Unfrozen Winter Winners Enjoy Their Disney Cruise

You might remember the adorable Hall family who were the winners of our Unfrozen Winter contest earlier this year. Check out their adorable snowman submission! 

Winnipeg Supply Service Experts sent the Halls on a Disney Cruise and covered airfare for four. Bradley and Rebecca took their two oldest kids, Korbin and Brooke, on their Disney Cruise during mid-summer. Korbin and Brooke had never been on a cruise before and Rebecca and Bradley hadn’t been in about 10 years. 

“I cannot begin to explain the amount of fun we had and how absolutely amazing the whole experience was,” wrote Rebecca. “It was a getaway we could have never made happen on our own. Disney does cruising right!” 

The Halls were sweet enough to send over their itinerary and some snapshots from their amazing trip. If you want to a Disney Cruise, or just want to find out what it’s all about, read on to see the highlights from the Hall’s vacation. 

Monday

We were on the water for a couple days (Saturday and Sunday) and then ported in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. We scheduled a Catamaran and went out with four different families for several hours. It was Korbin and Brooke’s first time snorkeling and they were in heaven. We got to see turtles and stingrays – it was probably the most fun experience of the entire cruise! 

Tuesday

We sailed from Tortola to St. Thomas in the American Virgin Islands, where we got to do more snorkeling, got to swim, and bummed around on the beach. The water was really that turquoise blue you always see in pictures – truly incredible. 

 

Thursday

We sailed all day Wednesday and then ported at Castaway Cay, Disney’s Private Island. The water was so blue and had clear visibility below, so of course we had to do more snorkeling! They hid Mickey Mouses you could hunt for underwater, which was nice because there weren’t as many fish. They also include an 18+ beach which we lounged around on while Korbin and Brooke played with other kids. They had staff everywhere to watch the kids so we (Rebecca and Bradley) laid out and drank a daiquiri. It was basically a floating Disneyland! 

Aboard

I (Rebecca) get goosebumps reminiscing about everything on the ship – everything was so much fun and amazing! The cruise has a “Midship Detective Agency” where you select the mystery you want to solve and the cruise gives you a card so you can record all your clues. When you place the card up to a painting, it springs to life – it talks to you, tells you about the mystery you are solving, and gives you clues and directions. One mystery took us two hours because we were running all over the boat. 

They are continually running first-run movies out by the pool so we got to enjoy Jungle Book. We also got to go on the Aqua Duct, which is a huge slide that shoots you up and down and swings you out across the boat! 

We went Goofy Golfing and they also have games like foosball, basketball, and a Tween Club called Edge with events like scavenger hunts, ice breakers, and more. 

It’s really easy to find characters on the cruise – you only have to wait a couple minutes versus a half-hour or more at Disneyland. We saw about two each day, and one day we got five in a row! They also have multiple versions of the characters, like Captain Mickey, Traditional Mickey, etc. 

The provinceroom was incredible! Ours came with an ocean view room with a large porthole and window seat. The provinceroom was a really good size and all four of us were comfy and never felt smothered. 

Dining

You alternate three restaurants. Enchanted Garden has awesome flower lights on the ceiling that open and close and the colors on the ceiling change during your meal and Royal Court was really elegant and put me in mind of Cinderella. The meals are very gourmet and they have a good variety. My son tried everything, including escargot at the Royal Court. (He thought it tasted like dirt!) 

Animators Palette is animation-themed and they give you markers on your table so you can draw a figure. They offer directions on how to draw a figure, then they collect the drawings and at the end of your meal, they animate your drawings on these screens on the wall. You have no idea it’s coming! They put them to music and position them in Disney films. Our daughter is our artist so she worked really hard on hers and was thrilled – the rest of us weren’t quite as proud 

“Our family can’t thank Service Experts enough for this unbelievable experience,” Rebecca said after they returned home. “I get teary-eyed when I think about it all. Submitting an entry I never thought would go anywhere, finding out we were a finalist, the anxious voting stage, the big announcement, researching and choosing which cruise, the excitement of going and finally experiencing an amazing trip. It was such a fun time living it all. We are forever grateful!” 

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