Category: Disney Cruise Line
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A Disney Cruise isn’t just for families with young children
I recently had the chance to cruise with my sister and family on the Disney Wonder. My sister is a cruise veteran but she always hesitated when I mentioned taking a Disney cruise. She always protested saying they wouldn’t be able to enjoy it since there would be so many children aboard. I finally got…
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It’s A Wonderful (Correspondent’s) Life
I know, I know, it’s cliche to write the year-end retrospective article around New Year’s. However, I can’t help it. It’s my nature as a scientist to analyze, evaluate, and reflect, and it’s amazing to think about all the different experiences I’ve squeezed into 2009. There were trips to Disneyland, Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, Universal…
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DCL Castaway Ray’s Stingray Adventure Review
On our recent four day cruise aboard the Disney Wonder, we decided to book Castaway Ray’s Stingray Adventure as our shore excursion on Castaway Cay. The excursion was described in our Personal Navigator as a one hour session to feed, snorkel and interact with Southern Stingrays in a private lagoon. The price was $35 for…
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Island Tour on Your Feet: DCL Castaway Cay 5K
While I was on the Disney Wonder for the Four Day Podcast Cruise in May, I noticed an entry on the Navigator for our day on Castaway Cay (Day 3). It said 5K run, 8:30am, meet at gangway. Now I had heard about this run from previous cruisers, and heard you get to go out…
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Profile of Mark Matheis – Disney Historian
Because of my recent trips to Walt Disney World, I have become more and more interested in the history of Walt Disney the man as well as the Disney Parks. Therefore, when one of the events on the recent DIS Unplugged Podcast Cruise was a talk by Disney Historian Mark Matheis of the Disney Institute,…
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Disney Wonder to sail out of Port of Los Angeles in 2011
Disney Cruise Line has confirmed what we have been speculating for some time now, that one of the Disney Cruise ships, the Disney Wonder, will be repositioned to the West Coast in 2011. Disney Cruise Line has signed a multi-year arrangement with the Port of Los Angeles. Moving the Disney Wonder from Port Canaveral Florida to…
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Disney Cruise Line trip report – Day 3 – Castaway Cay
There is no doubt that the crown jewel in DIsney’s empire is a small island 60 miles off the cost of Nassau called Castaway Cay. Of all the attractions, shows, hotels and theme parks in Disney’s realm – in my humble opinion, NOTHING compares to this. No matter how many times I visit this island,…