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    What is Ft. Lauderdale like during spring break?

    It's absolutely HORRIFYING. We accidentally ended up in the middle of it the night before a cruise some years back. Never ever ever again. We got almost zero sleep. So loud. It was a party all night long outside our hotel.
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    Does shipboard medical take HSA?

    I hope you're doing well and can celebrate being done with everything in Feb. My first cruise post-treatment was emotional! I'm almost one year past treatment. It's not always easy (it seems like even when you're done having cancer, you're never really done having cancer) but it's easier than...
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    Does shipboard medical take HSA?

    I do this anyway so that I can get credit card points on my medical spending. My out of pocket max is $6k and we will hit it (thanks cancer). That's a lot of Southwest points! ;) At least something good can come out of all this medical spending.
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    Flight time from Barcelona

    From DCL here is their official guideline for that sailing: Earliest departure time from Barcelona International Airport on debarkation day: 12:30 PM From this page: https://disneycruise.disney.go.com/guest-services/ground-transportation/ I would go with DCLs recommendations, even if you...
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    Updated Disney Gift Card Deals and More

    No. You have to have the offer and then Activate it in order for it to work. I have it on my Freedom but not on my Southwest. Not all Offers are on all Chase cards for whatever reason.
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    Updated Disney Gift Card Deals and More

    Seriously? Even when they are in the wrong? Wow.
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    Disney Magic in 2024, still worth it?

    I just sailed the Magic in January. If you told me that ship was 25 years old, and I didn't know, I wouldn't believe you at all. It's our favorite ship. I love them all. Well, except the Wish. I didn't love the Wish. It was fine and I'd sail her with the right itinerary, but she's definitely in...
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    Updated Disney Gift Card Deals and More

    Has anyone bought DL tickets lately? A couple of months ago I wanted to buy some and sent all the info to my TA. I mathed it out and it's actually a better deal for me to just buy direct than to use UT or something with all the deals I've gotten with buying DCGs. My TA hasn't been able to get...
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    Conflicting onboard credit refund info

    One of those threads you referenced was mine (the second one) and I provided my data points and how things worked out on page 2. This was a cruise in January of this year so definitely recent experience. It was eventually refunded. If you need the money back right away, I don't recommend...
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    Disney Movie Rewards - Bonus Codes

    Mine says the same thing.
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    private transfer: civitavecchia PORT to civitavecchia TRAIN station?

    I don't think you can avoid that first shuttle, but I may be wrong. It's the way the port is configured. Honestly, it SOUNDS much more annoying than it is. It really wasn't a big deal.
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    4n magic animation magic?

    Those restart sailings were doing all kinds of weird stuff. It's definitely not a normal occurrence but it does seem to happen now and then, apparently. What's funny is that after I responded that I had never heard of this, we were on a 4-night on the Magic in January and our table mates were...
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    platinum check in at port?

    Separate Pearl/Platinum checkin line at Galveston recently, which was nice and quick. We walked right up with no line. Our PAT was late enough (12:30) that once we got through security, it was open boarding and we walked right on the ship. There was a significant security line, though it only...
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    Edge

    I'm not aware of any changes. Edge is not secure programming and kids can come and go.
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    Debarkation Breakfast

    It depends on which restaurant but generally it's 8:00 or 8:15. Usually two restaurants will be 8 and one will be 8:15 to stagger slightly. We usually take about 45-60 min.
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    I banked my points to book Aulani but it's not available. WWYD?

    I'll see if we can afford that! LOL.
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    I banked my points to book Aulani but it's not available. WWYD?

    Well, I just thought I'd provide an update about my WL for June. At this point I have three of my nights: the two first nights, then I have a gap, and then one more night and then my last night I still don't have. I got pretty excited because I got those three nights in pretty close succession...
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    Magic 4-night January 2024 - A quick Mexican getaway from Galveston

    Whoa! That's nuts. We were on the Wish when they had a problem with The Little Mermaid but we just waited for a few minutes while they sorted it out and they restarted the scene and carried on from there. Which other show was cancelled?
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    Passengers are furious after Norwegian Cruise Line removed Antarctica from its itinerary after everyone had boarded

    This summer those of us on the 10-night France/Iceland/Norway had one of our Iceland ports cancelled. It was pretty frustrating. Apparently there was an issue with the dock not actually having been built. The kicker was that DCL literally knew about it for MONTHS and didn't tell us until less...
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    25th Anniversary Ideas - Galveston 5 night Dec 2024 cruise

    We've sailed out of Galveston twice (we live in Austin so it's a pretty easy drive). The gulf can be a little rough. I'm not sure they do anything different for any particular number of anniversaries. We cruise often in January because it's our anniversary month and we celebrated 24 on board...




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