Sadly, all good things must come to an end. What to do on this last day? Don't sulk! It's not over until it's over, and Disney keeps the activities and fun flowing. Explore the beautiful ship, and stop walking by the future cruise sales desk...you know you want to book it, so do! There are special discounts and perks for booking on board, and you can change this booking to sail up to 24 months in the future, so why not? There is no better cure at the end of a vacation than to have a new one on the horizon.
How about taking in a first run move at the Buena Vista theater?
Maybe there's time for one last swim or specialty coffee.
Since you're away from a port, the shops are open and happy to help you finish up last minute shopping.
Dinner is a special event the final night, and seems to always offer Beef Wellington.
This
almost makes the last night on board tolerable.
The staff put on one final show in the dining room and then there's a farewell show in the Walt Disney Theater. Trivia!
This one comes up quite a bit, so here's some freebie points for you.
What was changed in the picture of Walt Disney at the entrance to the theater? (he originally had a cigarette in his hand).
Our final show was a special one, since it was a Vacation Club Member's Cruise, and we were treated with performers that had been in Disney Broadway productions such as Mary Poppins, Tarzan and Lion King.
One more glass of wine on the balcony and one more Alaskan moon topped of a perfect vacation.
(Disembarkation tip! They will want you to put out your bags in the evening, (except for carry ons) and attach on them character tags that will determine when you're supposed to get off the ship. The idea is you leave your room for breakfast, never to return, then hang around and totally clog up all walkways and open areas on the ship until it is time for your character to leave. You then go find your luggage in a giant place that has tons of luggage divided up by the characters. After going through this several times, we discovered it's just easier to carry our own luggage off the ship. No having to put pajamas, etc., in the carry on to carry off since the regular bags were long gone. We went to breakfast very early, left the bags in the room, then just grabbed it all and walked off. The hardest part of this is getting past the folks who were trying to figure out what line to be in to co-ordinate with their character. The only bonus to having your bags taken off the ship for you is to save you a bit of walking with them. Really not worth the hassle in my opinion. We found it much easier to just carry all our stuff off, so will do that from now on)
