Our day in Cabo started with us waking up as the Wonder glided into the harbor. This was a new port for us, so we were excited to get off the ship and explore the town. We couldn’t see the famous arch of Cabo San Lucas but we figured we would get to see it when the ship left the port.
We decided to start our day with a large breakfast at Cabanas. We were going to have lunch in the town, but it wouldn’t be until later in the day. Cabanas wasn’t too busy this morning, probably because most people had already left the ship. We didn’t have a planned excursion for the day, choosing instead to just look around.
After enjoying our breakfast, we headed down to the Buena Vista Theater to catch a tender boat. We took the tender boat off the ship and were dropped off at one end of the inner harbor.
We wanted to head to the other end of the docks, but got a bit turned around. We ended up walking near a Navy Pier. Since we obviously weren’t headed in the right direction, we turned around and headed back to the harbor area (thankfully, we had google maps turned on).
We got back to the harbor area pretty quickly and started walking. There were lots of street vendors selling items in the harbor area. Some of them had some pretty interesting items, but we didn’t end up buying anything. There were some with various animals that would try to place them on you and take a picture for money. My youngest one artfully dodged one of them when she tried to place an iguana on her. She later told me that she doesn’t really like lizards.
We got to the other end of the harbor after about an hour or so. We ended up walking past a second Senor Frog’s in Cabo San Lucas. The girls had been begging us for years to go to Senor Frog’s, mainly in Cozumel. We would never go, mainly because it isn’t our scene (we aren’t big drinkers). We finally decided to head inside to get one drink so the girls could experience it.
The place was empty (I think because it was early and it was on the far end of the harbor). Nancy and I ordered margaritas and the girls got virgin Pina Coladas. The drinks were relatively good and weren’t too expensive. We mainly rested there for a while and enjoyed the view from the second story. I never did ask the girls if the reality lived up to the hype. I think they thought they would get served alcohol (not that we would have let them drink).
After we finished our drinks, we decided to go get some lunch. Nancy had picked out a great restaurant, Mi Casa. It was located a few blocks away from the harbor. It was nice to get a bit outside of the tourist bubble and see some of the rest of the town. We got to the restaurant after a few minutes of walking. The outside of the building really didn’t prepare us for what was inside though.
Just inside the entryway were two awesome rooms. The one to the left was filled with crosses.
The other area was the bar. I loved all the old wood that was in the bar.
After checking out the two rooms, we were greeted by the hostess. She let us into the courtyard, which was fabulous. The tables and chairs were all very colorful and there were great murals painted on the walls.
We took a seat on the far end of the courtyard and ordered some lunch. As we waited for lunch, more patrons started to come in.
Our food arrived relatively quickly. It was really delicious, although I don’t really remember exactly what it was.
I have no idea what this dish was.
After lunch, we decided to head back to the ship. We headed off back towards the tender dock. It took about 15 minutes to get back to the dock. There wasn’t a line, so we jumped onto the next boat that showed up.
After a few minutes, we left Cabo San Lucas and were headed back to the Wonder.
As soon as we got back on the ship, the girls headed off to enjoy the ship. Nancy and I got changed and went up to the adult area. The ship was still relatively quiet at this point, so we were able to read and relax some. After being at the pool area for a few hours, we went into Cove Cafe and grabbed some coffee.
We took our drinks down to the Promenade Lounge. There was a round of Spin the Wheel going on that we wanted to watch. It is Disney Cruise’s version of Wheel of Fortune. They divide the room into two halves and let them fight it out. There is a lot of good-natured cheering and booing going on, but it was all in fun. After the game was over, we headed back into the room to change for dinner. We managed to get a nice shot of the Arch as well as a beautiful sunset.
Nancy and I had scheduled Palo dinner for tonight. We knew that it was Pirate night based on the schedule from the Disney Cruise Line website. Since we had already enjoyed that menu several times, we decided to head to Palo for an early dinner. We could then join the girls for their dinner in the main dining room. The dinner was really good, but not as good as brunch in our opinion. It was definitely nice to experience something new on a Disney Cruise though.
We headed to the dining room to meet up with the girls. They were already into their dinner in Triton’s. It was not long before the pirates were getting out of hand. Our waiter Shane was getting into the act as well!
After dinner, we headed back to the room to change. While we were changing, we caught some of the Pirate fireworks from our balcony!
As the fireworks were ending, we remembered that they were having the Pirate Buffet tonight. We had never managed to get up to the Pirate Buffet. We certainly weren’t hungry, but we did go up to get some pictures. We went back to the room after getting our pictures. We had to clear this guy off the bed before we could go to sleep though.
Next up, we get to enjoy another great sea day, hopefully with less sunburn!
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