That is such great news that Fran is feeling so much better. The Wonder looks amazing all dressed up for Halloween. Now I want to do a Halloween cruise.
Corinna
It was really fun, as you shall see coming up!
I'm enjoying your TR, Alison.
Sounds like you and Fran had quite a few adventures on this trip. I can't wait to hear about them.
I love going on trips when I have a lot of adventures and come home exhausted. That's how I know I had a great time. Hope that is true for you and Fran as well.
I'm glad you're enjoying the TR! We actually got a bit of rest on this trip. I hate coming home exhausted, because my daily life takes so much out of me. I like to feel rested after a trip. I think we did pretty good on this one balancing adventures and rest.
Lol re Fran changing as soon as she gets on the ship. I love the boarding photo and Fran as a packed horse!
Your lunch looks yummy. I always hunt for the dividing plates too. You are not the only freak! Well I have ice cream with my main dish I go one better than you lol..Parrot Cay looks like a nice eating place. Must be the equal to Cabanas on The Dream.
Your room oh my it's beautiful! What a bug verandah it's massive! Very impressed with that. Looking forward to next instalment and glad to hear the cat sitter was working out purrrrfect!
I have to eat my meals in order, no sweet before savory. Parrot Cay is one of the rotational dining restaurants on the Wonder. Beach Blanket Buffet is the "sister" restaurant to Cabanas, at least I think. I will find out on our Dream Cruise in April.
What is the name of the third restaurant on the Dream, there is Enchanted Garden and Animator's Palate, but the third one escapes me. We are trying to plan our dining rotation and we've already decided to skip Palo so we can try Remy dinner and Brunch.
The verandah is wonderful and huge, it's too bad I only ever use it for standing outside in the morning and when we dock or sail away.
I thought the opening meal at Parrot Cay was very impressive. Of course, it might have been because I had low expectations for cruise ship food, but I thought there was some very tasty stuff there!
Your cabin looks great! Not surprising a lot bigger than our little inside stateroom. I kind of like small, though. I'm not an agoraphobe, but I prefer enclosed spaces to open ones. I do have fear of heights over water though - closest thing I find to describe it is gephyrophobia - fear of bridges over water - but docks/ piers and ship balconies work the same way. Our friends had an outside stateroom with a balcony and I never set foot on it. (Not sure if they noticed.) I spent a lot of our trip not going near the railings.
We did have that same Mark Davis sketch in our cabin. And when we were recently evacuated from Pirates, we spent several minutes sitting next to that guy with the lights on.
The food on the Wonder is quite excellent. I haven't really had a bad meal there, even from the QS places the food is quite good. They have actually pared it down slightly from our last trip. They had a kids bar with mac and cheese and mini corn dogs last time and I spent a good deal of my calories on those.
I get a little bit freaked out standing on the verandah, but my fear is dropping something into the ocean, mostly scared of losing the wedding ring or a camera lens cap. I do have a fear of heights, but I try really hard to over come that.
The KVC (kitty vacation club) also has a Marc Davis sketch next to the bed. It's signed by both Marc and Alice Davis.
I am really way behind on your
DCL trip report. I had some time this morning since I have been busy lately,
Wonder looks very nice on the outside and the interior of the ship was all decorated for the Halloween season which is great.
That was great that Fran was ready to have a good time during the cruise.
Your room looks very nice and spacious. Even I like the balcony which has an amazing view.
Welcome to the club! I got caught up on yours before leaving on the cruise, but now I'm behind on a whole bunch of TRs. I even have a word document listing all the ones I need to catch up on!
OK, who ARE you and what have you done with my wife?
Lovely embarkation photo and I would love to have that balcony!
You're not late at all! We just got on the ship! Plenty more to come. I never thought of that, but you can see it in the pictures, she has a big happy smile in them!
Oh well, back to the cabin to check about our Muster station and get on with the drill. I was still mentally wrestling with the problem of my whole plan being interrupted. I mean, how was I to get the clothes out of the suitcase and organized if I was going to be at the spa? 
