October 2023

Disney Sea

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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October 8, 2023
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- Day 1
- Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 7:34 AM
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- Australia Alexandra Canal -33.936326, 151.16728433°56’11” S 151°10’2” E
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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
TravelerSafe travels, guys!
10/7/23Reply
TravelerOwn private travel agent - nice! ☺️
10/8/23Reply
Traveler Awww that is so thoughtful!!
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- Day 2
- Monday, October 9, 2023
- 🌧 18 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- Japan Tokyo Disney Sea Station Eki 35.626652, 139.89029435°37’36” N 139°53’25” E
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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
Traveler You mean won the lottery??!
10/9/23Reply
TravelerLong story. There is an online lottery to receive priority seats for Big Band Beats and other shows. We didn't win so thought we might miss out altogether. We were lucky enough to a) get in at all and b) get some seats.
10/9/23Reply
TravelerThose are pretty good seats! That’s why I thought you should have written won the lottery not lost ☺️
10/9/23Reply
TravelerSee a good husband would've said that I won the lottery because of the girl sitting next to me. 🤮😳🥰
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- Day 3
- Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 7:46 AM
- 🌧 18 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- Japan Tokyo Disney Land Eki 35.635047, 139.87833935°38’6” N 139°52’42” E
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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
Traveler 🤣🤣 OMG that is hilarious!!
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- Day 3
- Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 5:08 PM
- ☁️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 41 m
- United States Ulukoa 21.275644, -157.82188621°16’32” N 157°49’19” W
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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- Day 4
- Wednesday, October 11, 2023 at 6:35 AM
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 232 m
- United States Kuilei Cliffs 21.259725, -157.81161721°15’35” N 157°48’42” W
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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
Traveler Steve would be proud of you!
10/13/23Reply
TravelerIf I'd known then I would've opted for the premium section! It was so cheap at the time.
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- Day 5
- Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 3:52 PM
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitude: 15 m
- United States Ka‘ula Bay 21.340808, -158.12340321°20’27” N 158°7’24” W
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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
Traveler Ummmm why??
10/13/23Reply
TravelerNo noodles allowed on cruise ships. She likes to float when snorkelling so that she can concentrate on the fish. These were the only cruise legal flotation devices on sale at the ABC store.
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- Day 6
- Friday, October 13, 2023 at 10:09 AM
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- United States Ka‘ula Bay 21.339819, -158.12414721°20’23” N 158°7’27” W
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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
Traveler Go Bel!!! Winner 🏅🤩
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TravelerWinner Winner!!!
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- Day 8
- Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 3:28 AM
- 🌬 26 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- North Pacific Ocean 12.966342, -160.99421412°57’59” N 160°59’39” W
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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- Day 8
- Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 1:03 PM
- 🌧 28 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- North Pacific Ocean 9.324661, -162.3247149°19’29” N 162°19’29” W
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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
Traveler Mal, where’s the matching hot pink shirt?!
10/16/23Reply
TravelerThere's a bit of pink in my flowers. That's the best I could with with that challenge
10/16/23Reply
TravelerI was thinking the same thing Fi!
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- Day 9
- Monday, October 16, 2023 at 8:18 PM
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- North Pacific Ocean 0.929075, -165.3032390°55’45” N 165°18’12” W
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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.
So sweet ! [Sister]
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- Day 10
- Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 10:47 PM
- 🌙 29 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- South Pacific Ocean -7.646942, -168.2320947°38’49” S 168°13’56” W
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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
Traveler Definitely a gorilla! And the unknown one in Bel’s blog is a lobster!
10/18/23Reply
TravelerYou’re both WINNERS and should definitely wear your medals ALL the time!!! 🥇😂
10/18/23Reply
Traveler American football player?
10/18/23Reply
TravelerCongrats Mal!! Winner 🥇😍
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- Day 12
- Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 1:37 PM
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- South Pacific Ocean -11.762076, -169.661311°45’43” S 169°39’41” W
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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
Traveler What a haul! Doing Australia proud, mate! 👍
10/19/23Reply
Traveler Wow! Great work Mal!!
10/19/23Reply
Traveler You know what Andrew would do….
10/19/23Reply
TravelerI could've used his help. They made a Guinness taste good so I didn't drink them despite the fact that one of them was made by monks.
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- Day 12
- Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 9:58 AM
- 🌬 27 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- American Samoa Leemo Ridge -14.270736, -170.6987514°16’15” S 170°41’56” W
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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- Day 14
- Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 8:08 AM
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- South Pacific Ocean -18.252103, -179.90923918°15’8” S 179°54’33” W
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Island Hopping
October 21, 2023, South Pacific Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We've now started the one day on, one day off cycle. The remaining sea days are becoming precious! It's amazing that we are still finding new things to do onboard.
Traveler Frog
10/22/23Reply
Traveler Where’s the coat of arms???
10/22/23Reply
TravelerYes! It was a bit of a misfire
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- Day 15
- Sunday, October 22, 2023 at 7:59 AM
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- Fiji Raiwaqa Settlement -18.205086, 178.13296118°12’18” S 178°7’59” E
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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
Traveler 😂
10/23/23Reply
Traveler 😂 the song is running through my head…!
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- Day 17
- Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 8:37 AM
- 🌬 23 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- New Caledonia Îlot Signal -22.298083, 166.29184422°17’53” S 166°17’31” E
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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
TravelerDon’t you worry; I was updated on the “missing day” by your better (sober) half, along with incriminating photos!!! 😂
10/25/23Reply
TravelerYeah, mine were a bit out of focus
10/25/23Reply
Traveler Great job for no idea!🤩
10/25/23Reply
TravelerBeautiful photos Mal! And yes I did notice a day missing…
10/27/23Reply
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- Day 18
- Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 7:05 PM
- 🌬 22 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Coral Sea -25.710825, 162.44974225°42’39” S 162°26’59” E
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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.
Traveler You guys leave Thor in the dust!!! 🤩
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Traveler Love it!! 😍
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- Day 19
- Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 11:55 PM
- 🌬 16 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Australia Kirribilli Point -33.854114, 151.22120633°51’15” S 151°13’16” E
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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
TravelerWelcome home!
10/27/23Reply
TravelerWelcome back! It was fun following your Disney Odyssea!!!
10/27/23Reply
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Trip end
October 27, 2023