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Old 07-11-2008, 05:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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On average how much do the cruises cost so that I will know if I can afford to do it?
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about $225 - $250 and you can have up to 10 people on the boat. A lot of times, people share boats to save on costs.
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I was hoping our group could do this next may, but we will have 11 ppl.
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If you can get 10 people together, it actually works out to a reasonable amount per person.
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We just booked the fireworks cruise that does the Wishes fireworks along with some pirates and it wasn't too bad. I think for two adults the price was $87 total. For the food before hand and all that is involved in this one we thought that it wasn't a bad deal. I hope that it is as nice as it sounds. My DS's are in love with anything pirate. I would imagine that the one at EPCOT would be about the same in price but I don't know.
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MAGIC KINGDOM WISHES CRUISE -
21' Tracker Pontoon
-$239.63, tax included for up to 8 guests. Price includes pontoon boat, driver, water, soda and bagged snacks

MAGIC KINGDOM WISHES PREMIUM CRUISE
25' Tracker Pontoon
-$292.88, tax included for up to 10 guests. Price includes pontoon boat, driver, water, soda, bagged snacks and AUDIO FEED of WISHES.

ILLUMINATIONS BASIC CRUISE -
-$292.88 tax included for up to 10 guests. Price includes pontoon boat, driver, water, soda and bagged snacks

Guests may also rent the Breathless for Illuminations for $292.99.
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Holy crap the price went up!
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Yea I think that is out of the budget this trip.
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We had 11 people on our fireworks cruise, but some were kids. It was well worth the money we spent - it was a birthday surprise for my DH and we had cake and balloons. It was so nice watching fireworks without crowds around.
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Hello,

The cruise prices listed above are correct, and include tax, but do not include any gratuity for the driver. If you want the boat decorated for a special occasion ( birthday, anniversary,etc), add $25. The poster who mentioned $87 for a pirates cruise was referring to the Grand Gatherings cruises, which are an option if you are part of a Grand Gathering group, which requires a certain number of people and rooms in your booked plan. If your package is not part of that, you can not partake in the Grand Gatherings cruises. It also involves being a boat with about 50 other people, and is a strict one hour cruise, sometimes missing the Electric Water Pageant and on rare occasions missing the fireworks when they are delayed for various reasons. When Wishes is delayed, which happens once every few months, the regular cruises remain out until it goes off.

Also, the cruises hold up to 8 on a basic Wishes cruise, and up to 10 on a premium Wishes or Illuminations cruise. There are no basic Illuminations cruises. These limits are usually strictly enforced, so if you plan on showing up with 11, don't count on being allowed to go, although it has been known to happen.

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We did this in June with a passporter pal and her family and it was one of the best things I've ever done at WDW. My passporter pal had the boat decorated for my dd's birthday which was a blast and they piped the music in.
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