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You made a great showing with finding four of the officers! Not such an easy task when they’ve changed clothes and you just have to go by faces!
How very pleasant to be sitting outside for lunch!
Oh cool, they changed clothes too! That was a really fun little adventure!
And I absolutely love the fact you could enjoy your lunch outside in the sunshine afterwards. Beautiful!
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The hide and seek was a lot of fun but seems more time should be allotted for this like 30 minutes. Nice way to spend lunch out on the deck and a lot warmer than you'd expect this time of year in Canada. Especially at sea!
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Friday 14 September – part four: the whole thing has been adapted for me!
When we’d finished eating at Cabana’s, we made our way up to deck 10. It was beautiful up there, and best of all, we were alone!
Then we walked all along deck 10, marvelling at how beautiful the day was, how the sea was brilliant blue below us and how the kids’ and family pool were now open for the first time since we’d been at sea….
We walked up to the front of deck 10 to get some photos and it was a bit more blowy up there…
… then we headed back along the other side…
… and down to the spa. Mark had had a voucher offering $50 off a treatment for his birthday. He thought he’d put it towards a shave, but apparently he won’t be. It’s only valid for certain spa treatments (no salon ones). The woman spoke to the manager about it and she wasn’t budging. Mind you, you could see from the reception that it was busy in here, so I guess frankly she’s not that bothered, as they’re no doubt making lots of money this cruise…
We headed back to the room for a break before our mixology class and finished up watching Guardians of the Galaxy. It had developed a technical glitch about 15 minutes before the end and got stuck, which was a real pain. It wasn’t the first time it had happened. Let’s just say that the system still has some teething trouble… need I say Disney and tech in the same sentence? It’s an Ok system, but it’s not brilliant. It does at least play and pause, but forward and rewind are hit and miss. It takes you to the next point in the film, except you don’t know what the next point is until you press forward or rewind, if that makes sense? It’s a good start, but it could be better…
Once we were done with that, we had some time, so we started to watch Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Well why not?
We headed down for our Mixology class just before 2:00pm and ended up sitting with two women that we half knew from the cognac class. They were on their third back to back cruise and have done a number of these drinks classes already. Let’s just say that they can easily answer any questions…
Denton from Jamaica was presenting it and, as soon as we arrived, we got a broad smile, having explained to him about my allergies a couple of days earlier. I think he was just relieved to see us there, given he’d adapted the whole class around me!
This is what greeted us when we sat down and I must admit my first thought was “oh great, mojitos”… I can’t stand that stuff. However, I was to be pleasantly surprised by it later in the session. However, we had a few drinks to go before we got to those…
Such a gorgeous day!
You know what, that's a brilliant idea. I think we'd better watch Guardians of the Galaxy movies too, at least before the next time we head to WDW (whenever that is!). Never seen them, and as you said, it might help with the story of the new ride at Epcot.
Mmmm, mixology!! I'm not a mojito fan either, so I'm really curious to see how this is good later on!
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It sounds like you had fun at the Captains Hide and Seek! How wonderful that the weather was so beautiful that it allowed you to enjoy your meal outside on the deck! You really did luck out with the weather on this trip. Looking forward to hearing about the mixology class.
You did great finding half of the officers! What a beautiful day to be at sea! Glad you could enjoy the sunshine. It looks like the mixology class is off to a great start!
Such a gorgeous day!
You know what, that's a brilliant idea. I think we'd better watch Guardians of the Galaxy movies too, at least before the next time we head to WDW (whenever that is!). Never seen them, and as you said, it might help with the story of the new ride at Epcot.
That was part of my thinking. I had no idea about Guardians of the Galaxy before I watched the movies. Now I can start to picture how they might do the ride...
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And what a lovely way to enjoy lunch!!! 
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I never expected to be doing that.
It’s an Ok system, but it’s not brilliant. It does at least play and pause, but forward and rewind are hit and miss. It takes you to the next point in the film, except you don’t know what the next point is until you press forward or rewind, if that makes sense? It’s a good start, but it could be better… 
However, I was to be pleasantly surprised by it later in the session. However, we had a few drinks to go before we got to those… 
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