Puerto Rico

Once off the ship we encountered a tour company that offered to show us around before taking us to our hotel. The price seemed reasonable so we accepted.  Our first stop was at the Capitol Building. We walked around the grounds and inside the rotunda before getting back on the bus.

We went by the fort and a church, then walked around downtown.

Finally we checked into our hotel and went for a swim. By dinner time, neither Susan nor Jennifer were feeling well, so Bryan and I walked to dinner alone.

Friday morning the girls were feeling worse, so Bryan and I went to check out the San Juan NHS without them. We enjoyed learning about the history of the fort, as well as the views from the battlements. We then wandered around downtown again. We flew out Saturday morning.

Disney Cruise - Jamaica

 

On Tuesday, the fifth day of the cruise, we stopped in Falmouth Jamaica. We did an excursion that drove us around downtown Falmouth and then up to an old plantation house above the town. 

Falmouth was pretty run down but the area around the port was brand new. We checked out some of the stuff there after our excursion.  

The sixth day was again spent at sea. We enjoyed our meals and the shows each night. On Disney Cruises, you rotate between the three main dining rooms, but your waiters rotate with you, so you have the same ones every night. Ours were a lot of fun.

Thursday morning we got off the ship in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Disney Cruise - Pirate Night

Monday we were supposed to stop at Grand Cayman, but the sea was too rough to tender, so instead we had another day at sea.

That night was a Pirate Party on the ship, complete with fireworks.

Each night we would go to dinner and usually a show, and when we returned we would find some kind of "towel animal" our room steward left for us.

Disney Cruise - Cozumel

Sunday, the third day of the cruise, was spent at Cozumel.

 

We did an excursion where we explored Mayan ruins, attended a chocolate making demonstration, and stopped at a near by beach. 

We didn't stay long at the beach though. Instead we stopped at the Hard Rock Cafe in Cozumel (No. 17) for drinks, and went back to the ship.

Disney Cruise

To celebrate our anniversary, we booked a cruise on the Disney Wonder from Galveston to Puerto Rico. We had sailed on the Wonder out to the Bahamas from Florida back in 2003.

Susan and I flew out Thursday before the cruise and enjoyed a dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe (No. 16) in downtown Houston. Friday morning we met the kids at the airport and took a bus out to Galveston, where we boarded the ship.

Saturday was spent at sea and we enjoyed hanging out on the ship and eating at the restaurants, especially Tiana's Place. When we last sailed on the Wonder, this restaurant was called Parrot Cay. The other two main dining rooms were Animator's Palate and Triton's.

We had two oceanview staterooms, second deck, mid-ship. We had read these were less likely to be affected by the movement of the ship.

Seattle

This weekend we went up to Seattle so Bryan and Jenn could attend the wedding of one of their UP classmates. We met friends at the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. This was the 15th Hard Rock we have visited.

 

We drove around a bit before we headed back to Oregon, and stopped to see the Fremont Street Troll.