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Here’s a great new offering for families assigned to second dining! The Dine and Play program allows children to get their meals quicker and adults to check-in a child for Youth Activities without leaving the dining room.

Dine and Play

• Available on both the Disney Magic® and Disney Wonder® Cruise Ship.
• Offered during second dining in any of the main dining rooms – Animator’s Palate, Lumieres, Tritons and Parrot Cay.
• Open to children ages 3-12.

Here’s how it works: You arrive in the dining room and inform the server that your child would like to participate in Dine and Play. The dining room team brings the child’s meal first while serving the adults at a more leisurely pace.

About 45 minutes after seating begins, Youth Activities Counselors arrive in the dining room and sign in your child to their respective groups in Disney’s Oceaneer Club or Disney’s Oceaneer Lab, eliminating the need for you to escort your child to Deck 5.

Adults are then able to enjoy the full dining experience with the knowledge that their child is having a great time in a safe, fun and comfortable environment.

You can sail with popular Disney Channel stars this summer aboard the Disney Wonder® Cruise Ship during the first-ever “Disney Channel Summer at Sea,” presented by Kodak.

Popular stars from Disney Channel shows like “Hannah Montana,” “Sonny With a Chance,” “JONAS,” “The Suite Life on Deck,” “Camp Rock,” and “Hatching Pete” will join Guests on 3- and 4-night cruises beginning July 9 through Aug. 2, 2009.

All eight sailings are available to book now with special fan activities included.

During the voyages, Disney Channel stars will help pump up the volume during onboard deck parties and join Guests for Q&A and autograph sessions as well as preview screenings of Disney Channel programming.

The onboard fun culminates with a “Party with the Stars” event, an evening in which Guests are invited to join the stars for a special musical performance by a Disney recording artist.

Each cruise will include multiple Disney Channel stars. Among those scheduled, with more to be announced shortly, are:

3-Night Disney Channel Summer At Sea Cruise Sail Dates and Appearance Schedule*

• July 9 to 12, 2009 – Tiffany Thornton and Doug Brochu (Sonny with a Chance), Roshon Fegan (Camp Rock) and Nicole Anderson (JONAS)
• July 16 to 19, 2009 – Jason Earles (Hannah Montana)
• July 23 to 26, 2009 – Jason Dolley (Hatching Pete) and Chelsea Straub (JONAS)
• July 30 to August 2, 2009 – Debby Ryan (The Suite Life on Deck)

4-Night Disney Channel Summer at Sea Cruise Sail Dates and Appearance Schedule*

• July 12 to 16, 2009 – Tiffany Thornton (Sonny with a Chance), Roshon Fegan (Camp Rock) and Nicole Anderson (JONAS)
• July 19 to 23, 2009 – Musical Act Mitchel Musso and Jason Earles (Hannah Montana)
• July 26 to 30, 2009 – Jason Dolley (Hatching Pete) and Chelsea Straub (JONAS)
• August 2 to 6, 2009 – Alyson Stoner (Camp Rock) and Jennifer Stone (Wizards of Waverly Place)

*Schedule and talent subject to change. Not all stars available for each sailing.