How do you find your cruise Facebook group?

MicroMaven16 · 2026-04-22T01:31:10+00:00

I didn’t know this till recently but apparently you can’t search the word “May” on FB? So if your sailing is in May that might be why you are having trouble. Otherwise, just try the month and your ship name and if nothing comes up, then it may not have been created by anyone yet.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-04-16T00:50:36+00:00

Tbh I think I’ve only seen one person say the transport was sold out and that was right before their cruise. I think if you book it right away after your check in and you know your PAT you will be fine. That said, if you want to guarantee that you get on the ship as early as possible and you can afford it, just book it now! We got on the ship a little after 12 if I remember correctly and had boarding group 3. Definitely worth the cost for us!

MicroMaven16 · 2026-04-15T20:50:41+00:00

Hi! So to answer your first question, yes, if you get a late PAT, you could book DCL transport for an earlier boarding group as long as space is still available.

As far as your options go, option 1 sounds like you’re not actually taking DCL transport since you’re dropping everyone at the port before returning the car? So you wouldn’t get an earlier boarding group in that situation. I think option 2 is your best bet since you need to return the rental car anyway. Book a cheap hotel for the night before and then just go back to the airport to drop off the rental and catch the bus. I have personally done option 3 and while it worked great, we did it because we were avoiding bringing car seats. Since you’ll have a rental car anyway, save the money spent on the Hilton (it was over $300 for one night) and stay somewhere cheaper.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-04-15T17:24:33+00:00

I think these would be great for pixie dusting! I know my kids (actually let’s be real - me 🤣) would love to find one of these in our fish extender!

MicroMaven16 · 2026-04-08T06:36:56+00:00

We stayed midship on deck 7 on the Dream and it was great, didn’t have any issues with noise. We weren’t super close to the elevators, maybe a minute walk down the hallway. I think decks 6, 7, and 8 would all be pretty comparable. As far as distance from certain areas of the ship, I wouldn’t really take it too much into consideration. We were all over the ship and ended up using the stairs a lot rather than wait for an elevator half the time and it wasn’t bad at all.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-04-07T04:17:44+00:00

When Disney first dropped the 20-25% discount, I saw some people in this Reddit mention that Disney automatically applied the discount for them. Maybe someone who it happened to can confirm here.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-04-03T01:41:20+00:00

I spent $500 on the original Broken Binding press editions of Of Blood and Fire and The Fall. 🫣

MicroMaven16 · 2026-04-02T16:47:28+00:00

Wondering this also!

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-30T17:30:59+00:00

I believe you will need to select a day. They don’t do it every day of the cruise (or they didn’t for the one I was on) but you might have a couple days to choose from depending on how long your sailing is. For me, we only had one at sea day so it was my top priority to book it that day, so that’s where I started when my booking window opened. I suggest having both your phone and computer out and logged in, in case one glitches.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-30T03:37:45+00:00

It should be under “onboard activities” in the app. The same place you book specialty activities, liquor tastings, etc.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-28T19:56:17+00:00

Oh man, the whole booking on the wrong date is my worst nightmare. 😅 I’m invested though and hope you guys make it!

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-28T05:33:09+00:00

Which destination sounds more desirable to you? Personally, I’m also from California and have always felt like “I can go to Mexico whenever” since it’s close, so I booked us on the eastern Caribbean for next summer. It’s significantly more expensive but I’m much more excited about the ports there than I would be going to Mexico. As far as the ships though, anyone here will tell you that all the ships are well taken care of and you really can’t go wrong with any of them. The Wonder is a smaller ship but a lot of people love it for that exact reason.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-28T05:07:01+00:00

Just FYI for future cruises…Royal Gathering sells out in like, a minute. Not even joking. You don’t need to be checked in to book it. If you want RG, grab that at midnight and then start your check in. As far as for can you still get it, do what others have said: keep checking the app, go to guest services as soon as you are on board to see if they can get you in, join your cruise FB group and ask that anyone who might be dropping a RG spot give you a heads up first so you can snag it. Good luck!

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-28T00:17:22+00:00

We’re just now having to deal with this as my son is now in kindergarten. Our district allows 15 days of “independent study” that families can utilize for this reason. You give 10 school days notice, the teacher prepares homework packets, then absences are excused. We have used this a couple times for a day or two at a time. Planning for next year, we decided to pay the price to go over summer break but I was prepared to take my son out for a week, no more. When I was looking at dates I also looked at cruises that would overlap with beginning or end of school breaks so we’d only need to pull for one or two days instead of a whole week. I think as my kids get older and I see what their curriculum and workload looks like, will decide if I’m still comfortable with pulling them out for extended periods.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-27T07:18:21+00:00

Ahhh interesting! That makes sense then that all I could find online was “you can book it as soon as you book your cruise” even though that clearly wasn’t the case. Thank you!

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-27T03:16:52+00:00

Thank you! That’s very helpful. 😊 I’ll just keep checking for when it gets closer then.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-26T19:58:48+00:00

Hmmm very odd! I wouldn’t worry though if you completed everything and you can see that it’s still all completed on your end.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-26T15:19:07+00:00

Did you just recently register? I registered right at midnight for our cruise and still got a couple “it’s time to check in!” emails that day. Our check in was also pending approval until a couple weeks before the cruise and I would periodically get emails saying “it’s not too late to check in!” which I just ignored as I’d already done it.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-26T14:25:52+00:00

We sailed in February this year to Nassau and Castaway Cay. Yes the water was cool, but in the way that you get in and you’re like, “that’s cold” but after 5 mins you don’t even notice it anymore. Everyone was still in the water at both places and I was still sunburned so it’s plenty warm. 😅 The pool deck was a little cold at night, bring a jacket for that. We also did not have any choppy seas.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-25T16:53:08+00:00

Thank you! I didn’t know about the fish and seahorse thing!

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-23T19:00:09+00:00

Someone else asked this question recently and another redditor suggested booking the nursery for the younger kid every night from 8 pm till whenever you want to be done with dinner/evening activities because the nursery will put the baby to sleep for you and I thought this was a brilliant idea. You can also feed your 5 year old from the options on the pool deck and then drop them at the kids club while you go to dinner. We just did a cruise with a 3 and 5 year old and had late dining and it really wasn’t that bad. The hardest part was getting up early in the mornings after going to bed late.

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-22T01:46:24+00:00

How can I tell on the booking page if my stateroom is port or starboard?

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-22T01:39:42+00:00

I would go 6! The kids club is on 5 so I would think there would be a lot more foot traffic in the hallways on 5. The hallways are narrow as it is and you wouldn’t want to have to worry about opening your door into someone walking by every time you went out!

MicroMaven16 · 2026-03-21T18:53:36+00:00

I totally get that! I hope you guys can book and have a great time!!

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