Index and Links to all Trip Reports!
Disney Cruise Line
Previewing a Wish – July 10-12, 2022
Day 1 (Part 1) – There is No Such Thing as Too Many Pictures
Day 1 (Part 2) – Maybe There Were Too Many Pictures
Day 2 – A Sea Day For More Pictures
Day 3 – For the First Time in Forever – Castaway Cay for Pictures
A Cruise of Firsts! – March 14-18, 2022
Day 1 – Covid Negative!
Day 2 – Rainforest Room
Day 3 – Castaways
Day 4 – Massages and Brunch
Simply Wonderful – January 28-February 1, 2022
Day 1 – Testing and Boarding
Day 2 – No Bones Day!
Day 3 – Sunburns and Shade
Day 4 – Stocking Up
The Leisurely Ladies of Leisure Are Finally Leisuring Again – September 20-24, 2021
Day 1 – Hey Kelly!
Day 2 – The Suspense
Day 3 – Brunching
Day 4 – Cabana Day!
Day 5 – Cabana-nana-na-na
Dreaming Again! – August 16-20, 2021
Day 1 – The First Embarkation in Forever
Day 2 – When the Bottom Fell Out
Day 3 – I Missed You, Castaway Cay
Day 4 – Take Two!
Cruising with The DCL Blog! Again! – February 20-24, 2020
Day 1 – Embarkation
Day 2 – Nassau and the Pirate Brewery!
Day 3 – The Perfect Day at Castaway Cay!
Day 4 – Food and Trivia at Sea
3 Night Bahamas Cruise – Living that Walt Disney Suite Life – October 24-28, 2019
Day 1 – Yacht Club and Homecomin’
Day 2 – Royal Suite, Here We Come!
Day 3 – Day of Palo Brunch and Enjoying the Suite
Day 4 – Cabanas and Palo Souffles
Day 5 – Get Off!!
Ladies of Leisure Lucky Number 7! – September 18-27, 2019
Day 1 – Gran Destino
Day 2 – THE Sighting
Day 3 – Galaxy’s Edge Before Dawn
Day 4 – The Grand Floridian and Chef Mickey’s
Day 5 – Epcot and Homecomin’
Day 6 – Boarding Day
Day 7 – Sea Day in Nassau
Day 8- Cabana Day!
Day 9 – An Actual Sea Day
Bermuda and Back? You Betcha! – October 3-19, 2018
Day 1 – Boarding in NYC!
Day 2 – Sea Day
Day 3 – Into Town
Day 4 – Segways in Bermuda!
Day 5 – Sea Day
Day 6 – New York, Baby!
Day 7 – Sea Day
Day 8 – Canada! Saint John
Day 9 – Sea Day
Day 10 – New York!
Day 11 – Sea Day
Day 12 – Arriving in Bermuda
Day 13 – The Caves!
Day 14 – Pink Beaches!
Day 15 – At Sea
Spring Break Cruising – March 13-18, 2018
Day 1 – First Look at Rapunzel’s!
Day 2 – Castaway Cay Day
Day 3 – Rainforest Room for the Win!
Day 4 – More Silent DJ!
7-Night Eastern Caribbean Anniversary Cruise – A Celebration of all Couples – But Mostly the Pneumonias – December 17-24, 2017
Day 1 – Travel Day and Candlelight Processional at Epcot
Day 2 – Kennedy Space Center
Day 3 – Boarding Day in Matching T-shirts!
Day 4 – It’s a Big Day! HUGE!
Day 5 – Sea Day with an Anniversary Celebration!
Day 6 – Beaching in Tortola
Day 7 – SkyRide in St. Thomas
Day 8 – Sea Day – Ginger Bread Houses and Palo Brunch
Day 9 – Jet Skis in Castaway Cay
Canada and Maine With Disney! – September 26-October 2, 2017
Day 1 – Embarkation
Day 2 – Sea Day
Day 3 – Bar Harbor
Day 4 – Saint John
Day 5 – Back At Sea
7 Night Norwegian Fjord Cruise – Norway at Last! – June 3-12, 2017
Day 1 – Boat Tour in Copenhagen
Day 2 – Early Morning Stroll in Copenhagen Before Boarding!
Day 3 – Sea Day – Character Breakfast and Palo Dinner
Day 4 – Stavanger, Norway – The Hike Of Our Lives
Day 5 – Alesund – Stairs for Daysss
Day 6 – Geiranger but not Geiranger
Day 7 – Segways in Bergen
Day 8 – Sea Day Brunch and Dole Whips
Day 9 – Copenhagen and Tivoli
Day 10 – A Day in Iceland and then Home
A Wonderful New Ship – November 10-18, 2016
Day 1 – Embarkation and GO!
Day 2 – Sea Day – Trivia, Pictures and Relaxing
Day 3 – Jeeping in Cozumel
Day 4 – Gingerbread Houses and Brunch
Day 5 – Disembark AND Embark
Day 6 – Sea Day With Meetings
Day 7 – Cozumel and Some Questionable Seafood
Day 8 – Very Quiet Sea Day
Disney Date Cruise on the Disney Dream! – October 25-30, 2016
Day 1 – My Birthday!
Day 2 – Onboard Scramble
Day 3 – Nassau
Day 4 – Castaway Cay
Day 5 – Sea Day
The Leisurely Ladies of Leisure Take Four – September 11-23, 2016
Day 1 – Arrival Day
Day 2 – Solo Day
Day 3 – Three Parks!
Day 4 – Food and Food Festival
Day 5 – Frozen Again
Day 6 – Homecomin’
Day 7 – Kitchen Sink!
Day 8 – Animal Kingdom Lodge
Day 9 – To the Ship!
Day 10 – Nassau and Palo
Day 11 – Cabana Day!
Day 12 – Last Day
The First Ever British Isles Cruise with Disney Cruise Line! – June 2-20, 2016
Day 1 – The Eternal Day of Travel
Day 2 – Staying Awake in London!
Day 3 – Back to Harry Potter World
Day 4 – Boarding Day
Day 5 – First Sea Day!
Day 6 – Newcastle!
Day 7 – Invergordon and the Search for the Loch Ness Monster
Day 8 – Kirkwall
Day 9 – Sea Day Part Two
Day 10 – Edinburgh (A City to Which We Must Return)
Day 11 – Liverpool!
Day 12 – Dublin
Day 13 – Sea Day Part Three
Day 14 – Sobering Day in Normandy
Day 15 – Last Day – Guernsey
Cheatin’ On the Ladies of Leisure – February 7-12, 2016
Day 1 – Travel Day
Day 2 – Boarding Day!
Day 3 – Nassau and the Queen’s Staircase
Day 4 – Castaway Cay – Or Not…
Day 5 – Lazy Sea Day
Ladies of Leisure Take 3! – September 11-18, 2015
Day 1- Travel and Beach Club
Day 2 – Bungalow Baby!
Day 3 – Magic Kingdom
Day 4 – Cruise Day!
Day 5 – Palo Brunch Day!
Day 6 – Sandals in Nassau
Day 7 – Double Wide Cabana Day!
Day 8 – Travel Home Day
It’s a Very Merry Thanksgiving Indeed! – November 20-30, 2014!
Day 1 – Luggage Problems Galore
Day 2 – D23
Day 3 – Cruise Day!
Day 4 – Key West For the First Time!
Day 5 – Sea Day and Formal Night
Day 6 – Stingray City
Day 7 – Thanksgiving in Cozumel
Day 8 – Palo Brunch Day
Day 9 – Castaway, Baby!
Ally Takes Over Trip Reporting – November 22-30, 2013
Day 1 – Traveling Day
Day 2 – First is Best!
Day 3 – Fancy Night
Day 4 – Stingray City!
Day 5 – Gingerbread House Building!
Day 6 – Beaching in Cozumel
Day 7 – Happy Thanksgiving!
Day 8 – Castaway Day
Day 0 – Crazy Days Before Departure!
Day 1 – On Our Way!
Day 2 – London Layover
Day 3 – Embarkation!
Day 4 – The Beauty That is Monaco
Day 5 – La Spezia aka the Road to Pisa or Florence
Day 6 – Rome Baby!
Day 7 – Sea Day Fun!
Day 8 – Introducing The Pneumonia
Day 9 – Athens and the Inside of the Hospital Onboard!
Day 10 – Turkey
Day 11 – Mykonos and the Start of a Countdown to Get Back to Mykonos
Day 12 – Sea Day and Palo Dinner
Day 13 – Segways in Malta!
Day 14 – Last Day Onboard
Day 15 – Disembark and Barcelona
Day 16 – Travel to London
Day 17 – London Baby!
Day 18 – Harry Potter Heaven
Expedition Cruising
Antarctica At Last – January 13-24, 2024
Day 1 – On My Way
Day 2 – Beautiful Buenos Ares
Day 3 – To the Ship
Day 4 – Drake Lake
Day 5 – First Penguins
Day 6 – Two Landings!
Day 7 – Penguins Again
Day 8 – An Unintentional Polar Plunge and Camping on the Continent!
Day 9 – To Plunge or Not to Plunge
Day 10 – The Day I Did Nothing
Day 11 – Calm Waters Again
Day 12 – Ushuaia For the Day
Galavanting in the Galapagos – October 1-10, 2022
Day 1 – Off to Quito
Day 2 – I May Love Small Ships
Day 3 – The First Encounters with Wildlife
Day 4 – Penguins and Turtles and Birds, Oh My!
Day 5 – Lava and Bad Choices
Day 6 – Glamping in the Galapagos
Day 7 – Civilization!
Day 8 – Tortoises are the Grandest of Finales!
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
Testing Out Alaska! – July 30-August 4, 2021
Day 1 – Good Evening, Seattle!
Day 2 – Hello, Ovation!
Day 3- Sea, Glorious Sea
Day 4 – Sea Day Again
Day 5 – Ketchikan
Day 6 – Sea Day
Cruising At Last! – June 11-19, 2021
Day 1 – Off to Nassau
Day 2- Embarkation (Sound the Hallelujah Chorus)
Day 3 – It Really Was the Perfect Day at CocoCay
Day 4 – CocoCay on Repeat
Day 5 – Sea Day
Day 6 – Cozumel
Day 7 – Sea Day
Day 8 – Grand Bahamas
2 Night Symphony of the Seas – Sailing on the Symphony – November 12-15, 2018
Day 1 – Driving to Miami
Day 2 – Ship Tour!
Day 3 – Nassau
Harmony of the Seas Fun! – October 14-21, 2017
Day 1 – Boarding Day!
Day 2 – Sea Day
Day 3 – Labadee
Day 4 – Jamaica!
Day 5 – Sea Day
Day 6 – Cozumel
Day 7 – Sea Day
7 Night Anthem of the Seas – A Royal Kind of Cruise – March 3-12, 2017
Day 1- Travel Day
Day 2 – The Big Apple!
Day 3 – Embarkation and Wonderland!
Day 4 – Day at Sea
Day 5 – Excursion to Disney
Day 6 – Coco Cay
Day 7 – Sandals in Nassau
Day 8 – Sea Day Food and Bumper Cars
Day 9 – A Beautiful Day at Sea
Day 10 – Statue of Liberty and NYC Friend Meetup!
Celebrity Cruise Line
Feeling Like a Celebrity – August 27-September 4, 2021
Day 1 – Living the Good Life
Day 2 – Hello, Apex
Day 3 – Mykonos All by Myself
Day 4 – The Search for a Roommate in Rhodes!
Day 5 – Santorini
Day 6 – Sea Day
Day 7 – Dubrovnik
Day 8 – Sea Day
Princess Cruises
Cruising With Puppies and Princess – August 14-22, 2018
Day 1 and 2 – Los Angeles to Anchorage to Whittier
Day 3 – The Most Amazing Glacier I Have Ever Seen!
Day 4 – Glacier Bay Day!
Day 5 – A Little Skagway, But Mostly Puppies!
Day 6 – Bears in Juneau!
Day 7 – Salmon and More Salmon
Day 8 – Sea Day and Galley Tour
Day 9 – Home Again!
Virgin Voyages
Avoiding the Obvious Title Here! – October 6-10, 2021
Day 1 – Boarding Like Rock Stars
Day 2 – Nassau, Kind Of
Day 3 – Bimini
Day 4 – I Am Here to Solve Your Problems
Adventures by Disney
Adventuring with Disney in Germany! – August 2-11, 2018
Day 1- Travel Day
Day 2 – Or Was it Still Day 1? Hard to Say!
Day 3 – Neuschwanstein – THE Castle of Your Dreams
Day 4 – Dachau
Day 4 (Part 2) – Beer School and Soccer!
Day 5 – Nuremberg Food Tour and Rothenberg
Day 6 – Rothenberg – Hot, Hot Rothenberg
Day 7 – Bamberg and Air Conditioning in Berlin
Day 8- Berlin Tour and Chocolate!
Day 9 – Bikes in Berlin
Day 10 – Travel Home
Our Very Abbreviated but Very Awesome Adventures by Disney! – October 7-8, 2014
Day 1 – Travel Day
Day 2 – Aladdin
Day 3 – ABD All Day!
AmaWaterways
River Cruising with Nat Geo – June 24-July 1, 2023
Day 1 – Boarding With No Luggage
Day 2 – Cruise Managers Rock!
Day 3 – We Have – Beer?
Day 4 – Biking in Vienna
Day 5 – How About Wine?
Day 6 – Don’t Feed the Bears!
Day 7 – No Bikes After All
7 Night Rhine River Cruise – Cruising Down the River – August 11-19, 2019
Day 1 – LAX to Amsterdam to Basel
Day 2 – Embarkation Day!
Day 3 – Hiking and Eating in the Black Forest
Day 4 – Bikes in Strasbourg
Day 5 – Heidelberg and Daytime Sailing!
Day 6 – Rudesheim and Lahnstein with 30 Castles in Between!
Day 7 – Cologne
Day 8 – Amsterdam Tour
Day 9 – Disembarkation Day with a Disney Magic Cameo!
Sandals and Beaches
Feeling Normal-ish in Turks and Caicos! – January 10-15, 2021
Day 1 – On Our Way!
Day 2 – Resort Tour
Day 3 – Live Zoom!
Day 4 – Touring Nearby Resorts
Day 5 – Relaxing Allll Day
Day 6 – Last Few Hours!
Celebrating 30 Years at Sandals! – April 21-27, 2019
Day 1 – Hollywood Bound
Day 2 – Welcome to Jamaica!
Day 3 – We Live Here Now
Day 4 – The Day of No Camera
Day 5 – Cabana-Nana-Nana-Nana
Day 6 – Snorkeling!
Day 7 – Kayaking and Relaxing
Jamaica by Whirlwind! – July 24-30, 2018
Day 1 – Off to Sandals Ochi!
Day 2 – Stopping off at Beaches
Day 3 – Royal Plantation Followed by Montego Bay!
Day 4 – Touring and Catamaran-ing
Day 5 – Long Drive to South Coast
Day 6 – Sandals and Beaches Negril
Let’s Check Out Sandals Barbados! – August 21-24, 2017
Day 1 – This Place is Amazing!
Day 2 – Turn Off Your Phone!
Day 3 – Today We Sit
Beaches Turks and Caicos! Not beaches – Beaches! -July 9-12, 2016
Day 1 – Turks and Caicos Bound!
Day 2 – Meetings and Tours
Day 3 – Resort and Catamaran
Sandals in St. Lucia – Does it Get Better? – April 20-25, 2015
Day 1 – Travel and Arrival
Day 2 – Classes and Tours of Three Resorts!
Day 3 – Relaxing!
Day 4 – Departure
Aulani
Aloha, 2021! – February 4-9, 2021
Day 1 – Travel Day
Day 2 – Pictures of All the Things
Day 3 – Resort Day
Day 4 – Super Bowl Sunday
Day 5 – Excitement on the Lazy River!
Mele Kalikimaka From Aulani! – December 21-29, 2018
Day 1 – Hawaii Bound!
Day 2 – Eating and Waiting
Day 3 – Relaxing and Golf
Day 4 – Christmas Eve Breakfast with Characters!
Day 5 – Christmas at Aulani
Day 6 – Cabana and Spa Day!
Day 7 – Turtles and Shrimp Truck!
Day 8 – Rainy Day of Games!
Hanging 10 with Mickey at Aulani – June 6-15, 2014
Day 1 – Travel Day
Day 2 – Gorgeous Resort Day
Day 3 – Hiking to Kaena Point
Day 4 – The North Shore and Turtles!
Day 5 – Resort Day
Day 6 – Manoa Falls Hike
Day 7 – Leaving Aulani
Day 8 – Driving Up the Coast to Bellows
Day 9 – Last Day at the Most Gorgeous Beach Ever!
Walt Disney World
A Whole New Kind of (Space) Cruise – March 7-9, 2022
Day 1 (Part One) – Whoa
Day 1 (Part Two) – So Much Whoa
Day 2 (Part One) – Excursion to Batuu
Day 2 (Part Two) – There May Have Been Tears
Day 3 – Back From Space!
Twelve is the Perfect Number! – November 26-December 1, 2019
Day 1 – What’s the Name of that Orange Bird?
Day 2 – Food and More Food
Day 3 – Thanksgiving at Disney!
Day 4 – Nailed. It.
Day 5 – Fastpasses for Dinosaur? Yes please!
Day 6 – Spoilt and Ruint
Ladies of Leisure – Leisuring Without Me! – September 18-25, 2017
Day 1 – Travel Day!
Day 2 – Blizzard Beach
Day 3 – The Studios and Victoria and Albert’s!
Day 4 – Volcano Bay!
Day 5 – Three Bedroom Grand Villa, Baby!
Day 6 – Magic Kingdom and Celebrities
Day 7 – Animal Kingdom
Day 8 – Goodbyes All Around!
How Many Times Can We Change Hotels in One Trip? – April 22-May 2, 2017
Day 1 – Animal Kingdom
Day 2 – Epcot
Day 3 – Magic Kingdom
Day 4 – Epcot and the Studios
Day 5 – Universal, Disney Springs, and Len Testa
Day 6 – Universal and Ft. Wilderness Cabins
Day 7 – Ship Tour
Day 8 – Meetings
Day 9 – Trophies and Epcot
Day 10 – Universal!
WDW Pre-gaming the 4th Ladies of Leisure – September 11-19, 2016
Day 1 – Arrival at All Star Sports
Day 2 – Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Shopping
Day 3 – DHS, Epcot and After Hours at Animal Kingdom
Day 4 – Much Food and No Wine!
Day 5 – Three Parks and One Cupcake
Day 6 – Moving to Animal Kingdom Lodge
Day 7 – Epcot in the Sweltering Heat
Day 8 – Resort Day and Jiko
Ohana Means Family – Unless… November 21-29, 2015
Day 1 – Arrival
Day 2 – Check-in!
Day 3 – Epcot and Giant Pizzas
Day 4 – Hollywood Studios and Dang It Joan!
Day 5 – Animal Kingdom and Kathy with a “K”
Day 6 – Magic Kingdom and the Actual Ohana
Day 7 – Thanksgiving at Animal Kingdom Lodge!
Day 8 – Universal at O’Dark Thirty
Day 9 – Universal Alllll Day
Day 10 – Last Day!
Disneyland
Disneyland – Doing Disney Differently – May 4-7, 2015
Day 1 – On Our Way!
Day 2 – Chef’s Counter at Napa Rose!
Day 3 – California Adventure
Day 4 – Last Day!
Disneyland With the Grownups – January 28-31, 2015
Day 1 – Drive to LA and Napa Rose
Day 2 – Don’t Touch Oswald!
Day 3 – Parks and Fantasmic!
Disneyland Paris
Couldn’t Not go to Disneyland Paris! – June 17-20, 2016
Day 1 – Traveling to Paris
Day 2 – Paris!
Day 3 – Disneyland Paris! Finally!
Tokyo Disney
Tokyo or Bust! – May 5-14, 2019
Day 1 – On Our Way! To China?
Day 2 – Hello, Japan!
Day 3 – DisneySea
Day 4 – Tokyo Disneyland
Day 5 – Park Hopping
Day 6 – Bullet Train to Kyoto
Day 7 – Massive Tour of Kyoto
Day 8 – Back to Tokyo
Day 9 – Home Again!