies for your browser. This usually fixes websites not downloading correctly. You may also want to make sure you have the latest version of the browser you are using. I use the latest Safari on my iPhone and Mac and the site loads without any issues. Hope this helps! ⚓️

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Do you need your passport or photo ID when getting on and off the ship? or does the KTTW suffice?

For Castaway Cay, you need to show your Key to the World and Photo ID in order to board the ship. I would leave Passports in your stateroom’s safe for this specific Port of Call. Have fun! ⚓️

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Have not been able to make Palo Brunch reservations for 2 adults online for Disney Magic. It says they are booked to try a different time (all dates are booked) or try once onboard. Anyone know if I will be able to get anything onboard (unfortunately our boarding time is 1:00 PM)? Is the Palo Brunch even worth doing??

I have booked Palo brunch and dinner on the ships and have been successful each time I’ve needed to do so. It’s all based on availability, of course, but it’s always worth asking. Have a great cruise! ⚓️

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Thank you for the information, good to hear I can download photos during cruise.

Absolutely! Have a great time when you sail. ⚓️

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When you purchase digital photos on the cruise ship do they give them to you on a flash drive ??

 

Or are some ships still using CDs ??

 

Just checking because my computer at home does not have a CD insert only a port for a flash drive .

For digital photos, you purchase Get The Picture! Photo USB— a digital compilation of your cruise photos. You can also download your purchased photos on board by using the Onboard Download service.

Additionally, you’re also able to pre-order your photo packages and products through My Cruise Photos before you sail— https://www.mycruisephotos.com/DCL/?utm_source=Photography&utm_medium=Disney&utm_campaign=Photography ⚓️

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What is the Disney character call and how does it work and how far in advance do you need to sign up for it ??

First time Disney crusie will each child get their own call??

Here’s the information you need straight from the Disney Cruise Line website, friend! ⚓️

https://disneycruise.disney.go.com/faq/preparing-for-cruise/character-calls/

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Songs and Shows, Past and Present. Researched through YouTube, Disney Wikia, and other articles. Please post if you know of any other shows.

 

Aladdin - A Musical Spectacular

 

All Aboard: Let the Magic Begin:

Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast)

Wipe Out

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Song of the South)

 

Be Our Guest Variety Show

 

Beauty and The Beast

 

Cadillac Lounge:

Billy Joel

Cole Porter

Duke Ellington

Elton John

 

Disney – The Art of the Story: See how Disney magic and storytelling come together using music, dance, sound and more:

Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

Bells of Notre Dame (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)

The Mob Song (Beauty and the Beast)

 

Disney's Believe: featuring over 20 popular characters like Cinderella, Peter Pan, Mary Poppins and Belle. It tells the story of a busy father who learns a lesson about the important things in life, like spending time with his daughter:

Baby Mine (Dumbo)

Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book)

Be Our Guest (Beauty and the Beast)

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo (Cinderella)

Circle of Life (The Lion King)

Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas)

A Friend Like Me (Aladdin)

Higitus Figitus

Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty)

So This is Love (Cinderella)

Step in Time (Mary Poppins)

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Mary Poppins)

Take You There/ Dig a Little Deeper (The Princess and the Frog)

You Can Fly (Peter Pan)

A Whole New World (Aladdin)

 

Disney Dreams: Delight in this musical about the power of dreams and family, starring a cavalcade of Disney characters.

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella):

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (Cinderella)

So This is Love (Cinderella)

Circle of Life (The Lion King)

Prince Ali (Aladdin)

When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio)

A Whole New World (Aladdin)

You Can Fly (Peter Pan)

Part of Your World (The Little Mermaid)

Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid)

Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

Something There (Beauty and the Beast)

Beauty and the Beast (Beauty and the Beast)

For the First Time in Forever (Frozen)

In Summer (Frozen)

Let It Go (Frozen)

I Just Can't Wait to Be King (The Lion King)

 

Disney’s Once Upon a Song:

The Age of Not Believing (Bedknobs and Broomsticks)

Baby Mine (Dumbo)

Bella Notte (Lady and the Tramp)

Chim Chim Cher-ee (Mary Poppins)

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella)

God Help the Outcasts (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Jolly Holiday (Mary Poppins)

Kiss the Girl (The Little Mermaid)

Look Through My Eyes (Brother Bear)

Reflection (Mulan)

That's How You Know (Enchanted)

When She Loved Me (Toy Story)

When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio)

A Whole New World (Aladdin)

You Can Fly (Peter Pan)

You'll Be in My Heart (Tarzan)

 

Disney Wishes: tells the story of three friends celebrating high school graduation with a trip to Disneyland. The friends are learning about growing up and what to expect in the future, which leads to several musical numbers with Disney characters. The show involves scenes and characters from "Tangled," "Lilo and Stitch," "Jungle Book," and many others:

The Ride of Our Lives (show theme)

Hakuna Matata (The Lion King)

I Wanna Be Like You (The Jungle Book)

Zero to Hero (Hercules)

Honor to Us All (Mulan)

Reflection (Mulan)

I've Got a Dream (Tangled)

I've Got No Strings (Pinocchio)

Kiss the Girl (The Little Mermaid)

Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride (Lilo & Stitch)

When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio)

Breakthrough (Lemonade Mouth)

 

A Fantasy Come True:

 

Frozen, A Musical Spectacular.

 

The Golden Mickeys:

Some Day My Prince Will Come

Whistle While You Work

Heigh-Ho

Out There (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Son of Man (Tarzan)

I'll Make a Man Out of You (Mulan)

Trashin' the Camp (Tarzan)

Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid)

Cruella De Vil (One Hundred and One Dalmatians)

You've Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story 2)

Bella Notte (Lady and the Tramp)

Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty)

Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas)

I See the Light (Tangled, since 2011)

Can You Feel the Love Tonight (The Lion King)

Beauty and the Beast Song (Beauty and the Beast)

Hercules: The Muse-ical

 

Muppets Ahoy!: Kermit, Miss Piggy and other Muppet favorites present a hilarious stage show created exclusively for Disney Cruise Line.

 

Remember the Magic: A Final Farewell: Commemorate the end of your cruise at this live show featuring songs and characters from Disney animated classics.

 

Tangled: The Musical.

 

Toy Story – The Musical

 

Twice Charmed: An Original Twist on the Cinderella Story

 

An Unforgettable Journey

 

Villains Tonight: a musical comedy starring such Disney villains as Ursula, the Evil Queen, Captain Hook and Scar:

Be Prepared

Cruella De Vil

Friends on the Other Side (The Princess and the Frog)

Night on Bald Mountain (Fantasia)

Poor Unfortunate Souls (The Little Mermaid)

Wind Beneath My Wings

Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)

Yzmopolis

 

Voyage of the Ghost Ship

 

Walt Disney: The Dream Goes On

 

BONUS.

 

Sailaway Horns on the Ships :

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Be Our Guest

Do You Wanna Build a Snowman

It's a Small World

The Imperial March (Star Wars)

Main Title (Star Wars)

When You Wish Upon A Star

Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)

As far as ship horns on the Dream Class Ships- in addition to the ones you listed, there is also “Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor’s Life For Me)” from Pinocchio and the first 14 notes of “When You Wish Upon A Star (Makes No Difference Who You Are)” (not simply the first 7 notes like on the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder). ⚓️

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For some reason my wife absolutely loves playing in the arcade on every cruise we take, and looking at refurb notes it looks like they may have removed the arcade. Does anyone know for sure?

 

 

Thank you for any help!!

The other responses are absolutely correct. The arcade (humorously named the Arr-cade) no longer exists on either the Disney Dream or the Disney Fantasy. On the Disney Fantasy the Arr-cade was replaced by Sweet on You— which is spectacular. Vanellope’s Sweets and Treats on the Disney Dream is amazing as well. Have an amazing cruise! ⚓️

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My family likes Disney best overall too, almost to a fault. We have previously cruised on the Dream and Fantasy. However, the cost when compared to other lines that are almost as good can sometimes be obscene! Case in point, I'm booked on the Fantasy for the 22 Dec 2018 7-night sailing in a category 5C balcony. I booked over 18 months in advance, got an additional $600 discount off the list price because of travel credits and my cost per night, per person for my family of four is $404.28 each. The price includes trip insurance $392 (the good stuff, not Disney's), tips $336 and all other fees. It's been my family's dream to be on the ship for Christmas, so I'm sucking it up to grant their wish. If it were just me making the call, there is no way I can justify the premium for this cruise date. I could easily pay for 2 or even 3 other cruises for this price, but I'll suck it up to make them happy.

You guys will surely have an amazing cruise on the Fantasy next December! I couldn’t get enough of the Christmas theming when I cruised this past December— it was incredible. The aroma you experience of the giant gingerbread house in the Lobby Atrium when you board is an incomparable way to begin a cruise. All the fun entertainment is like nothing else at sea, too. Santa visits, Elsa makes it snow, etc. Even Castaway Cay is decorated! Everything was top notch. ⚓️[emoji1392]🤶🏼[emoji319]

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Fantasy will be arriving in St Maarten tomorrow instead of Tortola due to storm damage in Tortola.

 

http://disneycruiselineblog.com/2017/08/disney-fantasy-alters-current-sailing-swapping-tortola-st-maarten-due-rain-damage/

I love the Eastern Caribbean itinerary as it is, but I haven’t visited St. Maarten yet, and I’ve heard great things! That would be a fun itinerary change. ⚓️

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What other cruise lines have you sailed? I also like Disney but I've also cruised on Carnival and RCL. All of the cruises were very good. Each had good and bad points for a number of reasons. I think the key is to research the ship you plan to sail. Disney may be the exception to this because all of their ships have a great reputation.

I also have experience with Carnival and Royal Caribbean. You certainly said it best with your recommendation to do proper research before making a decision. Personally, I find that Disney Cruise Line offers the very best experience for me as a cruiser. ⚓️

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http://disneycruiselineblog.com/2017/07/disney-cruise-line-reveals-3rd-new-ship-planned-2023/

 

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It’s truly a very exciting time for Disney Cruise Line! I love these two photos that Disney has previously shared on the Disney Parks Blog. As Walt Disney said' date=' “Around here we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious... and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” ⚓️

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Log into your reservation on the DCL site. In the main bix where you can view the details, make excursion ressies there is an option to schedule a character call

Like luv2cruisedisney3269 shared, you are able to set it up on the Disney Cruise Line website once you are signed in for your upcoming cruise! After you’ve booked your cruise, visit My Reservations under My Disney Cruise and select “Request Call” beside the Free Character Call header. This link will take you to a site where you can choose a Disney character, enter your phone number, schedule a call time and provide additional information for your Character Call. It’s definitely a magical little touch. ⚓️

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It's $6,700 for the four of us and that's cruise only. We still have to fly out to Florida.

 

This cruise has Star Wars characters on it and my son loves Star Wars. So, my wife asked me to price out a cruise and see if's it's feasible. For $6,7000 and probably another $1,400 for flights...I think not...

Based on personal experience, I feel that if you booked the cruise in question you would definitely feel that you got your money’s worth. Prior to this past October (2016) I had never experienced a Disney Cruise, but since then I have been on three! I first cruised for 7 nights on the Disney Fantasy on their Eastern Caribbean itinerary for a Halloween on the High Seas Cruise in October, then for a second time for 4 nights on the Disney Dream on their Bahamas itinerary for a Very Merrytime Cruise in December, and then for a third time for a traditional (non-holiday themed) cruise in May. All three cruises were absolutely incredible. I have nothing but the highest praises to say about each experience. The ships are the most beautiful and clean in the world. The Cast Members are in a league of their own when it comes to their extremely high level of Guest Service and happiness. The private island, Disney Castaway Cay, is pure bliss. The rotational dining concept (where you rotate through each of the different restaurants each evening— your Serving team included) is incomparable, as is the cuisine. The Broadway-style shows are very high caliber and a lot of fun. The ships each have a beautiful movie theater on board that shows first run Disney films (including Marvel and Star Wars, of course). There is an actual water coaster (humorously named the Aqua Duck) onboard the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, in addition to several pools (including an area reserved exclusively for Guests 18+). The staterooms are stunning— they’re much larger than other cruise lines, they’re beautiful, and the majority of them have split bathrooms (a concept DCL pioneered where one bathroom door leads to the tub/shower and a sink, and a separate bathroom door leads to another sink and the toilet— absolutely amazing when getting ready alongside other members of your party), etc. I could go on and on, but the point is, even though Disney Cruise may cost more than another cruise line they are without-a-doubt the very best. ⚓️

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