Postby KeithS » Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:00 pm
Day 15 – Saturday 13 October 2018. Disney Wonder – At Sea
Today is our last full day on the Wonder and while I was getting ready for a big day – Della said she was heading out the door to get a photo with Captain America! I said that was fine, so I had a shower and got dressed while she was out. When she got back, she told me the photographer Chante was asking where I was this morning as we were always together. We headed off the breakfast next at Cabana’s and sat at the table with Elissa, Judy and the other girls. Wayne joined us briefly and handed me a copy of the Mickey Mouse 90th birthday Life Magazine special issue before heading off elsewhere.
Della and I and the girls then headed as a group towards Preludes where we got a character photo with Jake from Disney Junior. Then it was back to the Atrium for a Spiderman photo, then back to Preludes for Princess Sophia and Doc McStuffins.
One of our favourite cruise line events was next – Jack Jack’s Diaper Dash, where, as the cruise director says, “We race babies for your pleasure”. It is a hilarious event where crawling babies race down a track being lured by their parents with toys, food and iphones! It had a big audience and is funny to see in person.
Next up, I decided to put some shopping and my camera in our room while Della went to the character dance party. While I was away, I also went for a walk around the deck 4 walking track because I didn’t know if I’d get a chance otherwise – it is a good way to see some of the ship’s workings like the anchor motors. After my walk, I returned to the character dance party to watch the characters dancing with the guests which is always fun.
After the party, we headed up to deck 9 for lunch before returning to our room to pack. We had all our bags open on the floor of our stateroom and were enjoying the breeze through the open balcony door when all of a sudden, the ship’s alarm went off! Six short horn blasts followed by one long one! At the same time, the alarm was sounding in our stateroom. I went on the balcony to have a look and we were sailing fine. I opened the door to the hallway and all the emergency lighting was on. There were a few guests standing in the hall and they were heading to their staterooms to await further information. I said to Della I’m going to the bathroom in case we had to go to our muster point. She decided to go to, and when she was in there, crew members told us to get our life jackets and warm clothing on, and head to muster! I said to Della we had to go and she was yelling at me not to go without her! I got the life jackets out thinking this was awesome, but then the captain came on the speaker to say it was a false alarm and nothing was wrong! So I packed the life jackets away and we got back to packing – it was an interesting 10 minutes and we heard later there were a few complaints at guest services about how long it took to issue the retraction.
Once we were packed, we headed out for one more character photo – Minnie in her cruise line costume. We always do the final day Bingo jackpot as well, so we headed to Azure and played the must-win jackpot. Unfortunately we didn’t win, but four people split the $7400 jackpot so they were happy!
After Bingo – it was time for Showtime in the Walt Disney Theatre, and tonight, it was Frozen! It is similar I guess to the DCA version and in many ways, it is actually better – it doesn’t have the big staging of the DCA one but some sequences were actually better produced. Both are good but I think I preferred the Wonder!
After the show, we headed to the D-Lounge to see magician Shawn Farquhar’s close up magic show. Just like last night, we were completely blown away. I have no idea how he did any of it! The show finished a bit late, so we ran to our room to put our suitcases out then headed to Triton’s for dinner. We wanted to eat as fast as we could so we can get to the See Y’all Soon Party (the farewell party). It used to be a song and dance thing, but now it is a character meet and greet followed by the farewell which was still great. After the party, our entire Australian group got together for some group photos in front of the Halloween tree and the staircase before we all said goodnight. Della and I did a big walk around the ship and it was deserted as most people had gone to bed early for the early start tomorrow. After our walk, we headed back to our room and headed to bed. Tomorrow, we disembark and drive to Solvang.
Keith
Trip history:
DLR: 2005, 06, 09, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18
DLRP: 2006
HKDL: 2006 (Mar & Sept), 11 (Apr & Dec), 14, 19
SDR: 2017
TDR: 2008, 10, 17
WDW: 2006, 13 (Mar & Sept), 16, 19
DCL: 2013, 15 (Alaska & Hawaii), 18
Aulani: 2015