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…)

I really wish that I could start this blog by saying that I had a great night of sleep but the truth was I barely slept all night and I have absolutely no idea why. I’m not sure if I was just overtired but as much as I tried, I struggled to sleep more than an hour or two at the most. I finally gave up trying to get back to sleep once more about 6:30am so walked up to Deck 11 to get some much needed tea to bring back to our stateroom where I sat on our verandah enjoying the fresh air whilst watching the sun rise over the Mexican coastline. (more…)

When I woke up on the third day of our Very Merrytime Cruise on the Disney Wonder just after 7:00am, I could hardly feel any movement of the ship at all so I knew we were getting close to Cozumel. From the verandah, I watched as the pilot boat approached just before 7:30am and as it was a clear day, I could see over to the Mexican mainland in the distance. (more…)