Monday, January 4, 2010

Disney Cruise for Jenny and Jay


Two First Class Tickets to Paradise

Enjoying her 1st class accommodations

The celebration party at the start of the cruise

In true Disney style, they incorporate the Mickey Ears everywhere in the ship.

I think these may be some of Jenny's favorite shots and memories from the trip. She has waited a very long time to get to swim with the dolphins. In this case, she nearly didn't. We had signed up for the "Dolphin Encounter" (well, actually, just Jenny did, I was along as the designated "Photographer" on this trip since I've done the swim before) and during the briefing, one of the trainers asked if anyone wanted to do the swim, and Jenny was the only one out of maybe 50+ people that wanted to. So, instead of just sitting on a platform and seeing the dolphins, Jenny got to jump in the water and spend a considerably longer time interacting with the dolphins.

Pictures of the lagoon at Disney's Castaway Cay.

Jenny sports a serious "Ship on her shoulder".... :)

Two of our favorite characters: Lilo and Stich

A "not so cold" holiday picture....

Jenny and I enjoyed an amazing dinner at the Disney Wonder's exclusive restaurant "Palo".

Vladimir gives Jenny a paper flower for her birthday that he folded out of that night's menu. It still sits in our kitchen in a vase.

Here are two amazing friends we met at our table on the first night. They didn't speak any english and we didn't speak any Japanese, but that didn't stop us from learning to communication using gestures, pictures, and smiles. They were here on their honey moon for a 4 night cruise and then 4 days in Disney World. We found out that they were from Toyota Japan and that he works as an engineer in transmission assemblies. These two loved Disney more than anyone else I think I've ever met (we saw them getting off the boat our last day and they were carrying more luggage and Disney store purchases than Jenny and I have when we travel with all six of us.... I was so proud of getting to know them).

Our third night, we got to party like pirates in the "Pirates _IN_ the Caribbean" party. Here we were later that night as we all danced on the ships top deck.


A quick snap our the two of us with the Disney Wonder's captain.

Also at our table was another couple from Michigan.

Each night, we rotated through one of the three main restaurants onboard, but we retained our same wait staff (bless you Disney for thinking of this) so they became like family to us. Here are Jen (from Great Britain) and Vladimir (from Costa Rica) who were just perfect for us and treated us like royalty.


1 comment:

Mimi said...

Great shots!!

I can clearly see that Jenny thoroughly enjoyed swimming with the dolphins!!!!

Been there, done that too... and it truly was great fun!