20 Mistakes to AVOID on Your Disney Cruise Vacation

Addicted to the Mouse: Disney Podcast | Disney World, Universal, & Cruise Vacation Planning

Dan and Leslie Lowry

Kids & Family, Education, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.8 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On today’s Disney Podcast, we are giving you 20 rookie mistakes that too many people make when booking a Disney Cruise Line vacation and what to do instead. From missing booking windows to overpacking to not getting an on board credit, these are the biggest mistakes to avoid when taking your next Disney Cruise. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	As popular as cruises are right now, particularly Disney Cruise Line, we are going to help you,
0:05.4	hopefully, avoid some pain on your next Disney Cruise Line vacation.
0:08.5	Hello and welcome to Addict of the Mouse.
0:09.8	Today is Wednesday, February 19th.
0:11.4	We're listening to episode number 669, and these are the 20 mistakes to avoid on your next Disney Cruise.
0:20.4	Music next Disney Cruise.
0:34.2	Hey everybody, Dana and Leslie here.
0:35.3	Thanks for joining us today.
0:45.7	I love cruising, and it just goes with the theme of the week with the summer 2026 itineraries being released and lots of booking happening and all of the fun.
0:51.6	Well, not to mention, we are getting on the Disney treasure for a seven-night sailing, an eastern Caribbean sailing in a few short weeks. Yes, very few short weeks. Yeah. Yes. I looked at our little countdown today and I was like, oh, that's a fun number.
0:58.0	Yeah.
0:59.0	All right.
0:59.6	Before we get into that, though, we do have a little bit of news.
1:02.3	So this is kind of big news.
1:04.5	Pretty huge news that was dropped to us yesterday.
1:06.9	So we got a little bit of big news.
1:08.2	A little bit of big news.
1:10.0	Okay.
1:10.3	Yes.
1:17.1	These standby cues are going to start being available for Tiana's Bayou Adventure and Guardians of the Galaxy beginning February 25th.
1:21.3	I know this is kind of bittersweet for some folks.
1:23.5	I think if you are an Uber planner, which I think a lot of you listening to this podcast probably are out there, this is not necessarily the best thing because you knew how to be first getting those virtual cues and plan them into your day.
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