Today was our last day on the Disney Wonder before we disembark tomorrow morning. I began the day at sea by sleeping in. As much fun as I was having on the cruise, i was not getting a lot of sleep, so I tried to catch up on it this morning. Once I awakened, I joined Mom and Joe at Bingo in one of the ship's lounges. Everyone was playing for $10,000 prize, but smaller cash prizes were awarded for other rounds. While we did do a traditional bingo round, I thought the extra rounds were more fun because you'd have to get a certain pattern (e.g. an X), or get a bingo on a certain color card. For the grand prize round, we had to fill the entire bingo card in 46 moves or under. Unfortunately, no player achieved this, but the first person to complete their card afterwards did earn a $500 reward.
Following Bingo, Mom and I went to the Cabanas to eat some lunch and then I joined Joe for Toy Story Trivia. I felt fairly confident during this round of trivia since I've seen the films quite a few times. I did pretty well except for one question that stumped me and everyone else playing (excluding one other team who managed to get it right). What is Woody's last name? As far as I could remember, it's never mentioned in movies. The answer: Woody Pride. After trivia ended, I participated in a few rounds of Spirits & Spirits, but then returned to our cabin to put on my bathing suit. Did I forget to mention the Disney Wonder has a water slide?
I walked up to the top deck with Mom and waited my turn slide down the Twist n' Spout. The staircase up to the water slide is actually heated which was nice because it was a little chilly outside. After sliding down once, I had go down the exhilarating slide again, so I climbed up the stairs once more for round two. Though the crew member tried to persuade me to ride a third time, I decided there was other activities to be done on our last day, so I headed backed to the cabin to change clothes.
The Disney Wonder has different areas on the ship reserved for different age groups. Two of these places are play areas for children 3-12 years old called the Oceaneer Club and Oceaneer Lab. Today both offered open house hours where anyone could explore the areas. I went to the Oceaneer Club first with Joe and Mom. This play area had couple different zones. There was an Andy's room zone complete with slide from Toy Story. There was a Marvel Avenger's zone in which kids could get different missions to engage in. There was general play area where a crew member would lead various games for kids to play. Finally, there was a Frozen area which recreated the Wandering Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna from the film. Kids could make crafts here and occasionally you'd hear Oaken himself speak to you through the door to the sauna with a "hoo hoo." Honestly, I could have spent all day in the Oceaneer Club, it was so well themed and a delight.
After packing up my suitcase for tomorrow and eating some pizza, I went to the Oceaneer Lab's open house that Joe had told me about earlier this morning. Geared toward the older age range, this area may have been my favorite of the entire ship. The Oceaneer Lab was part of Disney's Society of Explorers and Adventurers, or SEA. This is a fictional organization you can find in many of the Disney park attractions (the Jungle Cruise in DisneyLand for example). In the Oceaneer Lab, there was a portraits of Mary Oceaneer, one the members of SEA as well as several artifacts she had collected over the years of adventuring. For giant Disney nerds, like myself, this was an absolute treat to see. Similar to the Oceaneer Club, this area was split into different zones. There was a craft area, an area used for cooking and science activities, and a gaming area. The latter had some video games including Mario Kart and Mario Party. I would have been thrilled to play Mario Party (my favorite video game), but I wanted to try out the boat simulator they had.
This game let you pilot the Disney Wonder in a couple different scenarios. I chose to sail the ship out of port on the highest difficulty, but quickly found out it was a lot harder than it looked. After ten minutes of crashing I did finally leave the dock into open water. Next, I tried navigating the ship through icebergs on an easier level, but still crashed a lot. Lesson learned, I am not meant to pilot a cruise ship. Overall, I could have spent the entire cruise in the Oceaneer Lab, it was so much fun!
I met Mom and Joe to watch a Broadway style show called Disney Dreams. The show was about a young girl who dreams of flying, but must discover her own magic to do so. With the help of Peter Pan, many other Disney characters, and a lot of singing and dancing, she achieves flight. It was a heartwarming show, but i think I liked the Golden Mickeys the best. After Disney Dreams, Mom and I went to the last half of Disney Tunes Trivia. I knew the majority of the songs and a lady sitting a couple seats over obviously knew them too. She'd joyfully sing every word of the song when it was played.
It was time for our final dinner at Tiana's where Mardi Gras was being celebrated. We were give beaded necklaces at our table and a band was playing music again. I ordered my traditional chicken dish, but this time with cajun spices. Near the end of our meal, all the staff grabbed tambourines and a dance line was started with Tiana and Louis the Alligator. I joined the dance right near the end and even did the limbo. After taking a photo with our wonderful waiters, Anthony and Galang, we left the restaurant to finish our last night on the ship.
I watched a quick farewell ceremony from the captain of the Disney Wonder, featuring almost every character aboard the ship. It was nice to say goodbye to some of the crew that made the cruise so memorable and wonderful. Later, I joined Joe in one of the lounges to watch part of a game called Intuition. It reminded me a little bit of the board game Loaded Questions. Different questions were asked beforehand by the crew and the audience wrote down their answers on paper which were then handed to the host, Lewis, to read off. They were some funny answers, but Lewis' reaction reading them was probably the funniest part. I closed out my night by watching a little bit of Family Superstar Karaoke. Tomorrow, we say goodbye to the Disney Wonder and head home.
If you'd like to read today's events from my mom's perspective, you can read her blog here.
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