Specialty Cruises Changed??? HELP!

[IWorkWTeeth]

We've taken the Specialty cruises to view Illuminations and Wishes from the boats. I just called to book one and found out that they have changed. This is the information I received:
*Boats viewing the Wishes fireworks from the Contempory don't view the Electric Light Parade anymore.....
*They leave 30 minutes before the parade starts instead of 1 hour....
*It is only a 1 hour boat ride.....
HAS ANYONE TAKEN ONE OF THESE SPECIALTY CRUISES LATELY TO CONFIRM THESE CHANGES?
I'm a little upset about this. The time has been shortened and the price went from $140. to $275.00!!
:brick:
Thanks!!​

 

[JikoMarie]

I noticed the increase in price as well and said, "Forget it!" That is a huge price hike.

 

[Jason21783]

I've never taken any of these cruises, and was considering one for our upcoming trip in August. In fact I'm planning on proposing to my GF while there, and the Illuminations cruise was one eidea I had. Whats it like? Is it romantic? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[pocahontas79]

I took a specialty cruise in October that took off from the Polynesian. So I don't know if it will really help with your question. But we did not aim to view the Electric Light Parade. We happened to get stuck by the Parade on our way over the view the Hallo-Wishes. So we ended up seeing about 1/2 of the boats. And all in all our cruise was about 90 minutes. We did leave the dock at 9, 1/2 hr before the fireworks.
Maybe it depends on the driver. We had an excellent driver named Casey. The price was only $250 in October, must have went up this year.

We've taken the Specialty cruises to view Illuminations and Wishes from the boats. I just called to book one and found out that they have changed. This is the information I received:
*Boats viewing the Wishes fireworks from the Contempory don't view the Electric Light Parade anymore.....
*They leave 30 minutes before the parade starts instead of 1 hour....
*It is only a 1 hour boat ride.....
HAS ANYONE TAKEN ONE OF THESE SPECIALTY CRUISES LATELY TO CONFIRM THESE CHANGES?
I'm a little upset about this. The time has been shortened and the price went from $140. to $275.00!!
:brick:
Thanks!!​

 

[JikoMarie]

Awwwww! That sounds like a wonderful idea. I've never been on one of these cruises before so I can't really answer your question but I imagine it would be very romantic. I do know that you can get food and beverages brought on to the boat ahead of time if you make arrangements. So, they could probably get you some chapagne to celebrate after you pop the question.

I've never taken any of these cruises, and was considering one for our upcoming trip in August. In fact I'm planning on proposing to my GF while there, and the Illuminations cruise was one eidea I had. Whats it like? Is it romantic? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.