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Day 20 of Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Farewell, So Long, It’s Hard to Say Goodbye to the Disney Wonder

Posted by PapiBlogger on Tuesday August 2nd, 2011 at 12:42 PM

As we spend our final day aboard the Disney Wonder, it’s funny to note how many similarities there are between the classic TV show “The Love Boat” and our cruise experience.  Yes, I was a casual Saturday night watcher of “The Love Boat” (Gopher was my favorite character) and as life would have it 12 years ago during a marketing gig I even had the pleasure to meet Capt. Stubing (Gavin MacLeod) in person.  Capt. Stubing looked exactly as I had last seen him in TV Land and was also very personable.

Triton's and Animator's Palate were our super favorites. This photo is from Triton's.

 

In any case, I digress.  The similarities between the show and our real cruise come to mind because one of the things that ALWAYS happened on the show was that passengers and crew were like family by the end of the trip.

Alas, this is the case with us as we prepare to bid adieu to the Disney Wonder and the many folks that behind the scene made it so special for us. (more…)

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Day 19 of Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Lumberjack Adventures and Totem Poles in Ketchikan

Posted by PapiBlogger on Monday August 1st, 2011 at 03:44 PM

On the 19th day of our family road trip across the U.S.A. our Disney Wonder cruise to Alaska made its last port of call in the tiny town of Ketchikan, Alaska, home to a national lumberjack school, capital of salmon fishing and headquarters to the world’s largest collection of Native American totem poles.

Saxman Native Village Totem Pole Park

We started our day with a short bus ride to the Saxman Native Village Totem Pole Park.  (more…)

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Day 18 of the Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Tripping with Bears in Juneau, Alaska

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A day after our historic walk atop an Alaskan glacier our Disney Wonder cruise pit stopped in the surprisingly small state capital Juneau (population 31,262) where we disembarked for a special excursion aboard a nostalgic floatplane and went in search of elusive bears.

Floatplanes Are the Way to Fly

In Juneau, the only state capital that must be accessed by floatplane or boat, seaplanes are not a luxury but a necessity.  Yes, you read right, in Juneau (and in much of Alaska) floatplanes are like cars and if you live there and you don’t own one to get around chances are you can probably hitch a ride with somebody who does. (more…)

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Day 16 of the Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Our First Awesome Encounter with an Alaskan Glacier

Posted by PapiBlogger on Friday July 29th, 2011 at 03:24 PM


The third day on our special boat trip to Alaska marks the beginning of four consecutive days of what my wife and I call the Natural Geographic experience aboard the Disney Wonder cruise to Alaska.  These are the meaty adventures that lured us here and if today is any barometer for what’s to come this ocean voyage part of our 40-day Miami to Alaska vacation is only going to be more spectacular.

Character Breakfast

We began our favorite day on the ship so far with the much anticipated character breakfast at the Parrot Cay restaurant.  Every passenger gets this priviledge so you want to be sure that when you go on your Disney cruise you don’t miss breakfast on that day.  Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Chip n Dale and our daugthers’ favorite Goofy all came by (more…)

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Day 15 of the Miami to Alaska Family Road Trip: Exploring the Disney Wonder

Posted by PapiBlogger on at 02:02 AM

The Golden Mickey's was a major highlight of our second day aboard the Disney Wonder. Broadway quality revues with Disney characters makes this cruise uniquely suited for families like ours.

You would think my wife and I are cruise ship experts.

We love to travel and live in Miami, cruise ship capital of the world.  We’ve been to nearly every state in the nation, trekked thru chunks of Europe and seen most of Latin America.  My wife and I have even been to Rwanda and the Congo in hard to reach central Africa.

Despite our extensive travel history, we don’t have anything to show for cruise ships.  Our Disney Wonder voyage to Alaska is my wife’s first cruise and only my second.

On this second day of our great journey to Alaska, (more…)

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