Cruisin’ Disney Style
Jan 15, 2009 What's Going On
It’s time to hate me. In one week I’m going on a Disney Cruise. It’s a short one, three nights, but it will be three nights without kids and husband – I’ll happily take it!
A couple months ago, an acquaintance of mine (and amazing woman), Maria Bailey (founder of BSM Media), asked me if I wanted to go on a Disney Cruise to the Bahamas. I had heard rumblings ever since I had started this blog that Disney had a habit of inviting mom bloggers on vacation (on their dime!), and naturally I was insanely jealous. But now it’s my turn.
The other bloggers coming along on this trip are:
And a special thanks to Melanie – I read her post about the cruise and totally scraped that blogger list from her site instead of looking up the links myself. 
So, we’ll be getting on The Disney Wonder early for a private lunch with some Disney people, and then heading off for a day in Nassau and another day on Castaway Cay, Disney’s private island in the Bahamas. I’ve read reviews and a lot of people have said that the trip is worth it just to go to the private island!
In typical Amy fashion, I somehow got the idea that we were going to Bermuda, so that’s what I told everyone when I went home over Christmas break. But that wouldn’t make much sense, since their private island is in the Bahamas! I checked over all of my old emails about the trip, and nobody ever mentioned Bermuda. I have no idea where I got that from. But we’ll definitely be going to the Bahamas, which will be warmer than Bermuda. I don’t like really hot weather, but it will be welcome given the chill NYC has been in lately.
When we’re in Nassau several of us will be taking a tour on Segways, those two-wheeled things that you steer by leaning. I’ve always wanted to go on one! We’ve taken cruises before, and our excursions have usually been more active – kayaking, biking – to counteract the effects of the ridiculous amount of eating that goes on. But I’m in the mood for lazy.
I have to admit, it does feel a little weird to be going on a Disney Cruise without kids, but I’m guessing they want us to be able to focus without the distractions of kids. I have absolutely no problem going away without my kids, but it’s usually to a casino, or on a “grown up” cruise. In fact, I spend a lot of cruise time in the casino, and The Disney Wonder doesn’t have a casino! But I love Disney, so I can’t wait, and I’m glad that I’ll be able to try the ship out on my own.
This trip will make my “work week” next week very crunched – I have to get all of the Famplosion.com stuff done in the beginning of the week so that I don’t have to worry about it on the ship! I love working from home and controlling my own schedule, but it takes a level of time management that I haven’t used in a while!
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Tags: Bahamas, BSM Media, Castaway Cay, Disney Cruise, Disney Wonder, Famplosion.com, Nassau, Segway
Can’t wait! And a lazy excursion is exactly what this tired mind and body could use right now…
@To Think Is To Create – Hi Arianne! I’m sitting here trying to figure out what bags to bring. I hate that they take your luggage the last night of the cruise, it always makes packing that more difficult – unless I just want to put all of my make up and styling stuff in the big suitcase and scare small children on the way home.
Be prepared for 4 million kids everywhere! My family did this a year ago November. The ship is gorgeous, the rooms beautiful, especially if you have one w/ a balcony, the food is fantastic, but it is so crowded in the public areas because they constantly have the characters out for photos, it’s insane.
Castaway Cay is gorgeous, & we wished we stayed there a few days! There’s a lot to do there. Only problem was that the water, even in early Nov was freezing, which we couldn’t figure out.
I hope you have a great time!
@Tracy – I do have a balcony, yay! I’ve heard a lot of people say that they could just go stay at Castaway Cay the whole time, it sounds amazing.
I like that they have the characters out and about. I remember when I was little, the characters were just walking around Disney World. You’d turn a corner and there they were. But when I went back as an adult, we had to wait in a long line to meet Mickey! There’s something wrong with that.
Anyway, I’ve been signed up for a stingray adventure at Castaway Cay, which I’m guessing is in the water but I have no idea – all I know is that I get to feed stingrays!
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