Monday, March 6, 2023

The Last Day of our Disney Wonder Cruise





It was the last day of the wonderful Disney Wonder Cruise that we accompanied our daughter and oldest granddaughter on.  We were sailing from the end of Baja California, Mexico, back to San Diego, where our cruise began five days before.



There were beautiful blue skies and warmer temperatures so we enjoyed sitting on our cruise ship cabin veranda and taking walks outside along the ship's decks.  Although we were sailing fast the ocean was calm and serene.



 
Although there was a children's club on board with many activities available, and the pool and slide on an upper deck were open, this day our granddaughter wanted to relax with us and listen to her music.  She also enjoyed this large lollypop that she bought in an onboard gift shop.  



One event she did not want to miss was a photo opportunity with one of her favorite Disney movie characters, "Stitch," from the movie Lilo and Stitch. She had a lot of fun taking a 'selfie" with him! 
At ten years old she wasn't as interested in the other Disney characters, as she was when we visited Disney World together when she was five, but she really enjoyed the more contemporary characters she saw on the ship.




We all watched the sun set over the Pacific




Dinner that evening was held at the "Animator's Palate" restaurant on the ship.  The walls of the restaurant are filled with screens that change all during the meal and show famous Disney movie sketches in black and white as well as colorful backdrops and scenery from the movies.  

On this last night, we were told there would be a surprise!  As we were seated at our table we were given a paper that had an outline of a person and told we could fill in details for the person any way we wished with colored pens and pencils. After were finished coloring the waiters collected our papers.  Then, after dinner and before dessert was served an announcement was made that our drawings had become animated!




If you click on the short Youtube above you can see how the drawings were animated and each table's screen showed a video of them walking, dancing, and skating,  across the screen.  It was a lot of fun to see our drawings come alive!




After dinner, there was a fireworks display off the upper deck and a wonderful musical in the theater of classic  Disney characters called "Cavalcade of Characters."




Our last blanket sculpture was a cute elephant!





The ship returned to San Diego, California, by seven in the morning and the disembarking process went very smoothly.  This was our last look at the Disney Wonder Cruise ship as we drove away to the airport. All in all, it was a fabulous and memorable trip!  

Thanks for coming along and reliving all the memories with me!





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27 comments:

NCSue said...

I've enjoyed checking in on your photos the past few weeks and I'm so glad you had a nice time. Thank you for sharing your trip with us at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2023/03/tasty-and-pretty-how-much-more-could.html

carol l mckenna said...

Wow! What a delightful post about the fun cruise and gorgeous photos too ~

Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

Tom said...

...wow, that is a floating city. I'm glad that you have a fabulous time.

Lillian "sognafaret" said...

Wow that was a realy big boat

William Kendall said...

Quite a trip to have made.

Carol @Comfort Spring Station said...

Thanks for taking me on a fun cruise. I love the water. Add firecrackers and what a party!

A Bit of the Blarney said...

You did have a grand time!! You are so lucky! Cathy

stevebethere said...

What fun photos looks like you all had a fab time I enjoyed all the pics and smiles too :-)

Have a disneytastic week 👍

Veronica Lee said...

You certainly had a wonderful time!

I enjoyed all the fun photos you have been sharing.

Jeanie said...

That's just so cool how they animated your drawings! And your grand is adorable with that lollipop. It looks like it was just terrific, Pat. I'm so glad you could share this experience with them.

ellen b. said...

Looks like you all had a very good time. Great memories to store up. Beautiful photos.

dee Nambiar said...

Anaimators' Palate sounds like a fun place for a meal. And that's a lovely surprise you got there. :)

dee Nambiar said...

Animators' Palate sounds like a fun place for a meal. And that's a lovely surprise you got there. :)

Lowcarb team member said...

Lovely photographs and narrative on this post and your previous ones.
It certainly has been a fabulous and memorable trip for you all.

All the best Jan

Penelope Notes said...

What a lucky girl to be on such a cruise with her family. The sunset is glorious and the animation great fun to watch. How clever!

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

Looks like Disney did it right. What a great experience. Sitting on your veranda. Kudos to granddaughter for electing to spend time with you guys.

Sandy said...

Looks like you had a wonderful time. I'm not familiar with the newer Disney Characters. I'm still into Mickey. You made lots of good memories there together.

Spare Parts and Pics said...

Wonderful how they were able to animate the drawings. I would like to see that! Thanks for taking us along on the cruise!

Jocelyn said...

Looks like fun.

Jim said...

Great sky.

Photo Cache said...

I've done variation of this cruise, but never with Disney. Perhaps time to revisit the route.

Worth a Thousand Words

NKH said...

Wonderful scenes! I like the sunset over Pacific

Joanne said...

That sounds like a wonderful last day! Stitch is one of my favorite characters too.

Niky | The House on Silverado said...

I've enjoyed reading about your cruise on the Wonder, since we will be sailing on her to Alaska this July with the family, including sweet baby Evie. :-) Thanks for sharing! I'll be featuring this post on Sundays on Silverado!

Niky

Lisa notes... said...

What a wonderful trip you had! I'd like to do a cruise to Alaska some day.

Shiju Sugunan said...

Lovely captures! It sounds like your granddaughter had a wonderful and unforgettable experience on the cruise. It's also great to see your sketches come to life through animation.

stevebethere said...

What a nice fun post and what a trip thanks for taking us with you :-)

Have a triptastic week 👍