11 Things You Should NEVER Do on a Disney Cruise Ship!

today on Disney's 11 things you should never do on a Disney cruise from armed guards to General practices we've got some surprises in here and speaking of arm guards we're going to start right there one thing you should never do on your Disney Cruise is a lie and specifically here we're talking about pregnancy it's kind of a general policy that you don't really want to travel in the third trimester of your pregnancy some travel options will let you get a note from your doctor stating that you are fit to travel Disney Cruise Line is not one of those places now there's a lot of articles about this one because armed guards escorted her off a Disney cruise for being too pregnant yes that's right armed guards for being too pregnant according to Cosmopolitan Emily Jackson and her family were removed with help from a rifle she was traveling with her family as well as her two-year-old daughter and her Cruise was set to sail during her 25th week of pregnancy now Disney Cruise Line policy State any woman who has entered their 24th week of pregnancy as of their embarkation date or will enter it during the cruise will be refused passage due to safety concerns they will not accept a doctor's medical statement or a waiver of liability and of course they're not going to be held responsible for any complications that's why they just don't let you on after 24 weeks Emily was traveling with family and was not aware of the pregnancy policy that doesn't matter though that's why it's so important to educate yourself for Disney vacations because they are unique in a lot of ways as they were at the Port getting ready to board their Cruise or so they thought Disney staff had called the Miami-Dade Police Department which resulted in Emily her family her children and her parents being removed from the port two guards and one of them carrying Rydal full escorted them from the premise now I know there's a lot of armed guards in a lot of places it's not something you're necessarily used to seeing when you go on a Disney trip so I do think that that would be a little startling if you are pregnant or have anybody in your party that will be pregnant during your cruise just make sure the cruise will come complete before they hit the end of their 23rd week of pregnancy number two I have to say really surprised me another thing you never want to do on a Disney cruise is raise your voice in the port there's a lot going on inside the port there are different lines for Castaway levels they have different port arrival times concierge has their own location brand new Cruises have their own location so it can get a little frustrating or overwhelming especially if you've got a lot of people in your party whatever you do do not raise your voice at anyone inside a port and obviously don't be mean to people but just if you're a loud talker don't raise your voice inside the port don't raise your voice inside the cruise ship board because what happens is Port security security at cruise ship ports will be armed as well I don't know why but I was very surprised to find this during our research it makes a lot of sense of course they've got to have those places secure but it is a little startling to see that type of thing on your Disney trip it so just make sure you never raise your voice to a Disney cruise member inside the port and I gotta be honest don't do it on the ship either it's a vacation it can get frustrating it can be fun if you have any issues on the ship at all make sure you contact Guest Services don't take those frustrations home with you they do want you to have a five-star experience they can't fix things that they aren't aware of so if you have any issues just contact them we've had a couple of times where the air conditioning needed a little bit of help and they were happy to come take care of that number three is also very important with Disney Cruise Line now you need to make sure that you are not early or late for your Port arrival time those Port arrival times can be secured during your online check-in that's when you're going to go on to their website or onto the navigator app which by the way Pro tip download that navigator app as soon as you book your cruise it's the Disney Cruise Line navigator app you'll be able to do your check-in from here you can link together your parties activity selections you will have everything you need once you are on the ship your daily Navigators schedule activities of events will be on there your menus from all the restaurants room service Etc character meet and greets absolutely everything is on this navigator app so take the time to download it and get familiar with it and back to number three do not be early or late for your Port arrival time your Port arrival time is typically about a 15 minute window let's say 11 to 11 15. it was extra important to be within these time frames during post-covered travel it is still important even though they have eased almost all of their restriction social distancing Etc you still want to make sure and get there within that Port arrival time if you don't they could turn you away and you will have to come back later in the day nobody wants to do that you want to get on the ship you want to have fun so just make sure you get there within that time frame also don't get there too late you don't want to miss your ship and so that takes us right to number four never ever ever fly in the morning of the cruise don't do it don't do it don't do it I can't stress that enough if your flight is late you missed your cruise if traffic is bad from the airport to the cruise ship you might miss your cruise I would not drive in the morning of a cruise either if you are any more than an hour or two away because you just never know what type of accidents can happen and completely close down a highway obviously that's not a normal thing but neither is your luxury vacation on Disney Cruise Line it's best to get there the night before make sure you're ready to go and I gotta tell you it's like Christmas morning when you get up on embarkation day and you can see the cruise ship from your hotel room window it is so fun it's just exciting it really is like being a kid on Christmas morning at least for me anyway plus it's just a nice stress-free way to travel if there was any issues during your flights if you travel the day before you've still got time to get there for your ship number five never plan to swim on a Disney cruise now that being said of course if you're going to Castaway Key you can go swim in the ocean it's warm there if you've got Port excursions that include a swimming pool or Beach visit that is another way you could swim that being said on the ships there is not enough room in these pools to swim the most conducive pool to swimming on Disney Cruise Line would be on the Disney Wonder in their adult section it's still a small pool it's not really great for swimming but you could go back and forth in this pool if there's no one else there typically though the people that want to swim are the tiny humans on the first four ships they've got about three or four pools kind of spread out throughout the cruise ship they are a little larger but there's just so many youth in there it typically looks like tiny humans and the wish while they have even more pools I believe there's 11 waiting pools on the Disney wish they are exactly that they are wading pools they are not deep enough or large enough to actually do any swimming that being said here's a pro tip for you make sure and wear your bathing suits on the first day of the cruise if you are wanting to try out their water coasters the aqueduct which is their first water coaster at Sea on the Disney Dream and fantasy is a lot of fun the aqua dunk is a drop slide on the Disney Magic and on the Disney you wish they have the brand new first attraction at Sea the aqua Mouse these slides are actually a lot of fun if you have your suit Underneath Your Clothes On the first day you can typically go get on those rides with very small lines everybody else is running around checking out the Etc so it can be a lot of fun to go try those slides out during that time again no swimming but do try out the slides number six you can never just walk into the Disney youth clubs and on the Disney wish make sure you do not just hop onto that Disney youth club slide down to the Ocean Ear club and lab they are very specific with their youth clubs safety is extremely important with Disney Cruise you cannot just walk into or take that slide down into the clubs because that's not exactly secure they will have open houses during these open houses you can go in there with your tiny humans check out the spaces and see what they're doing it's a lot of fun to have them show that to you and if you are traveling without any tiny humans it's still fun to go to the open houses and the youth clubs they have a lot of really fun activities in those youth clubs I think the most popular right now would likely be Star Wars cargo bay on the Disney wish or the simulator that they have on the Disney wish in the Ocean Air lab with that simulator they can create their own roller coaster and then they get to ride it how cool is that I definitely want to try that out at some point and the slide just looks fun too the policy with youth club is that you want to get on there on the first day go check them in get their little band the band tells exactly where they're at at all times so they're easy to find and the vibe takes the whole no parents policy up a notch especially on the fantasy and dream the entrance to vibe in the evening especially is this metal door that looks really cool there's a light changing hallway that you walk through to go into the club during regular hours those doors are shut and you cannot just walk in there you have to have your badge that lets you in and so if you're a parent you can't just walk in there which is kind of cool I think for them obviously if you need to speak to your teenager you can make that happen app and you can just call there's a phone right there but still very cool for them I think and on the wish that slide takes them straight down to the kids area so the adults check them in up on deck and then they can take the slide right down into the youth club they also have something that I had never realized before in between ocean ears club and lab there is actually an internal hallway that is just for the Youth to travel from one to the other they really have thought of everything just make sure you stick to Open House hours for your Explorations never just go in there during their normal Youth Club hours number seven if you are a smoker make sure you do not smoke on your Veranda if you are smoking in your stateroom or on The Veranda they will charge a 250 dollar fee for cleaning they do have designated smoking areas on board on the Disney Magic and wonder it's on Deck 4 from 6 p.m to 6 a.m and deck 9 Portside forward at any time the smoking section can also be a nice little place to get away there's not always a lot of people there sometimes there are some people like to go get some cigars from ports enjoy it with some whiskey or something out there totally understandable of course regular cigarette but what you see is a different area at the ports we saw these little guys that were so cute and sometimes it's just a quiet place to sit because there's just not very many people there I was quite surprised at that the Disney Dream and fantasy also have a deck 4 location from 6 pm to 6 a.m in addition they have deck 12 and deck 13 locations some of the ships will have cigars for sale on the ships as well that can be another nice way to end the evening number eight is a common Disney thing never arrive exactly when something starts you're not gonna get a seat at least it's very likely that you won't they have amazing entertainment Broadway style shows on board movie theaters music trivia match your mate which is a really fun game show in the evening just for the adults anything that you are going to whether it is adult only Family Youth specific make sure you get there at least 10 or 15 minutes early to grab your spot sometimes people will get there a little bit early clear than that if you get there about 15 minutes before any activity starts you're most likely going to get a place to sit but if you go in there exactly when it starts or even a few minutes before it starts it is very likely that all the seating will be taken obviously you can stand and watch no problem there but if you want a good seat you want a good view just make sure you get there early don't ever arrive exactly on time for any activities on the ship you are looking at missing out that way especially during the maritime cruises they'll have Santa and Mrs Claus and many others inside the atrium and people will be everywhere they'll be all packed in on the main deck and then also the next two decks up people will be surrounding that area looking down so just make sure you get there to get your spot and that's the same thing with the shows on Deck these things get really full it's like the whole pandemic never even happened I did not think things would go back to normal that way but absolutely they have people are jammed in there make sure you get your spot I like to get there a little bit early to get a spot up a deck or two it's usually just just feels a little more open to me even though there will be people all around that perimeter it is Disney after all so there will be some a little bit of waiting in lines not nearly what you're going to experience at The Parks of course but the dynamic does still exist on Disney cruise ships number nine don't yell at people on the cruise ship also sometimes people have a little bit too much to drink get a little excited you want to be careful with that on Disney Cruise Line they do have Security on the ship and they're not gonna just come get you for talking a little too loud it's nothing like that but I have seen somebody have a little bit too much to drink on Disney Cruise Line and they did come talk to him and they left so I don't know exactly where they went but they do have Cruise jail on cruise ships well that's what they call it's technically some secured quarters now this isn't going to be General actions this really has to be where someone is yelling getting belligerent assaulting somebody but if those actions occur they will put you in the Disney jail they either have a location station on ship that is secure that they will hold someone until they get back to Ports and can turn them over to the proper authorities and I have seen on the disboards absolute worst case if they need to they will post security outside the stateroom so the person is unable to leave I have only seen security approach somebody once and it was someone who was clearly highly intoxicated and perhaps just needed a little bit of a dry out spell but just because it's Disney but you know Disney they like to keep things secure and absolutely every cruise ship out there has something like this because you want to keep all the other passengers safe as well number 10 never forget to pack your Bonine b-o-n-i-n-e not only don't forget to pack it but make sure you don't forget to take it starting one day before your cruise we typically start boning the night before we fly out to the ship this will help with any nauseousness that we have on the cruise because it's already in our system also make sure you never forget to bring your c-bands these are acupressure bands to help with nausea they are really helpful there are also Ginger drops gums actual prescriptions you can get from your doctor if needed whether or not you think you will have any seasickness just make sure you don't forget to bring something with you nothing can mess up a cruise faster than being so sick on board you can't leave your stateroom and I have been shocked to find out that just a Bonine and sea bands makes all the difference I didn't think it would don't forget those things really important and number 11 never expect everything to go exactly as planned cruises are a dynamic vacation weather can happen at any port in the middle of the ocean at any time they will take the routes to stay away from the weather if at all possible which at times can mean you will miss your pork so going into your Disney Cruise vacation it's just best if you do not expect things to go exactly as planned because it's very rarely gonna happen people get tired overwhelmed there's things you had planned you thought you would do that you just don't want to and that is all great leave that awareness in your schedule don't plan it like you do Disney World where you've got to have every minute every reservation you've got a little more free flow on a Disney cruise it's a smaller location just don't schedule every single minute and expect to stick to all of that because you want to enjoy your vacation and I've got to say the absolute Pro tip is never stop looking for the Disney Magic Disney Magic happens on a cruise ship in so many ways it's so many times but if you stop looking for it you're not gonna see it at times don't ever stop looking for that Disney Magic that's why we go that's why it's so fun from the big humans to the tiny humans everyone loves Disney Magic never stop looking for it never stop expecting it what you focus on expands and of course we all love some Disney Magic that's why we're here as Walt Disney once said when you're curious you find lots of interesting things to do never lose that Curiosity and looking for the Magic on Disney Cruise support in any place in life honestly that's how you find it I'm so happy you're here today make sure you smash that subscribe button if you haven't seen them yet our last two videos are really gearing up for 2023 10 mistakes newbies make with Disney Cruise dining and also an in-depth 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Length: 16min 25sec (985 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 10 2022