Wild & Wacky 3 week LIVE Trip Report AKV, DCL & BWV

[Tammi67]

The dolphin encounter should be wonderful! Enjoy your day!

 

[PNO4TE]

Enjoy your day, Kristine (and Bill and Jackie and Christopher and Kirsten...)

 

[lmartin2711]

Kristin....now I'm really jealous.

I love cruises!!!! Your making me want to go sooner on ours April of next year. You will soooo enjoy it!! Our cruise last year I actually took a nap our on the balcony for about 45 minutes. It was so relaxing.

Enjoy your time!!

 

[LITTLEKID58]

Great Tr..............luv it.........The pics are awesome...

Did you decorate the door.. with you magnets.. ?????? It should look awesome...

 

[tinknme]

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

 

[KristineN]

A couple more pics if the internet cooperates

 

[KristineN]

we just docked in Nassau...off we go to see the dolphins....

 

[tinknme]

How exciting Look forward to your review!

we just docked in Nassau...off we go to see the dolphins....

 

[heaven2dc]

Wow your pics are so clear - great job! Your daughter is so brave to wander around alone on the ship - I'm the scaredy cat in my family. My DS15 wants to go with his 21 yr old brother on a cruise rather than go to WDW and I'm nervous if he wanders around alone. What great parents you are and wonderful kids you have!

 

[Goldeelox9]

Oh now I am excited....We are sailing in 4 months and 3 weeks...getting married on Castaway Cay. I have two quick questions...How much is the wireless internet in your room & did they provide soap and shampoo?

Can't wait to hear about the rest of the trip....sounds like it will be great!

 

[collcass]

Enjoying your trip report. Hope you had a great time with the dolphins today!

 

[KristineN]

Hi there!!

Had a wonderful time at our Dolphin encounter....all of us felt this excursion was worth the time and the money we spent.

You got to touch & pet a dolphin...

hug him

dance with him

feed him

touch his teeth

etc

it was definitely cool!!

I have no pictures to post.....the internet is just too slow to even attempt it.

Tomorrow we will be going to Castaway Cay....on the agenda:

stingray adventure

parasailing

hanging loose

hope everyone is well!!

 

[yellowfish78]

Hopefully docking at Castaway Cay won't wake you guys up too early! If you get a chance, head up to the back of deck 7!

 

[arielchickenofthesea]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...I want to pet the dolphins again! This is something we HAVE to do next year! I think I may need to rearrange our usual trip to WDW in May, maybe a week there, a cruise to Nassau to see the dolphins and then back to WDW for another week at a different resort! We usually just spend 18 days at WDW! Now I want to change it up a bit like your trip! Wow! What great pics! I know you must be loving every minute of your trip! Enjoy it! Thanks for sharing the pics and your adventures with all us landlubbers here! lol
suzy

 

[Diamondintheruff]

I'm afraid we'll have to make due with interacting with penguins. I just booked the polar excursion thanks to reading about your VIP tour of seaworld.

Sounds like you all had a blast with dophins. Can't wait to hear about the parasailing. I'd love to interact with the dolphins myself but I am more than happy to be a bystander for parasailing.

 

[rosiejo]

*phew* Kristine I am exhausted just reading your TR - and extremely jealous! I can't believe you still have the cruise and then more time at WDW!

Sounds like y'all are having a blast. Can't wait to hear more about the cruise - we'll do that one day

 

[KristineN]

LAND HO!!!!!!


We got off our Disney Cruise this morning....and we are now checked into Boardwalk. This is one of our home resorts...and we really love it here.


Getting back to the cruise....

yesterday we had an EXCELLENT time on Castaway Cay!!!!

The 5 of us did the interactive Stingray excursion....I highly recommend this!!! You get to touch and pet the Stingrays....and then at the end, you get to snorkel around with the he stingrays. Bill loved this....everyone had a life jacket on...so he was able to snorkel as well.

We did a lot of swimming & exploring.....at the end of the day, the 3 kids and I went parasailing

What an amazing experience....Kirsten and I were harnessed together...for the first few seconds were were both terrified...but soon were enjoying the view. They dipped us in the water twice....if you get the chance to do this...DO IT!!!!

We disembarked smoothly...no problems with customs and were checked into the Boardwalk by 9:45 am!!


Here are some pics:

Castaway Cay:

From dinner:

CRUISE SUMMARY

Service was exceptional....an amazing staff. All were helpful and friendly

Food was amazing. We were impressed with how efficiently they could serve the masses....and not compromise quality

Excursions:

Enjoyed the Dolphin encounter immensely...but did not care for Nassau. The people constantly approaching you and haggling with you was a turn off!

Castaway Cay was beautiful!!

The ship itself was gorgeous....lots of amazing artwork.

The staterooms were way too small for my liking...I am sure this is not a reflection of Disney but of the cruise industry. We are all used to MUCH bigger accommodations...and I felt claustrophobic. We had 2 Category 6 rooms...I can't imaging how small the lower category staterooms are

Would we do it again?? .....not sure really. I think I would try another cruise line (blasphemy I know!!!) The 3 kids didn't get into the character interaction on board at all.....so for them, I think we could try another cruise line and do fine.


Today we strolled around Epcot. The heat is beginning to make me crazy....

 

[tinknme]

Thanks for the update Kristine! I hope the rest of your stay is as wonderful as the beginning!

 

[PNO4TE]

Welcome back to Florida, Kristine and crew! I hope you get some cooler weather to enjoy this next leg of your wonderful vacation.

 

[dreamcometrue]

glad you enjoyed your cruise Kristine! We got off the 7 day Eastern Magic in May and we loved it so much, we booked another for 2009! Can't wait to read the rest of your trip report!