CruiserDoll

1 minute ago, Shmoo here said:

It's my understanding DCL no longer offers onboard airline check in.  At the end of the cruise, you can leave your bags outside your door for them to take off the ship, but you must claim them in the terminal and take them to whatever transportation you've arranged to the airport, where you check your bags in yourself.

Thank you - I found people posting about it for other ports and I wasn't sure if it was dependent on port/ship or across the whole line.   It's a really great service - I'm surprised they don't offer it.

We are sailing on the Magic from San Diego.  Do they offer onboard airline check-in where they will transfer your luggage to the airline so that you don't have to claim that at the port and re-check them at the airport?

If it is offered, do you need to use Disney's shuttle service to take advantage of it?

Thanks!

I’d like to thank everyone who is reporting on this cruise.  I’ll be on Quantum next month. 

We have an FCC that expires on 12/31/22.  Unfortunately, we can not find time for a cruise before then.  If we were to schedule a cruise and cancel it, would we get another FCC that would have a later expiration date?  
 

The FCC is from a “Cruise with confidence “ cancellation on our part. Royal did not cancel the cruise. 
 

A refund would also be great, but I don’t really expect RCCL to give us back money 🙂

Thanks for any advice!

On 10/2/2019 at 10:10 AM, gometros said:

I sort of knew the answer was yes, but I went and found out for certain on the DIsney Cruise LIne site:

 

Thanks - I had seen the information on their website, but it didn’t say where the assisted listening device worked (for example, only the theater?)

Good news for anyone interested in this... my brother who is very hard of hearing was able to get the Assisted Listening Device during the check-in process (much less than 60 days in advance) and the devices work in theaters, lounges and even by the pool.  We’re thrilled that he’ll be able to enjoy all of the entertainment with us.

On 10/1/2019 at 10:32 PM, wassuup3358 said:

Thank you for the information me and my husband are going to sign up for the TCM cruise on the Fantasy in 2020.  We are very excited we love cruising and love TCM.  One question for people who have been on the Fantasy, I am looking at Deluxe Ocean View w/Verandah on deck 6.  There are clubs kid ones I believe on deck 5 at midship. If we get a room midship will we hear lots of noise from the clubs below?

Thanks so much for your help.  Looking forward to TCM cruise Oct. 2020.

I think the number of children on a TCM Cruise has ranged from 7- 25. We talked to the nursery staff once and they said there were 2 babies on board and they had nothing to do. Trust me - there will be no noise from the kid’s areas. 

I’ve been on all the TCM cruises - 2 on celebrity and the 5th one coming up in 3 weeks on Disney.  

The kid’s clubs do have adult times to meet the characters.  They are not publicized, but they are posted by Guest Services and maybe in the Navigator.   There are rarely more than a few people there and we have gotten several photos of us with all the characters at one time.  Although there are very few children on board (maybe 20 kids total), adults can not freely walk into the children’s areas at any time.  The characters do not roam the ship. 

All restaurants and and spa service are open as usual. They usually keep the buffet open at dinner time since many people miss their dinners because they’re doing other activities. The “main attractions” like celebrity interviews are done twice during the cruise, once during early dinner and once during late dinner, so everyone gets a chance to go. 

There are are no Disney shows. Everything is programmed by TCM. Everyone on the cruise is there as part of the TCM group.  There are a few “standard” ship things like whiskey tasting, bingo, music trivia, etc.  There is also TCM Bingo with Ben and movie trivia hosted by TCM (in the past, it’s mostly been hosted by Alex Trebek, but he can’t make it this year). 

On port days, they usually just have reshowings of movies, but without introductions and interviews.  We are in port overnight on the upcoming cruise and they do have evening programming, but the daytime schedule right now is blank, but they will at least have movies playing in Buena Vista  and possibly in Walt Disney theater and poolside during the day. 

You get free popcorn at the the theaters. We have had quite a few popcorn dinners when we can’t get to the dining room 🙂

I have not not been on a Disney cruise except with TCM, so I don’t know if the next thing is true of Disney cruises in general. There is virtually no “ship selling” during the cruise. On RCL, NCL, MSC and others, they always seem to be pushing shopping with “special” sales tables set up by the pool or in the atriums.  None of that on the TCM cruise. I love it - it is so relaxing to not be constantly barraged by sales every time you go out to walk around the decks. 

We signed up for 2020 already. 

Does anyone know if the theaters on the Magic have Assistive Listening Devices?  If so, do they work for poolside movies as well?  Thanks!

The cabin I just stayed in (11221) had the couch next to the balcony. Though I didn't get a pic of my stateroom, I did get a few of an aft balcony suite (15239) which can been seen in one of my small albums here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/R5UeDEdnWLdmeONt1

 

Bret

Thank you - I am hoping to find an Aurea class cabin with the sofa by the window. Anyone else know of one?

I have not tried calling MSC yet, but does anyone know if sofa/bed placement is a question they can answer about a particular cabin? I generally just book things online.

I just sailed on the Divina last week. I put 3-5 bottles of water in each of our checked luggage pieces and 3 in my carryon. They all made it through.

I won’t bother with it next time, though. If you have a drink package, it says that it includes “mineral water” which I dislike and that is why I brought my own water with me. However, they had bottles of filtered/purified water as well.

The water on the ship in the buffet and bars is also filtered, so you could just fill bottles from there as well.

I was wondering if there are balcony staterooms on the Seaside that have the couch positioned by the balcony window. Most of the photos show the bed by the window, but I thought I saw a few with the couch near it. I greatly prefer the couch there since most of my awake time in the room is spent on the couch, not the bed, so I appreciate the view from there.

If you know specific room numbers with the configuration I am looking for, please post them. Thank you.