Katie
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We are a Disney family. My Teen and I have been to every park, except Shanghai. Mr Katie has been to every park except Shanghi and Paris.
In 2023, we went on the Disney Wonder in its first season in Oz and sailed on a 6 night cruise from Sydney to Noumea and back to Sydney. We bought a placeholder on that cruise for a future discount. Late 2024, the Teen and I go on a trip to the US and WDW (Disneyworld in Florida). Maybe that's enough Disney for us for a bit.
Then April 2025 comes around and we have no travel plans for the Christmas holidays this year. Too preoccupied with the mid-year Euro holiday documented in this TR - Katies do Euro Summer.
Disney hadn't quite said they're not coming back again, there's port bookings in 2026-27, but the bookings for this season aren't going well and they offer an unheard of discount of 30-35% off the NYE cruise from Sydney-Eden-Sydney (Hobart was added later as a port stop on NYE day). So, we book a Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah for the 5 night cruise for US5,196 for three adults. I booked through a Disney TA in the US to get a huge USD150 travel credit on board.
After booking, we sit back and wait.
Until November, when my FIL passed away and we thought "wouldn't it be fun for MIL to come along, too? We'll be on the Derwent river on what would have been FIL's 86th birthday". In between cremations and funerals, the last rooms were booking out. SIL doesn't want to go on a cruise, other SIL has two kids the costs would be too much at such short notice. So, we ask my Mum to come along and share the room with MIL! We end up booking one of the last inside staterooms for the two mums, knowing one will have to sleep on the couch or they'll be sharing the bed - Disney Queen beds *do not* separate. PHEW! Time to prepare the Grandma Squad for the cruise and all of the things to know about cruising with Disney.
In 2023, we went on the Disney Wonder in its first season in Oz and sailed on a 6 night cruise from Sydney to Noumea and back to Sydney. We bought a placeholder on that cruise for a future discount. Late 2024, the Teen and I go on a trip to the US and WDW (Disneyworld in Florida). Maybe that's enough Disney for us for a bit.
Then April 2025 comes around and we have no travel plans for the Christmas holidays this year. Too preoccupied with the mid-year Euro holiday documented in this TR - Katies do Euro Summer.
Disney hadn't quite said they're not coming back again, there's port bookings in 2026-27, but the bookings for this season aren't going well and they offer an unheard of discount of 30-35% off the NYE cruise from Sydney-Eden-Sydney (Hobart was added later as a port stop on NYE day). So, we book a Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah for the 5 night cruise for US5,196 for three adults. I booked through a Disney TA in the US to get a huge USD150 travel credit on board.
After booking, we sit back and wait.
Until November, when my FIL passed away and we thought "wouldn't it be fun for MIL to come along, too? We'll be on the Derwent river on what would have been FIL's 86th birthday". In between cremations and funerals, the last rooms were booking out. SIL doesn't want to go on a cruise, other SIL has two kids the costs would be too much at such short notice. So, we ask my Mum to come along and share the room with MIL! We end up booking one of the last inside staterooms for the two mums, knowing one will have to sleep on the couch or they'll be sharing the bed - Disney Queen beds *do not* separate. PHEW! Time to prepare the Grandma Squad for the cruise and all of the things to know about cruising with Disney.
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