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Headed from Reagan National to Orlando
Headed from Reagan National to Orlando

January 13, 2017 finally arrived and it was time to head off for our Star Wars Cruise!  Our plan was to pick the kids up from school, let them get changed, then head off to the airport.  Once we had the house squared away, a friend drove us from our house to Reagan National Airport.  We arrived at the airport really early (as we always do), around 5 PM.  We dropped our bags off with American Airlines and headed through security.  Our experience with TSA Security is usually fantastic thanks to having TSA PreCheck!  Everyone has TSA PreCheck in our family except our youngest daughter (who now has Global Entry).   read more

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Our 7 Night Eastern Caribbean Star Wars Day At Sea cruise on the Disney Fantasy didn’t start out as one of our normal cruises.  As we discussed in our post about planning an off season cruise, we had originally planned to book our standard spring break cruise for 2017, but finances got in the way.  We instead picked a different destination for spring break, and in October 2015 we booked what we thought would be a standard 7 night Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Fantasy.  In January 2016, Disney announced new Star Wars Day At Sea cruises for 7 night sailings on the Disney Fantasy — and in March 2016, we received notification that our cruise had been switched to the Star Wars theme.  Interestingly, the price of the cruise almost immediately went up by 50%.  We weren’t upset that it got changed, but I probably never would have booked it for that price, even with the Star Wars addition. read more

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Magic Dance Floor
Magic Dance Floor

The Oceaneer Club is Disney Cruise Line’s club for kids ages 3 to 10. We didn’t start cruising until our older daughter was 11, so she didn’t spend much time in the club.  Our youngest daughter, however, loved the clubs and had to be dragged out of them a few times.  read more

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Tote for Silver Castaway Club Members

The Castaway Club is Disney Cruise Line’s loyalty program.  You are automatically enrolled in the program once you have taken one Disney cruise.  There are three different levels in the Club, each with a set of perks and bonuses.  Disney has recently made changes to the program, which I have detailed below in bold. read more

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Skyline Lounge
Skyline Lounge

During a recent Disney Cruise, we participated in the Mixology class.  The class is a chance to try your hand at making (and tasting) five different mixed drinks.  The class costs $20 per person and the amount is charged to your room.  It is important to note that if you would like to do one of these classes, you should sign up when you board the ship on the first day.  We looked in the Navigator we picked up in the port terminal to find the signup location.  For our cruise on the Fantasy, that was in La Piazza.  We waited around a few hours before going to sign up and we managed to grab the last two spots for the Mixology class on the first sea day.  read more

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Hello!  This is an article about the 12 year old perspective of the Edge.  The Edge is the Disney Cruise Line club for kids from 11 to 14.  Normally, around the time you turn 11, you just want to go to the Edge, and not hang around the Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab as much.  This is a guide about how the Edge works, because it is slightly different from the Club and Lab. read more

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Disney Fantasy Stateroom 6146
Disney Fantasy Stateroom 6146

We recently went on the Disney Fantasy for a Star Wars Day At Sea 7 Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise.  We stayed in room 6146, which is a Category 5D Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah.  It is located on the port (left) aft (back) side of the ship on Deck 6.   Here are our pictures of the room! read more

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