Category: Disney Cruise Line

  • Bike Tour of Disney Cruise Line’s Castaway Cay

    It was a cold and blustery day for Castaway Cay during our December 2010 cruise on the Disney Wonder.  OK, compared to back home in Rochester, NY, cold and blustery was a relative term for the Bahamas.  Let’s just say it was not really swimming/beach weather.  My daughters and I decided to rent bikes and tour around…

  • Video: Significant Milestone Met in Building the Disney Fantasy

    It’s a busy time right now for the Disney Cruise Line.  Amidst the hullabaloo of the christening and maiden voyages of its newest cruise ship, the Disney Dream, a fourth ship is quickly coming down the pipe.  Friday, February 11, Disney Cruise Line celebrated the keel laying of the Disney Fantasy at the Meyer Werft shipyard in…

  • Dreaming of a Disney Cruise

    I recently returned from a cruise on Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Disney Dream!  I was very excited for this cruise since we would be on the first cruise after the Maiden Voyage.  I had followed the construction progress for months via the Meyer Werft website in Germany but seeing her in person would…

  • Disney Dream Christening Cruise Day 2: Castaway Cay

    Following the Christening Ceremony on Wednesday, January 19th, the Disney Dream sailed away to Disney’s private island in the Bahamas: Castaway Cay.  Continue after the break for a selection of sights and sounds from the Disney Dream.  Sounds?  Yes, sounds. Well sort of…

  • The Wonder Moves West – Part 4: Fiesta time in Cabo

    Cabo San Lucas, at the southern tip of Baja California, is the final stop on your Disney Cruise Line Mexican Riviera cruise aboard the Disney Wonder.    You’ll have to board a tender to head into the city, since cruise ships have to anchor offshore in the bay.  Once ashore, shops and restaurants are a quick walk from the pier.…

  • The Christening Ceremony and Cruise of the Disney Dream

    We’ve followed the construction of Disney Cruise Line’s new ship – the Disney Dream.  We were on hand when she floated out for the first time in Papenburg, Germany.  We watched her sail down the River Ems to her first trials in the North Sea.  We cheered as she docked for the first time in her…

  • Photo Tour Inside Disney Cruise Line’s New Disney Dream

    The christening ceremony for Disney Cruise Line’s new ship, the Disney Dream, is about to take place.  Celebrities are in town. Media and travel agents are getting their first peek inside the new ship.  However, the Christening Cruise is not the first sailing for the Disney Dream.  Cast Members embarked on a preview cruise last week, and the DIS Unplugged…