As soon as we entered the ship at the beautiful lobby on the third deck, we received the Disney welcome as our family name was announced.
We headed straight to Triton’s for lunch, which is just off of the lobby.
Ariel greets all of the guests.
I think most guests head straight to the buffet, but I had read beforehand that Triton’s was open for lunch. It was nice to be seated all together and be served for our first meal.
We used part of that time to link up our phones on the Disney Cruise app so that we could communicate on the ship, even while on airplane mode.
As soon as we were seated, our waiter asked about the kids’ nut allergies since they were already listed in the computer system. We learned that Disney takes allergies VERY seriously. Our waiter was quite stern about it and it became apparent that they would not allow our kids to eat certain foods even if we thought it was ok, like bread. I can understand how this would be really helpful in certain circumstances. However, since we wanted to be more in control of what our kids could eat, we ended up telling them that there were no allergies. We read the menu carefully, avoided all food that listed nuts, and never had one issue the whole week with any cross-contamination.
Loved the plastic mickey cups for the kids!
(Clockwise): Beef Empanada; Seafood & Chicken Gumbo with Cornbread; Macaroni and Cheese; Grilled Salmon Salad. A nice way to start off our cruise!
(Clockwise): Chocolate Marquise Bombe (rich chocolate mousse with raspberry sauce); Mickey Bars for the kids; Cookies ‘n Cream Cheesecake; Carrot Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese.
When lunch was over, we headed quickly towards the Walt Disney Theater so we could take a walking tour of the ship at 1:45. This gave us a quick overview and helped us get our bearings of the huge ship. (The Wonder is actually one of the smaller Disney ships, but it felt huge to us).
The staterooms were supposed to be ready by 1:30, so we were eager to checks ours out.
The hallways were long! Fun fact: if you look at the world map on the carpet in the hallways, north points to the forward part of the ship, and south points to the aft. Once we reached our room, we saw that our door was open and there was a maintenance person. Our stateroom host explained that he was fixing a flickering light. It only took a couple of minutes, and then we were free to go inside.
Although the room was small, it was well laid out and did not feel cramped.
It was really helpful to have a split bathroom: one with toilet and sink, and the other with the shower and sink.
I immediately went to check out the verandah. The fresh air was so nice!
Someone else enjoyed it too…
Our luggage had not arrived yet, but our day bags were prepared with our swimsuits for a quick dip in the pool.
D and the kids went down the slide a couple of times. The weather in Vancouver was quite warm, and we knew we should take advantage of it.
Before we knew it, it was time to go back to our room so we could change for the mandatory emergency drill.
But first, we had to make a stop at the soft serve ice cream machine!
The emergency drill was all very well-organized and did not take too long. The assigned crew member checked us off electronically and we listened to the emergency procedures. It was finally time to set sail!