Disney Wonder Baja Cruise excursions

[cheshir3kat]

Hello everyone,

We are booked for our second Disney Cruise on the Wonder for a 5 night HOTHS Baja Cruise porting out of San Diego. We're staying concierge and our booking window opened a few weeks ago, but I have to say I'm a bit disappointed in the excursions being offered through Disney. There were only 18 excursions available on our Cabo day, most of which are basically snorkeling or harbor cruises to the arch, and only 11 excursions available to book for our port day in Ensenada, none that really seem interesting. Our first cruise in 2019 was a 7 night western Caribbean on the Fantasy, and there just seemed like more activities were available compared to what we have available now. The DCL website had a 4x4 excursion that my husband and brother-in-law were interested in doing, come to find out that it wasn't even offered for our cruise. I know COVID has most likely reduced the amount of excursions available, but for those who have sailed on the Wonder on a Baja Cruise before, were your selections for excursions also this limited? Is it worth the trouble to book an excursion outside of Disney?

 

[mtmueller]

We recently booked concierge for the Thanksgiving cruise this fall on the Wonder, our first in the Pacific. Having sailed DCL out of Canaveral, Dover, and Barcelona, we generally find that using Viator or WithLocals resulted in far better excursions on average. We had a horrible time on a DCL excursion in Copenhagen that resulted in trying other vendors.

I haven't checked any Baja excursions yet, but outside vendors have become my go-to. We did a private tour booked on Viator to Giverny in France from the Magic that was probably one of our best experiences, ever (short of the WithLocals tour of Champagne by a certified Sommelier outside of a cruise excursion...) I also chartered a small plane with Fly Cozumel to fly us to Chichen Itza and provide a private tour from the Fantasy for the day instead of having to sit on a bus for hours (~45 min flight). Sometimes rolling your own results in "better".