ukintheus
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 3, 2009
Hello and welcome to anyone that follows along! I know I’m really late getting this trip report going, so apologies if it's somewhat out of date, but I was going through my photographs and realized that this cruise was just so much fun that it would be a shame to skip it in my reports, so here it is. This cruise is just Scott and I, and we managed to excel in doing nothing as usual. So, let’s get rolling!!
Day 1 – Friday, December 8th – Embarkation Day.
I woke up early as usual and took a quick look at the Marine Traffic map to see where the Wonder was. Sure enough she was heading into Galveston and looked to be right on time. Yay!!!
I went to feed the outside critters, and, so exciting!!! It had SNOWED overnight!! For those that live in colder climes this would not be good news, but for those of us that live in south Texas this was HUGE and it was so exciting to wake up to see. We had to wait until later to take photos and I realize that this is NOT like snow for most, but it’s snow to us!! Ha Ha. The ground wasn’t cold enough for the snow to stick but it was stuck to the trees and was just so pretty.
The deer were looking at us like they wanted breakfast. We have a protein feed combo that we keep for them, they don’t really stand out in the picture well, so here’s a close up of them staring at us.
And some more photos just because.
OK, so I realize there's no snow on the actual ground but pretend like you are excited with me, OK?
We finished up our packing and had a fairly leisurely couple of hours before leaving the house at about 9:45 am to make the 1 hour and 45 minute drive down to Galveston. We parked at Lighthouse parking and were at the terminal by about 11:45 am. Security and check in was smooth and by 12:15 pm we were walking on board. Look at the the poor guys working on the lift though - totally bundled up!
A quick snap of the lobby atrium chandelier (obligatory for trip reports).
And a view of the atrium as people were coming onboard. It was a nice blend of excitement without being too crazy.
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Our friend, Susana, who works in Palo was just getting back on the ship today from vacation. One of the reasons we booked this cruise was so that we could see her so we headed straight to the Promenade Lounge to try and arrange for her to be our server in Palo. It never occurred to me that she might have to rotate back into the Palo schedule (duh) but sure enough she was going to be in the main dining room that week. Great!! Can we be in her section in the main dining room? Yes!! Awesome – now we get to see her all week!! The dining room manager just told us to check with him once we got to our dining room that night.
We headed up to Cove to see what was going on. Cold….that’s what was going on…cold, cold, cold!! LOL We went straight into Cove Café to get a cup of coffee, sadly this one did not have any booze in it but we remedied that later on.
I'm betting the sales on those icy fruity sailaway drinks were not good today but I bet the drink station was packed for coffee and hot chocolate. Skinny vanilla latte for me - yum!
Time to see what Cabanas had to offer and luckily we managed to find a table by the window inside. We got a little bit of stuff but neither of us were super hungry.
Scott’s plate
My plate
It was already past 1:30 pm so we finished up and headed to our cabin to drop bags and take a snoop around. A first for us this trip was that we were in a port hole cabin, 2550 on Deck 2, and we were anxious to see what it looked like. Let me tell you, we absolutely LOVED this cabin!
Scott’s birthday had been 4 days before so I had ordered some extra goodies for us and they were already delivered and on the bed.
This was the packaging for the Holiday blanket package - I'm forgetting what the official title of it is now.
And these were the robes for the Romance Package for 2. I didn't get a good picture of the actual robes though, so apologies for that.
There was a note left to say the Prosecco that came with the Romance Package would be delivered after 6:30 pm, or when the ship was 12 nautical miles out of Galveston. It was really nice to finally know what the “rule” was on the (silly) Texas liquor laws! We had guessed it was 7 miles out, but now we know it’s 12. See!! Learning something every cruise!
We hung out in the room enjoying the coziness (we had put the heat on). We loved this port hole!!
Goofy pictures of us in the port hole and, yes, Scott has to wear a beanie with that bald head in the cold!
Here’s a photo of the blanket laid out. It was really soft and cuddly, we used it all the time on this cruise and I was really glad we had it.
Almost 3 pm and we are still holed up in the room enjoying watching the coming and going on the dock and enjoying the heat! Ha ha. Here’s the first map picture of the cruise. Yup, we’re in Galveston.
This is the rose you get as part of the Romance Package. It wasn’t in the room when we got in but while we were lounging around there was a knock at the door and a white coat from Guest Services was outside with the rose. He offered it to me, I took one look at him and said “Are you proposing to me???? OMG!! YES!! YES!!” He took about a nanosecond to register what I had just said before he fell on one knee in the hallway and then busted out laughing. It was such a funny moment – could never repeat it. So. Flipping. Funny. Anywho, the rose had a little test tube type thing on the bottom with water and it lasted all week. Sadly, my second husband had to go back to work so he didn’t last long at all.
Our luggage arrived and we got completely unpacked before it was time for muster. Muster for us was in the Walt Disney Theater. Score!! No standing outside in the freezing cold for us! We decided to head there early as we were about ready to get out of the room. I took this photo at about 3:50 pm on our way in.
Ummmmm…..hello??? Are we in the right place?? It was empty when we got there! Weird, usually people get to muster pretty early. Anyway, didn’t matter to us, we were going to be seated and we were inside – no complaints at all.
OK, muster is over. We got the rules, kick the kids out of the way and run for your life to a life boat. Time to get this party started!
It was chilly up on Deck 10 and not many people were there. Now I’m thinking they had the sail away party in the atrium because we didn’t get photos of it, but maybe not ... and we just didn’t get photos of it! Anyway, as you can see, not exactly a crowd to fight up there!
Day 1 – Friday, December 8th – Embarkation Day.
I woke up early as usual and took a quick look at the Marine Traffic map to see where the Wonder was. Sure enough she was heading into Galveston and looked to be right on time. Yay!!!
I went to feed the outside critters, and, so exciting!!! It had SNOWED overnight!! For those that live in colder climes this would not be good news, but for those of us that live in south Texas this was HUGE and it was so exciting to wake up to see. We had to wait until later to take photos and I realize that this is NOT like snow for most, but it’s snow to us!! Ha Ha. The ground wasn’t cold enough for the snow to stick but it was stuck to the trees and was just so pretty.
The deer were looking at us like they wanted breakfast. We have a protein feed combo that we keep for them, they don’t really stand out in the picture well, so here’s a close up of them staring at us.
And some more photos just because.
OK, so I realize there's no snow on the actual ground but pretend like you are excited with me, OK?
We finished up our packing and had a fairly leisurely couple of hours before leaving the house at about 9:45 am to make the 1 hour and 45 minute drive down to Galveston. We parked at Lighthouse parking and were at the terminal by about 11:45 am. Security and check in was smooth and by 12:15 pm we were walking on board. Look at the the poor guys working on the lift though - totally bundled up!
A quick snap of the lobby atrium chandelier (obligatory for trip reports).
And a view of the atrium as people were coming onboard. It was a nice blend of excitement without being too crazy.
Our friend, Susana, who works in Palo was just getting back on the ship today from vacation. One of the reasons we booked this cruise was so that we could see her so we headed straight to the Promenade Lounge to try and arrange for her to be our server in Palo. It never occurred to me that she might have to rotate back into the Palo schedule (duh) but sure enough she was going to be in the main dining room that week. Great!! Can we be in her section in the main dining room? Yes!! Awesome – now we get to see her all week!! The dining room manager just told us to check with him once we got to our dining room that night.
We headed up to Cove to see what was going on. Cold….that’s what was going on…cold, cold, cold!! LOL We went straight into Cove Café to get a cup of coffee, sadly this one did not have any booze in it but we remedied that later on.
I'm betting the sales on those icy fruity sailaway drinks were not good today but I bet the drink station was packed for coffee and hot chocolate. Skinny vanilla latte for me - yum!
Time to see what Cabanas had to offer and luckily we managed to find a table by the window inside. We got a little bit of stuff but neither of us were super hungry.
Scott’s plate
My plate
It was already past 1:30 pm so we finished up and headed to our cabin to drop bags and take a snoop around. A first for us this trip was that we were in a port hole cabin, 2550 on Deck 2, and we were anxious to see what it looked like. Let me tell you, we absolutely LOVED this cabin!
Scott’s birthday had been 4 days before so I had ordered some extra goodies for us and they were already delivered and on the bed.
This was the packaging for the Holiday blanket package - I'm forgetting what the official title of it is now.
And these were the robes for the Romance Package for 2. I didn't get a good picture of the actual robes though, so apologies for that.
There was a note left to say the Prosecco that came with the Romance Package would be delivered after 6:30 pm, or when the ship was 12 nautical miles out of Galveston. It was really nice to finally know what the “rule” was on the (silly) Texas liquor laws! We had guessed it was 7 miles out, but now we know it’s 12. See!! Learning something every cruise!
We hung out in the room enjoying the coziness (we had put the heat on). We loved this port hole!!
Goofy pictures of us in the port hole and, yes, Scott has to wear a beanie with that bald head in the cold!
Here’s a photo of the blanket laid out. It was really soft and cuddly, we used it all the time on this cruise and I was really glad we had it.
Almost 3 pm and we are still holed up in the room enjoying watching the coming and going on the dock and enjoying the heat! Ha ha. Here’s the first map picture of the cruise. Yup, we’re in Galveston.
This is the rose you get as part of the Romance Package. It wasn’t in the room when we got in but while we were lounging around there was a knock at the door and a white coat from Guest Services was outside with the rose. He offered it to me, I took one look at him and said “Are you proposing to me???? OMG!! YES!! YES!!” He took about a nanosecond to register what I had just said before he fell on one knee in the hallway and then busted out laughing. It was such a funny moment – could never repeat it. So. Flipping. Funny. Anywho, the rose had a little test tube type thing on the bottom with water and it lasted all week. Sadly, my second husband had to go back to work so he didn’t last long at all.
Our luggage arrived and we got completely unpacked before it was time for muster. Muster for us was in the Walt Disney Theater. Score!! No standing outside in the freezing cold for us! We decided to head there early as we were about ready to get out of the room. I took this photo at about 3:50 pm on our way in.
Ummmmm…..hello??? Are we in the right place?? It was empty when we got there! Weird, usually people get to muster pretty early. Anyway, didn’t matter to us, we were going to be seated and we were inside – no complaints at all.
OK, muster is over. We got the rules, kick the kids out of the way and run for your life to a life boat. Time to get this party started!
It was chilly up on Deck 10 and not many people were there. Now I’m thinking they had the sail away party in the atrium because we didn’t get photos of it, but maybe not ... and we just didn’t get photos of it! Anyway, as you can see, not exactly a crowd to fight up there!
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