Twist ?n? Spout water slide, Disney Wonder, Photo: Matt Stroshane
The Disney Wonder just got more wonderful

Booking a Disney cruise" Then you might want to consider baby number two in the Disney fleet, Wonder, which launched in 1999. Wonder has recently undergone a massive buff and shine, so (almost) everything looks spanking new. They?ve added Tiana?s Place?a Louisiana-inspired Creole and Cajun restaurant where everyone gets Mardi Gras beads, Tiana herself from The Princess and the Frog greets the patrons and performs, and the swamp-animal characters from the movie parade through the dinner hour playing Dixieland music. If Daddy needs a drink after all the festivities, he can go hide out at the new English pub the Crown & Fin. The ship?s upper decks were also redesigned for watery fun, including the addition of a Twist ?n? Spout water slide for bigger kids and Dory?s Reef, a splash zone for toddlers. Dog sledding in Alaska, Disney Cruise Line, Photo: Matt Stroshane
New itineraries

Canada alert! Starting in summer 2017, the Disney Wonder will be sailing out of Vancouver on super-cool expanded Alaska trips. Of course there will be lumberjacks, vintage railroad journeys through the mountains and dog mushing, but for the first time the Wonder will also be stopping at Icy Strait Point and Hubbard Glacier (just the largest glacier in North America, NBD). The Disney Magic has a first-ever stop in Amsterdam in the Netherlands on some of it?s European itineraries, and h...