Disney Wish - Inaugural Season

Ok I know I know this still isn't RV travels, but it was another big trip so I'm putting it on here :-).  Our cruise credit from Disney that they gave us as compensation for catching COVID on our transatlantic cruise expired at the end of September, so we hurried to get ourselves a booking on the brand new Disney Wish to use it up!

Rapunzel is painting the logo on the back of the Wish!

We were SO excited to be on the Wish!  The 'grand hall' (as they have renamed the lobby atrium) was gorgeous, and the attention to detail on the Cinderella's statue - with Lucifer ready to catch Jack and Gus from under her skirt - was cute.

Although you can't see it, Jack and Gus are peeking out from 
the back of Cinderella's skirt, which is why Lucifer is waiting
to catch them in a cup.

We managed to snag a reservation in the fancy adult-only dining venue - Enchante - for the first night.  It was beautifully decorated and the food was great, but for the money we thought Remy on the Dream and Fantasy was better.  We did notice that all but one of the staff we encountered in the restaurant were from France or a French-speaking country, so that was kind of a neat touch.

Lumiere was your host at Enchante,
and he was hanging from one of the 
light fixtures on the way in.

The chandelier at the restaurant entrance
was supposed to look like the one from
the grand ballroom of the Beast's castle.

The Star Wars theming in the kids' area and especially in the Hyperspace Lounge was awesome!  We spent a bit of time in the Hyperspace Lounge just watching the ship 'jump' to hyperspace, which it did every 7-10 minutes.

We met Chewbacca and Rey at the
kids' club

A drink 'from Mustafar' in the 
Hyperspace Lounge - every drink comes
with a smoke bubble! 

This counted as a 'Halloween on the High Seas' cruise, so we dressed up in our Star Trek costumes for the Halloween celebration, on which night we dined in the Worlds of Marvel restaurant.  For those who don't know, my mother made my costume for me when I was in high school!  Aaron's is just purchased though...and I realized a little too late for the cruise that he no longer owns black slacks.  Worlds of Marvel was a fun restaurant with a mostly on-TV-screen show hosted by Ant Man and the Wasp.

Dressed up for Halloween 

The highlight of any Bahamian Disney cruise is of course Castaway Cay!  We had perfect weather on the island and the water was nearly a perfect temperature.  

Looking out on the nature preserve part of the island from 
the observation tower - we rented bikes to get there as always!

The first time I've ever seen a ray in the wild!  This was in the 
shallow water of Serenity Bay, the adults-only beach.

We also enjoyed the other 'free' restaurants on the ship - Arendelle in particular had beautiful decorations and a great live show.  

In the hallway approaching Arendelle

Pirate night was particularly awesome on this ship - the evening/adult-focused show was basically an 80s hair band, completely targeted at our generation.  Awesome!!  We enjoyed getting up close and personal with Pirate Mickey and Pirate Minnie - the first time since COVID hit!

Although there were some negatives to the ship - the venues were a little small, the animation classes were hosted on video rather than with a live artist, and there weren't enough options for evening music - overall we did quite enjoy our cruise.  This was our last big adventure before getting back on the road in the RV, so stay tuned for more blog-appropriate content coming up soon!