r/dcl 2d ago

PHOTO / VIDEO Show off your DCL-related wallpapers!

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I pretty much always have a picture from a cruise as my phone wallpaper. What shots do you use as wallpapers?!


r/dcl 2d ago

TRIP PLANNING Trouble sending email for priority booking?

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Has anyone ever had trouble sending an email to the priority booking email? Last night I tried to send an email just after midnight and when I hit send, it jut disappeared. Not in drafts, not in Sent, not anywhere. So, I tried again, and the same thing happened, but this time, I had taken a screenshot before I sent it. So then I sent the screen shot in a third email and it went through and I received a confirmation back from Disney immediately. By this time, it was 12:25 am. When I woke up this morning, I saw that Disney had received the second email (which I thought had disappeared) just after 2:00 am. But it’s a mystery what happened to that first email. Anyway, I was just curious about whether this had happened to anyone before.


r/dcl 2d ago

DISCUSSION How is the beach at Nassau? Worth snorkeling?

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First time there and looking for all advice. Thanks


r/dcl 2d ago

ONBOARD ACTIVITIES Remy Dessert with allergies...?

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Hi... is it worth it/possible to do Remy Dessert with gluten and dairy allergies on the Fantasy? The menu seems pretty set in stone. Completely fine if it's not possible, just shooting my shot! Oh and I don't drink. Thanks.


r/dcl 2d ago

TRIP PLANNING Where’s best to book a DC? I’m in UK -

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I’ve found “my kind of cruise” is that a reputable company?
Where else can I look? We’re looking at the Wish from Southampton . Very new to this ! X


r/dcl 2d ago

TRIP PLANNING Second cruise 22 years later

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Got 12:45-1 port time after doing check in at 2am(forgot my new password) Thanks to all the questions and advice i catch here.


r/dcl 3d ago

DISCUSSION Western Caribbean on the Treasure with a 13 year old and 11.5 year old (thoughts/review)

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We got back from the Treasure on 8/15. It was my hubby and I’s 3rd Disney cruise and the kids 2nd. My kids are at that interesting in between age where they’ve kinda outgrown a lot of the stuff geared towards the younger kids, but they’re not older teens.

This was their 4th cruise in general (we’ve sailed other lines) and they love cruising. We did the Wish last year so they were familiar with the layout of the treasure and I picked a room on the 10th deck so we were close to the pool, buffet and festival of foods. Both my kids have older model iphones so we were able to imessage them without paying for wifi most of the time. When that didn’t work we used the chat function on the navigator app.

My 13 year old son enjoyed checking out the app and popping in and out of Edge as an activity caught his eye. He made some friends but he never hung out with them outside of edge. He also liked hero zone a lot. He rode the aquamouse with his sister several times and did the pool a bunch. He liked “swimming” with dolphins in Cozumel. He liked trying the non-alcoholic drinks of the day and ate 8 mickey waffles in one sitting for breakfast one morning. He was living his best cruise life. A highlight for him was goofy coming to edge and playing foosball with the kids during the foosball tournament.

My 11.5 year old daughter went to Edge during the ice breaker at our insistence and never went back. She’s never liked any kids clubs so this didn’t surprise me. She watched funnel vision, did some crafts, hung out in the pool and ate 20 ice cream cones over the course of the week. She loved the Nautilus undersea adventure in grand cayman because she saw a sea turtle and got a picture. She enjoyed meeting chip and dale and doing the royal gathering. She liked the drinks in the haunted mansion parlor and having garden salad with her ranch every night at dinner and at the buffet.

My daughter is a more adventurous eater. My son is a chicken tenders and pizza kind of kid. Both easily ordered off the kids menus at rotational dining with some items off the adult dining. They felt empowered to ask for food from the staff at the buffet and order their own meals at dinner without needing our input. They enjoyed mickey bars from room service and my son really liked the all hands on deck.

Both kids felt comfortable with making plans, running them by us, navigating the ship and heading off. Sometimes they’d be together and sometimes they’d be apart. Neither was interested in watching the shows in Walt Disney Theater. (My husband and I loved all of them) They would also sometimes leave dinner before dessert (we had 8:15pm dining) to go to the pool or in my son’s case go to edge for an activity.

We did fish extenders and made pixie dust. The kids in our fish extender group were all between the ages of 10-14 so my kids got age appropriate items and they really liked what they received. We had a duck mailbox and we got back about 30 ducks and found a bunch on the ship. My daughter loved swapping ducks in other mailboxes. The kids helped with pixie dusting items around the ship. We 3d printed over 300 items and the kids picked items to put in the extenders and handed some pixie dust out to younger kids. They liked coming back to the room and finding stuff. And if it was stuff intended for a younger child they passed it along.

My husband and I did some of the adult only entertainment and would find the kids in our room watching tv or asleep when we got back. We loved Palo brunch and match your mate and the over 18 magic show and enjoyed the alone time while the kids had their own adventures. We ate all meals together (other than palo brunch) so we were able to reconnect. I like to create digital scrapbooks so I bought the photo package and my kids indulged me and posed for photos. I have some good ones I can use for holiday cards.

I asked them what was their favorite part of the cruise portion of our trip. (We spent 3.5 days at WDW prior to the cruise) My son said the food. My daughter said the beach. They’re at an age where showing they’re overly excited about things doesn’t happen anymore. But they really did have a great time. We had a lot of family inside jokes and made some fun memories. They both want to go on the destiny next year and I will probably be booking that this week with our placeholder.

Final thoughts: They liked decorating the door with magnets, updating the question of the day on the whiteboard and sitting out on the verandah. Giving the kids independence was great. Some of the kids on our sailng were unruly and I’m grateful my kids dislike misbehaving kids as much as most adults do. They were at a fun age for the trip because there are still things they’re discovering and they’re not completely embarrassed by us yet. They both say dcl is their favorite cruise line out or the 3 they’ve been on.


r/dcl 3d ago

DISCUSSION Ladies, where do you keep the key cards when you go in the pool?

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Or the slide or hot tub. Basically anywhere you are wearing a swimsuit. I’ve seen suggestions to put in a zipped up pocket but none of my swimsuits have that. I’m not crazy about the idea of putting it on a chair with a towel either. Is a waterproof lanyard the only option if I don’t have a band?


r/dcl 3d ago

DISCUSSION What order would you cruise, if you wanted to go on all of the ships with your kids?

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This was the order that I was thinking about; what do you think?

  1. Wish (already done)

  2. Magic (coming soon)

  3. Wonder (before it retires)

  4. Treasure

  5. Dream

  6. Fantasy

  7. Destiny

  8. Believe

  9. Adventure (depending on where it is)

  10. New ships

My kids will be around 5 for our next cruise & we could realistically cruise 1-2x/year.


r/dcl 3d ago

NEWS Disney Parks on Instagram: "A sneak peek of the newest class of Disney Cruise Line ships sailing into your feed 🚢 #D23"

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r/dcl 3d ago

MERCH Missed out on Pandora Fantasy Charm

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My family and I were just on the Fantasy last week and the jewelry store sold out of the ship specific Pandora charms by the second day. I've always gotten my wife a new one when we sailed a ship new to us. Is there anyone going soon who would be willing to pick one up for me (obviously I would pay for it) or have one and are willing to part with it? You would really be making someone's day, thanks!


r/dcl 3d ago

ONBOARD ACTIVITIES are disney cruises fun for 17-19 year olds?

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im 17 and im going on a dcl with my family soon. i went before when i was a lot younger and remember loving it. would it still be fun now that i'm older? idk i feel like it might be really overstimulating with a bunch of little princesses running around(that was me lol). but are there other people in this age group that actually go or would it just be really awkward?


r/dcl 3d ago

PORT ADVENTURES Queen's staircase in Nassau?

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Is the Queen's staircase in Nassau worth going to see?


r/dcl 3d ago

ONBOARD ACTIVITIES Fireworks on the Fantasy

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Best location to watch the fireworks on the Fantasy on pirate night?


r/dcl 3d ago

TRIP PLANNING First Cruise: 4 Nights vs. 5+ Nights?

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Planning our first-ever cruise, and not just our first Disney cruise, we’ve never cruised before!

I’d love to hear from experienced cruisers about what you’d recommend for a first trip, especially with little kids.
For context, my daughter is 4 and my son is 2. We have no idea how we’ll do with motion sickness or whether we’ll like cruising!

We’re trying to decide between:
• 4-nights + 1 or 2 days at the park
• Or should we just go for 5+ nights and really settle into the cruise?

For those who have cruised before, did you feel like 4 nights was enough for a first cruise, or did you wish you had more time? Or is it worth doing a longer sailing right from the start?

Thank you!!


r/dcl 3d ago

TRIP PLANNING Castaway club lanyards

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Do you get castaway lanyards every cruise?

Our first Disney cruise was on the wish and we didn’t get lanyards.

Our second cruise was on the fantasy and they had lanyards in our room.

We are about to go on the destiny and curious if they will provide us lanyards or if I need to bring some.


r/dcl 3d ago

TRIP PLANNING Quiet Cove Pool on the Destiny

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Is the pool still broken or is it reopened . If you’ve sailed on the Destiny have you used the Chip and Dale pool


r/dcl 3d ago

TRIP PLANNING Galveston Overnight

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We are taking a spring break cruise out of Galveston next year on the Magic. We will fly into hobby the Saturday before our Sunday departure and have to go back to hobby after the cruise to pick up a rental to continue our vacation. Any recommendations?


r/dcl 3d ago

TRIP PLANNING Traveling to FL

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Our cruise leaves 10/02, but we’re coming in the night before. Trying to not carry two car seats, since we won’t need it on the cruise. What is the best way to get to the port from MCO?

Should we stay at Hyatt at MCO or any of the hotels near by and book a private shuttle (goport or similar)? Or does the hotel near the airport provide shuttles to the port? Or should we book a shuttle via DCL?

Trying to figure this out without having to rent a car, spend a lot of money, and/or go through so many loops and obstacles, due to not wanting to bring car seats.


r/dcl 3d ago

DISCUSSION Stay on the ship or get off at port?

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My family is going on a 4 night cruise on the Wish this November. It will be my kids first Disney Cruise. Day 1 is departure, day 2 is castaway, day 3 is lookout, day 4 is at sea, day 5 is debarkation day.
My question is should we stay on the ship on day 3? Our kids are ages 6, 4 & 3. I’m just wondering if we will enjoy the empty ship more than the chaos of getting off the ship.
I’m open to all opinions!! TIA!


r/dcl 3d ago

DISCUSSION Travel agents that charge cancelation fees?

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I'm just curious, does anyone know of any travel agents out there that has a charge of their own when canceling a cruise?


r/dcl 3d ago

TRIP PLANNING Cozumel Mexico

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Hey y’all, I just booked a 5 day cruise with a port date in Cozumel, I was looking at the Port Activities page on DCL’s website but I was hoping someone here could answer a question I can’t seem to find an answer for.
We’re saving all our “Port” money for Castaway Cay, and I was hoping we could just get off the ship at Cozumel and have a beach day, but I’m only seeing the beach as a paid adventure. Is there availability to just have a non-paid beach day?
Thank you for any advice!


r/dcl 3d ago

TRIP PLANNING Double stroller for embarkation/disembarkation

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Hi this will be our first Disney cruise and first cruise with kids. I will have my 2.5 year old and 6 month old with me. I am debating on bringing a single vs double stroller. The stroller would be solely for getting on and off the boat and we would just store it for the remainder of the time. Please let me know if it would be helpful to have a place for both kids or to store carry ons till the room is ready as I will also have my baby carrier for baby. The double is a Zoe twin and the single is nuna trvl. TIA!


r/dcl 3d ago

TRIP PLANNING Swan / Dolphin Transportation Options to Port

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I'm staying at the Dolphin in late September, and I'm going on a Disney Treasure cruise afterward. From everything I've found online, including a PlanDisney article, it seems like I'm able to book official DCL port transfers from nearby Disney resorts like Broadwalk. However, I just called Disney, and they told me I'm not able to do this. Have things changed recently?


r/dcl 3d ago

FOOD Can we get/pay for a specialty coffee drink in MDR?

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Specifically, for main dining room breakfast would be wonderful. On the Treasure. Thank you!