Thanksgiving of 2015 was spent cruising on the Disney Wonder! The cruise left out of Galveston on Friday, November 20 and returned to Galveston on November 27. Here's our itinerary:
Galveston
At Sea
Key West
Castaway Cay
Nassau - Bahamas
At Sea
At Sea
Galveston
This trip included not just our family but a huge chunk of our extended family too - Mom, Melanie, Dad, Pam, Joan (Pam's mom), Jennifer, Kenny, Thaden, Owen and Gloria (Kenny's mom). The weather forecasts for our week and various ports of call were not great, but we really lucked out and the rain only affected us a tiny bit. It rained a good portion of the first day at sea, but after that it was very sparse. It was a bit too cold for me to get in the water (pool on the ship or the ocean at the beach), but the kids didn't seem to mind.
The Disney Wonder is a fantastic ship! It is one of the smaller ships and we really liked having that more intimate feeling (plus there were fewer people on board). Disney has amazing shows, an awesome kids club that Jocelyn, Thaden and Owen enjoyed and fantastic dining experiences. We did have an issue with a portion of our stateroom having some water damage (an area between the bed and the bathroom was soaked one day). We notified our stateroom host (who was fabulous) and she took care of it right away. It wasn't an easy fix - it involved having a fan/blower going for almost a whole day to dry the carpet. Didn't bother us much - the water was in an area that we didn't walk through and we weren't in the room much during the day anyways. Disney, of course, went above and beyond to make it up to us. The day after the "drying" occurred, we came back to our stateroom to find a Ms. Piggy plush doll and Buzzlight year plush sitting on the bed with a card on each, one for Liam and one for Lizzie. So sweet. The next day (our last full day at sea), guest services came by with a bottle of wine and a framed 8x10 picture of our whole family from formal night they had printed out. So nice.
Overall, the cruise was great. So convenient to be able to just drive down to Galveston and get on the ship instead of having to spend a whole day traveling by plane or car. It was a challenge to keep the twins entertained and supervised without wearing ourselves out. Everyone pitched in though. Jocelyn lost one of her front teeth at the kids club one day and she was so excited.
Pirate night was so fun. Mom made the costumes for our family and everyone really got into it.
The kids loved the splash pad on board!
We can't wait until our next trip!
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