TR for Our Halloween Cruise

[mommylovesdisneymore]

This trip started like all others. Me making plans for months, reading this board everyday, several times a day. We were so excited to do a Halloween cruise . Halloween has always been a big deal to us so we thought this was and ideal trip for us to take.

We started out on Oct 29 leaving mid day after the kids had been accounted for at school , so that is one day less they would be absent. We drove from Va to St. Augustine Fl before we stopped for the night. We stayed right off 95 so it was quick and convient. We stayed in a Comfort Suites Inn, it was really nice but truly we only wanted to lay our heads down so we could start bright and early in the morning and get on our ship!!

Thursday Oct 30 we woke up and grabbed a quick bite at the free breakfast and hit the road by 7 am , hind sight a little too early because we reached Port Canaveral in no time we were there by 9:30.

But early bird does get the worm and we ended up with this wonderful boarding pass

Which means we get to go through here very soon!!!

Well as you know now it is just the waiting game. But the boys were very excited and looking all around at everything so time went really fast. First thing when we arrived I met Laurie and her husband John in line. We had been talking for weeks on line so it was really nice to put a face to the name. They were the nicest couple. we ran into them several other times during the cruise. It was wanderful geting to know some new friends.

Well as we waitied we went out to check out our Ship, boy is she a beauty.

As we waited everyones favorite Pal came out to visit. My DS4 was so excited he had to grab his nose. Of course sweet Mickey did not mind.

Then it seemed no time Mickey's best pal came for a visit PLUTO!!!!. He looked so adorable in his sailer suit.

But in no time it was time to board. We were standing in the front talking to a CM so we were one of the very first ones to get through

.... Up next First Things first A Disney Meal

 

[dvc4life]

Love the pictures. Keep them coming!!!

 

[jollytammy]

great pictures, lovin' it!!!!

 

[disneydiva16]

Love the pictures!!! Can't wait for more

 

[frdeb1999]

Great pix!! Looking forward to the rest!

 

[mommylovesdisneymore]

Sorry I have been so busy getting back into normal life I have not been able to post.
Well as promised some pics and info on our DELICIOUS lunch on the Disney Wonder. As always Disney out does it self with Food and there Food decor.

This was my plate, yes I tried a little bit of everything. some grilled chicken, some steamed shrimp,roasted potatoes, pasta salad and roast beef YUM!!!

I was a little lighter on the desserts

Once we left Parrot Cay we headed straight for the Mickey Pool. My boys were so excited to hit the water because when we left home we had frost and all hope of swimming was gone. They basically had the pool to their selves which thrilled them.

Well then of course they had to try out the Goofy Pool. They were so excited to swim they were not even worried about seeing anything else on the ship but me on the other hand left them with dad and had to run off to explore. And of course photograph everything, as you can tell me and my camera are barely apart.

Now some shots from around the ship I am sure you have seen them all before but like I said I love my photos

Soon I after I ran to check out the room and see if our stuff had arrived. i mailed a package for the FE exchange and was very nervous it might not show but when I got there everything except luggage had arrived. We had ordered my DS11 turning 12 on board the birthday package which included a cake some decroations and the birthday box. Plus we ardered both boys Halloween baskets from Shirley , they were awesome!!! Here are some photos before the boys came back.

.....Next up the boys arrive and boy are they surprised!!

 

[Miscoehill]

Holly,


Love reading your TR and your pics! We sure did have a good time on the cruise..wishing we were back there now. John was raking leaves on Sat and I asked him if he was fun, he said "I was having more fun last Sat"! LOL
Castaway Cay was a wonderful day!

Can't wait to see more pics!

Laurie

 

[mommylovesdisneymore]

Holly,


Love reading your TR and your pics! We sure did have a good time on the cruise..wishing we were back there now. John was raking leaves on Sat and I asked him if he was fun, he said "I was having more fun last Sat"! LOL
Castaway Cay was a wonderful day!

Can't wait to see more pics!

Laurie

I told Glen Allen the same thing Saturday I said do you know what we were doing this time last week, Hanging out on Castaway Cay. Hopefully we can all get back real soon. I so enjoyed meeting you and your husband.

 

[mommylovesdisneymore]

When time was getting closer and the boys needed to come to the room to get ready for the safety drill I had to go drag them from the pool area. But believe me once they arrived in the room they were so glad I did. Glen Allen had what I call a weekend long birthday everytime we turned around it was another surprise so this was just the begining. Looked how excited he was when he first walked in!!!

This is the loot in one buclet after they opened it all up.

Man Shirley is awesome. I can't wait to use her again next trip we have.

Well now it is time for everyone to dry off and get dresses . We have to get to the drill by 4:00. What fun , good thing we all look so good in orange .

Well first off it took us forever to find out where we were suppose to be we kept walking in circles looking for our letter R Come to find out we were suppose to be in Animators Palate ok that was weird my Husband started freaking saying if we needed a boat they would be gone by the time we got out Poor thing he stresses a little now and then
Well now all that fun is over the real FUN begins the Sail Away party. I love the sound of the horn. The characters look so cute all decked out and of Course Glen Allen got his groove on after all he is celebrating the preteens this weekend so why not party

Who doesn't Love a good party and that is one thing Disney knows how to do. Throw A Pary!!!
Up next some great Shutter photos of the boys dinner and Mickey & Minnie of course!!

 

[wilma-bride]

Loving this trip report - your pictures are great

 

[nenner1]

Great start! Amazing pics...

I cannot believe how much better the Wonder embarkation buffets are than the Magic's. Crazy.

Keep it coming!!

 

[tammythetwinsmom]

We love the pictures... we are waiting anxiously for more... my girls sit with me and we walk thru your trip and get excited as ours is getting close!!! Thanks for the report!

 

[Kay1]

Beautiful pictures. The look of pure joy on the faces of your boys is priceless.

 

[jns]

great report
can't wait to see and hear more

 

[LivingtheWDWdream]

What great photos you really captured how happy your sons are to be on the boat and their goodies! Those baskets were awesome from Shirley might have to see about ordering one for my mom hmmmmm!

I can't wait for more!

 

[mommylovesdisneymore]

Sorry such a delay between post but these boys keep me so busy !!
The sunsets and sunrises on a cruise are amazing. I could not believe how beautiful last cruise it rained and it was cloudy the whole time so we never got this perk. So it was exceptionally beautiful for us this time.

So of course we took advantage and took some great family shots

then it was a quick trip back to the room before we were off to see Mickey & Minnie and have the boys photos done. Well much to our surprise the boys already had a FE gift waiting for them . As you can tell they were thrilled.

Then we went in to find our first towel animal my youngest thought these were the coolest things,

Now off to see our PALS!!

Then we had the boys photos done. The girl that was doing these I think it was Stephanie she did an awesome job LOVED her!!

Off to Dinner Animators Palate

We were placed in the 2nd seating which did not make us very happy because we had the same last time and my younest DS slept through dinner EVERY night. So we were very hopeful this time because he is older and he was still awake when we arrived.Well needless to say it did not last. He was asleep before they could bring the drinks to the table. Poor baby he was so worn out from all his partying! And of course swimming didn't help either!

Dinner was great I had Filet Mijon and my husband had chicken

Coming up Nassau......

 

[wilma-bride]

Great update - bless your DS, I can't believe he fell asleep at the table. He must have been absolutely pooped! We have late seating on our next cruise and now I'm worried a little that my DS will be too tired to appreciate it.

 

[ctalley]

I am loving your trip report! Your pictures are beautiful. I can't wait to read about your Nassau day.

 

[mommylovesdisneymore]

As I woke up on our first morning on the Wonder ( at 4:45 am) I was so excited I could bust! So I slipped out letting, letting my husband know of course, and explored the ship while the natives were sound asleep. It was so peaceful I felt as if I were on the ship alone. So of course camera in hand I took all kinds of photos of the lonely sleeping ship.

Before long I returned quitely to my room and grabbed my FE gifts and decided while everyone was sleeping and nothing was going on this would be a great time to do some deliveries. I enjoyed this so much exploring the ship. I highly recommend it to anyone whom is an early bird like myself. I got to see some of the most beautiful sun rises. It was one of the greatest gifts from this cruise.

Being a full time stay at home mom you really cherish these quiet moments in life. As I returned to the room for a secound time I found my sleeping angels. If only they could love each other this much when they were awake.

I quickly woke to get an early start on the day!

We had a full day ahead of with being in nassau and doing the Blackbeard Stingray Swimming adventure and it being Halloween and Pirate night made it a very busy and productive day.

Before we disemabrked off the ship to our first destination we got to make a few stops with a few Disney friends. The first was Alice but only my youngest DS would get in this one. It was so adorable he was smitten right away. Can you see the love!

Next up was Captain Hook and Wendy. Now we got to see Peter Pan and Wendy last time. But my youngest never got to see Captain Hook before so he was so excited. Needless to say my oldest got in on this action to this time.

Before we headed out to our excursion meeting we cam across Aladdin. So of course we had to make one last stop.

Now it's off to BlackBeards Island. We are going to swim with the sstingrays. This was our first experince so we didn't really know what to expect only what we had read here on the board.We enjoyed it but it is probably not anything we would ever do again, king of been there done that. My boys were a little thrown by the slimmy feeling. They wanted to swim on the other side so after about 20 minutes we moved on to the regular beach

and actually went back to the ship early with another excursion that was heading back. We wanted to get back and get ready for Halloween . This was something we were really looking forward to.

 

[Miscoehill]

Holly,

I feel I'm reliving the cruise again! Yahoo...love the TR and the pics! The pics of the boys came out awesome.

Laurie