Guest Writer Wednesdays
By: Gaylin
Full day at sea, August 27, 2013
Disney Wonder
Vancouver to Alaska, August 26 - September 2, 2013
Our
room on the cruise was an deluxe inside stateroom. I didn't have a
great nights sleep because it turns out that the these rooms are close
to the engine room and the constant noise was going to take some getting
used to!
We got up and went to Beach Blanket Buffet for
breakfast. I was learning quickly that food allergies were going to be a
pain in the butt on this cruise. If I asked about a food on the buffet,
the server behind the serving line would walk away to get a chef. That
means I would end up standing there, blocking the line, with my food
getting cold while waiting for the chef to give me the yes or no on
whatever I asked about. It also meant my travel friend was stuck
waiting, with her food getting cold as well. I would soon give up asking
about any food that could be questionable and ended up having the same
breakfast nearly every morning of the cruise. A big disappointment.
Another
disappointment was finding out later in the day that if we had gone to
Parrot Cay, it would have been a character breakfast for our service
group. The waiter had tried to explain it to us at dinner the night
before and we couldn't really hear him. We had walked by the very long
line-up for Parrot Cay and headed straight to the buffet. Oh well, no
character dining for us!
We went to the lobby/atrium to watch the
Jack-Jack's Incredible Diaper Dash (baby races), if this happens on
your cruise, it is worth it to go watch. As you can see from the photo,
they set up a race mat and when if you have a crawling baby, you can
enter them. It is hilarious, we watched the whole event because it was
worth the laughing. Inevitably, the mom would be holding the baby back
while waiting for the starting whistle and then as soon as it would be
time to go, the babies would all stop and look around and generally do
what babies do, be totally random!
We checked the schedule
and realized that none of the mornings activities were of great interest
so we headed to the movie theatre to watch Monsters University. We both
really liked the movie and appreciated being able to just walk into the
theatre and see movies!
One thing we both liked on board was the
art gallery in one of the hallways. I loved these two Romero originals,
couldn't afford to get them, so got a photo instead.
After
lunch at Parrot Cay we split up for a bit, my friend went off to walk
around the ship and I went to an origami class. It was kind of goofy and
fun and we did all end up with paper frogs to take away.
We got
together again to go for a walk outside and surprise, even though it was
getting cooler, people were swimming! Even more of a surprise, other
than the day we were cruising up to the glaciers, the weather was nice
enough that people swam every day of the cruise. Not me, it has to be
hot out before I go swimming!
I also had to get a photo of this Mickey at the front of the ship!
We
went up to the cafe on the 10th floor and had a coffee and a nice quiet
break. The cafe is supposed to be 18 and over, since my 16 year old
travel friend is more mature than most teenagers, her age was never
asked and we went to the cafe more than once.
That evening was
the formal dinner at Animator's Palate. It was a lovely meal,
unfortunately the water was a bit rough and my friend was a bit seasick
so I enjoyed the meal more than she did. Especially the dessert! While
it wasn't the worlds best chocolate cake, it was safe for me and my
allergies so I appreciated it.
On our way to go see the
Golden Mickey's, we stopped at the store to get some seasick bands,
which were put into use right away and thankfully worked.
The Golden Mickey's stage show is great. No photos allowed and that was fine by me, more time to enjoy the show.
Afterwards
we changed out of our formal clothes and went up to the beverage
service station on the 9th floor, got a tea and found a small area in
front of the elevators on the 10th floor (not by the cafe) with 2 chairs
and a coffee table and we sat and enjoyed our tea and talked. A lovely
end to the day.
I didn't know that Alaska was a 1 hour different time
zone that BC where I live. It was funny to change our watches when we
were so close to home.
I had hoped to get crafty before we went on
the cruise and have magnets to decorate our stateroom door with, sadly
that didn't happen. Here is a photo of someone's stateroom door that was
quite decorated!
Please check out Part 1 of Gaylin's trip here.
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