Disney Cruise Line Navigator App

Disney Cruise Line Navigator App

The Disney Cruise Line Navigator App is for those sailing on DCL. There are a few things it does at home before sailing and it is VERY helpful once on the ship. Make sure you download it before you get to the port. Download it on whatever mobile devices your travel party wishes to use. Make sure you download the app before you go!

 

What does the Navigator App do from Home:

·        Gives you a countdown to your cruise.

·        Allows you to easily access information about your cruise itinerary.

o   What ports you will be in each day.

o   Activities you have booked.

·        Find important dates such as Pay in Full Date, Booking Opening Date and Online Check-in Date.

·        Allows you to book Port and Shipboard Adventures through the app before you sail.

·        Book your Adult Dining Experience from the app.

·        You can purchase in room amenities (Gifts) to be delivered to your cabin on the date of your choosing during the cruise.

·        Gives easy access to Online Check-In

·        Gives you access to form to make special requests for special needs.

·        You can explore the ships from home.

·        You will find at home it does not tell you what restaurant you will be in each night, when Pirate Night is, or any of the shipboard activities are.

What does the Navigator App do on the Ship:

·        As soon as you can log into the shipboard Wi-Fi you can start looking at the full cruise itinerary and what activities are available each day of the cruise.

·        It tells you what restaurant you are at each night and what table you are sitting at.

·        It tells you what sit down restaurants are open for breakfast and lunch.

·        You can view the menus for all the restaurants on the app.

·        You can contact guest services.

·        You can send text messages to other members of your party and those on the ship who you have exchanged chat codes with.

·        You can book activities on the ship.

·        You can book a Placeholder Cruise from the app.

·        You will find a map that will help guide you through the ship.

·        Ship Crew can contact you if they have a need and in emergencies reach you faster.

WHAT YOU NEED FOR ONLINE CHECK-IN

WHAT YOU NEED FOR ONLINE CHECK-IN

For Online Check-In you will need the following:

Proof of Citizenship:

Be aware it can take 6-12 weeks to get a passport once applied for. If you choose to get a passport and don’t have one plan ahead and get one early.

·        Passport OR State Issued ID and official copy of Birth Certificate for each member of your party.

o   A Passport is NOT required because this is a closed loop cruise. (Cruise starts and ends at the same port.)

o   A passport is highly recommended because if there is an emergency and you need to fly home from another country for any reason you will NOT be able to fly without a BOOK type Passport.

o   A Card type Passport is acceptable for check-in and boarding, but you cannot fly with it, even in an emergency.

o   Minors only need their Birth Certificate.

o   You WILL need to bring your proof of Citizenship with you when boarding.

Pre and Post Cruise Travel Information:

How will you get to/from the port.

·        If you fly flight information pre and post cruise.

·        If driving just say home for pre and post cruise information.

Shipboard Folio Payment:

How will you pay your expenses on the ship. This includes Gratuities, Purchases, Port Adventures, and Adult Dining.

·        Will all charges for everybody in the cabin be charged to one credit card.

·        Will charges be split per person and each putting their credit card information down.

·        Will charges be paid in cash.

·        You can prepay your Gratuities before sailing and then add more once on the ship if you wish.

JPEG Photos:

You will need JPEG photos/scanned images of the following.

Proof of Citizenship Documents.

·        Passport if you have and choose to use one. (In ONE photo BOTH the signature and information page of the Passport Book or both front/back of the Passport Card.)

·        State Issued ID, if you do not use a Passport (Front only)

·        Birth Certificate, if you do not use a Passport

Security Photo.

·        Selfie style photo of each guest. Head and Shoulders no hat, big bows, Mickey/Minnie ears, or glasses that obscure your face.

Disney Cruise Line Money Saving Tips

Disney Cruise Line Money Saving Tips

Any Disney Vacation is expensive. Let's be honest ANY vacation is expensive! But the memories you make on vacation are PRICELESS!! Still, you must make sure your vacation fits into your budget!

This next tip will work for ANY Disney Destination or anyplace you can pay using a Disney Gift Card. Target, Sam’s Club, some Ebates stores online, and some CostCo Stores sell discounted Disney Gift Cards! With Target you must use your Target Red Card (Debit or Credit) to receive a 5% discount! Ebates also does a 5%. Sam’s Club is usually 6%. Take them along to pay for drinks, merchandise, port excursions, tips, anything you can pay for with a Disney Gift Card! Just add them to your onboard folio!

Go to DisneyGiftCard.com and combine the cards into larger $1,000 cards and use them to pay for your reservations. It is important to combine your Disney Gift Cards into larger cards. If you purchase 20 $50 cards to pay for your shipboard account, you are putting $1,000 on your account. By the way you only spent $950 for that $1,000! Let’s say you only spent $975. Disney will put the $25 back onto your cards! They may not put the $25 back on ONE card. They may split it up between several cards with a few cents on one, a few dollars on another. It makes it easier to get any refund if you reduce the number of cards used.

Disney Gift Cards are also a great way to give kids (or yourself) a spending limit! They must keep track of what they spend so they know how much is left on the card! Once gone it is gone unless a parent wishes to add to the card. LOL

Now you are on the ship! Take a Disney Gift Card with $250 on it with you!! Book a Place holder! By the way that $250 card cost $237.50 to buy if you got it Discounted at 5%! On the Navigator App or by going to the Booking Desk book another cruise or booking Placeholder!! If you book a cruise while on the ship you get 10% off the next cruise! Don’t know when or where you will sail next? Book a Placeholder! A Placeholder gives you up to 2 years to sail on DCL again! It gives you a 10% discount on that future cruise! The $250 is part of your deposit! You just need to sail again within 24 months! If you don’t use the Placeholder the funds are returned to the card. If you book a future cruise or a Placeholder and pay them off with Discounted Disney Gift Cards, you can save 15%!! In my opinion every penny saved is worth the effort!

Do you love popcorn, candy, and soda while watching a movie or a show?? DCL charges for popcorn, candy, and soda from Preludes! Don’t want to pay full price?? Bring a popcorn bucket, ANY popcorn bucket from ANY Disney Park! You can get a refill at a greatly reduced price, $1.50 the last time I did it! Bring a Travel Mug/Cup for soda!! Go to the soda fountain on the pool deck and fill your cup before heading to the theater! I will tell you that because of Covid restrictions popcorn has not been available on the ships. I am NOT sure if they will be bringing back the reduced-price refills of popcorn buckets. I will update this post when I go next.

You can bring your favorite candy to take it the shows if it is in the original sealed packaging when you board it is allowed. The selection of candies is limited on the ships. I’m picky, and I have my favorites that I take along.

Soda, coffee, tea, juice, and water is FREE in the Restaurants. They charge for Soda in the lounges and when ordered through room service and at Preludes. Easy way to avoid the charge is to go to the soda fountain on the pool deck and fill your travel cup! Nobody stops you from taking it with you when you walk into a lounge. Of course, you are able to take it to your room or just sit on the deck and enjoy your drink.

Disney Cruise Line allows each adult to carry on 2 bottles of wine or 6 bottles of beer when they start the cruise. You can drink these in your cabin. If you take the wine to dinner to share you will be charged a corking fee. Last time I checked the corking fee was $25 per bottle. To avoid the charge open it in the stateroom and pour some into your travel cup!

Carolyn@EliteMemoriesTravel.com

Scott@EliteMemoriesTravel.com

Pixie Dusted Memories Disney Cruise!!!

 Pixie Dusted Memories Disney Cruise!!!

 

We are setting up a group Disney Cruise!!

• Never been on a Disney Cruise and don’t know what is available?
• We will be there start to finish to guide you.
• Unsure if you can find your way around or understand Port and Starboard? No worries!! We will give you all the information you need before we sail and be on board as well!
• Want to know how to save money so you can afford to go? Got ya covered!
• Don’t want to miss any special things like Pirate Night, Fish Extenders, and Cruising Duck hiding? We will talk you through it!!
• Unsure if you should go for Mail/1^st dining or late/2^nd dining? We will help you figure out what is best for you.
• Have a special need/disability and are unsure if your needs are accommodated? Ask us!
• Whatever your questions we will be there to answer! If we don’t know we will find out!

General Information:

Cruise Dates:

• April 28^th-May 2^nd, 2024

Ship:

• Disney Wonder

Departure Port:

• San Diego, California

Cruise Itinerary:

• Day 1:  Leaves Port of San Diego
• Day 2:  Santa Catalina Island, USA
• Day 3: Ensenada, Mexico
• Day 4: At Sea
• Day 5: Return to San Diego

Port of San Diego Address:

• 1140 N. Harbor Blvd
• San Diego, Ca 92101

Want to travel with us? We would be honored to have you join us!

Carolyn@EliteMemoriesTravel.com

Scott@EliteMemoriesTravel.com

DISNEY CRUISE LINE PLACEHOLDERS

What is a Placeholder?

Did you know you can save 10% on a Disney Cruise? It is EASY!!! You must be on the ship to do it but it is an app click away!

 

Simple put a Placeholder is a $250 deposit on your future cruise. Each cabin can make 2 Placeholders. You do not need to know when you will cruise. You just need to sail within the next 24 months! You will most likely need to make more of a deposit for the original deposit on a future cruise when you book it, but that $250 will be applied to the required amount.

 

If you see a cruise or know of a cruise you want to take you can skip the Placeholder and book a cruise and save the 10%. Again, you can only book 2 Future Cruises or Placeholders per cabin.

 

If you have a Travel Agent, you like to use make sure you contact them as soon as possible after getting home! You have 30 days to fill in a Transfer Request Form and Transfer that booking to your Travel Agent. After that 30 days your Travel Agent cannot help you.

 

If you combine this with Discounted Disney Gift Cards from Target or other places you can save around 15% on your next cruises! That is $150 per thousand! That could be a shore excursion, merchandise, spa treatment, or adult dining on your next cruise!