Disney Wonder - California Coastal Cruise - 9/16 to 9/23

[Host Mick]

If you decide to do the hop-on/off bus while in San Francisco and you pick it up on Pier 39' date=' don't fret over where you sit on the bus as the first stop you have to get out and get on a different bus.

 

Note how close the cable car lines are.

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Those are electric bus or trolley cables. The cable cars are pulled along by a cable running under the street. You can spot the cable car tracks as the three tracks, the center track being "hollow".

 

Nice timing on the photos. I saw the Disney Wonder back in San Francisco this morning.

[huneymoonerz]

Thanks so much for your review.

 

I am dying for those Navigators! Any chance you can take a picture of them instead of scanning?

[Shmoo here]

Thanks for the info - since Pirates night is on Friday did they also have fireworks that night? I only ask because my itinerary online says fireworks are on Tuesday night.

 

Also can you confirm what days are formal/semi formal night for me?

 

Fireworks are on Pirate Night. The only exception to this is cruises that travel over New Years Eve. Those cruises will have the fireworks on NYE, not pirate night, as the ships are allowed only so much in explosives onboard on a given cruise.

 

:)

[iggy's mom]

Those are electric bus or trolley cables. The cable cars are pulled along by a cable running under the street. You can spot the cable car tracks as the three tracks, the center track being "hollow".

 

Nice timing on the photos. I saw the Disney Wonder back in San Francisco this morning.

 

ooppps... my bad. :(

[iggy's mom]

Thanks for the info - since Pirates night is on Friday did they also have fireworks that night? I only ask because my itinerary online says fireworks are on Tuesday night.

 

Also can you confirm what days are formal/semi formal night for me?

 

Pirate Night with the fireworks was on Friday on our cruise. In the Navigator it's listed as Pirates in the Caribbean Deck Party from 9:45pm-10:45pm.

 

Formal night was Monday (sea day) and semi-formal night was Thursday (sea day).

[iggy's mom]

Do you by any chance have pictures of the inside of the ship, like Disney details and such.

 

 

I do, and I will try to post some tonight or tomorrow.

[iggy's mom]

Thursday, September 20 (Sea Day)

 

Today was a sea day and DH & I did what we typical do on sea days. He reads and go out and join the activities. DH also had an added bonus that today was his birthday, so he got to celebrate on the ship!

 

The highlight of the day for me was getting to hear Jay Ward's presentation. Jay is considered to be the "guardian" of the Cars franchise, and we found his presentation to be engaging. Jay did his presentation twice during the day in the Walt Disney Theater. I loved hearing about how Cars Land came about and about the construction of the rides.

 

The evening show in the Walt Disney Theater today was "Toy Story The Musical." I liked it better than DH did.

 

Then it was off to Palo for DH's birthday dinner. We had a wonderful server, and the pace for dinner was perfect. Not long and drawn out, but not rushed either.

 

 

Antipasto Plate

 

 

Grilled Shrimp

 

Mozzarella and Tomato

[iggy's mom]

Beef Tenderloin

 

Scallops

 

Tiramisu

 

Chocolate Souffle

 

[iggy's mom]

A bit later after dinner was saw the adult variety act of Michael Harrison. DH & I agreed that he was our favorite act of the week.

 

Tonight towel animal:

 

We also received this lithograph:

[iggy's mom]

Random ship pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

This is Diversions -- usually where we found NFL games playing on Sunday and Thursday night.

[iggy's mom]

Stateroom pictures:

 

 

 

 

[mel3073]

Loving your review. Thank you! I am on this cruise next week (9/30 sail date). Can you tell me which company you used to book the hop on hop off bus tour in San Francisco?

[iggy's mom]

More ship pictures:

 

 

 

 

[iggy's mom]

Loving your review. Thank you! I am on this cruise next week (9/30 sail date). Can you tell me which company you used to book the hop on hop off bus tour in San Francisco?

 

We didn't use a company to book the hop on/off bus. They sell the tickets where the bus stops at Pier 39, so that's how we purchased our tickets. Sometimes they have an extra employee on the bus who handles the payments for the tickets.

 

Hope your cruise is fun!

[chipq]

Great pictures, thanks for sharing!

 

http://luv2cruise.blogspot.com

[justluv2cruisewithhubby]

We didn't use a company to book the hop on/off bus. They sell the tickets where the bus stops at Pier 39' date=' so that's how we purchased our tickets. Sometimes they have an extra employee on the bus who handles the payments for the tickets.

 

Hope your cruise is fun![/quote']

Do you recall the price you paid for the all day bus pass?

[Cruisin Oldies]

Are the formal and semi formal dining nights for special dining rooms or is it for all the rotation dining? Men need a tie and jacket or will nice shirt be okay?

 

We'll be on this ship Sunday and the 9 of us are trying to figure what we'll need. It'll be bad enough going from Ventura County to the pier since the 405 will be closed at the 101 to the 110. I'm thinking PCH to ?? Lots of you seem to be local too, what do you plan to do? Rest of the family think we should go to Disneyland Saturday and spend the night. (I'd need that sea day to rest up after riding stuff and all that walking with a 3 yr old and (2) 6 yr olds (all girls) and their parents who are more into Disney than they are.)

 

Cruisin Oldies

[huneymoonerz]

Cruisin Oldies,

 

Not sure where you are in VC but you could take:

 

101 to 110.

[iggy's mom]

Do you recall the price you paid for the all day bus pass?

 

I think it was $40.50 for the 2-day bus pass per person.

[iggy's mom]

Are the formal and semi formal dining nights for special dining rooms or is it for all the rotation dining? Men need a tie and jacket or will nice shirt be okay?

 

We'll be on this ship Sunday and the 9 of us are trying to figure what we'll need. It'll be bad enough going from Ventura County to the pier since the 405 will be closed at the 101 to the 110. I'm thinking PCH to ?? Lots of you seem to be local too, what do you plan to do? Rest of the family think we should go to Disneyland Saturday and spend the night. (I'd need that sea day to rest up after riding stuff and all that walking with a 3 yr old and (2) 6 yr olds (all girls) and their parents who are more into Disney than they are.)

 

Cruisin Oldies

 

The formal nights keep with the regular rotation. Our first formal night was in Parrot Cay. I forget where our second should have been as that is the night we ate in Palo. There was a wide range of dress on formal nights. Everything from casual to dressy. Jackets and ties are not required. DH didn't where a tie and took off his jacket once he saw other men not wearing one.

 

My fingers are crossed for you with 405 being closed. Hopefully it will be like last time. Everyone stayed off the roads then! PCH might be a good option but it gets backed up too.

[iggy's mom]

Friday, September 21 - San Diego

 

We were up early as we wanted to take pictures as we sailed into the harbor.

 

 

 

 

 

[iggy's mom]

After getting ready and breakfast, we walked around and took a few more pictures.

 

This is the cruise terminal.

 

Docked near as us were these two vessels.

 

Just a short walk from the ship is the USS Midway Museum.

 

 

[iggy's mom]

San Diego skyline pictures.

 

Lots of road work near the port.

 

 

 

 

[iggy's mom]

The plan for the day was to catch a cab to the zoo, so that is what we did.

 

We had noticed that there were several news helicopters circling overhead when we were out taking pictures. As we were getting ready to get off of the ship, Christian, the CD, made an announcement about it being the first time ever for the Disney Wonder to make a stop in San Diego.

 

Once off of the ship, we saw several of these along with people being interviewed.

 

There weren't any cabs readily available outside of the dock area, so DH & walked a few blocks down to the Holiday Inn where there were plenty of cabs.

 

We got to the zoo at about 9:30am and stayed until just a bit after 2:30pm. When it was time to come back "home" there were plenty of cabs lined up at the zoo entrance. The cab rides were about $11 each way.

 

 

[iggy's mom]

This was the only day that we did not use our Rainforest pass. It was abnormally hot and humid in San Diego! When we got back on the ship, we went to the pool, along with just about everyone else on the ship it seemed. :)

 

The comedian and ventriloquist who did the adult show the night before did his family show this night. DH & I both liked his family show as much as his adult show.

 

Since it was Pirates of the Caribbean night, dinner on this night was also pirate themed.

 

 

Pineapple with banana & coconut

 

Salads