15 Tips for Saving Money on Your Disney Cruise Line Vacation

By Barb Nefer

This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to cruise on one of the Disney cruise line ships while saving as much money as possible. It covers ways to save money when booking your cruise, traveling to the port, and doing activities on board. Each of the 15 tips contains a full explanation of how to use the information, as well as related topics that will help you have a better overall Disney cruise.

The author, Barb Nefer, has taken over 80 Disney cruises, so she knows all the tips, tricks, and secrets for doing a Disney cruise on a budget.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barb Nefer
• Release date: Mar 27, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301665631

Barb Nefer

Barb Nefer is a long-time writer, starting with newspapers and magazines in the 1980s and expanding her horizons to the online world in recent times. She's the About.com Guide to Pet Supplies and Product Reviews and the Orlando Theme Parks Examiner for Examiner.com, where she also writes about Disney Cruise Line, relationships, and personal finance. Barb lives in the Orlando area and has annual passes to all the major Central Florida theme parks, including the four Walt Disney World parks, Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure, SeaWorld Orlando, and Busch Gardens Tampa. Her frequent visits to the parks give her a rich expertise that she shares with her readers in her online articles and ebooks. She also has a small menagerie consisting of cats, guinea pigs, a Quaker parrot, and a horse that she tends to when she isn't busy playing at the theme parks or writing. Barb also has a doctorate in psychology and is the author of the print book, "So You Want to be a Counselor." She's a regular contributor to "Animal Wellness" and has written for such magazines as "Bird Talk," "Horse Illustrated," "Grit," "The Writer," "Twins," and "Going Bonkers."

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15 Tips for Saving Money on Your Disney Cruise Line Vacation

by Barbara Nefer

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This is an unofficial guide book that is not affiliated in any way with Disney Cruise Line or the Walt Disney Company. All information contained in this book is the author's opinion only. Inclusion of links to websites does not constitute endorsement of those websites. The links are provided for information and convenience only.

INTRODUCTION

Disney Cruise Line is pricier than many competing cruise lines like Carnival and Royal Caribbean, but it offers a premium, Disney-branded product. It's the only cruise line on which you can sail with Mickey Mouse, the Disney Princesses, and other beloved Disney characters, see first-run Disney movies, and even party with pirates as you watch a fireworks display. Other cruise lines, like Royal Caribbean, are taking a page out of Disney's success manual and putting popular characters like Shrek and the Madagascar animals on their own ships, but Disney Cruise Line still has the ships of choice for die-hard Disney fanatics.

There are many ways to save money and make your Disney cruise more affordable. The great thing about cruising in general is that once you pay for your trip (and if you pre-pay the customary gratuities for dining and stateroom service, which Disney Cruise Line allows you to do), you can have a great time without paying another penny on the ship. Zero. Nada. Zip. Your meals, accommodations, and plenty of entertainment options are all included in the cruise cost. Some of the amenities on Disney's cruise ships include:

-Breakfast, lunch, and dinner at several different restaurants, with your choice of table service or buffet for breakfast and lunch. You have an assigned restaurant at dinner time, although you can choose a casual dining option on certain nights of certain itineraries.

-24-hour-a-day room service. There are some extra cost items on the menu, like alcoholic beverages, soda in cans, and candy, but most items are free.

-Lunch on Disney's private island, Castaway Cay, at three different buffets. Two are near the family beach areas and one is by the adult beach and is for adults only.

-Fast food outlets and beverage stations on board the ships. You'll never go hungry on a cruise