Holidays in the parks

After the cruise Jenn and I spent a day in Animal Kingdom. We enjoyed a couple of attractions and seeing the holiday decorations.

After Christmas some friends came out unexpectedly for almost a week. We were able to spend a couple of days in the parks. At Epcot we enjoyed the Festival of Holidays. 

We also spent some time at Disney Springs. It was pretty crowded with all the holiday shoppers. 

Finally, we spent a day at Sea World. We caught a couple of animal shows and the kids rode the roller coasters. I enjoyed a couple too. The new Icebreaker roller coaster was operating, but I wasn't willing to wait in line for it, and Sea World has started construction on another coaster that will open next year.

Bahamas

  

Our first port was Nassau in the Bahamas. Unfortunately, the Hard Rock here had closed during the pandemic. Susan and Jenn looked around the shops a bit near port, then headed back to the ship.  

I walked up the Queen's Staircase to check out Fort Fincastle and the view from Bennet's Hill.  

Our other stop was at Castaway Cay, where we enjoyed a day at the beach.  

After a day at sea, we arrived back at Port Canaveral.

Disney Wish

This was our first time on the Wish, and it was decorated for Christmas. While still a Disney ship, it definitely has some differences from the Fantasy and Dream.  

The main dining rooms were completely different. We enjoyed the shows in the Marvel and Frozen dining rooms.  

The Star Wars Lounge was pretty cool, and we liked the greater selections of foods available around the pool.

The AquaMouse slide was also pretty cool, but the areas for lounging on the top deck seemed smaller and more crowded than on the Dream and Fantasy. 

We had a really good serving crew at dinners. We especially liked talking to our head server each night.

Merrytime Cruise

 

This morning, we drove out to Port Canaveral to board the Disney Wish for a four night Merrytime Cruise to the Bahamas. Susan and I had spent November working and getting stuff done, so it was nice to slow down.

The kids got some traveling done in November. Jennifer flew up to Boston to visit a friend, and while there they drove into New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Meanwhile Bryan went out to Portland. 

Just before Thanksgiving they drove out to Texas to attend a wedding of some of Bryan's friends.