Disney Cruise

Of course, the highs of being on the cruise always come crashing down on disembarkation day.  We decided to carry our bags off the ship with express walk off, but still enjoy breakfast.  We left our room and headed towards Carioca’s, which is where we had dinner the night before.  Since we had late dinner, our breakfast was at a reasonable time.  read more

Disney Cruise

This was the second sea day for us on our Very Merrytime Christmas cruise!  Everyone was really tired, so we slept in late.  The girls eventually got dressed and went off to the Edge and the Vibe.  Nancy and I had plans for Palo brunch at 11 am, so we decided to skip breakfast so we wouldn’t be full.  We headed up to Cove Cafe for some morning coffee.  read more

Disney Cruise, Planning, Travel Cost

I initially covered the planning for the cruise in our post about our 2017 Christmas trip, but I’ll summarize it again here.  In May 2016, Disney Cruise Line had just announced the fall/winter sailings for 2017.  After scanning through offerings, I noticed a 5-Night Western Caribbean sailing out of Miami on the Magic.  It would leave on December 24, 2017.  The prices were really high, but that’s to be expected with a holiday cruise.  We had a placeholder available from our Spring Break 2016 sailing, but it appeared that this cruise was blocked out from receiving the 10% discount.  This left us having to pay full price for the cruise if we wanted to take it.  The itinerary was one we have done a few times before.  Departing Miami, there would be a sea day, followed by a stop in Cozumel.  The sailing would then have another sea day followed by a stop at Castaway Cay, then return to Miami. read more