Vacation 2012 (Part 2)
14-day Hawaiian Cruise on the Disney Wonder
Our second vacation 2012 was a 14 day cruise on the Disney Wonder over to the Hawaiian Islands. We spent 4 days at sea, then a day each at Maui, Kauai, Oahu, and Hawaii (big island), followed by 4 more days at sea, then a day in Ensenada, and then another day to get back home.
Interesting
fact about cruise ships, if they
are not registered in the US, they can't make all US ports during a
sailing. It's illegal. The Disney Wonder is registered in
Nassau, Bahamas. So legally it must stop at an international
port, ergo our stop in Ensenada. If you want to read more, click here.
1st Port - Maui
On the 6th day of our cruise
we arrive in Maui. Where we take an excursion to snorkel and
watch the sunset on board a sail boat.
2nd Port - Kauai
On the
7th day of our cruise we arrive in Kauai. For Kauai we decided to
not take a Disney excursion but instead we planned a SCUBA trip on our
own. The SCUBA diving in Kauai is fantastic. Unfortunately
we both had camera issues, and our cameras fogged up. (Yes, I
know why. No, I don't need advice on how to keep it happening.)
3rd Port - Oahu
On the 8th day we had
originally planned to do another day of diving in Oahu, but after a
full day of snorkeling followed by a full day of SCUBA diving, I wasn't
up to a 3rd day of water activity. So we rescheduled an instead
went to Pearl Harbor to see the museum and Arizona exhibit. We
then took a tour of several WW2 historical sites around the island.
4th Port - Hawaii (big island)
On the 9th day we went zip
lining. Given that both of us are afraid of heights, this was the
one we were nervous about. IT WAS AWESOME! Zip lining is a
lot of fun. There were 7 lines in all, each line longer than the
last, with the final one being over 1600 feet long.
5th Port - Ensenada
On the 13th day of the cruise we arrived
in Ensenada, Mexico. Here we spent the day horseback riding on some hills
overlooking the harbor.
