What a WONDERful World: Our First Disney Cruise on the Wonder, May 13-May 17! (DONE!)

[Spartangirl]

Serenity Bay looks so beautiful and peaceful... Your pictures are great and really add to your TR!

 

[Disneygrl36]

more fun on Castaway Cay.
Glad you had a wonderful anniversary. Can't wait to hear all about that too!!!!

 

[Fairy_Tale_Bride]

I Love your TRs and this one is no exception!! I'm subbing in hopes that I'll be able to figure out how to keep finding it so I can continue to follow along!

Hi there! Just make sure to click on "User CP" at the top left of the DIS Boards and you can always know when this TR has been updated! Thanks for joining!

fun fun !!! I can't wait to hear more about the cruise and your first trip to Dland. I grew up in So Cal so Disneyland has many childhood and many more adult memories...and its always fun to hear what WDW/Easties think.

I LOVED Disneyland and cannot wait to go back! I'm hoping we can book another trip soon! I miss it already! This time I must stay at one of the Disneyland Hotels. They were all booked when we decided to go on our last minute trip. Disneyland fan here!

I am so excited I found your TR! I have loved every minute of your other ones.

Cant wait for more, and how do you always get to meet Captain Jack?? You are one lucky lady.

I seem to hunt out good 'ol Captain Jack! I'm going to get to have wonderful and luck encounter with him tomorrow too, which is going to be a blast! Details later!

HOPE YOU ARE HAVING A GREAT ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!!1 HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND OVER AT THE CONTEMPORARY, I AM SURE DINNER WILL BE GREAT i cant wait to hear about the new rooms when u get back thats where we will be staying for our honeymoon for 16nights i am loving the trippie so far

Our Anniversary Weekend was fantastic! The Contemporary was amazing! We even got upgraded to a tower room! I'm writing a Trippie because we just had so much Magic! The room was amazing! I took SO MANY pictures! We even got our own flat screen computer with free Internet access. It was so great! I'm so glad I finally got to stay there! I have been a fan of the Contemporary for a long time! We did an all out Contemporary weekend and the food at Concourse Steakhouse was great!

Hi Lindsey,
I enjoyed the update. We've never taken the glass bottom boat tour. It sounds like it goes all the way around the island. Was it worth the $?
Teresa

It doesn't go around the entire island, but you do get to go along side the ship and almost the entire island from the beginning to the end of Serenity Bay. You can get some great photos and really get a good perspective of it all! It's a beautiful sight to see! I think it was a little expensive for what it really was, but isn't everything! I wouldn't say it's worth the money. I think it should be a little less expensive. It also all depends on what kind of fish or out swimming around that day. We enjoyed it and I liked being out on the water, but I think once is enough.

Serenity Bay looks so beautiful and peaceful... Your pictures are great and really add to your TR!

Oh, it was! Thanks so much! I'm glad you are enjoying my Trippie!

 

[Fairy_Tale_Bride]

May 15
Continued...
On the hunt for Mickey!


We made it over to the Family Beach and DH had his heart set on going snorkling! He had to find that sunken hidden Mickey, so off he went to get his gear!

I decided I'd stay on the beach and soak up the little sun there was left. We had to be back on the ship pretty soon, so I was hoping the afternoon showers would hold off until then for us.

DH was very sucessful on his expedition and found lots of hidden treasues!

DH was gone for quite a long time and he said he was searching everywhere for Mickey!

Then, he finally spotted it! The Hidden Mickey!

I saw some lightning in the distance and then I saw DH making his way up the beach. He had made it just in time because everyone was being told to get out of the water. It was perfect timing because it was almost time for everyone to be back on the ship. DH returned his snorkling gear and we made our way up the small hill back to the ship. Then, the down pour of rain began and everyone took off to the ship!

We decided to stop by the Post Office because I wanted to mail a postcard to my family. I also found out Castaway Cay has their own stamps, so I had to buy a couple of those! They were so neat! By the time, we made it out of the Post Office, the rain had stopped and it was time to be back on board.

It was a wonerful day on Castaway Cay and it truly was paradise! Now, it was time to board our ship and get ready for the real advenutre, PIRATE NIGHT!

 

[tinkerbell87512]

Oh Lindsey Im getting more and more excited for my cruise next year with every update you make!! Ill be going on the 3 night 3 days after my birthday and then I'm thinking a week at WDW! Im so excited! My family thinks I'm crazy planning and getting excited for a vacation a year ahead.....but what do they know! haha

I'm glad you guys had a great anniversary!!!!! I'm so glad you guys had some extra magic you deserve it!

 

[postalcop]

Castaway Cay has there own stamps!!! cool i can't wait to see that, (in 2 years)! that cruise looks so fun i can't wait to hear more!!

~sue

 

[luvfigment]

I am so glad you had a great Anniversary weekend!!! I had a great weekend also...they had a surprise Bridal Shower for me!!! (I will be updating my PTR later this week with the details.)

You day at Castaway Cay looks like it was wicked fun. Now that was a real hidden Mickey your DH found!! Can't wait to read about Pirate Night and I am sure there will be a Capt Jack encounter!

 

[Spartangirl]

I love the underwater hidden Mickey. That is too cool! It looks like you had a wonderful day despite the rain!

 

[ArielSRL]

We decided to stop by the Post Office because I wanted to mail a postcard to my family. I also found out Castaway Cay has their own stamps, so I had to buy a couple of those! They were so neat! By the time, we made it out of the Post Office, the rain had stopped and it was time to be back on board.

Any photos of the stamps?

Great TR! Keep up the good work!

 

[Belle83007]

i am so glad to hear how wonderful your anniversary was i am sitting in suspense waiting to hear all the disney magic touches your day at castaway cay seemed amazing you and your hubby are so cute together cant wait for the next installment i know it will be filled with excitement yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me.....

 

[Summer-Caitlin]

YAY, I found your TR. We are going on our first DCL as part of our Honeymoon, it's only a 3 day tho, hmm, wonder if it's too late to change it to a 4 day... Everything looks beautiful and I must say your TR has made me so much more excited, I mean seriously I can't wait to go
I hope you had a wonderful anniversary, you are so lucky you live in Orlando, you can relive those wonderful wedding moments any time you want

 

[princess jackson]

What a great report, it is making me more excited for my first wonder cruise in sept.

Great photos, and love the look of the food

 

[Fairy_Tale_Bride]

May 15
Continued...


We were exhausted from our exciting and busy day on Castaway Cay, so we decided to skip our scheduled dinner and go for some room service!

All the food was fantastic! I especially loved the vegetable lasagna and I even got a Mickey Ice Cream bar! How great is that!?

We enjoyed our yummy dinner in our room, while we watched "The Little Mermaid." The perfect movie to watch on a Disney Cruise! Then, it was time for us to get dressed in our pirate clothes for the night I was looking most forward to, Pirate Night!

It still was my birthday and DH didn't let me forget that! He surprised me with another gift! It was a crystal Cinderella & Prince Charming with a light stand, so it actually glows and changes colors. It is so neat and I just love it!

I saw that they were having Pirate Bingo for the party events began and I love pirates, and I love BINGO! I decided we needed to press our luck and see if we could win big!

Well, we had no luck at all in Bingo, but they did give out some nice cash prizes and we enjoyed some pre-pirate party drinks! You've got to have rum on Pirate Night, right!? Arrrrr!


Continued...

 

[sandybobandy]

How fun!

I am sooooo looking forward to bingo. lol Gimme a dauber and I can be occupied for HOURS! lol

And that room service looks fantastic!!

 

[princess jackie]

"I prefer rum...Rum is good"

 

[Fairy_Tale_Bride]

It's time to Party with the Pirates!
Pirate Party

It was time for the most amazing party at sea, the Pirates of the Caribbean Pirate Party!


Video 5: Pirate Dance Party


We got the party started with singing and dancing! The characters quickly joined us to really get us in the partying mood! They were all decked out in their pirate attire. I never knew Minnie & Goofy had such great dancing skills!

We were having a blast and then our party was crashed by a mean group of pirates! They were taking over our ship and were led, by no other than, Captain Hook!

What were we going to do!? We need a hero!

Then, the music pumped through the speakers...

"We need a Hero!"

Our hero, Mickey, appeared to save the day, flying across the entire ship!

With a point of Mickey's finger, he said, "I promised you a party and here's the party in the sky!" and the sky errupted with fireworks!

And with that, Mickey had saved the day and it was time to get back to partying! He'll always be my Hero!


Video 6: Mickey Saves the Day

Video 7: Pirates of the Caribbean Party Farewell

 

[disneycutie84]

Flying Mickey?! How cool is that?
Looks like alot of fun! Great pictures and a great report!

 

[momof2disprincesses]

Wow Lindsey - great pictures of the POTC party!!! It has changed quite a bit since we last cruised in Jan. 06.

Guess what? We booked another Disney cruise just yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are going next Feb. for a 4 night cruise. This will be our first 4 nighter as we've done 2 three night cruises in the past. We are even letting dd15 (Amanda) bring a friend and her friend is beyond excited!!

I guess I'll have to do a trippie too, but I know mine will never compare to yours ... they are awesome and thanks for sharing your trip with all of us.

I'm still anxious to read about Disneyland too!

 

[PirateKitty]

Great pictures! I love the little Cinderella & Prince Charming crystal your DH got for your birthday. That is so cute! My dad collects all kinds of Disney crystal...I'm so jealous he came home one year with a sorcerer's hat! Here's a pic...sorry its so big...

 

[luvfigment]

Looks like a great start to your Pirate night and that is pretty cool with Mickey flying in and all. When does Capt Jack show up???