Day 8- April 29, 2017- Panama, For the First Time in Forever, we Made History, Coronations, Burnin Up
Today would be the most exciting day of the cruise. As many of you may know, the Disney Wonder was the first passenger vessel to go through the new Panama Canal
locks.
I was so excited when I found this out. I started off that morning going to see Zootopia, have breakfast, go to Animation (drew Chip the teacup), and see Tinkerbell.
While outside taking pictures, I saw Pluto
before heading back to the room. The crowd at the vistors center went nuts for us and they were pretty loud.
After lunch, I went to the McStuffins Hospital open house before seeing Chip and Dale and going outside. While I was outside, Chip and Dale showed up and took someone's lounge chair.
It was so hilarious and I took more pictures. By the way, it was so hot throughout the day despite the rain.
All of a sudden, we stopped and there were people coming on.
What was going on? I found out later via this gentleman that there was a ceremony for us being the first vessel
to go through the new Panama Canal locks. It was supposed to be on the Goofy Pool stage but moved it to Palo due to the rain.
I did get pictures of the CEO of
DCL, Karl Holz
hop in this van near the ship. I was really surprised that there was no special merchandise for the occasion.
On our way through the bridge, I went to see Cinderella and the
mice before dinner. Like 2015, going under the bridge took place when dinner started so many of my table (including me) was late. Thankfully, our server Maggie understood and
I had the non alcoholic drink, the Star Night. After dinner, I went to see Minnie and Daisy, as well as Goofy and Max. I was so excited because you don't see Max very often.
After seeing them, I skipped Gary Lovini in favor of Beauty and the Beast. Unfortunately, I lost interest within an hour so I went back to the room at some point where I saw
that we got certifricates. I was so excited because we had gotten them in 2015. I would also see Spider Man,
Mickey
and Pluto.
That night, the adults only open house took place in the Club. The activity would be a Frozen Coronation with Anna and Elsa. You got to hear the back story of Frozen and do the coronation.
Up Next: To Infinity and Beyond, Kingdoms, A Pixar day?