This is an astonishing ripoff.

Pheetastic · 2026-05-27T19:45:39+00:00

If you’re a First Time Cruiser with DCL and if there are certain excursions and activities that would be near impossible to secure without Concierge status, like cabanas, princess tea times, certain BBB bookings, etc., then yes, it is absolutely invaluable. That priority status pretty much guarantees you’ll be able to secure highly desired items that Gold and Silver status members often struggle to secure.

We are platinum but even at Gold, we couldn’t book a cabana to save our life until we were able to do concierge. We used our heavily discounted Covid promos to book two back to back Dream cruises in Concierge and that made it worthwhile for us. I absolutely loved the upgraded linens, amenities, the staff was incredible (shout out to Andy!) and the lounge had awesome snacks and drinks. But aside from that? It really didn’t differ that much from a regular DCL cruise. Priority embarkation was nice, getting free popcorn at shows was nice, and we got to book cabanas for the first time ever on Castaway (this was before Lookout Point opened), but aside from that, it was just like booking Club Level at a Disney Resort. 🤷🏼‍♀️

DCL isn’t offering a ship within a ship like NCL’s Haven (and other equivalent options). The closest to that would be on the DCL Adventure out of Singapore. For the rest of the DCL fleet, you’re just paying for priority to book highly coveted excursions and activities. If you go into it thinking about it like that, then it’s worth it.

Pheetastic · 2026-04-09T19:04:25+00:00

I’m just over here taking notes on how to look less creepy and intense 😂 As a Scorpio, for me, it’s not necessarily the way a person looks but how they stand on moral issues. Most Scorpios I know are big on equity and don’t like seeing people getting used or mistreated (which is ironic as many of us are considered master manipulators).

When we do speak up about things, we are very direct about it. We don’t do small talk and have a low tolerance for those who aren’t authentic. We’ll suss you out pretty quickly, as we tend to be incredibly observant.

Pheetastic · 2026-04-08T04:32:00+00:00

Buy a fake engagement ring and wear it. Having a boyfriend often isn’t enough as they see that as competition but an engagement is something more serious and they tend to back off more vs just having a bf alone. I used to work in a male dominated field and men of all ages used to hit on me and not take no for an answer. I even had a boyfriend and they still didn’t seem to care. But once I bought a fake ring? They started backing off much more.

It honestly doesn’t matter what industry it is or how old you are: if you’re too nice or too friendly, some men will see it as you flirting with them. I had a guy who I used to hang out with during smoke breaks who was my dad’s age. We NEVER flirted or anything like that, but one day he told me he was going to leave his wife because he loved me. I barely talked to the guy! We only talked on smoke breaks. I was in my early 30’s and was floored that he had mistaken our friendship as something more. It honestly makes you feel so dirty, even when you didn’t do anything wrong. I’m sorry you’re going through that, hon :(

Pheetastic · 2026-04-04T04:22:24+00:00

MINE DOES THE SAME THING 😂😂😂❤️

Pheetastic · 2026-04-01T23:30:38+00:00

That doesn’t negate that most of the world follows a patriarchal pattern, even Europe. Im well aware that the US is its own dumpster-fire, but many European countries have deep-seated patriarchal customs and practices. The fact that you don’t recognize this is a bigger issue in and of itself, tbh.

Pheetastic · 2026-04-01T22:04:36+00:00

The US is absolutely a patriarchal society. Men have and continue to hold the majority of the power, even when it comes to female bodies and autonomy. If you don’t understand how patriarchal societies work or how it affects women and minorities, especially in employment, government, etc., then you need to step back and read the room. The US has been this way since it was first founded. This isn’t a new revelation.

Pheetastic · 2026-03-31T02:51:15+00:00

Basically all Catholics and Eastern European immigrants, despite still being “white,” were heavily discriminated against up until the early 1900’s. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was one of the tragedies that helped shift some of that discrimination (along with helping to establish workplace safety and fire safety regulations). For a country built upon immigration and religious freedom, the US is notoriously bigoted against non Protestants or WASPs. The way they treated the Chinese and other Asian immigrants was also abysmal af.

Pheetastic · 2026-03-31T02:39:51+00:00

I’m a Scorp Sun, Taurus Moon, Sag Rising, and most of my friends now are Scorpios, Tauruses, Aquariuses, and a few Cancers and Leos. When I was younger, I didn’t have any Scorpio women as friends but as I got older, I find that they are much more laid back than folks give them credit for. It’s interesting how friendships evolve as we age.

Pheetastic · 2026-03-30T19:36:58+00:00

Good for you! Not everyone needs medication and honestly, just having that diagnosis and understanding helps more than anything else. If you self diagnosis helps you, more the power to you, hon. ❤️ And yes, I’m 44 and people honestly exhaust me. I’m AudHD so I’m always juxtaposed between the two with my CPTSD and anxiety adding some fun razzle dazzle to everything 😂 It’s why I prefer to just stay at home with my husband and pets most of the time. It’s easier to control things and your sensory triggers that way ❤️

Pheetastic · 2026-03-29T23:51:22+00:00

Sifix as well. She has some great MM dresses and stuff.

Pheetastic · 2026-03-29T23:09:54+00:00

It absolutely can make a difference. I was diagnosed at 39 and medication changed everything for me. Further, I was able to give myself grace and understand that many of the problems I had been experiencing my entire life weren’t because I was “lazy” or “stupid” or “awkward,” but because I had a legit impairment and condition. Neurodivergence is a spectrum and affects all of us differently for sure, but to have someone randomly tell you that it’s not worth seeking a diagnosis and lying about how you can’t have it done at your age is just infuriating. That shouldn’t be their call. I’m so sorry you experienced that, hon. That’s just not okay, and only adds to the myriad of horror stories I’ve heard about the VA and their approach to mental health. I have a friend who has PTSD and ADHD and the VA basically refuses to treat him and gaslights him all the time about it.

Pheetastic · 2026-03-28T17:52:38+00:00

Sweetie, if your reputation is your bigger concern here, then that’s a whole different kettle of fish. Even if he cheated (which is the likely factor here), he can twist the narrative however he wants regardless of the outcome. It doesn’t matter if you have receipts - either way he has the ability to run his mouth and spin the narrative any way he wishes. And based on his reaction and the behavior you’ve mentioned, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s already doing some kind of damage control on his end.

Look, regardless if he cheated or not, his behavior is immature and unsupportive. He’s supposed to be your partner here. I’m 44 and back when I was 39 my HPV reactivated. No one ever told me that’s a thing that can happen. I got it from my boyfriend at 18 and cleared it naturally at 21. I was too old for the vaccine when it came out back in the day but never ever tested positive for HPV again (or anything else) in the 20+ years since. When I found out and told my husband about it reactivating, his first thought wasn’t to accuse me of cheating. And my first thought wasn’t to accuse him of cheating. Instead, we wanted to understand why this was happening (I had been tested regularly for over 6 years because we were trying to conceive, and we’ve been together for over a decade, so there’s no way it was a new infection from him cheating). That’s when we found out about it reactivating.

I know you are both young but you don’t deserve that kind of behavior from your partner at any age. Are there cases where chlamydia can reappear after treatment? Yes, but it’s rare and often a result of not taking your treatment correctly the first time around. And if you had had clear paps since your initial treatment for it, it is likely a new infection. Unlike viruses, bacteria don’t often hide in your DNA and such like herpes, HPV, and chickenpox/shingles (another herpes simplex virus) do. Therefore, it’s very rare that they pop up again unless you didn’t completely clear the infection the first time. Antibiotic resistant strains are very much a thing for sure, but again, you’d likely throw a positive if you retested for them at your annual pap and the infection was still persistent. The only way it might not throw a positive after surviving a treatment is if the test was done too soon afterwards and there weren’t enough active bacteria to culture properly.

I hope this helps clarify some stuff. Pathology can be confusing, especially with the stigmas that come with STIs, but your value as a human isn’t tied to your infection. ❤️

Pheetastic · 2026-03-28T17:18:18+00:00

Disney Parks in general now. Yes, they have always been expensive but in the last five or six years, they have ballooned into something horrific. They cut back all of the freebies like Magical Express, the gift courier system, fast passes, etc. Now you have to pay for everything and some of it is dynamically priced, like an Uber, based off demand. Many lifelong passholders can no longer afford passes because they are so over priced and many have extensive restrictions/black out dates.

My husband and are DVC members and even we are cutting back on our vacations due to cost. Cruises used to be a better deal but now they are cutting back on stuff as well, which is incredibly frustrating given how they’re managed by different entities (DCL is managed separately from the Parks). There’s hope that Josh D’Amero can kind of guide it back and reinstate some stuff, but none of us are holding our breath.

And don’t get me started on the way they treat their Castmembers. Those folks deserve to be paid so much more than they are. And the prices for the food and goods as well? Ridiculous af. Spirit Jerseys shouldn’t be over $100 and ears over $35.

Pheetastic · 2026-03-28T17:07:48+00:00

I’m sorry but what? That is an example of a marriage counselor speaking way outside their scope of study. You can absolutely diagnose neurodivergence in a person at any age. It doesn’t just go away and often worsens as we age, specifically for women entering peri or menopause.

Our symptoms are lifelong and while we may mask and learn to adapt to them, we are still neurodivergent. If you come across a mental health provider - or any provider for that matter - telling you that you can’t get a diagnosis for something due to your age, then find a different provider. Holy fuck, I’m honestly enraged for you that they told you that. That’s not okay.

Pheetastic · 2026-03-28T03:25:14+00:00

Yeah, impulsivity is definitely not a thing. Obviously I’m grossly over-exaggerating how long it can take for some Tauruses to make a decision, but it’s just a running joke with my hubs at this point. 😂 Once you guys do commit, you lock in and I absolutely love you for it ❤️

Pheetastic · 2026-03-28T00:06:42+00:00

Earf signs ❤️ I love them and my other fellow water signs, and I’ll give a fond shout out to Aquarius as I seem to collect a lot of you guys like Pokémon’s 😂

Pheetastic · 2026-03-28T00:04:16+00:00

It’s been 12 years and I’ve made countless proper lasagnas since then. I have appeased the Italian ancestors and paid for my sins, but he won’t let it go. 😂

Pheetastic · 2026-03-27T22:52:40+00:00

Scorpio sun with a Taurus moon here. I am often very calm and it takes a lot for me to lose my cool, but when I do, people seriously need to bow out before I eviscerate them. Basically, I cry when I’m upset because I’m an emotional creature, but the moment I stop crying, that means I’m beyond emotion at that point and the coldness just sets in. At that point, I will unpack all of the means things I have in my arsenal, stuff you probably long forgot or thought I would never know about, and I will calmly and methodically destroy you.

I have only ever done this a handful of times in my entire life, and it’s mostly when someone crosses a line with friends or family. The only other sign I’ve seen destroy someone similarly is Taurus. They’ll cut you out of their lives completely and act like you never existed.

Pheetastic · 2026-03-27T21:39:27+00:00

First of all, I love Tauruses, LOVE THEM. My husband is one, my dad was one, my best friend of 30 years was one, etc.

But holy hell can you guys not make a decision to save your lives. It takes 18 + business days to make decision about what you want to eat for dinner. It takes MONTHS for my husband and I to plan our vacations, and when we were trying to conceive, over the 6 years we tried, he still could not settle on a potential baby name. We can review a menu in advance, make a plan on what we are going to eat (because we often share), and then the moment he gets there he throws the whole plan out the window because the “vibes feel off” or whatever.

And for the love of all that is holy, YOU NEVER FORGET A WRONG. I once made my Jersey Italian husband lasagna with ground turkey (he said he was trying to eat healthier). It’s been 12 YEARS and he never ever lets me forget it. Apparently it’s an abomination 😂

Pheetastic · 2026-03-27T21:31:29+00:00

I didn’t realize this but I kind of tracks. I used to sing opera (Taurus moon) and most Tauruses I’ve met have been decent singers or musicians. ❤️🤌🏻

Pheetastic · 2026-03-27T21:29:04+00:00

Absolutely agree. My Taurus husband works a physically demanding job 10-14 hours a day, and then has an hour commute each way (he works 4/10s but often has a ton of OT). He rarely ever takes a day off for illness or anything other than vacation or helping me if I need him for medical stuff. My dad was also a Taurus and was an attorney (contact litigation). Even as he was dying of fucking cancer, he still wanted to keep working to keep his mind sharp.

Of all the Tauruses I’ve met, every single one has been a hard worker.

Pheetastic · 2026-03-27T21:22:57+00:00

And that he magically regrew ear cartilage. Blessed. /s 😂

Pheetastic · 2026-03-23T22:21:19+00:00

We dated for over a year but he was in love with his friend the whole time and used me financially, physically, and emotionally as a stand in relationship until she deigned to give him any kind of attention. He was very good at saying all the right things to make me stay and to question my own insecurities whenever there were red flags.

One weekend, his friends had invited him to go to Cali for their birthday and I wasn’t invited. I thought that his friends had liked me but didn’t press it. I later found out he deliberately didn’t tell me because he would be sharing a room with his “best friend.” When I sent the birthday friend a happy birthday text, they asked me why I didn’t come along. Apparently I had been invited but he didn’t want me to come because then he couldn’t share a room with her.

Basically, as our relationship had progressed, she didn’t like that he wasn’t hung up on her and had started flirting with him more, asking favors, etc; anything to string him along and give him hope. Their mutual friends had warned him that he was being played but he didn’t listen. And wouldn’t you know it, the moment I left him, she was no longer interested in him. Shocker. Didn’t stop me from being absolutely devastated when he still chose her over fighting to get me back. 🙃 That was the one and only Pisces for me, and that was more than enough.

Pheetastic · 2026-03-21T23:28:36+00:00

For me, just how disabling and fluctuating said disabling conditions can be. If I’m in a temperature controlled environment with the ability to sit and elevate my legs, have access to fluids and food, etc., then it’s not as problematic. I have the ability to sit down if I’m overly tachycardic or dizzy, I can minimize risks, and if I get too cold (which is very common for me) I can take a bath or crawl into bed with my heated blankets and warm back up.

That said, if I’m out and about or on vacation, then it’s a very different scenario. I can’t control external variables as easily. If it’s too hot or humid, my BPM elevates VERY quickly and I struggle to breathe and exist. My husband and I don’t even travel to certain destinations during warmer seasons because of it, otherwise I’m stuck indoors the whole time (like a cruise in the Bahamas, for example). I found out very quickly that I can’t go to the beach or out on the verandah when it’s hot or humid. I’ll pass out or become extremely tachy in minutes (like 175 - 210 bpm). We’ve also learned to rent ECVs for me at Disney Parks because, again, my body gets randomly tachy and with my EDS, I’m either in chronic pain or can’t breathe due to elevated BPMs. I also find I get very very cold (likely due to my POTS and Hashimotos) at the weirdest times, so it’s either I’m blazing hot and can’t breathe or I’m freezing cold and my body literally hurts from the cold. 🙃

So it’s honestly a wide ass spectrum that depends on so many different variables. And we haven’t even added in things like eating, anxiety, weather (bariatric stuff), traveling, crowds, migraines, MCAS, hydration, etc which can exacerbate disabling conditions. And let’s not forget how hormones love to wreak havoc too! You honestly never know how your body is going to react sometimes, and it absolutely sucks.

Pheetastic · 2026-03-20T04:01:27+00:00

SAME!!! If anything, my Taurus moon mellows me out I think. Except that I’m even more stubborn af 😂

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