Yes, we just came back from the happiest place on Earth and Paradise island a.k.a Disney World and the Bahamas. Just how much did we look forward to this trip? Considering we both haven’t had a decent break since January last year, we weren’t gonna let the high level hurricane threat that was all over the news stop us! I didn’t care what they say, we’re going! And boy were we glad it was the right decision.

We spent 4 nights at the Dolphin Disney World Resort and 3 nights at the Disney Wonder cruise. My sister and I grew up with Disney cartoons and comics, we used to watch/read them all the time, although most of the classic ones weren’t really showing good examples for kids: Mickey Mouse always beats up Pluto, Minnie was a total bitch,  Daisy was a money hungry wh*re, and Donald was a grumpy old duckling… He always wanted to kill everything and anything especially Chip and Dale. And not to mention the environmentally UNfriendly story lines: whaling, fox hunting, hunting in general, war, Donald chopping up trees, and racism just to name a few.

Despite all that, I love Disney especially all the original characters. I love, love, love, them! We were very lucky and got upgraded throughout the holiday. We got a deluxe room in the resort and an outside cabin (with a window) as opposed an inside cabin. The resort was so beautiful. It had a man-made beach next to a lake with hammocks! I love hammocks, they are so comfy and Saj and I fell asleep on one… That one snooze accounted for Saj turning 3 shades darker… we have the tan lines to prove it!

 

We visited all the 4 theme parks, and I personally really liked the Disney Hollywood Studios. It took me by surprise; I thought I would’ve liked the Animal Kingdom the most knowing myself but I found that the sites were so far apart, it took so long to get from one place to another, therefore we lost a ot of time just by walking from one end to another. I got my face painted, so I guess that was the highlight of my day… until I sweated so much and smudged the paint.

Another cool thing that we enjoyed was having lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. It’s the coolest restaurant I’ve ever been in. The interior is so amazing, it is fully decorated with robotic animals and sound effects. You could be sitting underneath a tree where the snake will crawl down to just above your head and will hiss at you every few minutes. It’s an awesome place with good food and great service, it’s also very child friendly if you have small kids.

The Disney Wonder Cruise was also so fantastic, we were very impressed with the service that was provided. Every night we dined in different restaurants and were served by the same waiters (Vitcharon from Thailand and Raphael from Romania). Victcharon has such a good sense of humour, on our last night he asked me what would I like for dessert and I said “nothing”. A few minutes later he served me a plate with “nothing” written on it in chocolate sauce. Too cute!

The ship docked in 2 places: Nassau (Capital city of Bahamas) and Castaway Cay (a private island owned by Disney). We went on a local tour in Nassau (it’s much cheaper than purchasing  a shore excursion from the ship, so make sure you think twice before you buy). Our tour guide-Rodney took us to the Atlantis (the largest and most expensive resort in Nassau) it has the 2nd largest Aquarium in the world and also a private beach, we went to the local market, he drove us around town and residency areas (both the upper class and the ghetto side). The tour was about 5 hours for $30 per person which is CHEAP, compare to $45 for 2 hrs if you book from the ship.

Castaway Cay is a beautiful secluded island, and we spent the day basically sleeping on the beach (left with a few sunburnt spots) and we hired 2 bicycles and we pedalled around the island.

I couldn’t get enough of taking photos with Disney characters- although, who knows who was inside those Goofy/Donald/Mickey/Minnie/etc costumes, it could be some ugly sleeze mofo that put their arms around me and kissed me. Hell, it could’ve been a man in that Minnie Mouse costume! But I can say that I don’t care coz I love Goofy/Donald/Mickey/Minnie/etc too much to pass, and as long as I don’t see the true self inside… fine by me. Just like the old saying “Some things are better left unsaid seen”.

Our holiday was very memorable and we loved every bit of it, although all good things must come to an end, I would like to go back again one day, maybe we could go on the Disney Magic cruise next time. Just like what Mickey Mouse says: “we’ll see you real soon!”

Hell Yeah!