AUTigerFan
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- Joined
- Nov 14, 2005
I asked my wife about joining and she said I should look into solo memberships!
I asked my wife about joining and she said I should look into solo memberships!
Yep
We aren't currently card-carrying members of that club....but we do have a verandah on our upcoming Bahamas cruise.....
I asked my wife about joining and she said I should look into solo memberships!
When I first started cruising I thought a verandah was a must. The more we cruise the less important it becomes. We book a lot a last minute discounts, and sometimes the only rooms discounted are the Ocean views and insides. Our upcoming Iceland cruise will be our first time in an inside, and honestly I'm just so happy to be on the ship. We really didn't use the verandah at all, but it was nice opening up the door to get fresh air.DH and I had a "discussion" today about verandas (all hypothetical since we've never been on a cruise and are doing OV in Aug for our 1st) and he thinks it's just a waste of money. He says he only plans to sleep in the stateroom. This is very true of our regular vacations, with Animal Kingdom Lodge as the one exception where we did use the balcony a bit.
When I first started cruising I thought a verandah was a must. The more we cruise the less important it becomes. We book a lot a last minute discounts, and sometimes the only rooms discounted are the Ocean views and insides. Our upcoming Iceland cruise will be our first time in an inside, and honestly I'm just so happy to be on the ship. We really didn't use the verandah at all, but it was nice opening up the door to get fresh air.
It was also great for putting my teens smelly shoes out on the balcony. I honestly never knew how bad his shoes smelled until our first cruise in an ocean view, and I had to spend 7 days in a enclosed room with them. On our upcoming cruise I'm buying him new shoes the day before we leave, hopefully they don't start stinking until the end of the cruise. Any of you that have teenage boys probably know all about the body odor issues.
With the prices jumping every year, clearly Disney thinks they'll get it. Look at the parks: prices go up yearly and yet the resort is as packed as ever. We've gone from "slow season" to simply "not as crowded" days. I'm frustrated that as a teacher, I can only sail during peak times. My administration no longer looks favorably at teachers who take a week off; I had to move my much cheaper January cruise to June, which will take me much longer to pay off. I was thrilled to hear DCL was doing different itineraries out of PC next summer when I have the time off, but those prices are insane! I did a week at Aulani for cheaper last summer! Yet the ships fill up! I'll be gold after my June cruise, and I'm afraid it'll be my last DCL for a while. I don't think Disney will miss me, though.
Unfortunately, that makes it difficult to move up in the real world. And moving up looks to be the only way to try and keep up the Disney price increases.It's easy to get excited and make a reservation but coming up with $14,000 for a family of four isn't an easy task for many families. Plus add in all the other costs like airfare and hotel the night before, transportation and on board spending and you could buy an ok car for that. I will be watching closely for VGT rates after the PIF date.
Good point and very true
As for having to cruise in the summer, if I were you I'd kindly tell your administration where to go. .
Unfortunately, that makes it difficult to move up in the real world. And moving up looks to be the only way to try and keep up the Disney price increases.
Ha! True, but I don't understand the concept of negotiated PTO that school employees are then not expected to use. Either let them take the PTO that is part of their salary/benefit package or be honest when negotiating the contract and take that "benefit" away and replace it with something else, like maybe higher pay or at least a payout for unused PTO so they can cover the higher cost of vacationing only in the summer.
Not true for us! I'd love to have a balcony every cruise, but when the price difference between an inside and a balcony is $1000 pp on longer cruises, I'd much rather have a longer trip or another trip. We upgraded from an inside to a balcony for a 12-night Med cruise on Celebrity when the price difference was only $200 pp, but the difference in price is usually far more.Once you balcony, you don't go back
I did. Just bought a Certified Pre-Owned 2013 Nissan Altima with all the bells and whistles for $13.9K, so, it's definitely not impossible at all.See that's what I'm saying, you can't get a "decent" car for $14,000, so that's a green light, right?
I did. Just bought a Certified Pre-Owned 2013 Nissan Altima with all the bells and whistles for $13.9K, so, it's definitely not impossible at all.
But your husband trying to overrule you like some overlord was only putting fuel on the fire (as we can tell!) and you've every right to leave him at home if you want.
I asked my wife about joining and she said I should look into solo memberships!
Leaving him home would drop the price a few thousand, now you've got me thinking...