Our first full day on the ship started out pretty fantastic! We had our "character breakfast" on the very first morning. Our Character breakfast was at the Parrot Cay, a tropical paradise themed dining room. (It looked like the Tiki Room, and I kept expecting the birds to break into song, but they never did.) While we were eating our breakfast many of our favorite Disney characters come around for a visit!
First we were visited by everybody's favorite dog, Pluto, and then Dale made his way over. Nate was a happy camper because Dale and Nathan are tight, and even though Dale's BFF is Chip, Nathan has to be a close second.
Before long Minnie came by for a quick visit. What a gal!
Check out Dylan's Mickey-shaped waffle.
Just to add to the fun, one of our 2 waiters for the entire cruise, Andre (from Jamaica), made us some festive Disney character headwear from our napkins. Dylan is Peter Pan, of course, and with those big ears, I'm assuming Dennis is supposed to be Dumbo.
Nate got to be Eeyore, and I believe I'm looking much like Minnie herself.
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| Well Luke wanted a hat too, so our other waiter, Carlo (from Italy!) made him a Peter pan hat as well. Apparently, Luke did not want to be Peter Pan, as you can see from the picture, and sat there sulking. Give that kid a little pixie dust, will ya? |
But Luke's spirits were lifted right up again when Goofy made his appearance. Who doesn't love Goofy?
Later Dale came by looking for Chip probably, and this the Mouse that started it all, Mickey himself, dropped by to sign a few autograph books and snap a few pictures.
Our character breakfast was a great way to start the first morning of our cruise!
Then everyone took off to do their own things. Bye. Have fun. See ya!
The twins got to hang out at a place just for the 11-13 set, called 'The Edge' and today I discovered them playing some games up on the top deck in the front of the ship. They were doing Goofy Olympics, and Dylan was in the basketball competition. It was fun to watch his compete.
And Derek? Well, he decided that the hula hoop contest was more his style. You should have seen him swing those hips! Yeah, baby! And guess what, gals? He WON! Derek is the official Hula Hoop champ! Yep, that boy has all the right moves.
Hanging out by the pool we eventually saw all our boys. Here is Dylan with a pack of new friends getting burgers at the grill. In case you are still hungry after breakfast and before lunch, there is a grill with burgers, dogs, and such that is open all day, as well as a pizza bar, and and, my favorite, a panini bar that also serves piles of fresh fruit, wraps, and salads. Yummy! My favorite panini? The bacon, tomato and brie!!! I think I had nearly a dozen of those on this cruise. I'll be making those at home! It was not all kids' stuff.
We caught glimpse of Nathan too as he ran by looking for some odd thing for a scavenger hunt he was doing with a group of kids from 'The Vibe', the teen-only lounge.
Caleb and Luke were off having their own brand of fun at the Lab where a wacky mad scientist came and helped them all make their own slimy green 'flubber'. You can't imagine how much fun they had with that crazy stuff!
Caleb also got to carve a car out of soap and race it. He called it the Zombie Flash, and it was a winner! I couldn't get Luke to stand still long enough to get his picture. He was playing dodge ball and he was doing quite well - probably because he had a very different method - run and hide in the back. Hey, survival of the fittest, right?
Meanwhile, back up on deck, Dennis was engaged in a very serious ping pong competition. He was looking forward to the contest, and even packed his own paddle! He played several rounds and ended up winning the competition. Ping Pong champ! It was the lucky paddle, I'm sure.
Later that day when we went back into our stateroom there was a huge heavy envelope on the bed. It was a large limited edition print of Mickey, Donald, and Goofy playing shuffleboard with a card of congratulations for being the Disney Wonder ping pong champ. How cool is that?
After a while I was missing my kiddos, so I picked them up to go on deck and play by the pool.
They love it up there!
There is so much room to run and play and just be kids and enjoy the beautiful ocean and the sunshine!
And then plop into the pool, of course!
The water slide, supported by a giant Mickey hand, was a big hit!
Wheee!
As the day wore on, the boys enjoyed relaxing in the spa while watching Ratatouille on the big screen. Now that is a way to watch a movie!
Every evening on the Disney wonder has a different theme, and Monday night was formal night. Yep, this is us all decked out in our formal attire. Clearly, we did not get the memo about formal night, and I wistfully thought of our nice Sunday clothes sitting in our car back in LA. After church on Sunday the boys were a bit to anxious to shed all of the white shirts and ties, and somehow they never got on the boat with us. Oh well. At least Micky looks ritzy.
And why was it formal night? They rolled out the red carpet because Monday night was the 'Golden Mickeys Awards Gala', like a Disney version of the academy awards, and the paparazzi were out in full force.
The Golden Mickeys was held in the big theater, and we were presented with scenes from many of Disney's greatest movies. I loved it when Snow White came on stage with 'dwarves' from the audience. I thought it was great how they really gave so many people, especially kids, and opportunity to have their special 'moment of glory' that they would always remember.
Musical scenes from Mulan, 101 Dalmatians, and Tarzan. It was really too dark to get a descent pic, so the Tarzan one was messed up, but I actually think it turned out pretty cool! Tarzan and the monkeys acrobatics were pretty amazing too.
The whole show was great fun!
Checking out all the action and people dressed to the hilt in the lobby. I am probably the only one in my family the felt so bad that we were not all dressed up. The boys were likely counting their lucky stars that I was not making them dress up like penguins.
Next time, for sure.
Dining that evening was again in Parrot Cay. Even Carlo was wearing a tux.
After dinner, Carlo came out with a wine bottle, a few toothpicks, and 4 forks. He did the coolest trick! He wedged two forks together and stuck a toothpick between the two, and then was able to balance the other end of the toothpick on the tip of another toothpick that was sticking up out of the cork of the bottle. Look at the picture. It doesn't seem possible, but he did it!
Then he got two more forks and did the same thing on the other side! Four forks balanced on the tip of a toothpick! On an moving boat, remember. Cool, huh? Then Dennis tried his hand at it, and Carlo helped Dennis to do it. Ta Da!
I told you Disney cruises are magic!
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