Geo: 53.8817, -131.457Our first full day of cruising started about the same as any other cruise with sleeping in and sitting on the balcony. However, it was a little colder than we have experienced when I was out on the balcony. We had our Disney Vacation Club Member party at 9:00 so that was the official start to our day. Kelsie was hungry so she left the presentation early. The others of us had brunch at Palo at 10:30 so we headed up there. Our waiter was awesome and the food was delicious.We had our Platinum Castaway Club party at 11:30 but couldn't tear ourselves away from the food to make is it so Kelsie was there to represent.After the party for Kelsie and brunch for us, Kelsie went to Vibe and we relaxed for a ... read more

Geo: 49.2605, -123.114We started out our day today with breakfast at McDonalds just down the street. Then, after a quick stop at the hotel to pick up a few forgotton items, we headed toward Downtown Vancouver.We drove past the city and on to Capilano park to explore the Rainforest. The park is built on a hill in beautiful wooded area just outside Vancouver. There are three main attractions: the suspension brige, treetop adventure and cliff walk and all three give you the opportunity to see the beauiful forest.We had lunch at the park and I got to try poutine. For those who dont know, it is french fries sprinkled with cheese curds and covered with beef gravy....mmmmm. We spent more time at Capilano than we thought we would because it was such a cool place. Then ... read more

Geo: 40.7595, -111.888 Well, after about 3 hours of sleep, we got up, showered, went down to the lobby to say goodbye to Eduardo before boarding the bus and going to the airport. The flight went off without a hitch and we made it from Quito to Houston on time. Customs, baggage claim and security took about 2 hours in Houston and then we grabbed a quick lunch before boarding the flight from Houston to Salt Lake City. I am looking forward to a nice long sleep in my own bed tonight. Post Trip Thoughts. As on our previous Adventures by Disney Trip, our Adventure Guides were amazing. Laura from the US and Eduardo from Quito made sure that our every need was met. It was the attention to detail that Disney gave us that make ... read more

Geo: -0.397221, -90.2839Today we had the buffet breakfast before heading out on our morning excursion to North Seymour island. This was going to be our chance to see frigate birds in the mating season as well as Blue Footed Boobies. The male frigate bird expands a red balloon on it's throat to attract a female bird. Our first glimpse was of one flying overhead. We walked along and saw land iguanas, sea lions and juvenile blue footed boobies (they don't get the blue feet until they are two years old). We saw numerous baby sea lions that our Naturalist Viko assumed were between 2.5 weeks and 2 years old all over the island. We were only able to see one Blue Footed Booby but, at least we got to see one.!Then it was back to the ... read more

Geo: -0.357053, -90.6812The shipwide wakeup call was at 6:30 am this morning. Breakfast at 7:00 and then we met in the Adventures by Disney meeting place at 7:45. The rest of the ship didn't leave for their excursion until 15 minutes later (another reason to visit the Galapagos on an ABD trip). We went to Bachas Beach on Santa Cruz Island. We walked along the beach on sand for about an hour where we saw Flamingo, marine iguanas, crabs and marine iguanas. Then we snorkeled around the reef and saw many fish including parrot fish.Once we were back on the ship we had some time to shower before it was the social hour at the Jacuzzi deck. The social hour was immediately followed by lunch. After a short break, we had a tour of the ship ... read more