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Disney World On The Cheap – 7 Ways You Can Save Big on Your Vacation

6. Bring snacks to avoid snacking in the park Chances are you have a budget set for food, but does your budget include snacks? It’s easy for money to add up quickly when you’re grabbing a treat, or two, in every park you visit every day. Again, you can bring a bag into the parks so it’s easy to pack some snacks that will sustain you throu

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Disney World On The Cheap – 7 Ways You Can Save Big on Your Vacation

7. Bring your own water bottle/get free water It’s no secret that Florida is hot, which means that getting dehydrated is possible and quite likely. However, you don’t need to reach for your wallet every time you or someone in your family gets thirsty. Because you can bring bags in the park, bringing a water bottle that you can refill is a

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Disney World On The Cheap – 7 Ways You Can Save Big on Your Vacation

While a vacation to Walt Disney World is often times a once in a lifetime experience for many, it can also be one of the most expensive vacations you’ll ever take. Depending on how many people you’re traveling with, you’re looking at a pretty hefty price tag. However, there are ways to lessen the financial burden of taking a Disney vacati

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Cruising Aboard the Disney Dream 101 – 10 Things You Need to Know

1. Gratuities The ship's servers, assistant servers, head servers, and stateroom attendants all work hard to make your voyage a magical one. Since tips are the primary source of income for the people working in these positions, Disney automatically adds a gratuity to your final stateroom bill that gets paid out to their respective account

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Cruising Aboard the Disney Dream 101 – 10 Things You Need to Know

2. Pools and Waterslides The Dream features a number of freshwater pools and water play areas for you and your family to enjoy. Some of the pools are adult-only, offering an escape from the hubbub of the main abovedeck area. One main draw is the 765-foot AquaDuck “water coaster” tube that propels you on an exhilarating watersl

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Cruising Aboard the Disney Dream 101 – 10 Things You Need to Know

3. Ship Size The Disney Dream is a rather large ship. With 1,250 staterooms, it can comfortably carry 2,500 passengers (with a maximum of 4,000) plus a crew of more than 1,400. On a given cruise—which is often only 3 or 4 days—you likely won't even be able to properly explore the whole thing.

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Cruising Aboard the Disney Dream 101 – 10 Things You Need to Know

4. Character Meet-and-Greets Similarly to the parks at Disney World and Disneyland, the Disney Dream offers lots of opportunities to meet your favorite Disney characters. Sometimes you'll see one walking down the hallway, through the atrium, or around the pool. In other cases, you may have to wait in line to get a photo with a character.

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Cruising Aboard the Disney Dream 101 – 10 Things You Need to Know

5. Free Self-Service Drinks You read that right: For 24 hours a day, you have access to a self-serve drink station that offers sodas, milk, juice, tea (hot or iced), coffee, hot cocoa, and lemonade…all for free. What a deal! Keep in mind that other types of beverages—bottled water, espresso drinks, cocktails, smoothies, etc—do cost

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Cruising Aboard the Disney Dream 101 – 10 Things You Need to Know

6. Internet Connectivity Due to the nature of being at sea, cell reception is either poor, nonexistent altogether, or will get you slapped with a bunch of international roaming fees. Your best bet is to purchase an internet package for any connectivity needs, but do keep a close eye on the amount of data you use because it runs out quicke

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Cruising Aboard the Disney Dream 101 – 10 Things You Need to Know

7. Assigned Dining Arrangements During your voyage, you will be assigned a particular dining rotation/schedule. This means you'll waited on by the same servers for every scheduled meal, and you'll be seated with the same tablemates (unless you request otherwise). By the end of the cruise, these people will all feel like extended family an

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