The Disney Wonder Cruise

Considering that we really haven't taken a week long vacation since Sascha was a year and a half, we have been looking forward to this for a while. Of course it went by way too fast, like it always does. We had a great time, and it made it even more special to share it with both sets of grandparents and cousins.

Here is a photo of all of us as the sun sets and the ship starts moving away from the LA port.

Every night we watched a Disney Musical show. The kids loved it, even Cameron sat through every single one of them, clapped and smiled. It was fun watching the kids during the shows and we really enjoyed them too. Dinners were great, we got dressed up most of the nights, had way too much yummy food. Cameron was good with eating just about everything we gave him. Sascha got to order her usual, either pasta, or chicken strips. She had ice cream or other desserts with every dinner, what a treat! On the last night Jeromey and I were had reservations at Palo which is their "adults only fancy restaurant" that you have to pay a little extra, so we got to enjoy some alone time and a very yummy 5 course meal! My parents took the kids a few times so we were able to hang out on our own. We went to Puerta Vallarta for a little over an hour and did some shopping. While my mom stayed with the sleeping kids in the room, we were able to watch a movie and a comedy show on different nights.
The 2nd night on the ship was Formal where we got to dress up in our fancy clothes, not something we get to do often.

There was a band playing near us, and Sascha danced and twirled like a little school girl. Her spinning curls were priceless, she didn't have a care in the world, and we just sat back, watched, and enjoyed these little moments. Sascha got to wear her fancy beautiful dress that she got for her birthday from a friend of ours, and Cameron had his vest and tie attire that Baba and Deda got him a few days before we took off.

One of the nights was "Pirate night" themed, and we were prepared to be in our Pirate attire and in character. Loads of fun! We took lots of pictures and everyone looked really great! Sascha and the girls practiced their angry pirate faces. This was one of the funnest nights, especially when we went on the top deck for the party. We danced and danced! Sascha was on every one's shoulder's, so she could see, and then her and I were dancing away together, and had an awesome time.


Another highlight for Sascha was meeting the princesses. The girls were dressed up in their princess costumes. Sascha of course asked why Rapunzel wasn't there, and I had to tell her that she was very busy at Disneyland and could not join the rest of the princess at this time. I think she was ok with that. We stood in line to take photos with them for over an hour (kind of ridiculous if you ask me). She did love every minute of it, in total awe of the princesses. Cameron on the other hand could take it or leave it... mostly leave it. We didn't even attempt a single picture with him till the very end when Cinderella looked like she was "free" for an extra picture, and as soon as we put him down he screamed like crazy and started crawling away! He must have been mad about waiting in line for that long! :)

We also signed up to have tea with princesses. Only Ariel and Tiana were there, but it was still such a treat for Sascha. It was so magical to see her eyes light up with excitement when they entered the room. One of the breakfasts we had was with Characters, where Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Chip and Dale all came over to say hello and take photos. It was pretty exciting. Cameron didn't seem scared, in fact when we were taking photos with Minnie, I stood right by her and he kept hitting her ear, and laughing, I had to hold his hand down at one point because I don't think Minnie was too happy about it.

We got super lucky with the weather being January and all. It was summer weather for a few days, shorts and tank top. Pool time for the kids. Sascha had fun in the Mickey pool, she even got brave enough to take the Goofy slide down. I think she was barely tall enough for it, and one of the times the water kind of swallowed her up right when she was towards the end of it, so she got pretty spooked and didn't do it again. But we gave her kudos for even trying, considering how anti-swimming and anti-pool she has been the last few years, I was happy she was in the water. :) There was unlimited supply of soft serve ice cream, and boy did the kids enjoy that!

Cameron had a little splash zone for kids his age and he had fun getting wet too. He practically learned how to walk on this ship. It was so cute to watch, as he navigated around with his wobbly little walk.

There was an area on the ship where they played music and the kids loved to dance. Sascha boogied, and Cameron was trying to keep up as well.

When we docked in Cabo, I really wanted to check out the famous "Lover's beach", but since we got such a late start that day, and weren't able to put Cameron into the Nursery, we took him with us and just enjoyed an empty beach near by. Our cruise ship was right in front of us as our view. I took a bunch of "beach photos" of the little guy as we hung out and relaxed. Cameron loved the sand, the water not so much... but that's because it was cold. Only Jeromey and my dad went in. Cameron napped in the Ergo as we walked back to get back on the boat, he was such a trooper!


Sascha enjoyed her time at the Kids club. She loved going there, and pretty much asked to be dropped off after breakfast for at least an hour or two every day. They did so many fun things there with the kids.

It was a great Vacation. I think we got a bit tired of the food, and eating in general, so it was nice to come back home too. A bit difficult to get back into our old routine, but inevitable...

all good things come to an end.

I did manage to leave my wallet in our room. Yes, our packing was so frantic, I didn't remember packing it, and realized it when we got to our car in the parking lot. Luckily I made a claim before we left and after about 2 weeks I finally heard that they found it, and I got it back in the mail. Very lucky!!!

Even though we were in Cabo for only a few hours, we had this little beach all to ourselves where I took this photo... I am sure we'll be back soon. :)