We got extremely lucky for our upcoming first cruise. Watching lots of videos to learn about everything (including yours). We’re going on the Wish. We got Palo Brunch, Palo Dinner, Enchante Dessert, Royal Gathering…..and Serenity Bay Cabana!!!! (Not concierge) I’m still in shock we got all of those. We leave on the 25th and the excitement level is through the roof. A real bucket list trip for our 40th anniversary.
Enjoy your time when you are cruising Disney but be prepared for lines for characters and shows. I’m not sure if it’s different for the US and European cruises but the Australian cruises had big queues for all that sort of stuff. We just disembarked our NZ cruise this morning on RCI. We’ve sailed 4 times all on different cruise lines, all very different experiences. Good and bad things with all the cruise lines
I love your videos and your family. My adult daughter and I live in San Diego. Please keep us in mind for anything you need. We'll be so happy to help (and meet you too lol). You guys inspire us to keep saving $ for our 3rd Disney cruise 😊
My first Disney cruise (and only so far) was in 2013 to Alaska. At the time I lived in Vancouver and I booked 2 weeks before sail date Guaranteed with restriction and Canadian resident discount. It was all my cousins and I could afford and we did not have money for anything extra! Not even drinks! We did pre paid gratuity and a small amount on top but that was it. We had a blast! We were 20-23, just out of uni with huge student loan debt and wanted to treat ourselves 😂 so .. yah. We totally did a cruise without any add-ons. This summer, I’ve booked a Disney cruise for my family. I have kids now and I think they’ll have a great time! I am going to splurge on fancy dining and possibly even a spa and definitely non-alcoholic special drinks 😂 I really wanted them last time and couldn’t afford it
That’s the best! Fresh out of college without a lot of money and still making things like that happen 😊 hope you have a great time this summer on your next cruise! Sounds like you will make so many fun memories with your family!
Wife and I love your videos. We especially like your Disney Cruise Line content. We just got home to Rancho Cordova, CA from the March 1-10, 2024 Disney Wonder 10 Night Hawaii to Vancouver Canada cruise. Had a great time as always. This was our 22nd Disney Cruise and will have our 25th one on the Disney Wonder May 5-9, 2024 4-Night Baja Cruise from San Diego which will earn us Pearl Castaway Club status. We hope you have a Magical time on this cruise!
I’m going on the Fantasy on Sept 21-28! This will be our 4th cruise but I wanted to watch because it’ll be our first time traveling from NorCal to Florida!
We are going on our first cruise ever September 28-October 5th on the Fantasy. Your videos are what made us book ours. We have 2 kids 15 and 13. And they are so excited. Thanks for the great information and have a fantastic time on your trip. Can’t wait for more videos.
Just booked the Wish for my 9 year old niece and myself for 2025. Thank you all of the great content and honest reviews. Have a wonderful next cruise in 6 days!
That will have 3 days at sea, so that gives you a decent chance at getting it 😊 If it’s not available, either check around 4-5 days before you sail in case anyone cancels their reservation or make sure to ask as soon as you get on board to get on the wait list.
Thank you for the video and tips! Always happy to watch y'all out cruising😊 My wife and kiddos are taking our first Disney cruise this September and we are so excited! You mentioned a credit card that you love, what might that card be?
It’s linked in the description of this video - our favorite travel card is the Chase Sapphire Reserve Visa. It comes with a fairly high annual fee ($550 currently), but we get that back and more with the rewards we receive. This is especially true because it covers the needed parts of travel insurance for us for all of our trips. As long as we pay for those trips using this card 😉 the Chase Sapphire preferred is also a decent option that has a cheaper annual fee, but the rewards and benefits we get from the reserve card is more than worth it for us! And like we say in the video, always be responsible with credit cards!
Checking the itinerary for DCL. Looks like my family is on the Wonder the cruise before yours. We've got our placeholder and reservation set for May of 2025 for a 4 day from SD to BC. Also something to mention is getting Disney GC from Sams or Costco for a discount. Can add to the room for purchases.
We’re sailing on the 19th - hope you had a great time 😊 We just had some friends who did that cruise and they really enjoyed 4 days at sea! We get our discount cards at Target 👍 Good tip!
I hope you all have a great time! I’ve enjoyed your cruise videos because we have 4 girls, two of which are 14 & 12, and we are going on our first Disney cruise in May along with my parents. I’m looking forward to hearing how everything goes with Carrie’s dad, too. Enjoy your time together!
Hi! Love your cruise videos! Have watched almost all of them! ❤ I have a funny question that I haven't seen posted anywhere, but Chris, where do you get your "D" hats from?? My husband would love one of those!
We’ve definitely had a few people ask about those, so you’re not the first. I get mine from an Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/listing/1281221840/. They don’t always have them in stock, but it looks like they currently do! Very good quality and great Etsy sellers!!
doing our first cruise this December as a very merry time on the fantasy for our honeymoon. were hoping to get a Palo Brunch but we'll see!! Thanks for the tips, love your videos, you guys are all wonderful my wife and I binge you guys every evening. Hope to one day run into you guys on a ship! God Bless
Hi my first Disney cruise 🚢 I paid for everything in advance and I didn’t have to pay nothing at the end well brought money for alcohol and tips and for shopping in Nassau but everything else was paid for. I’m going on the fantasy in August 2024 and everything is paid off to plain Disney World we going for 3 days prior the cruise, gratitude, transportation, everything
I don’t drink alcohol but I have heard that on some cruise lines you can bring pop(soda) on board. I was excited about that since it would be hard to live without my Dr Pepper!
Love all your videos! I booked the Fantasy Eastern Caribbean cruise after watching your video. I’ve only done 4 night cruises so I’m very excited for 7 nights! Keep the great content coming. Any plans for another group cruise in the future?
I went on my first ever DCL cruise on the Wonder April 2024 wish I saw this vid before oh well. I am planning my second DCL cruise spring 2025 on the Wonder same itinerary and your video is so helpful =]
You need whatever travel docs the specific itinerary requires (see DCL’s website for requirements for different itineraries). We have had passports for all of us for anything international, even when cruising. It’s the best option and frees us up for wherever we want to go. Not expensive and worth the little bit of hassle, in our experience 😊
Hi, love your videos. We just got back from LA (from Fl) went to Disney Land for the first time we had an amazing time. Living in Fl we go to MK often next visit is Animal Kingdom in a couple of weeks. Looking to book a cruise for June n then we fly to Cancun in Aug. Tenn in Nov. Disney cruise maybe one day as we are fans and attend the parks often. Safe travels ❤
We just were on the Fantasy out of Port Canaveral. Obviously, Disney World is near by as is Universal, but Kennedy Space Center is close by and an awesome experience! Just wondering if you have ever done an Alaska cruise on the Wonder?
So fun! We haven’t sailed in Alaska on the Wonder. Not sure if we will on the Wonder - the price is so incredibly high on those cruises. We may consider a Royal or Princess Alaska cruise though.
Being Australian we aren’t so familiar with tipping. Have you got any tips (pardon the pun) on tipping, mainly for porters at dock etc please? Thank you.
We try to have some ones and fives ready on hand and if a porter takes our luggage, we hand them some money. Up to with how much you want to give them. Jobs in the US that expect tips don’t pay a lot in their paycheck because they receive many tips throughout the day. Especially on the ships. It’s just a different way to get paid.
Disney lets you do the “mandatory” tipping via the app so you’re usually good to go there. You can always tip more (usually in cash) at the end of the cruise. We usually give everyone a little extra. And as they mentioned you normally will also tip the people handling your luggage (about $1 per bag).
If you follow us on Instagram, feel to contact us via DM (direct message there) or email us using our email address that’s in the description of this video, and we’d be happy to let you know!
You can ask around to others who cruise on Disney. We know some agents and have a good number of agents that watch our channel that are great people too! We don’t publicly promote specific agents though.
We are leaving in a week! Ended up not booking anything 😢.. are we going to have an opportunity to get anything on the ship? Maybe someone cancels or something?
There seemed to be quite a bit of opportunity to add onboard activities, including Palo brunch & dinner, tastings/drink seminars and more. Whatever you can (or can’t) book onboard, we hope you have a great time! There is so much to do without booking extras!
We got extremely lucky for our upcoming first cruise. Watching lots of videos to learn about everything (including yours). We’re going on the Wish. We got Palo Brunch, Palo Dinner, Enchante Dessert, Royal Gathering…..and Serenity Bay Cabana!!!! (Not concierge) I’m still in shock we got all of those. We leave on the 25th and the excitement level is through the roof. A real bucket list trip for our 40th anniversary.
😳 WOW!!! That’s incredible and very unheard of! Great job! Have a great time together!!
Enjoy your time when you are cruising Disney but be prepared for lines for characters and shows. I’m not sure if it’s different for the US and European cruises but the Australian cruises had big queues for all that sort of stuff.
We just disembarked our NZ cruise this morning on RCI. We’ve sailed 4 times all on different cruise lines, all very different experiences. Good and bad things with all the cruise lines
Yep - it’s been that way on all of our cruises too 😊 One of the reasons we don’t get too many character pics - no one likes to wait in long lines.
I love your videos and your family. My adult daughter and I live in San Diego. Please keep us in mind for anything you need. We'll be so happy to help (and meet you too lol). You guys inspire us to keep saving $ for our 3rd Disney cruise 😊
My first Disney cruise (and only so far) was in 2013 to Alaska. At the time I lived in Vancouver and I booked 2 weeks before sail date Guaranteed with restriction and Canadian resident discount. It was all my cousins and I could afford and we did not have money for anything extra! Not even drinks! We did pre paid gratuity and a small amount on top but that was it. We had a blast! We were 20-23, just out of uni with huge student loan debt and wanted to treat ourselves 😂 so .. yah. We totally did a cruise without any add-ons.
This summer, I’ve booked a Disney cruise for my family. I have kids now and I think they’ll have a great time! I am going to splurge on fancy dining and possibly even a spa and definitely non-alcoholic special drinks 😂 I really wanted them last time and couldn’t afford it
That’s the best! Fresh out of college without a lot of money and still making things like that happen 😊 hope you have a great time this summer on your next cruise! Sounds like you will make so many fun memories with your family!
Wife and I love your videos. We especially like your Disney Cruise Line content. We just got home to Rancho Cordova, CA from the March 1-10, 2024 Disney Wonder 10 Night Hawaii to Vancouver Canada cruise. Had a great time as always. This was our 22nd Disney Cruise and will have our 25th one on the Disney Wonder May 5-9, 2024 4-Night Baja Cruise from San Diego which will earn us Pearl Castaway Club status. We hope you have a Magical time on this cruise!
How fun!!! And thank you 😊
I’m going on the Fantasy on Sept 21-28! This will be our 4th cruise but I wanted to watch because it’ll be our first time traveling from NorCal to Florida!
Love the Fantasy! Hope it was helpful 😊
Hope you guys had a wonderful cruise and cruise group too! Glad Tammy and I left a good lasting impression and have been able to stay in touch.
Hey Maria 😊 Thanks!
We are going on the Fantasy next month after booking over a year ago! SO excited, my second DCL cruise and my husband’s first!
Have fun! 😊
Great tips and TSA pre check has been great for our family as well!
Thanks! Pre✅ is the best!
We are going on our first cruise ever September 28-October 5th on the Fantasy. Your videos are what made us book ours. We have 2 kids 15 and 13. And they are so excited. Thanks for the great information and have a fantastic time on your trip. Can’t wait for more videos.
😄 So fun! Glad we can inspire you all to have a fun adventure! Have an amazing time!!
My family will be on the Magic out of San Juan beginning of May - very excited! Second Disney cruise, but new ship and new ports 😊
So fun!!! We’ve always wanted to go to San Juan!
Just booked the Wish for my 9 year old niece and myself for 2025. Thank you all of the great content and honest reviews. Have a wonderful next cruise in 6 days!
So glad it’s helpful and Thank you!!
Going on our first Disney cruise in October, Fantasy Eastern Caribbean. The only thing we really want reservation wise is Palo Brunch. 🤞
That will have 3 days at sea, so that gives you a decent chance at getting it 😊 If it’s not available, either check around 4-5 days before you sail in case anyone cancels their reservation or make sure to ask as soon as you get on board to get on the wait list.
Thank you for the video and tips! Always happy to watch y'all out cruising😊
My wife and kiddos are taking our first Disney cruise this September and we are so excited! You mentioned a credit card that you love, what might that card be?
It’s linked in the description of this video - our favorite travel card is the Chase Sapphire Reserve Visa. It comes with a fairly high annual fee ($550 currently), but we get that back and more with the rewards we receive. This is especially true because it covers the needed parts of travel insurance for us for all of our trips. As long as we pay for those trips using this card 😉 the Chase Sapphire preferred is also a decent option that has a cheaper annual fee, but the rewards and benefits we get from the reserve card is more than worth it for us! And like we say in the video, always be responsible with credit cards!
When we book a DCL you do a happy dance, start a count down😂⚓️🚢♥️. Great time line👍🏻😊 Thanks for sharing 🤗⚓️🚢♥️
Heck yeah! 😄
Checking the itinerary for DCL. Looks like my family is on the Wonder the cruise before yours. We've got our placeholder and reservation set for May of 2025 for a 4 day from SD to BC. Also something to mention is getting Disney GC from Sams or Costco for a discount. Can add to the room for purchases.
We’re sailing on the 19th - hope you had a great time 😊 We just had some friends who did that cruise and they really enjoyed 4 days at sea! We get our discount cards at Target 👍 Good tip!
I hope you all have a great time! I’ve enjoyed your cruise videos because we have 4 girls, two of which are 14 & 12, and we are going on our first Disney cruise in May along with my parents. I’m looking forward to hearing how everything goes with Carrie’s dad, too. Enjoy your time together!
Thank you 😊 have an amazing time on your cruise in May!
Hi! Love your cruise videos! Have watched almost all of them! ❤ I have a funny question that I haven't seen posted anywhere, but Chris, where do you get your "D" hats from?? My husband would love one of those!
We’ve definitely had a few people ask about those, so you’re not the first. I get mine from an Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/listing/1281221840/.
They don’t always have them in stock, but it looks like they currently do! Very good quality and great Etsy sellers!!
Awesome! Thank you! 😊
Great tips as always! My next cruise is not until the Treasure next year. I've never booked a trip that far away!
It will come quick ish 😂 We usually book 15-12 months out so we’re used to it.
doing our first cruise this December as a very merry time on the fantasy for our honeymoon. were hoping to get a Palo Brunch but we'll see!! Thanks for the tips, love your videos, you guys are all wonderful my wife and I binge you guys every evening. Hope to one day run into you guys on a ship! God Bless
Glad we can help!🤞you are able to book Palo! Thank you so much 😊 Also, congrats on you upcoming wedding!!
Hi my first Disney cruise 🚢 I paid for everything in advance and I didn’t have to pay nothing at the end well brought money for alcohol and tips and for shopping in Nassau but everything else was paid for. I’m going on the fantasy in August 2024 and everything is paid off to plain Disney World we going for 3 days prior the cruise, gratitude, transportation, everything
We watch your videos because we love you guys!
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I don’t drink alcohol but I have heard that on some cruise lines you can bring pop(soda) on board. I was excited about that since it would be hard to live without my Dr Pepper!
Haha. I’ve been on lots of cruises but, you have great advice!! I’m booking The Treasure on Wednesday!!
Thank you 😊 So exciting!!
Love all your videos! I booked the Fantasy Eastern Caribbean cruise after watching your video. I’ve only done 4 night cruises so I’m very excited for 7 nights! Keep the great content coming. Any plans for another group cruise in the future?
How fun!! You’re gonna love a 7 nighter 😊 No plans yet!
I went on my first ever DCL cruise on the Wonder April 2024 wish I saw this vid before oh well. I am planning my second DCL cruise spring 2025 on the Wonder same itinerary and your video is so helpful =]
Hope you enjoy it!
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Since you’re “officially gold” on the upcoming trip, did you book experiences on gold or silver day?
We didn’t. We were only going to book Palo Brunch on this cruise, but it wasn’t available (hard to come by with only one day at sea).
We love you guys! Your videos are great. Did you mention needing a passport? I might have missed it. Have a good time on your next cruise!
You need whatever travel docs the specific itinerary requires (see DCL’s website for requirements for different itineraries). We have had passports for all of us for anything international, even when cruising. It’s the best option and frees us up for wherever we want to go. Not expensive and worth the little bit of hassle, in our experience 😊
Hi, love your videos. We just got back from LA (from Fl) went to Disney Land for the first time we had an amazing time. Living in Fl we go to MK often next visit is Animal Kingdom in a couple of weeks. Looking to book a cruise for June n then we fly to Cancun in Aug. Tenn in Nov. Disney cruise maybe one day as we are fans and attend the parks often. Safe travels ❤
So glad you got to visit Walt’s original park!! Sounds like some fun plans ahead 😀
Thank you for this video. Can't wait to watch the Wonder 2.0 vlogs!!
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Have a great time! Looking forward to seeing the cruise vlogs !!!
We are headed to Lookout Cay in August!! Quick question: can you bring a popcorn bucket from a previous cruise for refills?
We did it once and it worked, but also heard it isn’t always allowed. It also takes up a bit of luggage space. Have a great cruise!
@@carriekmiller thanks!!
Great planning tips guys
Thank you!
We just were on the Fantasy out of Port Canaveral. Obviously, Disney World is near by as is Universal, but Kennedy Space Center is close by and an awesome experience! Just wondering if you have ever done an Alaska cruise on the Wonder?
So fun! We haven’t sailed in Alaska on the Wonder. Not sure if we will on the Wonder - the price is so incredibly high on those cruises. We may consider a Royal or Princess Alaska cruise though.
@@AdventuresinMillerland I agree, the price is incredibly high. Having a hard time justifying it.
Thanks for the tips guys!
Of course 😊
Have a wonderful time on your cruise! Safe travels!
Thank you!!
Being Australian we aren’t so familiar with tipping. Have you got any tips (pardon the pun) on tipping, mainly for porters at dock etc please? Thank you.
We try to have some ones and fives ready on hand and if a porter takes our luggage, we hand them some money. Up to with how much you want to give them. Jobs in the US that expect tips don’t pay a lot in their paycheck because they receive many tips throughout the day. Especially on the ships. It’s just a different way to get paid.
Disney lets you do the “mandatory” tipping via the app so you’re usually good to go there. You can always tip more (usually in cash) at the end of the cruise. We usually give everyone a little extra. And as they mentioned you normally will also tip the people handling your luggage (about $1 per bag).
Thank you! This is really helpful.
@@nicolejohnston5582 No problem! Tipping has gotten out of control but a lot of these people earn most of the money from tips.
What travel agency do you all use? It's been a beast to do everything for our first cruise so hoping to lighten the load for future travel!
If you follow us on Instagram, feel to contact us via DM (direct message there) or email us using our email address that’s in the description of this video, and we’d be happy to let you know!
I am new to cruise but how do you find a great travel agent
You can ask around to others who cruise on Disney. We know some agents and have a good number of agents that watch our channel that are great people too! We don’t publicly promote specific agents though.
We are leaving in a week! Ended up not booking anything 😢.. are we going to have an opportunity to get anything on the ship? Maybe someone cancels or something?
There seemed to be quite a bit of opportunity to add onboard activities, including Palo brunch & dinner, tastings/drink seminars and more. Whatever you can (or can’t) book onboard, we hope you have a great time! There is so much to do without booking extras!
@@AdventuresinMillerland thank you! We can’t wait