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Back to Back Disney Cruise

June 18, 2019 | blogging, Disney, Travel

I have had several people ask me how a Back to Back Disney cruise works. It’s a neat concept and has its perks and downfalls.

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First, let me explain. We went on two separate Disney cruises: a 4 night Bahamian sailing and a 3 night Bahamian sailing, back to back. Why do this instead of just a straight seven night cruise? For us, adding the 3 night was a last minute decision as we had already booked the 4 night with friends. Another perk for us was two stops at Disney’s private island: Castaway Cay. We love it there, and each sailing made a stop so we got two full days in our favorite place.

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Also, once you sail on a Disney cruise you become a member of what is called the Castaway Club. If you have completed 1-5 cruises you are a silver member, 6-10 is gold, and then platinum. Each level has different perks like gifts in your room, different booking windows for bookings excursions, and platinum cruisers even get a free meal at the adults only restaurant Palo, as well as the ability to board the ship with boarding group one. So, for us, doing two cruises instead of one “counted” twice and I am now platinum.

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It’s also fun to get on the boat before everyone else and get to your room first on the second cruise.

Let me explain how it worked. The last night of our first cruise (the four night cruise) we had a letter in our room explaining the process. If you are staying in the same room, you can leave you luggage etc. in your room, and debark the ship by 9:15. If you are changing rooms (like us) just pack up, leave everything in the room, and the stateroom host will bring your bags to your new room for you. perfect!

The next morning we ate breakfast and were in no hurry to get off the ship. We actually stayed on closer to 10:00 because people were still getting off. We relaxed in the adults only coffee shop checking emails and doing work while we had a day in port (another perk to a back to back, ability to get on the internet halfway through your trip).

We got off, breezed through customs, then turned and went right back up the escalators to check in. The port wasn’t even open yet, so it was empty. We checked in and were given a special green ticket, and were told to go sit in the concierge/closed off area in the back of the terminal.

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We sat there just hanging out until 10:45, when a cast member led us through a side door to get back onto the ship. (to the right of the Mickey ears is the closed-off area we sat in while waiting to board).

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It was weird being on the ship early (boarding usually starts around 11:45ish) because people were still cleaning and scurrying about getting things ready. The next perk was a big one, getting to our rooms early. The letter that was left on our bed started that our stateroom would be a top priority to get cleaned, and it would be ready by 11:30. FYI, for everyone else that gets on board, you can’t access your room until 1:30. We were able to get into ours just before 11:00, and our luggage was already in there, it was awesome.

We unpacked, called our families, and hung out in the room until the lunch buffet opened at 11:45, and we were among the first to eat, and we simply went back to our room after, changed, and went to the pool. Normally we have to lug our day bags around, change in the public bathroom, etc. So this was a very nice perk.

Another fun thing was Disney kept us with our same dining room team, so it was nice to have familiar faces at dinner, it made it seem like a 7 night cruise.

We enjoyed experiencing the back to back, but I don’t know if we will make it a habit of sailing on them. One downfall is they only go to Nassau and Castaway Cay, so if you are looking to go to other ports this may not be for you. However, we use Nassau day to stay on a near empty ship anyway, so we didn’t mind. You lose a few hours on the day you get off and back on, having to get off then wait to get back on etc., but other than that we enjoyed ourselves for our back to back Disney cruise!

If you have any questions about the process please let me know! I would love to help you book your next Disney cruise at no additional cost! Email heathermontgomery4@gmail.com for info.

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Related: Everything you need to know about Disney’s Castaway Cay 5k

QOTD: Would you ever consider a back to back Disney cruise?

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  1. Pam says

    December 19, 2013 at 4:23 am

    We did a back to back cruise after Tom retired on Oceania cruise line…It was 2 long cruises and we had the same stateroom for both. We did not have to do anything between the two cruises….it was seamless which was really nice.

    • Heather says

      December 20, 2013 at 3:06 pm

      I had a travel agent rate for the 2nd stay so we had a guarantee room, but I was ok with it b/c we got upgraded to a 4B, huge room!

  2. Karen :0) says

    December 19, 2013 at 6:17 am

    I’ve never considered it, but it sounds like a lot of fun! The main thing I love…it counts as two cruises towards your CC level!

    • Heather says

      December 20, 2013 at 3:04 pm

      exactly! But now that I have done 10 (really 11 but one didn’t count ggrr) I would rather do a 7 night

  3. Meranda@fairytalesandfitness says

    December 19, 2013 at 6:44 am

    I would consider back to back cruises as long as they were only 3 and 4 days like you did. I don’t like the fact that it only goes to Nassau, so I might stay on the boat that day like you did too!

  4. Mindy @ Road Runner Girl says

    December 19, 2013 at 8:08 am

    I’ve never thought about back to back cruises but it sounds great!

  5. Jen says

    December 19, 2013 at 9:53 am

    Very cool! Honestly, I’d never do it though simply because leaving and coming back to FL are my worst days of seasickness (as you know haha) so I just couldn’t put myself through that again within a week!

  6. Frank@The Fat Runner says

    December 20, 2013 at 1:20 pm

    What can possibly be better than going to Castaway Cay?! Going to Castaway Cay TWICE! lol Definitely I would consider it.

    • Heather says

      December 20, 2013 at 3:03 pm

      That was the best part

  7. Julie says

    December 27, 2013 at 7:25 pm

    Thank you so much for the information, you had a great way of explaining it. I have a back to back set next October. We will have the same room so that seems like it will be even easier. I will have 4 days at Castaway Cay, because of each cruise is a double dip ( 2 times to CC per cruise).

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