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  1. Disney has a deluxe family room that sleeps 5.
  2. There is nobody policing where your beverage came from since you are free to move about the ship with an open container. They don't know if you got that glass from your room or from another bar on the ship. We had late dining so I always brought a glass of wine with me to the show. I did order a glass of wine with dinner and then swung by my room and did a refill to bring to the lounge later in the evening. Also remember that you can bring on two bottles of wine per person at each PORT. With the generous carry on policy, I really didn't spend all that much on drinks around the ship.
  3. why not just leave it with the bell desk at your hotel?
  4. As others mentioned, you can get a token at the bar when you are finished drinking at the end of the each night or really anytime you want. Secondly, on your last night, if you want to keep you mug then you can turn your dirty one into the bartender and they will give you a clean on to pack in your bag as a souvenir.
  5. It isn't booked via Disney but it is super easy to get a taxi to Paradise Beach Club. We really enjoyed our time there. It wasn't crowded and included all your drinks and food for one set price. My sister and BIL got a massage for like a third of what you would pay on the ship. The differentiator for this beach club is all the food is served to you by waiters and ordered via a menu. Open air buffets always give me the creeps. https://www.paradisebeachcozumel.com/
  6. Seabourn is pretty amazing with sourcing items for guests. On my first Seabourn cruise, we were going out of Miami and didn't know about even requesting items so I stopped off at a grocery store and bought my favorite Diet Dr. Pepper so I could have one a day. I don't know if they regularly stock it but it showed up in the bars around the ship and was on my future cruises and I know I didn't ever request it. I am sure I looked like "country come to town" but on that first cruise packing a case of DDP. They tagged it like luggage at the pier and it showed up in my room. 😄
  7. I would reconsider Playa Mia as it has lots of people who are on ship sponsored excursions. I would recommend checking out Paradise Beach Club as the food at Playa Mia was pretty dodgy IMHO. I liked that everything you order at Paradise is served by a waiter. They will also serve it to you poolside.
  8. If it isn't a Very Merry cruise I wouldn't expect the ship to fully transform overnight but they will be transitioning between removing all the Halloween and adding in the Christmas. I would plan for each day beyond Halloween that each night a different area will be transformed to Christmas.
  9. You don't have to dress up for any night of the cruise but I think it is nice to be a little spiffier in the evening. There is no need to pack evening gowns and tuxedos but at a minimum pack a nice sundress for the lady and a pair of chinos and collared shirt for the man will give you a little polish for a nice evening.
  10. Our local grocery always gives out these 6 bottle wine totes that are reusable. I have way too many and are perfect for carrying onboard. They are similar to these and are easy to pack. I trust these more than the wine shop bags. I think most cruise lines request that you carry onboard as they need to make sure you are of age.
  11. The short 7 day Med cruises tend to skew to a younger crowd, and my personal opinion, that is mostly smart dress in the evening but not would I consider stuffy formal. I think of it as what you would wear out to a nice downtown steakhouse in a major metro area. If you could convince your husband to carry a single sport coat you would be welcome in any venue on formal evening. I have sailed Azamara and found the dress to be similar and think you will enjoy Seabourn. I just finished a Silversea cruise and what I missed most was many of the evening deck parties and different evening socials that seemed so prevalent on Seabourn and Azamara.
  12. Disney is unique in that it allows you two at each port as well! I would always pour a glass before heading to the show and also poured one to carry into the dining room, which did help lower the costs since there is no drinks package on DCL. I did buy some drinks around the ship but having the wine helped with the sting of buying drinks onboard.
  13. I am not sure if there are staffing issues or what but we were on the Muse over 4th of July and every restaurant was out of reservations for pre-booking. We went went straight to the maitreD upon embarkation and they gave us the same song and dance about "we can add you to the waitlist" and our butler was of zero help in securing reservations. We did finally clear waitlists but it was irritating to not know till late in the afternoon as to whether we had won the reservation lottery on the daily. I too found it bizarre that every restaurant that required reservations was strangely empty. The thing that irritated us the most was we were seated right by the entrance at La Dame that sorta killed the mood. I figured the other tables were all just allocated but the only other table that was sat after us was directly next to us so we could hear their entire conversation even though there were 8 or more other tables they could have been sat at.
  14. If they are going to have that big of an upcharge then they need to really improve the quality of the food and service at La Dame. I was unimpressed at $60 and would have been super pissed had I paid $160 per person.
  15. If you do decide to go with the waterproof pouch be sure to add a floatie handle just in case. You can also just leave it in your beach bag. Plenty of people will be doing the same thing. It does take a bit of trust in your fellow man but I haven't had any issue.
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