Tag: Disney Cruise Line

  • 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…

  • 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 Wonder Moves West – Part 3: Pass me a cerveza

    Mazatlan, the second stop on your Mexican Riviera cruise aboard the Disney Wonder, has been the home to the Pacifico brewery since 1900.  Now, that’s not the reason that this has become our favorite stop on our Mexican Riviera Disney cruises…well, not the ONLY reason.  Put up the umbrella, grab a lounge chair, open a cerveza and…

  • The Wonder Moves West – Part 2: What exactly is a “vallarta”?

    On the Pacific Ocean’s Banderas Bay (Bahia de Banderas) lies Puerto Vallarta, the first stop on your 7-night Mexican Riviera cruise aboard the Disney Wonder.  What is a “vallarta”??  Read on for the answer to that and more about this tropical Mexican port.

  • New Disney Dream Cruise Ship Docks at Port Canaveral

    Photos by Katie Werling After months of construction and a journey across the Atlantic, a stop at Castaway Cay, and passing through the Bahamas, the Disney Dream is finally home in Florida.  It sailed into Port Canaveral to dock at the Disney Cruise Line terminal early this morning at the break of dawn.  Hundreds of…

  • The Wonder Moves West – Part 1: Adios Florida, Hola California!

    I know what you’re thinking….why the heck is a Disneyland Correspondent writing about Disney Cruise Line?  Well, East Coasters…..we’re stealing one of your ships!!  We Californians had a great time in 2005 and 2008 when the Disney Magic came for a quick visit during the summer…but we wanted more! So, starting at the end of January through at…

  • Podcast Cruise 2.0- A great way to sail away with friends

    Last week over 600 guests sailed away with the DIS Unplugged Podcast crew to the Bahamas on Podcast Cruise 2.o with Disney Cruise Line!  Many of us had waited 18 months for this cruise.  It was great to meet so many people from the DISboards and to put a real face with everyone’s screen names.  It…