Today we flew a Cessna 172R (N670MA) from Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) over to Siesta Key, south of Sarasota, for a scattering. Our total flight time was 2 hrs. This was my 22nd flight.
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Today Andrea, Lizzy, Abby (a friend of ours on her first cruise ever) and I returned from a 5-night Bahamian cruise on the Disney Fantasy. Our immediate party included Andrea’s parents, and another couple of friends.
We sailed round trip from Port Canaveral, with the ports of call being Nassau, Bahamas; Disney’s Lookout Cay; Disney’s Castaway Cay.
We stayed in cabin 7050 (Cat 05B Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah) located on Deck 7 fwd on the port side.
Our cruise staff for this cruise
- Cruise Director: Ashley
- Head Server: Kemar Lushane Sterling
- Server: Jay Manalansan “Jay-R” Aggari
- Asst Server: Akshay Valiyoliparambil Joshy
- Palo Head Server: Sasha (shares a birthday with Andrea)
- Palo Steakhouse Servers: Carolina & Sara
- Stateroom Host: Richard Gasco Martinez
- DVC: Kathy from Clermont, FL
When we sailed away from Port Canaveral, the Disney Wish was also in port the same day for their journey. On our day at sea, which happened to be Andrea’s birthday, the 8 of us were able to eat brunch at Palo in the Palo Room. On the day we visited Nassau, the Disney Dream had to also visit the island due to a medical emergency, before continuing to their destination. On Lookout Cay day, our ship was delayed a few hours leaving due to a medical emergency that “could only be handled shore-side”.
This was our 23rd Disney cruise (Magic: 2, Wonder: 5, Dream: 5, Fantasy: 9, Wish: 2) totaling 141 nights on these beautiful ships.
Today we flew a Cessna 172R (N670MA) from Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) over to Daytona Beach, for three scatterings. Our total flight time was 1.6 hrs. This was my 21st flight.
Today we flew a Cessna 172M (N46299) from Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) over to Witham Field Airport (KSUA), and then to the beach east of the airport, for a scattering of three family members. Our total flight time was 2.5 hrs. This was my 20th flight.
Today Andrea and I returned from a 4-night Bahamian cruise on the Disney Wish.
We sailed round trip from Port Canaveral, with the ports of call being Nassau, Bahamas; Disney’s Castaway Cay.
We stayed in cabin 6150 (Cat 04C Deluxe Family Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah) located on Deck 6 aft on the port side.
Our cruise staff for this cruise
- Captain: Thord Haugen
- Cruise Director: Christiaan Abbott
- Head Server: Cindy Jermaine Joseph McKenzie from Trinidad and Tobago
- Server: Midori Nakagawa from Japan
- Asst Server: Robert Perez Gil from Spain
- Palo Steakhouse Server: Aleksandr
- Stateroom Host: Badrud Anam
Our table mates were 2 couples: Jeff & Anne, and Alejandro & Edna.
Some of the cruise staff we interacted with this cruise included (from the shops) Chloe, Kerry, Marina and Shelly, and (from DVC group) Sammy, Davida, Robin and Charlene.
We rode on the AquaMouse (twice).
This was our 22nd Disney cruise (Magic: 2, Wonder: 5, Dream: 5, Fantasy: 8, Wish: 2) totaling 136 nights on these beautiful ships.
Today we flew a Cessna 172M (N46299) from Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM) over to Cherie Down Park, just south of Port Canaveral, for a scattering. Our total flight time was 1.3 hrs. This was my 19th flight.
Today Andrea and I returned from a 7-night Western Caribbean cruise on the Disney Fantasy.
We sailed round trip from Port Canaveral, with the ports of call being Cozumel, Mexico; George Town, Grand Cayman; Falmouth, Jamaica; Disney’s Castaway Cay.
We stayed in cabin 10530 (Cat 05A Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah) located on Deck 10 fwd on the starboard side.
We cruised with Krista and Kaylee, from Las Vegas, who stayed in cabin 7668.
Our dining team included Juan Israel Cervants Rivero from Mexico (server), Jovan Molnar from Serbia (asst server), and Deneval C. Miller (head server). Our stateroom host was Romain David Smith. Our cruise director was Stephen, with Anne as the asst cruise director.
The evening we visited Grand Cayman, Andrea fell while on deck 11 after getting some ice cream, leaving her with a few bruises and aching joints all over.
On most cruises, we get to know many of the cruise staff, but this one found us interacting with most of them working in Mickey’s Mainsail and Sea Trasures. I am probably going to forget some of them, but hugs and thanks go to (alphabetically) Gustavo, Karina, Marcela, Miguel, Natasha, Patricia, Sam, and Sol. Karina has a wonderful talent of drawing, and she shared one of her drawings of Simba with us to take back home.
One of the shows we went to see was by JunNk – a percussion group that included singing and comedy during their performance.
The end of our 21st Disney cruise (Magic: 2, Wonder: 5, Dream: 5, Fantasy: 8, Wish: 1) marked 132 nights that we have spent on these beautiful ships.
Today we flew a Cessna 172N (N734MG) from Merritt Island (KCOI) down to Hillsboro Inlet for a scattering. Our total flight time was 2.9 hrs. This was my 18th flight.
Today we returned from a 7-night Western Caribbean cruise on the Disney Fantasy.
Our ports of call were Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Falmouth and Castaway Cay.
We stayed in stateroom # 9000 (Cat 08B Deluxe Family Oceanview Stateroom) located on Deck 9 fwd (all the way forward) on the port side.
Our stateroom host was Carol Elizabeth McFarlane. Our dining team included Claudia Gabriella Huatay Callapina (head server), I Made Widiantara “Widi” (server), and Mayi Laroya Fontanilla (asst server). Our cruise director was Stephen. Chrissy from Trinidad & Tobago (the same from our cruise in January) was our server when we visited Palo for brunch.
The evening before our visit to Castaway Cay, Lizzy fell while walking down the stairs in the Walt Disney theater, spraining her foot and removing a few layers of skin on the top of her foot. The next morning, we had it x-rayed just to make everyone feel better. Nothing was found to be broken.
The end of our 20th Disney cruise (Magic: 2, Wonder: 5, Dream: 5, Fantasy: 7, Wish: 1) marked our 125th night that we have spent on these beautiful ships.
Today we were able to join the virtual queue for the soft opening of Disney World’s TRON Lightcycle / Run
It was fun to be digitized and join the world of TRON!