BigTex71

I will be on the Westerdam (Alaskan cruise out of Seattle) on July 31 and my Navigator shows the Have It All and More. So this falls in line with the Alaskan cruise test market theory.
 

Hmmm- haven't had the chance to try it yet but from what I read, there is a component of the Hub that is online... if you pay $5 per day you can use the ship's internet to text other members of your cabin party on the same ship.

 

Can someone confirm?

 

Another question- if you get the Social Media package, does that enable the Hub's Chat function mentioned above?

Not quite.

The Hub chat feature lets you chat with other people using the Hub chat feature. It is $5 flat fee for the length of the cruise (not per day.)

The $5 / day social media internet package will let you use social media apps like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, etc.

If you only need to chat with your shipmates, then you would only pay $5 per person to use the Hub chat for the length of your cruise. No need to get the Social Media internet package. If you want to use Facebook messenger, Twitter, etc. AND chat with the Hub app, you would do the $5/day Social Media package and the $5 (one-time fee) for the Hub chat feature.

Tell your wife that you want to go on the Fantasy. Why do a "quickie" on the Dream if you can do a week????? And the price of air' date=' transfers, etc. will be essentially the same regardless of length of the cruise. Longer = better IMHO[/quote']

 

I tried that one yesterday. The Fantasy 7-night for my family (we have to go in the summer when kids are out of school) would be more than she was willing to spend. But the lower cost for the 5-day on the Dream (double dip) has her thinking about it. :)

 

Worst case scenario for next summer - we do a few days at WDW, then a little 3-day cruise at the end.

As a matter of fact, I just got back from an Agent Education Program at Walt Disney World. One of the days of our program, they bused us to Port Canaveral and we took a 3 hour tour (3 hour tour) of the Disney Dream. We were able to see all the different stateroom classes and all the public areas, including the Spa, kids areas, and restaurants.

Now I am begging my wife to allow me to book our family a cruise on the Dream next summer for a double dip at Castaway Cay. It is such a beautiful ship!