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Current Onboard Booking Placeholder Blockout Dates

I have been doing some housekeeping on the site ahead of the upcoming Summer 2023 itinerary release, and discovered a few areas that needed addressed. One in particular that is worth highlighting is the list of sailings that are blocked out of the onboard booking promotion which simply means you will  not  receive the 10% discount.

Below is a list of the upcoming dates that are blocked out of the onboard booking offer which was verified with Disney Cruise Line.

Disney Magic Sailings

• November 20, 2022  – 5-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Galveston
• December 23, 2022  – 4-Night Western Caribbean Cruise on Disney Magic – Itinerary A
• December 27, 2022  – 6-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Galveston

Disney Wonder Sailings

• March 18, 2022  – 2-Night Baja Cruise from San Diego

Disney Dream Sailings

• November 21, 2022  – 5-Night Bahamian Cruise from Miami with 2-Stops at Castaway Cay
• December 24, 2022  – 5-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Miami
• December 29, 2022  – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Miami

Disney Fantasy Sailings

• November 19, 2022  – 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
• December 24, 2022  – 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral
• December 31, 2022  – 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral

Disney Wish Sailings

• November 21, 2022  – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
• December 23, 2022  – 3-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
• December 26, 2022  – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
• December 30, 2022  – 3-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
• April 3, 2023  – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral
• April 7, 2023  – 3-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral

For a full list of current and even past dates please see this page .

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Thanks Scott, that’s quite a bit when you list it out. Any buzz on Summer’23 release?

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JUST IN: Additional Blockout Dates Have Been Added for the Disney Cruise Line Disney+ Subscriber Offer

by Whitney Littlejohn · October 4, 2022

The Disney+ subscriber offer has been very popular for guests wanting to get an amazing discount on their cruise. The offer is available for select staterooms and sailings on Disney Magic, Disney Dream  and  Disney Fantasy  with departures from  January – April 2023 .  

Under the offer, 3rd and 4th guests sail FREE when 2 full-fare guests are booked in the same stateroom.

Disney Cruise Line just announced today that they have added some block-out sailings for this offer. See below.

• Disney Magic: Jan. 2,  Feb. 18 & 23 , March 13 & 27,  April 1 & 6 , 2023
• Disney Dream :  Jan. 2 & April 10, 2023
• Disney Fantasy :  March 11 & 25, 2023

Photo: Chloe Rice, photographer

Here is a full list of ineligible sailings for the Disney+ subscriber promotion:

Disney Magic

• January 2, 2023
• February 18, 2023
• February 23, 2023
• March 13, 2023
• March 27, 2023
• April 1, 2023
• April 6, 2023

Disney Dream

• April 10, 2023

Disney Fantasy

• March 11, 2023
• March 25, 2023

To Qualify 

The offer is only bookable if you are a Disney+ subscriber and you are required to pre-qualify before booking.  Details of your Disney+ account (User ID or Email Address) must be provided at the time of booking and will need to be submitted to Disney for verification. Disney+ subscribers can book up to 2 staterooms with this offer and 2 full-fare guests must stay in each room. The Disney+ subscriber MUST be the primary guest on the reservation and must sail in one of the staterooms booked with the offer. 

Image Credit: Disney Cruise Line(Matt Stroshane, photographer)

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Block Out Dates: On-Board Booking

Updated as of 10/16/20

The following sailings are not eligible for the standard onboard booking benefits. These are referred to as block out dates .

For these sailings, you will not receive the customary 10% discount.

2022 block-out dates:

Disney Wonder 3/18

2021 block-out dates:

Disney Wonder 3/28, 4/2, 11/23, 12/21, 12/27, 12/21

Magic 3/29, 4/3, 11/22, 12/20, 12/26, 12/29

Dream 4/2, 4/5, 11/22, 12/24, 12/27, 12/31

Fantasy 3/27, 4/3, 11/21, 12/19, 12/26

2020 block-out dates:

Disney Wonder 4/10, 10/16 11/20, 12/24, 12/30

Magic 11/21, 12/21, 12/26, 12/30

Dream 11/23, 12/24, 12/28, 12/31

Fantasy 11/21, 12/19, 12/26

2019 block-out dates:

Disney Wonder 4/12, 4/19, 10/18, 11/22, 12/20, 12/27

Magic 12/21, 12/26, 12/30

Dream 11/25, 12/23, 12/27, 12/30

Fantasy 11/23, 12/21, 12/28

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Placeholder black out dates

We have a placeholder booked from our March cruise and wanted to use it on a cruise between Christmas and New Years in 2024. Our TA is telling us that the cruise we want has a black out against using placeholders. Is that a thing?

Yes, it can have such a restriction. You should be able to see it in the fine print of your placeholder cruise paperwork or online.

Per DCL site, there are lots of blackout dates for almost all of their ships.

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• Thread starter PoohBears#1fan
• Start date Apr 27, 2022

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• Apr 27, 2022

I'm assuming that these won't be announced until the release as can't find anything online yet. Are they typically always around holidays please? We're hoping to use on on a May Alaska Cruise in May, are any of those likely to be affected? Thank you  

May is probably the least popular time for Alaska. Unless they run some kind of special itinerary (like a 9 night or something) I don’t think they would be black out dates.  

For at least the past 6 yrs, black out dates are usually just the holidays--around Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas-New Years Day, and 2 day cruises.  

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Disney World Pirate Pass: Blockout Dates, Price, and Perks

by Timothy Moore | Mar 18, 2024 | Walt Disney World News , WDW Blog

Before making your Disney World Annual Pass selection, review the Pirate Pass blockout dates, pricing, and perks.

The Disney Pirate Pass is the second-tier option, still affordable but with fewer blockout dates (though still many) and more park reservations. The Disney World Pirate Pass is only  available to Florida residents. If you’ve got a Florida address and are looking for an affordable middle-of-the-road Disney World pass, read on about the brand-new Pirate Pass at Disney.

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The Disney World Pirate Pass blockout dates include some weekends and many popular holiday times, in an effort to reduce capacity and allow in more guests who are buying individual tickets. The Pirate Pass has notably fewer blockout dates than the Pixie Dust Pass and even has most of the summer open all week long.

Here are all of the Pirate Pass blockout dates through March 2025:

• January 1, 2, 3, 4, 13, 14, 15
• February 17, 18, 19
• March 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
• April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• May 25, 26, 27
• July 3, 4, 5, 6
• September 1, 2
• October 12, 13, 14
• November 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
• December 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
• January 1, 2, 3, 18, 19, 20
• February 15, 16, 17
• March 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

Disney World Pirate Pass Pricing

So how much does the Disney Pirate Pass cost? $799 plus tax. If you’d rather take on a monthly payment, you can just pay $205 as a down payment and then $50/month for 12 months with no interest for Florida residents.

Disney World Pirate Pass Perks

A big sell of the Pirate Pass is that it gives you four park reservations at a time. Pixie Dust Passholders can only hold three reservations at once.

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Other perks are consistent across all pass levels:

• Free standard Theme Park parking.
• 10% to 20% discounts on select dining and merchandise.
• Exclusive resort offers.
• Park Hopper option.
• Ability to visit the parks after 2PM without a Park Pass reservation (excluding Magic Kingdom on Saturdays and Sundays)
• “Good-to-go days” starting in 2024

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To enter a theme park, each Passholder must have both valid admission and a park reservation for the same park on the same date they plan to visit. However, Passholders may enter a park after 2:00 PM without a park reservation, except Saturdays or Sundays at Magic Kingdom park. In addition, good-to-go days do not require a park reservation. Select a pass and park below to see available dates. Make a Theme Park Reservation

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