Disney Cruise Lines Offers Three New Features
Onboard Airline Check-in Service Adds Convenience To a Disney Cruise Line Vacation
CELEBRATION, Fla. -- Disney Cruise Line strives to offer guests a hassle-free vacation experience by providing extra services, such as Disney's Magical Express, that help eliminate some of the stresses of family travel. Now guests sailing with Disney Cruise Line find that their vacation experience has been made even easier with the introduction of Onboard Airline Check-In. This service will allow qualified guests to check-in for their post-cruise flights while on board the Disney Magic or Disney Wonder, eliminating the need to do so at Orlando International Airport.
Guests participating in Onboard Airline Check-In enjoy the ease and convenience of not having to collect their luggage upon debarkation--checked luggage is transported directly from the ship to the guest's flight. While on their cruise, guests' boarding passes are delivered to their staterooms the day prior to disembarkation. Upon the ship's return to Port Canaveral, participating guests can proceed directly to Customs and then to Orlando International Airport where they bypass check-in and continue straight to airport security and on to their assigned departure gate.
In order to take advantage of this service, guests need to meet certain requirements and be booked on a domestic flight on one of seven participating air carriers: AirTran Airways, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines, or United Airlines/Ted. Eligible guests are able to enroll for Onboard Airline Check-in by completing pre-registration information received at Orlando International Airport or one of the Disney Cruise Line Hospitality Desks at the Walt Disney World Resort and turning it in during check-in at Port Canaveral.
Disney Cruise Line Unveils Wireless Internet
CELEBRATION, Fla. -- Guests sailing with Disney Cruise Line find it easier than ever to stay connected to family and friends back home by utilizing new wireless high-speed internet on both the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder cruise ships. Guests with wireless-ready laptops find several wireless "hot spots" on the ships, including most of the public areas -- such as Beat Street (Disney Magic)/Route 66 (Disney Wonder), Promenade Lounge, Studio Sea, Cove Café and all open areas on decks nine and 10.
Rates for wireless access start at $.75 per minute, but minutes can be bundled in increments of 100- and 250-minutes at $55 and $100 respectively. Guests not traveling with laptops can use existing internet cafés located in the Promenade Lounge, Cove Café, Aloft (Disney Wonder) and the Stack (Disney Magic).
Disney Cruise Line Offers Cell Phone Service at Sea
CELEBRATION, Fla. (May 11, 2007)-- Disney Cruise Line guests have another way to share their vacation highlights with friends and family back home when the cruise thanks to cell phone service at sea. Disney Cruise Line has partnered with Wireless Maritime Services (WMS) to provide a wireless cellular network aboard the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder.
Subscribers of more than 340 cellular providers worldwide, including US carriers, Cingular Wireless, Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility, Sprint, T-Mobile and Alltel, are supported on the network. Those guests who still look for a cruise vacation as a way to escape need not worry--service will be available only in guest staterooms.
Guests who choose to use the network are billed by their cell phone provider and rates vary according to the carrier's plan. The ship's network is enabled while the ship is at sea, allowing guests to make and receive phone calls as well as utilize text messaging, email and other cellular services. While in port, the network is disabled, allowing guests the ability to access local cell phone providers.
Wireless Maritime Services, (WMS), a joint venture of Cingular, now the new AT&T, and Maritime Telecommunications Network, is the leader in providing world class roaming, service and support focused solely on the cruise line industry.
