You bet your aft we had a good time! A Wonder trip report Update 12/30 p.59-611

[MEK]

Lovely dinner ladies. So great that you were table mates.

Jenny - I love your description of your other table mates. The "something fishy" has me intrigued. did you ever figure it out? Very nice of the one parent to take a big crew like that on a cruise.

Oh I had to laugh about the head water. Yup - I know that type very well. Sounds like your servers more than made up for him.

I can't think of a better first night than watching Mary Poppins on Deck 10. Poor Joshua. Sorry he didn't find anything fun to do in the teen club.

Pam - thanks for your update as well. Boo to the fish.

Hope your grandmother is doing OK. so Sorry to hear she in unwell.

 

[Pinkocto]

Thank you Mary Ellen sadly I don't think I'll see Grandma alive again, she is not well.

 

[franandaj]

So I guess you don't like the Hobbit?

I had to go back to my TRs and see if I missed those Truffle purses, but they are new on the Menu. I can't wait to try them, I have heard so much about them.

I always liked Animator's and think the paintings are cool the way that they change and everything. I'm glad you guys liked the Funnel vision so much.

So where is the crazy tablemate drama?

 

[franandaj]

Thank you Mary Ellen sadly I don't think I'll see Grandma alive again, she is not well.

I'm sorry to hear about your Grandma Pam.

 

[DrMomof3]

I'm sorry about your grandma, Pam.

What a lovely day! Love the dinner pictures and can't wait to hear more about your table mates. Inquiring minds and all...

Amanda

 

[Pinkocto]

I'm sorry to hear about your Grandma Pam.

Thank you so much


And don't worry, table drama starts the next night a little bit, and then big time the third night.

 

[Pinkocto]

I'm sorry about your grandma, Pam.

What a lovely day! Love the dinner pictures and can't wait to hear more about your table mates. Inquiring minds and all...

Amanda

Thank you

 

[mrslaney]

I had to go back to my TRs and see if I missed those Truffle purses, but they are new on the Menu. I can't wait to try them, I have heard so much about them.

The truffle pursettes were literally one of the best things that I ate onboard. I have been craving them for three weeks now.

 

[mrslaney]

Thank you Mary Ellen sadly I don't think I'll see Grandma alive again, she is not well.

So sorry Pam! I am praying for comfort and peace for your family.

 

[Pinkocto]

So sorry Pam! I am praying for comfort and peace for your family.

Thank you so much

 

[PrincessInOz]

Thank you Mary Ellen sadly I don't think I'll see Grandma alive again, she is not well.

So sorry, Pam.

I wish you peace and long life.

 

[twindaddy]

Thank you so much


And don't worry, table drama starts the next night a little bit, and then big time the third night.

Prayers were sent from our table at dinner tonight for you and your mom....

 

[ACDSNY]

Great updates from both you and Pam. Too bad Josh didn't enjoy the Edge. I know my niece liked the Edge on the Dream better than the Wonder.

My grandma is 87 and broke her hip in December. Had it replaced, healed well, but will be at a nursing home indefinitely because she is now immobile. Not good. She is totally wasting away and I think this was the last time I'll see her alive. Absolutely heartbreaking and I'm in a bit of shock seeing her like that. My dad and I went up and back today, just got home, 11 hours driving.

I'm so sorry, grandma's are so special. Hugs and prayers sent your way.

 

[Pinkocto]

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words, I really appreciate them

 

[jedijill]

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words, I really appreciate them

to you Pam.

Jill in CO

 

[DWGal210]

Pam, I'm so sorry to hear about your grandma. Peace and hugs to all of you.

Oh, how I LOVE those pasta pursettes!! YUMMO.

I also love falling asleep with the balcony door slightly ajar, listening to the waves.....Calgon, take me away!!! What a great way to end the night.

 

[rentayenta]

Just checking in, will be back to reply from airport.




Pam, I am thinking about you and wishing your family love and light. May your family find comfort and peace in each other. ​

 

[Pinkocto]

Thank you again everybody, I really appreciate all your kind words

 

[rentayenta]

Love your trip reports, but you are a sadist! You are torturing us with the suspense of these table mates...

You should start a contest with your followers...guess what was crazy about our tablemates...

If I was organized enough I would. It's coming, I promise.​

I am totally loving your TR! Will be on the Wonder in less than a week! Reading your posts get me more excited with every picture! Thanks for sharing! (& Pam, too!)

Awesome! Have a magical cruise! Where are you cruising to?​

What a great update. I'm loving this TR and it sounds like you, Pam and Joshua were having a great night (after Joshua ditched the club). Loving the food porn.

Nice turndown service.

I really like the turndown service too. Disney is amazing at keeping those cabins spit spot. Every time we left, we came back to a picked up room. It was amazing. He must have come in multiple times per day.

We did have a great night. The funnel vision is the coolest.​

I'm so glad Josh is back to 100%, that is fabulous news!

Thank you. ​

Did the Brazilian Blowout work?

Sadly no. Poor Chloe and Ron (the stylist) were both pretty upset. He worked on her hair for 4 hours. They say t set the iron at 400* and d0 7 reps per section. He set it at 450* and did 12 reps because her hair is so healthy. It's this whole process and washing, drying coating etc....We are going back Friday for an actual chemical straightening. I am really not vain nor is Chloe but she hates her hair. She's been such a total trooper, I feel she deserves to like her hair. She gave the mega curls the college try for sure. Ron didn't charge us but I did tip him.​

How was the bar mitzvah?

It was so nice. It's always fun when it's not your kid. ​

As I'm writing this I notice I somehow missed an update. Went back to read, boy that had me laughing. I'll be back tomorrow with my pictures. I loved that we watched Mary Poppins, that was great fun

It was so much fun!​

My grandma is 87 and broke her hip in December. Had it replaced, healed well, but will be at a nursing home indefinitely because she is now immobile. Not good. She is totally wasting away and I think this was the last time I'll see her alive. Absolutely heartbreaking and I'm in a bit of shock seeing her like that. My dad and I went up and back today, just got home, 11 hours driving.

Safe travels and have a fabulous trip!!!

I am so sorry. Healing is so difficult for the elderly. It's just not fair.​

Awesome trip report, I would love to do one but not sure I have what it takes lol Cant wait to hear more about your wonderful trip

Thanks and Do a report, I love reading them.​

Wonderful update
You are really capturing that relaxing feeling of being on a Disney Cruise
Have fun on your road trip. We have driven that coast line so I know how beautiful it is and Carmel is gorgeous

Carmel is unreal. I think it's the prettiest place I have ever been.

We were so relaxed on the cruise. I knew we couldn't possibly see and do it all so why try ya know?​

What a lovely finish to the day. I never really got the "show" at Animators Palate and normally we make a quick exit before dessert and the show. They have done a great job reimagining this on the Magic and I was captivated by this from start to finish. It will be tough going back to the original version.

I hear it incredible on the Magic. Hope to see it one day. Your trip is so close! ​

I got the giggles when you mentioned that you had Paulo as your head server. We had him as our head server on the inaugural Hawaii cruise in 2012 and poor Paulo got at the wrong end of Graham's sense of humour. Paulo was on his first contract with DCL then and obviously keen to prove himself. A couple sitting at a table close to ours had a huge Remy stuffed toy that always came to dinner with them. Graham had been joking for a while that there was a rat in the dining room. I told him that this should not surprise him on a ship where a mouse is captain. Anyway, one evening Paulo came by and Graham asked him what the word for rat was in Portugese. Paulo told him and then wanted to know why Graham was asking. Graham then told him that there was a rat in the dining room. Poor Paulo went as white as a sheet. Graham then gleefully pointed out the rat to him. Paulo most certainly did not see the funny side of this. We saw him again on our back to back cruise last May and he still could not look Graham in the eye.

What a shame that Joshua did not enjoy the club, but watching an open air movie sounds like a great finish to the day.

Corinna

Ok, that's hilarious! I can totally see Paulo not appreciating any humor having to do with his staff/kitchen/restaurant/what have you. Just thinking about this is making me laugh!

I knew he would;t like the club until he made friends but thought it was important to at least try.​

Dinner looks fab. I don't drink coffee so I don't subject myself to the swill DCL serves.

Can't wait to hear more about the tablemates.

Great end to the day!

Enjoy your CA trip!

Jill in CO

Hi girl! All settled again? Ca was amazing and the trip not near long enough. I should do a separate report. We had a wonderful time and ate some incredible food.​

 

[rentayenta]

I do not have very many pictures in this time period at all.

I found you guys waiting in line to go into AP where you gave me my FE bag. Thank you again for that you were going to deliver it to my room but didn't remember my room#, which was just as well because I hadn't put up my fish extender yet.

That's right! We went down and couldn't remember the number. LOL!​

You were right, our tablemates were already there. There were a few moments of them pretty much ignoring us and talking to themselves. Now some history from me, on our second cruise, also on the Wonder and our first dinner was also in AP we didn't introduce ourselves to our tablemates. The entire cruise we had no idea what each others names were. After a few meals we found we just couldn't ask. It was an awkward situation and one I never want to repeat. So I made sure to chat with our tablemates before too long. We got some history, was this their first cruise, ect, but still no names and more silence. This would not do, I said to myself, so started chatting again and finally got everyone's names.

You were totally chatty this trip. They were goofy though bragging about the amount of cruises, don't you think?​

Dinner was quite lovely, I started with the tomato tarte which I thought would be cold but was actually hot. It was like a mini pizza on a pastry crust, very good.

Did I have a bite? I love that we were all eating off each others plates at meal 1.​

I skipped the salad course and had another appetizer. These are so tasty!!!

I want some right now! ​

For my entree I decided on the snapper but don't care for seared fish. I asked Ozzy if I could have it well done but he very much discouraged this saying it would be tough. So I said I would yield to his wisdom and take it as it came.

Well it came tough. I was very worried he had listened to my request and asked for the chef to make it well done so I didn't mention anything to him. Big mistake. I felt like I was being read the riot act when he found out I wasn't happy with my meal. Come to find out later that two of our tablemates also ordered the snapper and theirs was tough too. Thank goodness it wasn't my fault and he didn't ask for mine well done.

I forgot your fish was tough, that was a bummer. He did get upset because you didn't want a new one and didn't tell him right away. I think they scare them with those stupid surveys and scores. The servers are at our mercy to be perfect. It's a little overwhelming.​

Around 9:20 Josh headed down to the Edge. Jenny you escorted him, he didn't seem too confident about getting there on his own. He hadn't eaten his baked potato and I asked if he minded if I had it. No boundaries left he seemed all too happy to share. He also shared some of his scallops with me, he had ordered a side of scallops with his meal.

I forgot I took him. Those scallops were good. That was sweet for Ozzy to bring him those. He knew from then on Joshua loved his seafood.​

I love this restaurant. Not the best pictures with that big counter in the way, sorry guys. Better ones tomorrow.

I had the cookie sundae for dessert, absolutely scrumptious!

Yay, thanks for posting these!!!​

I don't know where to put this in but it must be mentioned. The baked potato soup arrived and Josh excitedly put his spoon in to get a taste. I quickly said in a somewhat animated tone, 'Wait! your mom needs a picture first!' It was like he was a kid with his hand caught in the cookie jar. A panicked but very funny look came over his face and instead of just licking the spoon clean of soup he wiped it on his napkin you were chatting with someone so missed all if this and I'm not sure if you remember us telling you later. It was hilarious.

You two! That's so fun. I do remember you telling him I needed a pic.​

Ozzy was so nice and found a strawberry cheesecake for the adult child's SO in another restaurant. It almost seemed like he was going to take it with him but they all managed to eat most of it. They said they were stuffed to the gills!

That's right, ACSO (adult child's SO- does that work?) wanted that cheesecake and almost left before it arrived. I think that was the last time we saw ACSO sober. And so it begins to unravel........​

I love that we went up to watch Mary Poppins, that was so magical. I went down to my room with the intent to bring my blanket to the movie but my steward seemed to have hidden it.

It was totally the perfect way to end such a great day. ​

Josh brought some pizza with him when he found us at the movie. And at some point went and changed into his bathing suit intending to go into the hot tub but it was so windy he never went in. But did get another piece of pizza before they closed

That's right, he wanted to hot tub but instead curled up with me. More pizza. ​

You bundled me in warm towels when you left. I almost left too but you said there wasn't much left. I did stay until the end.

I did bundle you up. You didn't know I was going to mother you, did you? ​

What a fabulous first day of vacation

It was such a wonderful day. Thank you for joining us and making it so. ​