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First of all thanks to @CruiseHabit Bill for the nice compliment during his recent live broadcasts of my Celebrity Equinox Live blog post on the RCB message board. That compliment inspired a cruise recap for this Disney cruise. We booked this cruise over one year ago. The motivation was a few factors. It was originally scheduled to be on my kids Spring Break which has since been pushed back a week from the prior school year so they will miss a week of school and after returning have another week off school for their actual Spring Break. Another reason for picking this was it included a themed sea day with Star Wars activities. Additionally we had a desire to try out a Disney Cruise since we live in the Orlando area and are Disney World passholders, despite the cost of the cruise. My son's Birthday, February 29 was a great excuse to select this cruise since this will be his second legitimate birthday even though he will be eight years old. Since all of this is new I will take lots of pictures and do a recap after I return. There is not an onboard internet plan that is unlimited unless you stay in a suite (concierge class) room. You must purchase a plan with different amounts of data with larger packages being cheaper by the MB but it's a use it or lose it plan and the prices are not good and there are rumors of poor internet speeds. My Equinox blog was all done via my iPhone 7 so hopefully I will do as good or better since I recently upgraded to the iPhone 11. I look forward to sharing it with all of you. The itinerary is a Western Caribbean cruise out of Port Canaveral. It visits Cozumel, Mexico, George Town, Grand Cayman, Falmouth, Jamaica and Castaway Cay which is Disney's private island in the Bahamas with the ports in that order. We have plans to go to El Cozumeleno resort for the day in Cozumel. In George Town we are going to the Turtle Farm. In Jamaica we have an excursion to take a raft down the Martha Brae River. No plans at Castaway Cay other than the 5K race and enjoying the island. We booked a verandah room. My Niece who is in her mid 20s and didn't pay for the cruise is with my kids ages 8 on cruise day and 10 for my daughter in a large interior room with a virtual porthole. Her parents (my brother in law and sister in law) are in a verandah that adjoins to our room. We originally booked specific rooms but a month before the final payment deadline a verandah guarantee with restrictions became available that saved almost $1000 for each of the verandah rooms. We got our room assignments about 10 days before the cruise and we got rooms comparable to what we originally booked. Originally we did not have adjoining rooms but we were assigned a room on the same deck as the inside room with my niece and kids that was not too far away. If you have any questions before I go I can try to find out onboard and report back. The only day I expect to have internet is the Cozumel day but I probably won't post much until I get back.

Maybe we will see you! I'm not sure how long the meal will be, but I'm thinking 1.5ish hours. So we will be there at the same time!

I guess I should have picked Pink Agave instead of also going with Razzle Dazzles. Then I would have been able to share different pictures....

Looking forward to hearing about this cruise. We were on a Marvel Day at Sea sailing on Disney Magic a few years ago, which was a lot of fun. I always wanted to try the Star Wars sailings, but the timing never worked out with the school schedule. Disney Fantasy is a great ship too. My son missed not having the Midship Detective Agency game on the Magic.

I was also looking at the Meraviglia for 2021. The few dates I checked seemed a little cheaper than Royal, but YC was very comparable to a GS on Royal (but has more perks included). I have read from many that YC makes a big difference. For a Caribbean itinerary, we have been to most of the islands, so we really enjoy a decent adult pool area for port days when we stay onboard. (BTW, Celebrity Equinox had a very good one). mac

We are most likely going to go on 3/7 also. The first dining time is sold out, but they have them every 15 minutes. So long as we dont' have to babysit the grandkids that day we will go. Kathy, if we get a reservation, I'll let you know the time. Maybe I'll get to meet the POTY in person !!