DISNEY CRUISE LINE

DISNEY CRUISE LINE

Ahoy there matey! and welcome board my Disney cruise line blog!

It wasn't long after our amazing experience at Disneyland CA that we decided to look into disney cruise line. I had watched Disney cruise line segments on the trade channel so many times and it was defiantly something we had to do!

So as soon as we got back from Disneyland (literally the next day) we jumped online to the disney cruise website to see what cruises they had available. Let me tell you, disney offer a lot. here were so many cruises and definitions to choose from! and there are also four cruise line ships, the Disney Wonder, Disney Magic, Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy.

My Fiancé and I decided to do a 7 night Caribbean cruise aboard the Disney Fantasy, which was disney's newest ship to join their fleet.
This itinerary left from Port Caravel Florida and travel to Mexico, Jamaica, Cayman Islands and to Disney's private island in the Bahamas- Castaway Cay.
Another reason why we choose this cruise is because Disney World is so close! we combined our trip to a land and sea vacation so we could spend 2 weeks in disney world after our cruise. How perfect!

So soon as we put our basic vacation itinerary together, we were off to the travel agent to book in our 3 weeks of Disney!

Our Disney cruise line adventure:
5AM and we were off to the airport, heading from Australia to Orlando Florida. it was a longgggg flight and we got stuck in tampa for a while but we eventually made it to Orlando. From here we got travel to our pre cruise hotel which was very close to the port and also offered a shuttle transfer to port Canaveral which as awesome. so on the next morning with a short drive we had reached our Disney terminal.

I was so excited being just in the terminal is was so beautiful! with easy check in and Mickey and Minnie there to great us! Disney cast member also take care of our luggage and you will find you luggage in your stateroom later in the day. It's so connivence. 

it was time to board the ship and as they announced "Disney cruise line welcomes you aboard" i was in awe. This ship was absolutely stunning! 

since our luggage was taking care of we were free run around exploring the ship before heading up to our stateroom. Everything was just so amazing. I loved the art gallery!

After having lunch at Cabanas (the casual buffet restaurant) we went to our stateroom to relax. But we must have relaxed to much because we fell asleep and missed the sail away party! oh no! but we we heard it was fantastic. 

The room we choose was an Oceanview stateroom with navigator veranda. It was perfect. this room was equipped with a double bed, split bathrooms, a tv, couch siting area, an iron, a safe. basically all the basic things you would need plus a little extra Disney magic. 

And the view...WOW.

Join me on my next post to hear about day one aboard our Disney fantasy cruise!

Keep dreaming x

photos included from my own person photos + one google image 

DISNEYS CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE PARK

DISNEYS CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE PARK

OK, I love this park! there is so much to do, so little time!
Disney's california adventure opened on February 8th 2001 and is located right across from Disneyland park.
This adventure park caters to the more thrilling at heart and is home to some of my beloved attractions such as Souring over California, Radiator springs racer, the Tower of Terror! and California Screamin' which is a full loop roller coaster which shoots of at a speed of 55 miles per hour. THE BEST.

Just like disneyland park, California Adventure holds many lands. when we first entered the park we walked through the old hollywood themed square and headed to paradise pier. This section of the park had a super cool feel and contained many different pier side carnival games, carrosles and super cute kids rides (which of course i rode anyway). check out Toy stories midway mania or the Silly symphony swings. Super fun for all.

My all time favourite movie is 'The Little Mermaid' so i couldn't go past Ariel's Undersea Adventure. This ride takes you under the sea to experience Ariels story, if your a fan do not miss this!
also not to be missed for those Disney princess lovers is a lunch or dinner character dinning at Ariels Grotto. We booked in for this lunch ahead of time and I'm so glad we did. we got too meet and greet  my fav princesses aside enjoying a so yummy 3 course lunch.

Other areas of the park that are good for kids or if you just like the films are 'Cars Land' and 'A Bugs land'. 

Im not a big fan of the cars movies myself but this area was pretty cool. I looked just like you had walked into radiator springs and had great themed attractions and diners.  We hung around this area for a while and did see the life size floats of lightning Mcqueen and Mador, which I'm sure if you have kids they would love. As for A Bugs land, Disney's Imagineers definitely had kids in mind when creating this area of the park. This area themed for the movie 'Bugs life' has many many children rides and stage shows. So if you have kids this area is fantastic, if you don't... it wouldn't hurt to skip it. 

Now I'm not done with themed areas yet there so many. 

Next we headed to Grizzly peak which a awesome cali wilderness themed area. Here we pick up our fast passed to WORLD OF COLOUR (more on that soon), and we purchased ponchos before riding Grizzly river run and yes you do need the ponchos unless you want to get soaked!

I should also mention this is the area of the park is where the private entrance for hotel stayers is located.  so cool. 

By this point i was ready for a snack so along with about the 3rd hotdog my fiancé ate (he loves Disney hotdogs) we grabbed a sundae at 'Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop at Pacific Wharf'

This was by far the best sundae i have ever had in my life. If you do not stop and get one of these while in the park worst mistake ever. They are just so good! 

Soon after taking a stroll through more of the park we decided to grab a spot for the Aladdin musical which was amazing. I won't go much into this one, you will just have to see for yourself!

once the show was over we headed for our last attraction for the day and OMG the best one yet- THE TWILIGHT ZONE TOWER OF TERROR! I absolutely am in love with the ride and even though my fiancé does not as he is afraid of highs, drag him on regardless. 

So Thrill seekers, please aboard this elevator! At 183-foot it is one of the tallest buildings in Anaheim. wow. 

The good thing about staying at a disney resort is you can head back to you hotel when ever you want because at this point we needed a rest. so with just a short walk back to our resort we got time to had time to chill and freshen up before heading back for our night time spectacular 'World of colour'. 

This water and lights show is amazing. It feature songs from all the best Disney movies!!! make sure you get a fast past for seating or get there early because it gets quite packed. 

Thats all of today. check out my blog for more disney vacation updates!




*photos used from personal photos + google images.