How To Check In For A Disney Cruise! Disney Cruise Line Online Check-In Changes EXPLAINED!
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- čas přidán 1. 05. 2023
- Disney Cruise Line has made some chanes to the online check in process with the introduction of the newest Castaway Club Pearl tier. Today we go over everything you need to know about these changes and take you through the entire check in process from start to finish.
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I don’t think it was mentioned but what time does check in start? Does it open up at midnight as well? If so, did you do yours at midnight? Just wondering since you had very early check in time.
Thank you for pointing that out! Yes check in does typically open at midnight eastern time. I however did not do mine at midnight. I did mine at 9am eastern.
@@ThemeParkExpress wow you did yours at 9 n had great check in times! I’m wondering if this is another great advantage (to be in higher cruise status member) or just that a lot of ppl didn’t know that they can check in earlier (if your at a higher cruise member status). Sorry still learning the new tier names lol
@@carollugo2489 usually they don’t fill up too fast. Not everyone checks in as soon as they can.
I live in Calif. and I checked in at 9pm (PST - since it goes by 12am EST). I wanted the earliest arrival time. Same goes for booking on-board activities.
I currently have 2 booked
I’m not cruising but can’t help watching any theme park express videos 😅
You're missing out
Same
I have 2 booked rn
I would love a trip, just don’t have the funds for it! So living through Adrian and Koda X
Secret to early port arrival time even if you’re a first time cruiser is if you’re flying in or at the Orlando airport and taking their buses/transport to the port we checked in 2 weeks before the cruise first timers and I got a 11 am port arrival time 😊
Thank you for this helpful information!!!! Can’t wait to watch your cruise videos!!!
Thanks for this video. I love full walk-thrus so people can be ready and confident they have everything for check-in.
Thank you for posting this! Great information!
I went on my first cruise on the Disney Wonder back in October. Your channel and a couple of other channels gave our family so many tips and heads ups when it came to the online check-ins, doing Covid documents and what to expect when we got to the ship that even my nephew was answering other passengers' questions. Thank you so much for your great informative videos!
Thank you so much for this! I've had anxiety about our first cruise in July and this made me feel so much better
I’m soooo glad I found your videos before my cruise! This came at the perfect time as I did my check in last night and this helped sooo much!
Omg Adrian, this is amazing. Feeling soo much more relaxed for my 1st check in.. Im heading on the Disney Wonder when it comes to Australia, got a feeling lots of people will be new to this
I just did our check in process since we sail very shortly! This was excellent!!
This is so helpful! Thank you!
Thanks Adrian! Very helpful and a good refresher even for us seasoned cruisers. Have a Magical cruise to Alaska 🚢
Thank you, this video was so helpful. Did online check in at midnight for our first Disney Cruise and it was nice knowing what to expect. Congratulations by the way on your engagement! Wishing both of you much happiness.
This was really good. Thank you for this. This definitely helps for our first Disney Cruise.
Super helpful! Sharing with my clients 👍🏽
Thank you so much for the video! I’m going on my first Disney cruise this year and it’s really helped my nerves as now I can have everything fully prepared before we check in!
Thank you for this video! It will be so helpful later this year when we have our sailing on the Wish.
Super helpful! Thank you!
Great video. I am almost platinum and still enjoy the information. It is very helpful, as was the previous video on Alaska cruises. Hope you get some good numbers on these.
Finally, glad we are going back to this... Pre-Covid had tiered status check-in, thankful we're going back to it...
10:21 Thanks for the info. We are planning a trip in October 2024. This is great info for things I didn’t know. You rock. Can’t wait to see your trip.
Thank you so much for making this video!! I have been on 6 cruises, but have always sailed with my parents. I have my honeymoon booked for June and was a little nervous making sure I had all the check in info for us! Seems super easy! We check-in in 16 days and cruise in 50!!!
I find this helpful even without a booked cruise. We are in the very early stages of planning a cruise so all information is helpful.
Thank you so much for sharing! I was reading online what to do but was confused… your video summed it up perfectly, thank you!
Very helpful. Thank you!
Thank you so much Adrian! This was so super helpful! This is my 1st time cruising in many years and I was unsure of how to check in. ❤️❤️
I’m glad we could help!
Successfully checked in last night with lots of help from this video! Thank you!
Very helpful and detailed info, thanks
Excellent and super helpful!!! Tu
Thank you for this video! It helped us greatly!
Thank you so much for posting this! I'm so glad Disney went back to staggering the online check ins. Oh, hope to see you and Yoda on the Bermuda cruise as well. Thanks again
Thanks for the help! 👍
Thanks Adrian. That’s really helpful. We’re in the UK and going on our first Disney Cruise to the Bahamas in December! 😊 Enjoy your Alaska cruise!
We will! We hope you enjoy your cruise as well!
This is the BEST check in step by step vlog. I just did a 5 nite from San Diego-Cabo-Ensenada.
Thanks for posting this! This will be helpful for all the new cruisers out there who might not know the process! For the new tiered check in system I personally really like it because I feel like this was a clever way to help the Disney cruise line employees who would get hammered with waves of passport and guest photos to verify because now it won’t be as many coming in waves lol. I also think this will help the website from becoming overloaded because my mom experienced this the last time we sailed and everyone on the ship got to check in 30 days out. She went on to check in for us (I was out of town) and the website was glitchy and wasn’t working well at all! so I think with this new process it will help a lot!
Pro tip for uploading photos: make sure the photos you upload are in the jpeg format. It’s my understanding the website won’t accept the HEIC format iPhones will take photos in so you will need to convert them beforehand!
Hi Theme Park Express! I am very shy about commenting on videos, but I just had to thank you for all the work you did making and posting this! Because of this awesome video, I knew exactly the information and photos I needed to have ahead of time. It made checking in a breeze. Thank you so much! Your videos are equal parts entertaining and informative- which is much appreciated!
I appreciate your feedback! I’m happy this video helped you!
Great video!
This is great information! I had done mine already, but sent it on to my extended family who are Silver. We are all on the same cruise as you! I have watched a lot of your videos. Thanks for all your hard work.
Thanks so much for watching! I hope the video helps them out!
Extremely helpful for our August Disney Wish vacation.
Immediately subscribed. Thanks for this detail. Its so vague on their site so it was stressing me out
Thank you for posting this!
I’m not really a fan of the new tiered check in thing… I’m glad we sailed before this update tbh
I saw your other comment and I will look into this further when I get home from work and see if I can make any adjustments. I removed the comment so we don’t bring attention to it but thank you for informing me :)
Oh hey, I'll be on this same June Alaska cruise!! I'll be sure to say hi if I see you. Did our check-in last night and we could only see the button to begin if we logged in on our phone through the DCL app for some reason.
Thank you to share this with all of us: Is so helpful . I can’t wait to do my for my Disney dream 2025 . Is going be my first cruise and my family first cruise . Super exciting .
Great post. You covered all the bases. We just got back on the 23rd from the 8 night Bermuda cruise on the Fantasy. Was really a great cruise. Are you still going on the 8 night September one? We are hoping to book September also. Enjoy your Alaskan cruise. Carl & Linda
Good video for new cruisers, Adrian! Thanks for sharing this with your followers. 👍🏼
Enjoy Alaska - Koda is going to love it! 🥰
I sure hope she does 😅 thanks for watching!
@@ThemeParkExpress are you planning to be on a panama canal cruise?
when I look up videos, hardly anything comes up
Thanks, your video is very helpful, We will be doing a back to back in May 2024 😂
I will be watching your upcoming Alaskan cruise as we sail on the Wonder on her last Alaskan cruise of the season this Sept!
Hi there,
I live in Vancouver and I have been on 3 Disney cruises!
I love your channel. When you come to Vancouver for your cruise, I would love to meet you if you have time before or after your adventure. 😊
You might want to revise this video and reupload. When you are going through Daisy's booking info, the phone number is visible for a second.
Hey that's my Disney Alaska cruise too! See you onboard.
See you on board!
We are a few days away from our first cruise ever! This helped, just wondering what the assembly group is.
Thank you such a helpful video. I was wondering can you attach a different credit card to each individual person in your party or is it one card for the whole party??
Thanks for posting. This will be our first cruise since the new rules are in place. I have just one question-the QR code how do you put it in your wallet and where do you find the wallet in the Cruise app..
Not gonna lie I wish you had done this video before my wedding so I could send this to everyone in my wedding party lol 😅
Going to Alaska in August with no kids. This helps.
Omg thank u so much for making this video. My question is what if u change your hairstyle after u upload the security photo?
For that you may need to call Disney directly and inquire. I’ve been bald for a while so hair isn’t my area of expertise lol 😅
Instead of entering a card you can select cash account and then add a card onboard. It wasn’t accepting our Australian cards.
If we have two rooms booked (my family and my parents) is it best for us to check in for our rooms simultaneously separately? Or can I check us all in at the same time?
Thanks for the video! Not a fan of the tiered check-in unless they’re going to hold back some early PATs for each level.
I’ve always been able to get the first PAT even as a first timer and Silver. Just make sure you check in on the day you’re able to online first thing.
What where the options for uploaded document? Passport, birth certificate, drivers licence?? Tia
Hey Adrian have you thought about travelling for other cruises besides Alaska. Like maybe you could take a trip to New Orleans before going on the Magic?
I have considered it but at this time do not have any plans for NOLA in the near future
You do not need to put a credit card on your account. You can choose cash. I did that for my most recent cruise
So informative. I’m scared to take a cruise because I feel I don’t known the ropes. So when do you select your dining options? Is dining automatically reserved for you? Thank you for the vlogs.😊
Disney has rotational dining across three main dining rooms that get assigned to your party. You will go to each dining room at least once. You can book specialty dining like Palo or Remy when your excursion booking window opens
If there are 2 couples in one room can you add 2 separate credit cards for the room?
For the Passport Photo, does it need to be the bttom part with all the information or the bottom AND top part that has your signature?
It just needs to be the full page that has your photo on it. It needs to include the long passport numbers on the bottom and all of your important details.
Hi! The Authorization Form for children is needed if the parent(s) is NOT traveling with the child on the cruise. Say a grandparent wants to take a grandchild. The form would be needed. No form is needed as long as ONE parent is sailing with the child.
Just want to add that it is always a good idea to print your port arrival information 👍🏼 Also if cruising from port Canaveral, staying at a resort and taking Disney transportation, they will preselect your port arrival time and boarding group 👍🏼
Hi. My name is Elly. I live in Vancouver. I really enjoy your videos. I would love to meet you
Question… since higher status guests get to check in first, what’s the benefit of being able to do that? Do they get better boarding positions… like earlier or what?
Better boarding positions plus first dibs on activities that can only be booked at time of check in like royal gathering (I believe that’s how that works but don’t quote me on it bc I’ve never done royal gathering 😅) but yes boarding groups/time is the biggest benefit
115 days until my Disney Alaska cruise.
Hi adriene, how were you able to blur out the info on your video.
Lots and lots of editing in post production 😅
if we stay at a disney hotel before the cruise and the morning of embarkation if we take the DCL bus we automatically get one of the first arrival times correct?
That is correct
I was thinking that the higher Castaway club members were always sooner because they always get the cabanas on Castaway Cay. So I think booking excursions and extras is on a different date, is that correct? Checking in gets you a sooner onboard time and royal meet and greet, is there any other advantages of earlier check in?
Correct, booking excursions happens at a much earlier date prior to check in and it is tiered based on your castaway club status
@@ThemeParkExpress thank you!
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this might be a "European" question but, as far as I know, it is strongly advised to never upload your passport information (number, photo etc.) by our Dutch goverment. Is it mandatory or is there a possibility not to?
I was wondering if you are able to add other credit cards on your staterooms. For example say your mom didn't want you and Koda charging on her card. Would you be able to add a different card for you and Koda to be able to charge to.
Yes you would be able to add another. However I have personally never done this just to keep things quick and easy for us when trying to check in quickly
I did online check-in for my husband and I as well as my mother-in-law and I was able to put in a separate credit card for her. Also, we bypassed the credit card and selected cash.
So what's the point of checking in early based on tier status??? I'm like Tom Hanks on BIG - I don't get it - what's the big deal??
Earlier arrival time to the port. Earlier boarding group and more importantly, earlier access to booking specific activities like “princess Royal gathering” if you have a little one who loves princesses
@@ThemeParkExpress it seems to me the pearl status was way over due but at the end of the day what are the perks associated with pearl other than bragging rights?!? Disney does a great job most of the time but sometimes they lack follow through - I guess having free cruise pictures is a nice perk with pearl status but after 25 cruises I would think that one would already have albums of pirate night photos already collecting dust in some corner designated DCL merch in the den.
WhAt if you do not have a credit card? I have a VISA debit bank card???
A debit card will work fine as well
Oh man this dropped about 5 days too late for me 😂 should have seen me at midnight trying to hunt down my husbands wallet for the credit card I didn’t know I needed
Do you need a passport
A birth certificate works
Slow down. Don’t talk so fast!
Very helpful, thanks!