On the sixth sea day of this two week Panama Canal cruise on the beautiful Disney Magic, I woke up early yet again just after 7:00am. Walking out onto our verandah felt absolutely wonderful as it was another beautiful morning outside with barely a cloud in the sky. As we had a very lazy start to our day planned, we sat in bed with a cup of tea, taking our time to do absolutely nothing since we had no other plans until a little bit later that morning. (more…)

After our first overnight time change of the cruise where we thankfully gained an extra hour of sleep, I woke up feeling incredibly well rested just before 7:30am. Once again I had slept so well and I was definitely happy that I had remembered to pack earplugs with me on this trip, as they worked really well at blocking out any noise from the annoying squeak in our stateroom, which was slowly starting to drive me a little mad as our cruise progressed. (more…)

Waking up on the first morning after two of the most tiring days that I have ever spent on a Disney cruise ship, I only had one goal in mind for the day and that was to do absolutely nothing. On every long cruise, there always comes a time when you just want to take it easy and do as little as humanly possible, and for us, this was definitely it. (more…)

There are not many days in your life where you start your morning in the Caribbean Sea and then fall asleep that same night in the Pacific Ocean, but that is exactly what happens when you transit the Panama Canal onboard the beautiful Disney Magic. It was truly one of those bucket list experiences that I had been dreaming of for such a long time, and I could hardly believe that the day had finally arrived. (more…)

Ever since I was little, I had always dreamed of one day visiting South America, but never once did I think that my very first visit would be on a Disney Cruise to Cartagena. Yet here I was and I could not believe that the day had finally arrived. As we had an early start, I made sure to set my alarm and I woke up at 5:30am ready and raring to go as the wait was almost over. (more…)

On the fifth day of our Panama Canal cruise onboard the beautiful Disney Magic, I woke up just after 7:00am. While I was finally starting to sleep much better, I was still wishing that I was able to sleep in for much longer, as it was taking me much more time than normal to adjust to the time difference from the UK. Despite having won our game of basketball the previous evening, I walked up to Deck 9 to get us both a cup of tea since I was awake first which almost never happens at home where I struggle to get out of bed without an alarm. The first thing that was immediately noticeable was just how hot it was outside so early in the day, as the heat from the doors by the entrance to Cabanas could be felt in the stairwells two decks down. (more…)

The morning after leaving Cozumel on the Disney Magic, I woke up just after 6:00am ready for the next two days at sea on our way down to our next port of Cartagena in Colombia. Even though I had slept well overnight, I still felt incredibly tired so I tried to go back to sleep again and I managed to doze off for another hour or so. (more…)

On the third day of our long-awaited Panama Canal cruise onboard the beautiful Disney Magic, I woke up a few minutes before 7:00am, just as the sun started to peek through the curtains into our stateroom. I immediately walked straight out onto our verandah and it was a beautiful morning with blue skies and only a few clouds to be seen, which was a very welcome change from the grey skies we had been experiencing since we arrived in Galveston before the cruise. (more…)

Waking up on the Disney Magic on the first morning of our fourteen night Panama Canal cruise with absolutely no plans and precisely nowhere to go really was one of the best feelings ever. Normally on most cruises, I always feel the need to get up and start doing as much as I can but this cruise with so many sea days ahead of us, was going to be very different as there is something about a longer cruise that really encourages you to slow down. (more…)

It is hard to believe that we booked this bucket list adventure on the Disney Magic over six hundred days before we finally sailed – and now, after almost two years of endless planning and research, watching videos and counting down the days, I can happily say that it was completely and utterly worth every minute of the long wait. (more…)