Journey log, day one. Port Canaveral, Florida.
3-Evening Halloween on the Excessive Seas Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral, Florida 
Friday the thirteenth – October 13, 2023

Friends Onboard: 3:45 pm
Private Navigator – Day 1

Our captain for this cruise is Andy McRonald. As for our onboard leisure, Lesley Dallas is our Cruise Director. Throughout this 3-night Bahamian cruise we can be visiting the ports of Nassau, Bahamas, and Castaway Cay.

Earlier than heading to the port, we completed packing our carry-on luggage. Nonetheless, after a short dialogue, we selected to depart these two at dwelling.

We set out on our drive to Port Canaveral sooner than regular to be in place to look at SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch for NASA’s Psyche Mission. We pulled off the street proper earlier than the Port Canaveral terminal exit to look at the launch. The true attraction of this launch was that each of the Falcon Heavy’s boosters landed again on the Cape Canaveral Area Drive Station leading to two sonic booms!

Following the launch, we resumed our drive to the port, dropped off our baggage, parked and headed to the terminal.

Inside there terminal, there have been massive wall clings of the Disney Want blueprints, that are featured on plenty of merchandise objects out there at Mickey’s Mainsail onboard. It was simply good to see the graphics in a big format.

Isabelle had a DisneyBand+ which we pre-ordered for this cruise. At check-in, the Forged Member scanned her band to affiliate along with her account to be used onboard to open the stateroom door and make purchases. There was an replace out there for her band which solely took a pair minutes to finish.

Shortly after 11:30 AM, we boarded the Disney Want which was decked out in seasonal decor for the Halloween on the Excessive Seas voyages.

Our first order of enterprise onboard was lunch up at Donald’s Cantina, a part of Mickey & Mates Competition of Meals on deck 11.

This has turn into my favourite spot for lunch onboard the Want and it’s primarily as a result of sauce bar.

Following lunch, we headed to our stateroom (which can be mentioned in a future stateroom evaluation full with a room tour video). I’ll skip to essential half, stateroom 11006 is wonderful.

For instance, the view is unbelievable. The next video is a time lapse recording from the afternoon.

This cruise was our fourth DCL Weblog Group Cruise and second on the Disney Want. I couldn’t assist it, a Halloween on the Excessive Seas cruise departing on a Friday on the thirteenth day of October screamed for a cool emblem – a nautical mashup of the unique Friday the thirteenth film poster and The Mighty Geese.

We headed to The Bayou to hang around and distribute welcome present luggage and an up to date schedule of occasions to the group. One of many presents was a customized Tervis Tumbler.

A small however, actually cool seasonal enhancement was The Bayou’s iPad menu that includes completely different jack-o-lanterns for the assorted menu sections.

We nonetheless had a while earlier than crusing away so we took a stroll across the higher decks recognizing a few the SpaceX assist vessels off the port aspect. Throughout the port we may see one of many autonomous spaceport droneships, Simply Learn the Directions, and Dragon capsule restoration vessel Shannon.

Over on the starboard aspect, we had a pleasant view of Disney’s dwelling, Cruise Terminal 8 in addition to Cruise Terminal 10.

YEAH, time for the in-person muster drill……stated nobody ever….., however right here had been are standing on deck 5…..butt least we had been within the shade.

One factor concerning the Want Class design that turns into problematic, is the pinch level throughout peak passenger motion occasions as a result of 2 units of staircase/elevator lobbies in comparison with the three units on the Dream Class. The discount of the 1 route for passengers to maneuver to the higher deck for the sail away get together following the muster drill generates a horde of site visitors akin to I-4 site visitors right here in Orlando.

We made it, we completed our required security drill, ascended the 7 decks, and now we will begin our trip with the Sail on a Want deck get together led by our Cruise Director Leslie Dallas.

After the sail away, we unpacked and headed out to dinner in Arendelle: A Frozen Eating Journey. This was my 4th cruise on the Disney Want and thus far, this was one of the best desk we’ve been assigned. Beforehand we had been in a nook, behind a assist submit and again by the home windows. The window seats are a detailed second to sitting by the stage.

When life offers you a pleasant desk project, prop up your iPhone on a water glass and hit file.

I did attempt Icelandic Cod which was a change from the unique menu changing the Pan Seared Chilean Sea Bass. The cod itself was vanilla, however when mixed with the pea puree was pleasing. For dessert, I opted for the and the Kvafiordkake which I nonetheless can not pronounce accurately.

Throughout dinner, we took a household picture as a result of we’ve the picture package deal possibility included at no cost now….let’s see what number of footage we will amass earlier than the top of the cruise.

Exit Arendelle via the present store, however not tonight. The again door of Mickey’s Mainsail was not open to lure dinner company into the Frozen merchandise space. In all probability a very good factor because the store was already packed. There was a new-to-us Make-A-Want spirit jersey in a purple with embedded glitter and a gold Disney Want emblem on the again. One in every of which discovered a brand new dwelling and appeared to climate the washer with none points or transferring of glitter to different clothes.

I snapped the next footage of some objects that caught my eye on this preliminary walkthrough. Baggage was lined up by the Arendelle doorway which may have additionally been a cause they had been closed.

Down in Treasures Untold, Emily and Isabelle found extra twenty fifth Anniversary merchandise than the Disney Dream had all summer season, or no less than throughout our crusing to Greece which you’ll be able to examine right here.

I walked proper out of Mickey’s Mainsail and walked proper into the start portion of the primary Halloween occasions within the Grand Corridor, the arrival of the Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, and Clarabelle Cow dressed up because the Sanderson Sisters throughout the Who’s Behind the Curtain exercise.

Instantly following the Sanderson Sisters, company seated within the Grand Corridor had been inspired to show round and face the Pumpkin Tree for the subsequent Halloween present led by the great Fairytale Gamers who shared the story of ‘Boo’, the Disney Want’s pumpkin tree.

The remainder of the night we spent with within the grownup areas for trivia. First, we met up with the group for KnowsMore Presents Trivia: Common Data in Keg & Compass. The corporate and dialog made up for our lower than stellar trivia rating.

On our strategy to the subsequent trivia, I famous Luna Libations had a full collection of the Disney Halloween Popcorn buckets together with Mickey dressed as a skeleton, Minnie in her Winifred Sanderson costume, Nightmare Earlier than Christmas – Mayor of Halloween City Automotive, and a poison apple mug.

Emily and Isabelle ran right into a photographer within the Grand Corridor to up our onboard picture assortment.

Our final get collectively occasion of the night was one other KnowsMore Presents Trivia occasion with 80s music trivia.

And that could be a wrap for day 1. Tomorrow we’re headed to Nassau.

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Attention-grabbing in becoming a member of us on a future DCL Weblog Group Cruise? We’ve two upcoming sailings. In 2024, we’re crusing the Disney Marvel to Alaska, and in 2025 we are going to return to the Disney Magic for a magic crusing from Cay to Cay visiting each Castaway Cay and Lookout Cay.

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