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Tokyo Disney, Aulani and DCL all without the kids. You'd think we'd feel a little guilty... Na ah! Read more
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  • Trip start
    October 8, 2023
    Disney Sea
    2A sweet offering from the Ongs to celebrate the new venture

    Breadcrumbs

    October 8, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Not much to see here folks. I just wanted to make the travel tracking map start in the right place.
    For the record, the airport was super smooth. Our biggest delay was trying to decide whether to buy Amarula at the duty free store..
    Also for the record this will be my first trip with my own private travel agent. Happy days!    Read more

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    1SitRep for 0722: Park opening 0900. Crazy long lines by 0750
    1Magellan's! Best Disney restaurant worldwide. Who needs flavoured popcorn?It ain't all burgers and fries.7We just lost the lottery. Had to resort to the standby line... scored front & centre balcony seats!1A lacklustre Yucatan sausage roll snack became a masterpiece with a few drops of this stuffThese are to give to excellent cast members as a reward. My kind of tipping!Drinks in the warmth of the Teddy Roosevelt Lounge.. a classy way to finish the day.2What sorcery is this? Better than their toilets for sure!

    Under the sea

    October 9, 2023 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

    Tokyo DisneySea - notoriously popular, notoriously busy. Low season, a weekday and rain predicted all day.... Would this deter the locals? Would this deter us? Time would tell.

    Ok time told. We ticked all our boxes then chose the evening executive lounge at the Hilton over the nighttime show in the rain. Despite the rain it was a really lovely day with a perfect mix of early rides, time to investigate the local merch/snack offerings and relaxed meals.Read more

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    No more rain! Sunnies out. Blue skies. Just as well because we have a flight tonight.
    Monsters Inc Ride n go Seek. A good rope drop option.Somebody loves Baymax!1People watching is a sport here. This old guy has full on Donald legs!Baymax ride. There was a DJ in the corner who made me tired just watching him.Beauty and the beast. I preferred cool and dorky! B&TB is the latest TDL ride behind us. 4 stars.We needed to train back to the hotel by 1pm. Our food came at 1205. We were back by 1226.Back at the parks, showered for the flight, luggage sorted..Not a cat person.More Baymax than meat. Maybe he's saving me from colorectal cancer.

    Tokyo Hilton Baymax

    October 10, 2023 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

    Final day of our Japanese stopover. We stayed at the Hilton to max out our Diamond years while they last. It is a fantastic hotel and, besides not getting the Happy 15 minutes, it proved to be a very convenient base for Disney.
    Today was all about Baymax.. and Tokyo Disneyland. We bought Baymax hats, accessories, rides and we even ate him. We tried new rides not found in the other parks and then talked our way back into the executive lounge after check-out to chill until our "limousine" (bus) arrived.    Read more

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    View from the hotel before I defiled the balcony with my still wet sneakers that needed airing
    Portion shock at Ala Moana before stocking up on a few essentials like whiteboard markersWaikiki beach. Beautiful warm water and balmy when you get out. Kinda grainy sand thoughFree putt putt by the pool!

    Sky meets the sea

    October 10, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    A confession: I booked a night at Waikiki because I forgot that we were crossing the international date line so going back a day despite an overnight flight from Tokyo. Rather than rebooking everything we decided to spend a night in Waikiki and take the opportunity to climb Diamond head the next morning. A nice oops!Read more

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    Look Ma, no poles!
    Worth getting up early forCheck out the helipad. That would be a challenging primary job in high windsAll these people were in a huge line with multiple switchbacks.. Worse than a bad day at the airportGold members have their own building! With zero line$AUD115 for 48 hours rental. Then you get to take your pick of any of the cars.2Gotta go the Dodge! Haven't crashed it yetLaniwai spa - choose your soundscape, fragrance, pressure level... You get the idea. Amazing placeMargarita with grapefruit but also GINGER! An excellent addition.Ama Ama finally open again after Covid. Beautiful location, beautiful food.

    Every Trail I Track

    October 11, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    We woke up early to climb Diamond Head. We certainly broke a sweat rushing up to the top to catch the sunrise but let's get one thing clear... This is not the wilderness folks! Yes it is steep and bumpy and there are a lot of stairs, but it's a 1.5 mile round-trip! All the pre-reading and observations on the day suggested that you need 10L of water in a CamelBak, hiking boots, poles, an EPIRB, glucose sachets and a Sherpa. We wore sandals and carried an iced latte to the top. 1.5 miles! You won't die!!!
    From there it was back to the airport to pickup a hire car, off to Disney's Aulani Resort and then on to some serious adult spoiling time - a couples massage followed by a fancy sunset dinner.
    So what was the highlight? Sunrise, sunset? No... it was jumping to the front of the queue of about 60 people at Hertz .    Read more

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    Aulani - simultaneous relaxation and FOMO
    World famous course Ko Olina. You wouldn't want to have the hooks!Our base camp for the morningNo elevators for us with the cruise starting tomorrowGrocery store Asahi kept ending up in my poolside mug! Had to leave these behind for a lucky punterMonkeypod. Chilled outdoor music and nice, fresh foodWith hot sauce of course!1Bel has purchased these for our shore excursion. Should be interesting!Not long to go

    Back to the water

    October 12, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    I had visions of playing Ko Olina Golf Course, but 5 hours was going to be a serious chunk of poolside time so I've added it to my list of things to do next time. We ventured across the road for dinner, but the rest of the time was spent at the resort. An early morning walk to start the day then eat, swim, read, snorkel, repeat.Read more

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    One last gym session before the cruise!
    Undone by a Starbucks breakfast. Who can guess the flavour?The beginning of our cabin door's evolutionMouseketeer madness - 2 lifelines allowed. 5 correct questions in a row to be a winner!Belinda literally calling "100 percent" on the Mary Poppins question when challenged by the host.1Belinda will be wearing this all cruise. It might become part of her trivia uniform at homeGoodbye Hawaii!Day 1 - icecream 1Mud's nightmare job: "Sorry, I'm not a hugger"

    All aboard

    October 13, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    Today we made it safely aboard Disney Wonder. Despite not having a show on the first night it proved to be a very exciting day. We decided to go all in and just pay for the photo package. To get our money's worth we have decided that this means we'll have to go all in for cruise activities and for the character meet n greets. The princesses were wonderful conversationalists but the highlight was Bel's performance in a Disney version of who wants to be a Mouseketeer!Read more

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    Our fish extender was getting a workout today
    These were the cutest offerings: home knitted WALL-E and BaymaxI went to the cooking class and scored a free glass of French Pinot noirWhat else would you expect on your coffee on a Disney Cruise?Rapunzel . Don't tread on the hair!!We don't talk about this oneFormal night photos in front of the backdrops. The photographers have very specific instructions!Booking Palo on formal night - genius! Two birds with one stoneThe food highlight so far is undoubtedly this steak from Palo! Yum!!

    Disney Wonder Day 2

    October 15, 2023, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌬 26 °C

    Today was our first full sea day. We LOVE sea days, but I'll mostly just stick to photos for these. Today was formal day so we spent lots of time chasing princesses and photographers!

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    The early morning exercises are being maintained protemp. Plus a scavenger hunt = 17k steps by lunch
    A British celebrity chef with big teeth. There was much excitement about fried chicken sandwiches.I haven't forgotten you, Moose! See you soon buddyOdd little creature on the sideCuriouser and curiouserThe BismarkWorse than plankingBright pink certainly pops against the white and black stockings of Animator's Palette restaurant4Maxing out the photopass with the Captain.

    Staying afloat

    October 15, 2023, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌧 28 °C

    Another relaxing sea day. The highlight today was shipbuilding! We have the duration of the cruise to complete our watercraft. These will then be launched into the swimming pool. The boat to keep a can of soda afloat the longest will win. Our prototype has begun.Read more

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    I'm hoping that I get to cut the red ribbon as we cross the equator
    Solo scavenger hunt today. Nailed itI could tell you, but...1Someone in the group went to the trouble of making these for us before boarding!Tiana's. This guy was lurking outside!

    Equatorial bulge

    October 16, 2023, North Pacific Ocean ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Today we were converted from Pollywags to Shellbacks as we crossed the equator. We still haven't hit the water as we've been too busy at the various trivia events and making a few new friends.

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    These are only given to the worthy
    My coffee was a bit on the dark side2Gorilla or mudcrab?This is to remind me to go to some of the drawing classes. We've been too busy!

    Chicken Dinner

    October 17, 2023, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ 🌙 29 °C

    Another sea day. I'm still trying to find Dory without any luck. On a positive note I finally got my hands on a Winner's medallion. My team successfully rejected my distracting suggestions to come up trumps in 80s music Trivia. I will wear my medal for the rest of the cruise!Read more

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    The first Marvel character to show up
    Another day, another medal. This was for general trivia!2Starting to feel like Michael Phelps2One was nice. The rest were horrible but I'd paid for them! Dilemma!!Can you tell that this was after the beer tasting?Relief between the yoga positions that the photographer put us through.

    Oi oi oi

    October 19, 2023, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    We had our first experience of cultural cringe over the last 24 hrs. Andy Joy was the headline act. He's an Aussie who owns a piano bar in Melbourne (great bar by the way) who also dabbles as a cruise ship entertainer. It was his first Disney Cruise. It's hard to describe his act. In a big theatre it was a musical version of old standards mixed in with Benny Hill antics and dad jokes. It was really bad. In the smaller night time theatre it was completely different. He played and sang any song thrown at him and completely reversed the passengers expectations of the Australian entertainment scene. Phew! Good job Andy.Read more

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    We thought it was a welcome, but looks like it was a rain dance
    Port security in full ceremonial garb. They wear it to show respect to guests. Beautiful guys.We bypassed the funky buses to grab a local cab up the road.. same priceBlue skies teased is for about 5 minutesQuick chance to snap a selfie between rain dumpsNot sure how they managed to set up WW2 battlements in these lush hillsFirst off and a quick trip meant an empty laundry!As close as we could get due to poor road conditionsWhat did the pirate day on his 80th birthday? Aye Matey!Only cruise with fireworks at sea. Apparently biodegrades into fish food

    Pago Pago

    October 19, 2023 in American Samoa ⋅ 🌬 27 °C

    Pago Pago (pronounced ?Pongo Pongo -maybe due to the tuna cannery) was our first day release from the ship. The welcome was warm, but wet. We obviously had not made a sufficient sacrifice to Ra. Where are the kids when you need them?
    (Probably should've "borrowed" one from Oceaneers' Club)
    Hiking plans were washed away. It ended up being a speed dating style tour of the island with our super friendly but NESB taxi driver who we found on the day. The island is amazingly lush, with scattered colourful villages complete with roaming chickens and small crops.
    Back on board it was pirate day. We didn't really get into the crazy dancing side of the celebrations, preferring to get some R&R.    Read more

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    45 minutes from Suva. So pretty and quiet they used it to shoot Anaconda 2
    River Tubing Fiji had that perfect combination of relaxed but well organisedFront row seats up the empty riverWaterfall number 1. Disney caught up to us here. A bit crowded so we went back to the boatThe guys there took just the 2 of us downstream and across the river..To a more beautiful waterfall which we had all to ourselvesComplete with tiered pools to swim in2I needed to come up holding a can of SoloSimple pleasuresAll that was left was to float back home. Staying awake was optional (besides the mini-rapids)

    Bula

    October 22, 2023 in Fiji ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Fiji turned on the sunshine for our river tubing adventure. It was a fun day cruising down the river listening to the Fijian boys tease each other relentlessly. It was mostly serene lazy river floating, but there were enough thrills and spills to keep the young at heart happy.Read more

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    Signal Island: light on amenities, heavy on turtles. 2 hours (1st on, 1st off) was just right
    Our trusty steed. Came in handy for the extreme chop heading back.Mostly snorkelers and a single kite surferSomething to do with the name of the island. No idea how it works.Off to exploreOutside the snorkeling area it was just us and the birdsWe needed to head inland at times to make our way aroundBoardwalk relief after encountering spikey things and snakes during our barefoot circumnavigationBack on soft sand. No filters or photoshop here just beautiful colours1But so bright we had no idea what we were shooting until we got back

    Turtle Time

    October 24, 2023 in New Caledonia ⋅ 🌬 23 °C

    Ok, my local 3 followers, you may have noticed a skipped day. Let's put that down to a pub crawl followed by mixology tasting. Soda water for the rest of the cruise!
    Our ashore time was an afternoon affair which gave me time to freshen up before the choppy snap boat crossing to Signal Island. I'm eagerly awaiting the go-pro footage taken by our cruise buddy, Wayne. In the meantime here are some dodgy photos.Read more

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    Churros Mickey waffle. One ear was enough
    We need these handwashing devices at workGreat for cleaning grubby kids hands before they are allowed into Oceaneers' where we found these 2We gave Wayne a prototype. He turned it into a boat.And it could float supporting a can of Coke!Crushed by the competitionLucky Thor has grown a mo so you can tell us apart2The waiters lining the restaurant entrance greeted us with a 21 "Mine!" Salute.My career as an animator: over before it began

    Riff Rafft

    October 25, 2023, Coral Sea ⋅ 🌬 22 °C

    Our second last sea day. Time to get value for money on the photo package and tick off a few things not yet done. It was also time to see if our boat, Riff Rafft, was sea(pool) worthy.

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    Our treasure haul
    All the restaurants put on great shows for our last meals.We know the drill now..face front, then side, then hold hands, then twist neck & stare at each otherBack to the shirts where it all startedThe stormtrooper shirts were a bit off-putting for these 2, but they let us take a photo with themKoala?????Never gets oldIt was cold on deck, but enough people were up for a big cheer as we passed under SHBBitter sweet : )

    T minus 1

    October 26, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 16 °C

    The last day of our holiday and of our cruise...sigh! At least l will get to see the dog when we get back.... and the kids.
    They saved the best food and entertainment for last in typical Disney brainwashing fashion. Despite the end of holiday blues it was another fun day. Our recent near misses evolved into more trivia Glory in conjunction with our dual citizen buddies.Read more

    Trip end
    October 27, 2023
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