The new ships-new names and new title of the blog

Hi everyone-

Well it is finally official, this week Bob Iger announced the names of the new ships....

The Disney Dream, which will sail in 2011 and the Disney Fantasy, which will sail in 2012.

So now that Dreams and Fantasy have been added to some Magic and Wonder my blog has a new name....=)

I guessed that Dream would be the name of one of the ships and I figured it would either be Fantasy or Wish for the next ship. Fantasy it is, who wants to bet the next ships DCL builds one will be called the Wish.

The Wonder sets sail

I finally got some time off and headed to the beach on Sunday 3/8 for some fun and sun.

Beautiful 81 degree day at Port Canaverals Jetty Park beach. Spent the day, but we all know the real reason I was there....to see the Disney Wonder set sail.

So around 5:15 pm I heard When You Wish Upon A Star behind me and as I turned around...there she was the glorious Disney Wonder. Just voted the number 1 large cruise ship by Conde Naste Traveller.

I was so jealous of everyone waving at us from the ship, I wanted to be in their spot. Oh well in 6 weeks I will be...=)

The Beginning of the......Dream?? Wish?? Fantasy??

Greetings everyone-

I can't believe I missed posting this to the blog during the week. Work continues to be so crazy I can never post on here anymore.

But an exciting thing happened this week.

The first piece of steel was cut for the brand new Disney Ship at the Meyer-Werft Shipyward in Germany.

And regardless of what it will be called...The Disney Dream?? Disney Wish?? Disney Fantasy??

This was a history making week as we have all been waiting for the start of construction on these 2 new glorious ships.

2011 isn't really that far off when the first ship comes home to Florida. I am already planning on being at the channel opening in Port Canaveral to catch the first glimpse of the new Disney ship. A day we fans of Disney Cruise Line have been waiting for years and years.

Mickey was there to see the first steel cut for his new ship.

What the final product should look like....128,000 tons....50% larger than the Magic and Wonder. 30 feet wider, 150 feet longer and 2 decks taller. It will be a glorious new ship, that I'm going to bet is called the Disney Dream.

Number 10

Work has been so crazy busy this is the first time I have posted in awhile. And guess what, I'm going on another cruise....=)

Disney Cruise trip number 10 is coming up April 23-26. 3 night Cruise onboard the gorgeous Disney Wonder.

I can't wait. I will get to celebrate cruise number 10 onboard the ship I sailed my first Disney Cruise on back in September of 2003.

One last Christmas Post

It has been ages since I last posted. A busy Holiday season and an even busier start of the year has kept me away. But I'm back with one last picture looking back at my Christmas cruise. Below is a picture of the Gingerbread house. In 2007 on the Wonder the Gingerbread house was located next to the staircase in between the Promenade Lounge and the back entrance to Tritons. On the Magic this year due to the new Photopass type machines being next to the stairs the Gingerbread house was in the Promenade Lounge.

A few pics of Me and Josh

Here are a few photos from our recent 7 night cruise.

This was Disney Cruise #9 for us.

Can't wait for #10.

Santa Goofy

Our boss, Mickey

Here Iam ready to snorkel at Castaway Cay

Me at the Tulum Ruins in Mexico.

Trip Report-Day 7- Castaway Cay Snorkelling

One of the old 20,000 Leagues Under the sea submarines from the Magic Kingdom at WDW.

Josh's feet

Josh and Minnie

Theres me with Minnie

Trip Report-Day 7- Castaway Cay

Trip Report-Day 7-Castaway Cay-12/5/08

The last day....=( but what better place to spend the last day of your vacation that Disney's Private Island Paradise, Castaway Cay.

After breakfast we headed off the Magic and went snorkeling for about 2 hours. Photos are posted in another post. After that we went to lunch at Cookies BBQ. What is it about tropical places that make food taste better. Cheeseburger, Ribs, Chicken, Garlic Flatbread, Apple cake and Chocolate Chip cookies......yummy.

After lunch we caught the tram to the the Adults only beach, Serenity Bay. Heaven on earth. We layed on the beach and read for a while before heading back to the Magic and up to the pool for one last soak in the Quiet Cove Pool.

Dinner was good as always that night even though everyone is depressed knowing that in the morning we will be back in Florida. After dinner we strolled the top deck numerous times hoping for the vacation not to be over, but we finally called it a night and retired to our stateroom for one last night of rest onboard the Disney Magic.

Welcome to paradise

Christmas cheer right at the dock as you leave the ship and head onto the island

My favorite picture from this trip

Snorkel Lagoon

Gil's, where you rent snorkel equipment.

The glorious Disney Magic

The tram is all decked out. We are on our way to Serenity Bay

The back end.......hehe

Serenity Bay, heaven, no one under 18 allowed

Peace and quiet, the only thing you hear is the waves rolling onto the shore.

Look at that water.

Mt. Rustmore

Santa Buoy, which a friend of ours wanted us to bring back to her. She got an 8x10 copy of this picture. =)

The Flying Dutchmen

Heading back to the ship

Welcome Home......for us it sure feels like home.

Sunset as we depart Castaway Cay and head back to Florida

Thanks to Josh for this picture.

Took this on Deck 10 strolling the ship at night before we went to bed. A magical way to end our vacation.