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Category Archives: Disney Cruise Line
Just Released 2013 Itineraries for Disney Magic and Disney Wonder
At long last the announcement we’ve all been waiting for has been made! Disney Cruise Line announced its 2013 itineraries for the Magic and the Wonder.
I must say it was worth the wait and the news is very exciting! New destinations include Venice (Italy), and the Greek Isles and Miami will serve as the second Florida port.
The previously cancelled Mexican Riviera holiday cruises will be replaced by a 14-night Panama Canal Cruise.
Bookings open for Gold and Platinum Castaway Club Members on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 (phone only). Bookings open to everyone on Thursday, January 26, 2012 (online or via phone).
Disney Magic will return to Europe and offer the following:
- 4-Night Mediterranean Getaway: July 9, 2013 and August 6, 2013
- 7-Night Mediterranean Cruise: June 1, June 8, August 10, August 16, August 24 and August 31st
- 12-Night Mediterranean Cruise with Venice: June 27, July 25
- 12-Night Mediterranean Cruise with Greece: June 15, and July 13
Disney Wonder 2012 Special Itineraries:
- 14-Night Panama Canal Repositioning Cruise: December 9, 2012
- 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Holiday Cruise: December 23, 2012
- 6-Night Western Caribbean New Years Cruise: December 30, 2012
Disney Wonder 2013-will be sailing from Miami and will offer the following:
- 4-Night Bahamian: January 10, Janaury 24, February 7, February 21, March 7, March 21, April 4, April 18 and May 2
- 5-Night Western Caribbean: January 5, January 19, February 2, February 16, March 2, March 16, March 30, April 13 and April 27
- 5-Night Western Caribbean Cruise: January 14, January 18, February 11, February 25, March 11, March 25, April 8 and April 22
- Repositioning Cruise: 14-Night Panama Canal-May 6, 2013
- 7-Night Pacific Coast-May 20, 2013
- 7-Night Alaskan Cruise: May 27, June 3, June 10, June 17, June 24, July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22, July 29, August 5, August 12, August 19, August 26 and September 2
The Disney Fantasy and Dream will continue to sail a variety of Caribbean and Bahamian itineraries from Port Canaveral, Florida.
For your free quote or for more information email Michele@PixieVacations.com, an Authorized Disney Travel Planner. Mention this article when you book and receive an additional $25 onboard credit and a monogrammed tote bag!
Win a Disney Fantasy Cruise from Expedia
Enter Expedia’s Fantasy Cruise Sweepstakes for your chance to set sail aboard Disney’s newest cruise ship, the Disney Fantasy, along with three of your friends or family members.
Eligibility:
Residents of the US and Puerto Rico, 25+
Start Date:
January 03, 2012
End Date:
January 31, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. PT
Entry Frequency:
One time per person.
Sweepstakes Prizes:
Winner will receive the following:
- Cruise for a family or group of up to four (4) staying in the same stateroom on the Disney Fantasy Sneak Preview Sailing departing March 26-29, 2012
- Winner will receive 1 Deluxe Family Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony (Category 5B)
- All onboard meals (except in Remy and Palo)
- Roundtrip coach Airfare for four from one airport near the winner’s home to Orlando International Airport if winner resides outside of a 200 mile radius of Orlando, FL
- Transfers for four to and from the airport to the pier via Disney Cruise Line transportation
- 1-night pre-hotel stay for the night of March 25, 2012 at a Deluxe resort at the Walt Disney World® Resort selected by Disney
- Four 1-day Magic Your Way® Tickets with Park Hopper® Option
- Four roundtrip ground transfers between the Walt Disney World Resort and Port Canaveral
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My Coke Rewards – Disney Cruise Line 7 Night Vacation Sweepstakes
Enter now for your chance to win a Disney Cruise Line® Vacation for four on the Disney Wonder® sailing out of the Port of Los Angeles. Every member of the family will think this Disney Cruise Line® vacation was created just for them. Kids can explore fun, cool activities in highly-themed, uniquely Disney spaces that cover nearly half a deck while teens can hang in their own club. And even grown-ups can escape to the adults-only pool, enjoy a relaxing massage and dance the night away in the ship’s unique nightclubs. And with Disney Cruise Line® itineraries and destinations in the most exciting regions around the world, you can choose to sail on Disney’s 7-Night Mexican Riviera Sailing or Disney’s 7-Night Pacific Coast Sailing.
Click here to learn more and to enter
No. of My Coke Rewards Points to Enter: 3
Start Date: January 1, 2012
End Date: February 29, 2012
Mail-in Entry Postmark Deadline: March 1, 2012
Mail-in Entry Receipt Deadline: March 8, 2012
Drawing Date: March 15, 2012
1 Grand Prize: Winner’s choice of a) 7-Night Mexican Riviera Sailing for 4 (“Riviera”) or b) 7-Night Pacific Coast Sailing for 4 (“Pacific”) with Disney Cruise Line® from the Port of Los Angeles aboard the Disney Wonder®.
Riviera prize consists of 4 round trip coach-class airfares between the major U.S. gateway airport closest to the winner’s residence and Los Angeles International Airport if the winner resides outside a 200 mile radius of Los Angeles, CA; ground transportation from the airport to the ship’s homeport; a 7-night Mexican Riviera cruise on the Disney Wonder leaving from Los Angeles, CA for 4 people in 1 stateroom aboard the Disney Wonder; meals onboard the Cruise Ship; and pre-paid gratuities, government taxes and fees (as defined on the Disney Cruise Line website). The estimated retail value of the 7-Night Mexican Riviera Cruise is $7140. Winner must take cruise beginning either November 11, 2012 or December 2, 2012 or forfeit the prize.
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Get a Huge Onboard Credit when You Book a New Disney Cruise.
To honor the launch of the new Disney Fantasy in March, we’ve decided to do something to celebrate. We’re currently offering free Disney gift cards for all vacation bookings made this month, but I decided to go a little further with the cruises. Book a Disney cruise between now and March 23, 2012 and you’ll receive an onboard credit based on these amounts:
- A $75 onboard credit for cruises valued at $1900 to $2200.
- A $100 credit for cruises valued at $2201 to $2800.
- A $125 credit for cruises valued at $2801 to $3200.
- A $150 credit for cruises valued at $3201 to $3500.
- A $175 credit for cruises valued at $3501 to $4000.
- A $200 credit for cruises valued at $4001 to $4500.
- Booking a cruise worth more than $4500? Well give you a credit worth 50% of our commission.
Here are the rules:
- Cruises are for any Disney cruise taking place in 2012 and 2013.
- Your cruise must be a new Disney cruise, not a takeover.
- Totals are based on your cruise only, not on port fees and taxes. This is because your onboard credit comes out of our commission and we only get a commission on the cruise itself. We’ll break down those totals for you.
- This offer is exclusive to Chris Wood and Bob Angelo and is not a Pixie Vacations offer.
Why is this better than the offers you’ll get from online booking engines like Expedia? Because we’re basing our offer on everyone in your cabin, not just the first two guests, so everyone in your group counts toward your total which means you get a bigger credit.
Here’s our contact information:
To contact Chris, email me at ChrisW@PixieVacations.com or call 919-889-5281.
To contac Bob, email him at Bob@PixieVacations.com or call 407-810-2528.
Thanks!
Chris writes here and at Everything Walt Disney World. She’s also a travel agent and a member of the Mouse Chat Podcast team.
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DCL: Port Canaveral Shore Excursions
There are plenty of Walt Disney World related “excursions for the 8-Night voyages out of New York.
For those who aren’t interested in a stop at “the World” (*Gasp!* Say it ain’t so!) there are a few other options that Disney Cruise Line is now offering, they mainly revolve around sand, space and swamp.
Cocoa Beach Shuttle:
- Travel 20 minutes to Ron Jon Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach. Visit the shops and restaurants at your leisure and receive a 15% discount card for the surf shop and a 10% off coupon for Sandbar Restaurant. The shuttle departs to the ship every half hour from 1pm until 6:30pm
Kennedy Space Center:
- Travel 30 minutes to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
- View footage of NASA astronauts in actual missions in an IMAX movie theater.
- Take a guided tour through the Space Shuttle program from launch preparation to lift-off. Get a close up view of the Vehicle Assembly Building (one of the largest buildings in the world) where the Space Shuttle was assembled and prepared for launch.
- Visit the Apollo/Saturn V Center. Re-live the historical launch of Apollo 8 at the Firing Room Theater, look at the 363 foot Saturn V moon rocket and witness the final moments before man landed on the moon. Have lunch in the restaurant and grab some souvenirs from the store.
- Take a personally guided walking tour of the worlds only Rocket Garden. See actual de-commissioned rockets and explore a full-size replica of the Space Shuttle.
- Take a ride on The Shuttle Launch Experience, a one of a kind simulator that replicates the sights, sounds and feeling of a shuttle launch.
Real Florida Airboat Adventure
- Take a 40 minute ride to the airboat dock and learn about the port and river system (you might catch a glimpse of the Vehicle Assembly Building of the Kennedy Space Center).
- Your 60 minute tour is narrated by a captain via voice-activated, noise cancelling headsets that will also allow you to ask questions.
- Speed 45 miles per hour down the St. Johns River and view alligators, snakes, ospreys and turtles. Eagles, hawks, cranes, egrets and herons fly overhead. Travel past a Native American Burial ground and on to Tosohatchee Wildlife Area.
- Hold and take pictures with a live baby alligator. Explore and meet “Baby”, the 11 foot Burmese Phython and “Porkchop”-the pot-bellied big. There is also an exotic bird and snake exhibit as well as a real working beehive on display
These excursions are for 8-night voyages out of New York to Port Canaveral only.
To book your Disney Cruise contact Michele@PixieVacations.com