Let the dream begin....

Just got an email from DCL. In Papenburg Germany today the keel was layed for the Disney Dream, the glorious new ship from Disney Cruise Line. The countdown is on until 2011 and I can't wait until the Dream sets sail from Port Canaveral.

Let the dream begin.......

Final Day-Castaway Cay

Trip Report

Castaway Cay

4/28/09

The last day had arrived. Always a sad day knowing that another fabulous Disney Cruise was coming to an end. Woke up to the Captain telling us due to high winds and strong current we may not be able to dock at Castaway. He tried numerous times and on our last chance he managed to get us docked. Hooray......Due to the high winds and strong current most of the port adventures were cancelled for the day so we decided not to snorkel and just veg out on the island. We ended up getting some great relaxin time on the the hammocks over by the heads up bar. Then lunch and back to the ship and back to reality.

The view from the hammock I was laying in

Mt Rustmore

Day 3- Dinner Pics

Night 3- April 28, 2009

Dinner

Animator's Palate

After PALO last night I was not looking forward to dinner tonight. Not only was it the last night of the cruise but Animator's has always had my least favorite menu of the dining rooms. Boy was I surprised. The new menus in all the dining rooms were sensational. Had a fantastic meal and can't wait to go to Animator's again on my next cruise.

Garlic Focacia bread. I could make a whole meal out of this.

Roast Chicken with mashed potatoes in a Pomagranite sauce

Penne pasta with julienne turkey and proscuito in a cream sauce with fresh shaved parmesan cheese on top. This was soooooooo good.

Dessert was a baked apple crumble with Vanilla bean ice cream. A fantastic last dessert on our last night on the ship.

Day 2- Nassau- 4/27/09

Day 2 -4/27/09

Nassau, Bahamas

Woke up this morning after having had a fantastic night of sleep on board the Disney Wonder.

Looked out the window and saw Nassau in the distance so went and changed and went up for Breakfast to Parrot Cay. GOt to sit by the wondow so we saw we were docking and finished up and went up to get some pictures of Nassau and the beautiful blue waters surrounding the island.

Josh and I decided to make it a do nothing day...=) As we watched lots of people get off the ship we enjoyed our day of peace and quiet. Lounged by the pool most of the day. Lunch was an All American Buffet at Beach Blanket and we kept our eating to a minimum because tonight Palo awaited us. By birthday is in the middle of May but we decided we would celebrate on our cruise so I had been lucky to secure a Palo reservation online and was ready to dine at my favorite restaurant on land or sea. After Palo it was Pirate night so as tradition we went and changed into our swimsuits and hopped into the Quiet Cove Pool for the fireworks. After that and some hot tub time it was off to bed for tomorrow is Castaway Cay.

Arriving at Nassau
Docking

Atlantis Resort

Nassau is out there

The lighthouse at the entrance to the bay

Nassau and the beautiful blue water

PALO

PALO

The view from our table at Palo

My dinner- Lobster Ravioli with Marscapone Cheese

Joshs Dinner- Chilean Sea Bass with Risotto, Asparagus and a white wine butter sauce

The famous Chocolate Soufle

Shipmade Gelatto

Happy Birthday to me...=)

Towel Bunny

Trip Report Day 1-Misc. Photos around the ship

Trip Report-Day 1

April 23, 2009

Misc. Photos around the ship

One of my favorite things to do once onboard the Wonder or Magic, well after pigging out at the buffet of course..=) is to wander the ship and take pictures of all the familiar sights that have become so familiar to me over the course of my 10 DCL vacations.

This first night onboard was very special as it was Josh and my 50th night onboard Disney Cruise Line. See how much I love the cruise, I actually sat down one afternoon and figured out how many days I had spent onboard.

Deck 4 at night after dinner
Our 1st night towel animal...a swan

Dusk at sea

Sunset at sea

The view of the ocean out of our stateroom window

The hallway leading to the Walt Disney theatre. To the left in this picture is the Mickey Mates Retail shop and to the right is the Treasure Ketch retial shop. You can see the banners hanging, The Golden Mickeys was the show in the Walt Disney Theatre on the first night.

The Goofy Pool...for Families

The Quiet Cove Adult Pool...no one under 19 allowed. In other words....Paradise

Another view of the Adult Quiet Cove Pool.

The Mickey pool. For the little kids.

Trip Report-Day 1 Dinner Pictures

Trip Report-Day 1

4/23/09

Dinner Pics

Well for our dining rotation this time we had PTA with a seating time of 8:15.

Parrot Cay, Tritons and Animators Pallate was to be our rotation.

We had already booked Palo for our 2nd night so we were all set for our rotation.

The 3 main dining rooms all have new menus and I was pleasently surprised by all the changes. Even though I have never had a bad meal onboard the Wonder or Magic it is good to see them changing things a bit.

For our servers this time we had Mihailo from Serbia and our Assistant Server was Veronica from Mexico. They were a great team and were always there to greet us with a smile and a great recommendation for dinner. Just as I have never had a bad meal onboard I have yet to have bad servers onboard either.

Our 1st night we ate at Parrot Cay.

My Entree that night was Grouper on top of saffron rice with shrimp on top. Snow Peas and a cream sauce.....yummy.

Josh had Rib Eye of Beef with a twice baked potato.


My dessert....Creme Brulee Cheesecake



Joshs dessert...a Sampler Trio...Lemon Merangue pie, Creme Brulee Cheesecake and Smores Cake.

Trip Report Day 1 On the road, DCL Terminal and Stateroom

Trip Report-Day 1

April 23, 2009

On the road, DCL Terminal and Stateroom

Well my 10th Disney Cruise Vacation is in the books and it was another amazing trip. 3 nights onboard the glorious Disney Wonder. Had amazing weather, calm seas and lots of food, fun and sun.

This first report covers the trip to the terminal, Terminal pics and Stateroom photos.

On the road to Port Canaveral, Beachline Toll Road 528

A Canaveral Sign....getting closer

Almost there

I see the Wonder

We made it to the terminal around 11am and received boarding number 8. They did things a bit different this time as they gave us our Key to the world card and then we had to go into another line and get our picture taken. I thought they would put our picture on the card which they didn't and for whatever reason when we got off the ship we still needed our Drivers License or Passport.

Oh well....here Josh and I pose with Goofy in the terminal as we await the 12 noon boarding time.

A look at the Disney Cruise Line Terminal in Port Canaveral

Through the Mickey Ear portal we will soon go and onto the Disney Wonder.

A look at the terminal from the ship.

The first thing you see when entering the ship...the Grand Lobby Atrium. It always feels like I have come home when I first see this. After 10 trips and 52 nights spent onboard the Magic and Wonder you can understand why.

Another view of the Atrium.

Stateroom 2590. Outside Stateroom

Stateroom pic....Joshie gets a cameo in.