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Dave Marx

About Dave Marx

Dave Marx is a founder of PassPorter Travel Press, and co-author of PassPorter's Walt Disney World and PassPorter's Disney Cruise Line guidebooks.

Changes to the Disney Wonder — There’s more to Wonder and Magic than Disney ever manages to cram into a press release, and the “reimagining” of Disney Cruise Line’s original ships is no exception. The marketing people need to focus attention on those changes the public will find most compelling. All-new kids club experiences may encourage […]

Less-Heralded Changes to the Disney Wonder

24 Nov, 2016 in Cruise Travel / Fresh Picked Posts tagged changes / disney wonder by Dave Marx

Review of Frozen, A Musical Spectacular on the Disney Wonder | PassPorter.com — Frozen is, without a doubt, Disney’s most successful animated feature film in recent memory. This instant Animated Classic has been integrated into Disney’s theme parks and cruise ships at a remarkable rate, and a full-scale version of the film is coming to Broadway in spring 2018 (certainly the fastest move to […]

Frozen, A Musical Spectacular: A Disney Cruise Line Theater Review

22 Nov, 2016 in Cruise Travel / Family Travel / Fresh Picked Posts tagged DCL / disney wonder / frozen / Show by Dave Marx

Disney Wonder Lounges | Review at PassPorter.com — Once upon a time, Disney Cruise Line believed that each ship’s adult nightlife district should have a unique theme. After all, cruisers love variety at least as much as they love consistency. Disney has broken with that tradition, by renaming the Wonder’s redecorated adult district on deck 3 forward “After […]

Disney Wonder Reimagined: Adult Entertainment District and Lounges

17 Nov, 2016 in Cruise Travel / Fresh Picked Posts tagged clubs / DCL / disney wonder / lounges / reimagined / renovations by Dave Marx

Tiana's Place Comes to Life on the Disney Wonder | Restaurant Review at PassPorter.com — . When the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder debuted, they both came equipped with Parrot Cay, a restaurant with Caribbean-themed menu and decor, and a bird call-laced sound track. While not exactly an epic fail, it wasn’t long before cruisers decided they could easily skip dinner at Parrot Cay in favor of Palo, […]

Tiana’s Place Comes to Life on the Disney Wonder

16 Nov, 2016 in Cruise Travel / Fresh Picked Posts tagged DCL / disney wonder / restaurant / review / tianas place by Dave Marx

Disney Wonder Reimagined: What's New, What's Changed | Disney Cruise | PassPorter.com — Though not exactly a vacation, the Disney Wonder returned from its dry dock in Cadiz, Spain refreshed and rejuvenated. In a real sense, the 17-year-old Wonder is playing catchup to its older sibling, the Disney Magic, and her younger-but-bigger sisters, the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, in the cruise line’s […]

Disney Wonder Reimagined: Live Report on Changes

14 Nov, 2016 in Cruise Travel tagged changes / disney wonder / reimagined / tianas place by Dave Marx

Somehow, I manage to get out to Disneyland about twice a year. It’s never for as long as I’d like, though usually enough to catch up on whatever has changed. My latest Anaheim fly-by was just this past week, on a delightful Sunday and equally pleasant Monday. This would be […]

Dave Does Disneyland – March 2012 Edition (Part 1)

18 Mar, 2012 in Cruise Travel / Disney at Large tagged California / Disneyland / New Orleans Square / Star Tours by Dave Marx

Disney Cruise Line has announced the spring and summer 2013 itineraries for the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder (all 2013 itineraries for the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy have been known for some time). Some of the news was expected, some less so. The Disney Dream in the shipyard […]

Disney Cruise Line’s New Spring and Summer 2013 Schedule

25 Jan, 2012 in Cruise Travel / Fresh Picked Posts tagged cruise itineraries / DCL / Disney Cruise Line by Dave Marx

February 27, 2012 Update – On February 22, 8 more bodies were found, raising the confirmed death toll to 25. January 31, 2012 Update – Italian authorities today ended the underwater search for missing passengers aboard the partially-submerged wreck of the Costa Concordia, citing concerns for the safety of divers […]

Cruise Ship Collision: Costa Concordia Runs Aground (25 Dead, 64 ...

14 Jan, 2012 in Cruise Travel / Fresh Picked Posts tagged cruise costa concordia carnival titanic shipwreck giglio ship collision by Dave Marx

Time is ticking away on balloting for the New Seven Wonders of Nature! 28 finalists from every continent but Antarctica are vying to be among the magnificent seven (penguins haven’t figured out how to cast votes on the internet or via text message, it seems). One of those 28, the […]

Vote for Canada’s Bay of Fundy: Help Make Canada’s Bay ...

7 Nov, 2011 in Cruise Travel by Dave Marx