We recently went on the Disney Wonder for a 7-Night Southern Caribbean Cruise from San Juan. We traveled with some friends that stayed in stateroom 2516 which is a Category 9C Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom. It is located on the forward (front) starboard (right) side of the ship on Deck 2, in front of the forward elevators. The forward elevators are very rarely busy and it was easy to get to almost everything.
During a recent sailing on the Disney Wonder, we got to see the new French Quarter Lounge located on Deck 3, the former location of the Promenade Lounge. The French Quarter Lounge is located right outside of Tiana’s Place, one of the themed dining rooms. This area was completely redone during a recent dry dock upgrade to better match the theme of Tiana’s Place.
Here are our pictures of the Vibe teenage club (for ages 14-17) on the Disney Wonder from our Southern Caribbean Trip taken in January 2020. It was updated in Fall 2019 to a more open feel. We have previously discussed what the club looked like before the refurbishment. The club is located in the central smokestack of the ship. There is an elevator that goes directly into the club as well.
During a recent sailing on the Disney Wonder for a 7-Night Southern Caribbean Cruise from San Juan, we got the opportunity to check out the updates to the Cove Cafe that had been made during a fall 2019 Dry Dock. Cove Cafe is the coffee bar on the Disney Wonder and it is located next to the adult pool on Deck 9. If you would like to see what it looked like before, feel free to read our previous post.
With my beer in my belly and feeling content, I strolled over to the dock to catch the boat over to Magic Kingdom. There was a line building of people headed to MVMCP, and I still had some time to kill, so I decided to take the “long way” – AKA the boat to the Contemporary by way of Fort Wilderness. In addition to the Wilderness Lodge being very much my aesthetic and vibe, I find the boat to be such a relaxing and beautiful way to travel to MK. I take loads of pictures and enjoy every minute of the trip.
I had intended to wake up very early on Thursday to make it to Animal Kingdom for morning Extra Magic Hours (which started at 7 AM). But I had a lot of trouble leaving my cozy hotel bed when my alarm initially went off. The one thing that finally motivated me to get moving was remembering I could hit up Creature Comforts when I arrived at AK. I’m not an everyday Starbucks drinker, but I do like my morning caffeine, and it’s nice to walk around the parks with a warm coffee in hand.
The next morning, I got ready and headed to Epcot a little before 8 AM. Having read that some visitors to the B Resort were frustrated by the shuttle bus service to the parks (apparently the shuttles are shared by several Disney Spring hotels and travel time can be long), I decided I would take an Uber to Epcot. The Uber was quick and easy, and the driver dropped me off at the corner of the Journey parking lot – a very short walk to the Epcot entrance. I waited in line to enter the park (they didn’t begin letting people in until after 8:30) and then again for “rope drop” past the entrance to Spaceship Earth, checking out some of the holiday merchandise at Gateway Gifts as I waited.
Today was our last day in Seattle. We had decided to get to the airport early and get breakfast there. We ordered an Uber to take us there. We probably arrived around 8:20 AM or so for our 10:20 AM flights. Nancy’s flight was on time, so after breakfast, she and my younger daughter headed to their gate.
Today was the last day of our cruise, disembarkation day. We arrived back in Seattle very early, but we still had quite a long time to go before we would get off the ship. We had arranged to stay over in Seattle an extra day so we wouldn’t have to rush off to the airport. Once we’d given this information to Royal Caribbean, they gave us the latest disembarkation group.
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