{"id":4414,"date":"2017-10-31T22:34:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T03:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/?p=4414"},"modified":"2017-12-01T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:39:46","slug":"panama-canal-cruise-recap-day-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/?p=4414","title":{"rendered":"Panama Canal Cruise Recap: Day Five"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy Halloween from onboard Disney Wonder. We\u2019re celebrating with Halloween on the High Seas, one of Disney Cruise Line\u2019s special voyages.
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Today was our first of four days at sea as we head towards the Panama Canal. The day began with breakfast and then the second lecture from Captain Ken Puckett. Captain Ken has traversed the Panama Canal almost 1500 times, mostly as a pilot escorting ships through the passage. As we get closer to making our way through, he\u2019s teaching us all about the canal and its history. Today, he focused on the construction of the canal. The engineering is incredibly impressive and we\u2019re all very excited to see it for ourselves in a few days.<\/p>\n

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After Captain Ken\u2019s presentation, our group split up to enjoy various sea day activites around the ship. Some chose to spend time at one of the pools, while the rest of us went to a cheese seminar. We tasted several great cheeses from around the world while our expert dining staff told us about the history of each product. They were all delicious but most of our group was partial to the Boursin.<\/p>\n

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Since it\u2019s Halloween, there were also several fun events centered around the holiday. Disney Cruise Line does several \u201cHalloween on the High Seas\u201d sailings each year and they always feature these fun activities:<\/p>\n

Mickey’s Mouse-querade Party: Shiver in delight during a scare-a-bration alive with ghoulish games, trick-or-treating, dancing and some favorite Disney Pals bedecked in Halloween attire.<\/p>\n

Halloween Activities: Unearth frightful fun for the entire family, including mask-making and pumpkin-carving.<\/p>\n

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Sing and Scream: It\u2019s \u201cSeason\u2019s Screamings\u201d during this interactive movie experience, followed by a meet-and-greet with Jack and Sally.<\/p>\n

Haunted Stories of the Sea: Listen to a ghost story or two during an eerie campfire-style storytelling experience on deck.<\/p>\n

Halloween Isn’t Just for Kids: Shudder and shake at this adults-only party that includes a costume contest.<\/p>\n

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One of the fun things about trick-or-treating throughout the ship was seeing all the great costumes. The majority of the passengers were dressed up, with The Flintstones seeming to be the most popular costume we saw. There were also plenty of Disney-inspired costumes, plus many folks choosing to dress like their favorite character from the Marvel or Star Wars universe. Our group included a Friar, Mario & Luigi, Pocahontas, Minnie Mouse, and I chose The Phantom of the Opera.<\/p>\n

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Tonight we were back in Animator\u2019s Palate for dinner with the California Vista menu being served in all three restaurants. After the \u201crotational\u201d nights, we still move to a different restaurant each night but the menu is the same in all three dining rooms. Tonight\u2019s menu was inspired by California cuisine and it did not disappoint. We were also treated to a surprise extra dessert for the table in honor of Halloween.<\/p>\n

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Tomorrow is our second day at sea and will feature another lecture from Captain Ken, plus we\u2019re going to enjoy brunch in Palo, the ship\u2019s adults-only specialty Italian restaurant.<\/p>\n

Until then, good night from southeast of Acapulco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Halloween from onboard Disney Wonder. We\u2019re celebrating with Halloween on the High Seas, one of Disney Cruise Line\u2019s special voyages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[496,494,511,826],"tags":[133,79,141,827],"class_list":["post-4414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruises","category-disney","category-disney-cruise-line","category-disney-wonder-panama-canal-voyage","tag-cruises","tag-disney-cruise-line","tag-disney-wonder","tag-panama-canal"],"fifu_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4414"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4476,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4414\/revisions\/4476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premiercustomtravel.com\/blog1\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}