Another Dose of Disney Dreams! - August 2016 *Updated 20th July-Daily Plans*

[juliab]

Originally Posted by Cherrypie

Hols sounds fab. Could I be really cheeky and ask what you roughly paid for the cruise, I'm loving the idea but not really understanding the pricing on dcl website - is it better to go through an agent? Or surely I've got price wrong as its coming up at £13k There are 5 of us and we'd go in August so I thought I could get a rough idea and talk to Dh xx

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We paid £1950 for 2 adults and 3 children in a category 4C. It is an expensive luxury for us but will be a one off experience. Was about £100 or so cheaper for the stateroom with the big porthole (think it's category 8 but can't remember). The price now on DCL is £2600 so that's the reason why I booked early to get a cheaper price and choice. You can book direct or with a US Travel Agent just see which is the better deal. There's the cruise forum and they know loads more than me xx

Edited to say we received $150 on board credit from the American Travel Agent too

[Cherrypie]

Originally Posted by juliab

We paid £1950 for 2 adults and 3 children in a category 4C, was about £100 cheaper for the stateroom with the big porthole (think it's category 8 but can't remember). The price now on DCL is £2600 so that's the reason why I booked early to get a cheaper price and choice. You can book direct or with a US Travel Agent just see which is the better deal. There's the cruise forum and they know loads more than me lol xx

Edited to say we received $150 on board credit from the American Travel Agent too

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Thanks so much, now some persuading to do ...

[juliab]

Originally Posted by Cherrypie

Thanks so much, now some persuading to do ...

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Good luck

The cruise is really expensive but it's an experience we'll probably never be able to do again. That's what I told my fella

[DLS1005]

Great plans! The new hotel looks lovely! Please come back and tell me how the cruise was before we go.

[juliab]

Originally Posted by DLS1005

Great plans! The new hotel looks lovely! Please come back and tell me how the cruise was before we go.

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it does look lovely doesn't it Will be a nice change for us.

I will do, I might need a bit of prompting though

Thanks for reading x

[juliab]

Small update I noticed a post a couple of days ago, on the accommodation section about a new offer for Sapphire Falls on the BA site. Went to have a nosey and saw that the price had been reduced and that you'd also receive, with a booking of 4 nights or more, a $150 dining credit . Our booking wasn't fully refundable but I phoned BA to see what the cancellations costs would be. The guy was very helpful and told me it was £112 to cancel but then went on to say if we just altered our booking we could just pay an amendment cost of £25

The room had to be upgraded so we chose a Lagoon view which was only a little bit more than a standard. We will now receive the $150 dining credit which can be used within the hotel. Figured it should pay for an evening meal for us one time, and we still got a refund of £69

Really pleased with this new deal! so our new costs for our Universal hotel as gone down to £499 for the 5 nights

We've nearly finished our selections for our ADR's so will post them very soon

Thanks for reading

[kblackman]

Loving your trip report Julia & well done you 4 getting the free hotel rooms

Can't wait to meet u in 3 weeks and we can talk Disney until we're blue in the face 😃😃 xxx

[Lisa29]

Wow, well done on getting both airport hotels free. That is excellent.

Great deal on the sapphire falls booking too. It looks like a great hotel.

Countdown is ticking down nicely. xx

[juliab]

Originally Posted by kblackman

Loving your trip report Julia & well done you 4 getting the free hotel rooms

Can't wait to meet u in 3 weeks and we can talk Disney until we're blue in the face 😃😃 xxx

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Hi Kaylie, lovely of you to stop by. I'm really pleased with the hotel bookings Just looking to see if I can find any airport parking!

Can't wait to meet up too, yes we can spend the day talking Disney...heaven

Thanks for reading xxx

[juliab]

Originally Posted by Lisa29

Wow, well done on getting both airport hotels free. That is excellent.

Great deal on the sapphire falls booking too. It looks like a great hotel.

Countdown is ticking down nicely. xx

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Looking forward to trying a new resort, it does look really nice and the pool there sounds fab

So pleased with the UK hotels

I know the time is going along nicely, such a good feeling.

Thanks for reading Lisa xx