Welcome aboard, Dawn!
Disney Cruise Line partners with the best groups in each port of call to offer its guests the most amazing Port Adventures out there! Even if you booked directly through the outside excursion agency, you wouldn't get the service and attention to detail that you'll get when you book through Disney Cruise Line.
Disney's Port Adventures meet onboard the ship. That's right! You don't have to worry about heading off the ship into an unknown area on your own trying to find where to meet an excursion. Nope! You'll receive tickets for your adventure in your stateroom which will state when and where to meet onboard with the rest of your group for check-in and to begin the adventure. It is really convenient.
Since Disney handpicks the best groups to offer each individual Port Adventure with Disney standards in mind, I don't have any information to give you about how to look at the companies aside from through
Disney Cruise Line's Port Adventures page. However, you can most certainly do a web search for Disney Cruise Port Adventure with the name of the adventure to get reviews or blog posts about it from previous guests. Alternately, we Disney Parks Cruise Moms have experienced many of them ourselves, so we may be able to provide some more guidance if you come back with specific questions!
I love the Disney Wonder, and the
Mexican Riviera sailings, which it sounds like you'll be experiencing this spring. Or perhaps you're on one of the first
Alaskan sailings of the season, in which case you'll find tons of unique adventures too!
Have fun planning, Dawn!
Marcy