On April 2nd, 2009, Logan, Brian, Stefanie, Aunt Hollie, Uncle Jonathon, and cousins Jordyn and Benjamin, embarked on the Disney Wonder for a 3 day cruise to the Bahamas. Unfortunately, there wasn't enough room on the ship for Asher. The cruise set sail from Port Canaveral Thursday afternoon. The weather was perfect with temperatures in the mid-80's. As soon as we boarded the ship, we headed upstairs to the Beach Blanket Buffet for a late lunch. That was the beginning of the eating which continued until we returned to Port Canaveral three days later.
After lunch, we found our rooms, unpacked and got ready for the bon voyage party on the Lido deck. Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Chip, Dale, and Pluto all came out to kick-off the fun. Logan had a blast as he danced on the towel cabinets while enjoying the music and the fun while Jordyn and Benjamin enjoyed a dip in the pool.
On a Disney Cruise, you eat in a different dining room every night. The first night, we dined at the Parrot Cay dining room. It should be no surprise that Logan thoroughly enjoyed meal time. Our server's name was Everett and our assistant server's name was Oscar. As you can see, Logan got a kick out of his cousins. They were playing peek-a-boo and looking out of the window to watch the waves crash against the ship.That night, Logan spent a couple hours playing in the Flounder's Reef Nursery while the twins spent time in the Oceanear's club. Logan stayed up until after 10pm and finally crashed in our bed where he ended up sleeping with us all three nights.
The next morning, we awoke in time for breakfast and to watch the ship dock in Nassau, Bahamas. Logan stayed on board while we explored downtown Nassau and the Cohen's went on a beach break excursion to the Atlantis Resort. We picked up Logan for lunch and then treated him to the splash pool. He had a blast, though it took him a while to get acclimated. By the time we were ready to leave, Logan was fully engaged in play. 
After a long nap, we met up for a game of Bingo. You could say we were all winners. Stefanie won Bingo in the first round and received a $108 room credit. Hollie won one of the raffles and received a free 30 minute facial. The kids walked away with Disney magnets and tattoos. Dinner that night was at Triton's followed by the "Toy Story - The Musical" show. We had spent the last couple weeks brainwashing Logan on Toy Story by playing it in the van non-stop. It seemed to work. He sat there the whole time, calling out names of things/people he knew like Buzz, Woody, the baby, the turtle (also known as the dinosaur), and the duck. 
Friday night was "Pirates of the Caribbean" night where Mickey and crew dress up like pirates and are joined by Captain Hook and several other pirate characters to entertain the ship pirate-style. People dress up in their pirate-bests and there's plenty of food, drink, music, and dance. The festivities started at 10pm, but the kids lasted much longer than that. 
On Saturday, the ship made its way to Castaway Cay, Disney's private island in the Bahamas. Before getting off the ship, we decided to introduce Logan to his first movie -- Bolt 3D. He had done so well at Toy Story the night before, we figured that he could last 1 hour and 47 minutes in a movie theatre. We got pretty close. The 3D glasses fell off after the first 30 minutes, but it wasn't until 15 minutes before the end that we escorted him out of the theatre because he started to talk and fuss. After the movie, we went to the private island for Logan's first beach experience since he was a baby. He absolutely loved the water. He wasn't even scared. 
Logan had so much fun at the beach, that he fell asleep on the 6 minute walk back to the ship and ended up sleeping for another couple hours. We had to wake him up for the Castaway Club party for returning cruise members. During the party, he spent most of the time on stage entertaining the audience with some of the other children. After the party, we had dinner for the kids at Animator's Pallet and then we dropped off the kids at their respective play places so that the adults could enjoy a fine dining experience at Palo's. That dinner ended a very fun and exciting cruise. Logan had so much fun with his cousins that he left us at the port to go back with them.To see more pictures of the cruise, click here.
