Crazy Piglet

I don't think they have rollaways. If they did, there's no space in an inside cabin for one. If I'm wrong, let me know.

The advantage is you lock in the price at the time you book. If you know what cruise you want, the earlier you book it the better. The price tends to go up as the ship fills. With a placeholder you lock in the OBB benefits, but not the price of a cruise. A placeholder allows you to decide later and can be used for a cruise that hasn't even been released at that time.

Actually, you can change your OBB. It just has to be within that 2 year period.

An OBB is booking a specific future cruise while on board the ship. A placeholder reserves the benefits you get from an OBB for a cruise to be taken within 2 years of making the placeholder. The deposit for a placeholder is $250. You get all the benefits without having to pick a specific cruise while on the ship. With either one, the cruise has to taken within 2 years of the exact date you make the booking.

I'm curious as to why you want to avoid the main dining rooms. We have always been quite happy there.

I believe the Promenade Lounge has some "grazing" type food.

Disney no longer does the item signatures that you leave at guest services. You can have the characters sign something when you visit them.

As a former Stage Manager on Wonder & Dream I can tell you I did use to give backstage tours to Mainstage. However these were based on whether the current CD wanted them or not. As I recall they were limited to a certain level guest but I am not positive.

On Wonder we would start in the theatre (usually a group of 10-12 people max) and I would explain hiring, rehearsals, cast change overs and general show info. We would then go onstage and do a brief tour, usually including the Production Mgr at this point, and show all the sets and backstage storage area. If seas permitted we would put everyone on the lift and take everyone below the stage lever (which NO ONE but those on these tours ever saw as it was in a strictly crew area) and then take them back on deck.

Mind you this was 2011 so I have no idea what happens now, but I certainly enjoyed being a give a glimpse behind the magic.....and also always being careful not to show TOO much!

We were able to do a tour like this on the 2013 EBPC. Being "theatre people", my husband acts and I house manage at a semi-pro level, we really enjoyed it. It was not limited to a certain CC level. I believe there was an age requirement, and it was a small group.

For schools in the northeast, it is also school vacation week.

Oh, good to know.

Folks always have a fit on the boards about it but we do it on EVERY cruise not just disney but every one, we have a duffel bag we use and put a whole case in, they DONT leak and they get there every time, the whole dont put in checked bags is really more for booze then water

I hope my bag isn't under or next to yours when your bag gets manhandled and bottles break. Yes, plastic bottles can break and leak. It just takes one time to ruin someone's day.

Is this President's week? If so' date=' you have my sympathy.[/quote']

What do you mean by that? It is President's Day weekend, when we remember George Washington's and Abraham Lincoln's birthdays. Is that a busy weekend?

We picked late because of time zones. We'll actually be eating at our normal time. Plus it sounded much less frantic with everything else going on.

So does that mean you do everything else according to your home time zone? Do you go to bed and get up by PST when you're on a cruise in EST time? I don't get it. When I'm on a ship I operate on ship time. I understand it might be nice your first night, but after that?

We have early seating and like it. Part of the decision depends on when you normally eat dinner. 8 is way past our usual time.

Back to the original question...There are a few places on board where you can catch live music at different times.

The "piped" music is Disney, but you'd be surprised at what that includes. I even heard music from the mini-series Gettysburg on the Wonder. There are many pieces that are connected to Disney in some way that you would never imagine.

No magic bands on the ships, but your Key to the World Card (KTTW) works the same way. It is your cabin key and your "charge card".

We have only cruised on Disney without kids and we love it. We were never bored, but that depends on what your interests are. We take longer cruises and love the sea days with lectures/presentations, drawing classes, movies, entertainment, I can't remember it all.

We love the food! I really don't know why people complain about it. If you get something you don't like, they will gladly bring you something else. In fact, they insist upon it.

We like Disney, but we're not fanatics and we love DCL.

We were on the first leg, to the islands, and stayed for a while afterwards. The cruise and whole trip was fantastic.

There are plenty of "Good Neighbor" hotels/motels right next to DL. You don't have to spend a lot at a Disney hotel to be close to the action. It can save you a lot of money. We like the Howard Johnson's. It has a small water park that's great for kids. (Not that we have any little ones now.) You can walk to the parks.

I was on the Hawaii cruise and will be on the EBPC as well. There is an active group on a social media site that I can't name. Come join us. M. Spees.

The offer is available on every cruise, but not all cruises will be available to book this way. In other words, when you are on a cruise you can book another cruise at 10% off, but you may not be able to book the specific cruise you wanted.