Tink0812
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 3, 2011
Hello everyone and welcome to my pre-trip report! I have written many a trip reports for Disney World Vacations but this will be my first time venturing over to the Disney Cruise Line side of things. I am super excited! First let's get the details out of the way:
When: September 2020
Who: Myself (29) and My DD (4)
Where: One night at Saratoga Springs followed by 4-nights aboard the Disney Dream and ending with one night at All-Star Movies
Why: Well, just keep reading the explanation below.
I first started researching Disney Cruises in the early summer of 2015. My husband and I were trying to decide what we were going to do for our next vacation and I wanted to do something different but being that most of our family vacations were to Disney, I still wanted to incorporate it somehow. He really wanted to go on a cruise to somewhere tropical but I was scared to get on any cruise ship that wasn't Disney. Shortly after I began researching I found out I was pregnant so the plans got put on hold. Then, after our daughter was born, my family had planned a big family trip to Disney when she was going to be a little over a year old so again, cruise got put on hold. Once we were done with that trip, I finally started researching again but shortly thereafter, our whole lives got turned upside down when my husband and I divorced. Now that the divorce is behind us and we have done a few more trips to Walt Disney World, I decided that I was ready to try something different. I began researching Disney cruises again. I joined several Facebook groups, frequented the DCL website, and read many posts and trip reports here. My biggest fear in life is deep water and, although I have been deep sea fishing a few times and did just fine, I was afraid to commit to a 7-night cruise in case I couldn't handle it. Also, my daughter has never been on a boat outside of Disney transportation so I'm not sure if she will be sea sick or not. I settled on a 4-night cruise because I felt like it would give us the full experience of the cruise but if we didn't like being in the middle of the ocean, it would only be for a few days so we would survive haha. I booked this cruise as soon as it became available that way I would have plenty of time to plan and pay it off.
When: September 2020
Who: Myself (29) and My DD (4)
Where: One night at Saratoga Springs followed by 4-nights aboard the Disney Dream and ending with one night at All-Star Movies
Why: Well, just keep reading the explanation below.
I first started researching Disney Cruises in the early summer of 2015. My husband and I were trying to decide what we were going to do for our next vacation and I wanted to do something different but being that most of our family vacations were to Disney, I still wanted to incorporate it somehow. He really wanted to go on a cruise to somewhere tropical but I was scared to get on any cruise ship that wasn't Disney. Shortly after I began researching I found out I was pregnant so the plans got put on hold. Then, after our daughter was born, my family had planned a big family trip to Disney when she was going to be a little over a year old so again, cruise got put on hold. Once we were done with that trip, I finally started researching again but shortly thereafter, our whole lives got turned upside down when my husband and I divorced. Now that the divorce is behind us and we have done a few more trips to Walt Disney World, I decided that I was ready to try something different. I began researching Disney cruises again. I joined several Facebook groups, frequented the DCL website, and read many posts and trip reports here. My biggest fear in life is deep water and, although I have been deep sea fishing a few times and did just fine, I was afraid to commit to a 7-night cruise in case I couldn't handle it. Also, my daughter has never been on a boat outside of Disney transportation so I'm not sure if she will be sea sick or not. I settled on a 4-night cruise because I felt like it would give us the full experience of the cruise but if we didn't like being in the middle of the ocean, it would only be for a few days so we would survive haha. I booked this cruise as soon as it became available that way I would have plenty of time to plan and pay it off.