Over the weekend, the Disney Wonder returned to the sea when the Navantia dry dock was flooded then repositioned to an adjacent pier. Captain Gus along with crew and contractors took time late last week to snap the traditional end of dry dock photos near the props.
Below are a few photos of the water rushing into the dry dock.
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In the photo below you can see the propulsion work that was completed during her time out of water.
Finally, I put together a short video of sorts tracking the Disney Wonder on MarineTraffic.com as she departs Cadiz, spends some time doing sea trials and sails to Lisbon.
USA Today’s Gene Sloan was in Cadiz and published this video with a look at some of the new spaces.
Disney posted a similar video with most if not all the same b-roll.
There was a lot of quick looks in that video. Below are some screenshots broken down by re-imagined space.
After Hours
First up a look inside Azure which in the video showed b-roll of Fathoms on the Disney Magic.
Crown and Fin Pub has a crowned fin fish on the mirrors behind the bar along with various nods to England in the decor.
Restaurants
Up first you can see Disney is keeping up to date with the addition of Maui from Disney’s upcoming animated release Moana.
Moving on to the most anticipated renovation, Tiana’s Place!!!
The wall with newspaper clippings and Tiana’s family photos.
A fine chandelier before it is installed in Tiana’s Place.
Finally, a look at themed dishware that will be used in Tiana’s Place.
Oceaneer Club
The Oceaneer Club has been re-imagined just like it was on the Disney Magic.
Andy’s Room will feature an large screen HDTV.
Young Avengers will assemble in the Marvel Super Hero Academy with unique items from the Marvel Cinematic universe films.
Yoo-hoo! Oaken’s big summer blowout sale helped him finance a permanent Oaken’s Trading Post on the Disney Wonder.
AquaLab
The Twist N Spout Slide is in place above the AquaLab which I suspect will look very similar to the version added to the Magic in 2013.
Frozen, The Musical
The theatrical team is hard at work installing the new stage show in the Walt Disney Theatre.
Look at the Disney Wonder’s new chandelier, isn’t it great!
That does it for the screenshots. Oh wait, you wanted to see the Disney Wonder’s new chandelier… Well, it wasn’t in the video, but it ended up in my inbox last week. I think I’m in love, but am holding final judgement until I see it in person. What are your first impressions?
Oh, one more thing… Here are some photos that ended up in my inbox over the duration of the dry dock.
The Disney Wonder is expected to leave Lisbon and make her way to Port Canaveral, tentatively arriving in Florida at the beginning of November based on a previously published port calendar.
Great update, neat to see the scale of the crew next to the propellers. My wife and I are excited for our first cruise (of any kind!) aboard the Wonder for next year’s Eastbound Panama Canal Halloween trip!
You will love it, did Panama cruise over Halloween 2015, amazing experience, we are repeating Panama only in reverse May 2017, loving the long sailings!!
We’ll be aboard in May! Can’t wait.
Why do you think they got rid of all the Chihuly??? I loved those.
Kate, I believed I heard rumblings the new Wonder chandelier is a new Chihuly creation. I suspect the reason the Magic & Wonder lost the original was do to sight lines from the upper decks. Make the chandelier smaller then makes the atrium space feel more open.
So exciting. Plan to be aboard for the December Western Caribbean cruise.
Did they not paint the forward bubble? Looks like it was left gray.
I wondered the same thing
Neat chandelier with the Red… kinda like Ariel’s hair? Writing (speaking) of which, it looks like the Ariel statue has been moved and there are new handrails, so the starboard staircase must be finally gone.
We LOVE the new chandelier! Just Beautiful! Early stages of Tiana’s Place … lovely. We sail The Wonder in just 45 days. So excited!
Do you know if they took out the double staircase?
I am on the first sailing out of Galveston. I cannot wait! I too really like the new chandelier – so much better than the one on the Disney Magic in my opinion. It looks like Chihuly to me. I hope it is! Thanks for sharing!~
Be wary modisneychick, I was on the inaugural sailing of the Magic and it was canceled because the ship wasn’t 100% finished, just a 411
Please let us know if there is a concierge lounge after the renovations.
Kathy… yes there is a concierge lounge. DCL has updated the Wonder info and you can see it on the deck plans.
I like what I see of the new chandelier – I am really not fond of the re-imagined one on the Magic so I’m glad they went a different way with this one.
I agree the new chandelier looks way nicer than the Magic one in my opinion. Still disappointed that no Aquadunk or something like it was added, oh well I still look forward to sailing on her to enjoy the changes.
Given that the Wounder spends a lot of time in cold weather, I am hoping DCL did more changes to provide more outside space that will be better utilized during the Alaska cruises.
Is the concierge lounge scheduled to be open on the first cruises? I see it wasn’t mentioned in the video.
No Aqua Dunk or Aqua Duck??
Nope, it wouldn’t be used much during the Alaska, NYC/CA cruises.
I really hope they redo the rooms. Like New Beds!
Many of the beds on The Wonder were changed out during much of the 2015/2016 season, I know in 2015 we sailed on a 5 night Western Caribbean trip in Feb and were on Deck 7 in a Verandah room and they had installed the new Queen HIGH bed that lets you put luggage and other things under the bed for storage, in addition they had some rooms on Deck 5 & 6 closed off as they were refurbishing them during the trip. The only info I saw during the drydock was that they were redoing the Concierge rooms as they are unable to do it during sailings since they’re so few and so popular they can’t get access to them except during a refit like this.
Any word on if they are adding the shwarma station like on the Magic?
We hope they are having Shwarma’s too. Was a great surprise on the Magic & were really tasty!!!
Weill be on her in March 2017. So ready.
I love the new chandelier, but does it remind anyone else of Carousel from Logan’s Run? 🙂
YES! That’s exactly what I saw too!
Great pictures & update, Scott. Do you know anything about Captain Gus? I haven’t heard of him before. I’m assuming he’ll be our captain. 29 days till we sail!!!
Captain Gus joined DCL in 1996. You can see his bio on the Captains page.
Thanks Scott… didn’t realize you had this on your site. I am e-mailing you the bio info I got on the staff board in 2014 for Captain John Barwis so you can add it in.
Excellent!
He was our captain going thru the Panama Canal. A great guy and crew favorite. 👌🏻
We had Captain Gus for the Alaskan season this year, he was GREAT!!!
Sally & Dustin… We will be sailing for 2 weeks, back to back, so I’m glad we’ll have a good captain. Captain Fabian has been our favorite and we were hoping he’d be back on the Wonder when we sail next month, but now I’m looking forward to meeting Captain Gus!
Sharon, Captain Gus is a treasure and oversaw the dry dock. Very visible, friendly, and loves to play the horn. 😍 Have a great time.
I think Azure is a hard word to say, perhaps I’ll just calling it Wave Bands!
We’ll be sailing in 3 weeks on the Nov. 18th, can’t wait to see all the new improvements!!
Thanks for the information.
Heading out on the Wonder’s first voyage back 9n Nov 10. Sooo excited!!!
When does Disney Wonder arrive to Port Canaveral this month? Nov 1 or Nov 2
Today, November 1st.
My Disney Magic inaugural cruise was canceled because the ship was not 100% done, I hope it works out better for you