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Do you know what the two round medal things attached together are? You can see I've never stepped foot in a spa.
I think they are a gently tapped together to make a chime sound. It might be used to signal the end of the massage or treatment, but I have only been on the Dream and don't recall them being used during either of the massages I had.
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Wow! My kids would love those! The glass light fixture reminds me of the Bellagio in Vegas.
I would love to be a kid there.
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Love all the details in the kids' clubs and the nursery.
They surely make it look fun.
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I think they are a gently tapped together to make a chime sound. It might be used to signal the end of the massage or treatment, but I have only been on the Dream and don't recall them being used during either of the massages I had.
I had to take a peek at the cute kids club bathrooms too.
This hallway is between the 2 clubs.
We headed back to our room. I am not sure why we did, but our luggage had arrived. I forgot to mention earlier that we had also met our State Room Host Rodrigo, and he was just so friendly. We loved this guy. We had asked him to separate the beds and they were already done now and he had brought our luggage into our room as well.
We decided to unpack a bit and then I hung out on the balcony taking it all in…and then we spot them…dolphins!
Sadly those are the best pictures I got of the buggers. They were popping up randomly and I never knew where to aim. Why did they hang here in this gross looking green water….go out into the ocean…it’s cleaner out there!
You probably can’t see them in this picture, but there are 2 dolphins peeking up out in the distance.
And a few birds flew by.
We then saw this float by. UGH! Lisa told me to take a picture and tell everyone NOT to litter and it is so nasty and the poor dolphins are swimming with this junk.
The kids' areas are just amazing. Very cool to see the dolphins but not-so-cool to see the floating trash. I love the photo of the power boat with the dog at the bow!
The kids' areas are just amazing. Very cool to see the dolphins but not-so-cool to see the floating trash. I love the photo of the power boat with the dog at the bow!
Yes they have a great place to stay and play. i would love to be a kid on one of these ships.
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How neat you got to see dolphins!
It's always exciting to see dolphins...I felt bad about the gross water they were in though.
We headed out and over to Guest Services. I wanted to get tickets for the Alice Tea Party. I ended up getting them for our 2nd sea day for Lisa, Brook and I. I will give you all the disappointing news right now. We all completely forgot about it and never went. I am so mad at myself for doing so…but I took a nap without a care in the world and remembered several hours later.
And then we had to get a picture with the Mickey Icon.
And then it was time to check out Beat Street, which is the bar area.
A look into Rockin Bar D.
This place hosted a lot of events and usually had the adult nightly entertainer in here.
After our tour of the bar area I wanted to find the Edge (the preteen club) and take a look at that. That is the one club I had not seen on the Dream, so it would be nice to see what the Magic had…and maybe I can compare in a few weeks….
It was nice and I am sure the preteens enjoy it very much.
We then headed towards Brook’s room.
I wanted to give her her tea party ticket …..you know ….the ones we totally forgot about on the actual day …..
While in her room, I took a few pictures. She brought this turtle along. It’s Henry’s and she took pictures of him throughout the cruise in different spots and was going to show Henry his adventures.
Brook had an ocean view room. This was the view out her window.
I noticed Brook has this little stool under her desk. I wasn’t sure if we had one in our room too, as I didn’t see it. I did later find out we do, and I think ours was a different pattern of covering too. I’m sure I eventually took a picture.
Here is the fish outside the doors (the Fantasy and Dream are not all actual fish, but have other things like seahorses too). Disney will leave notes on the fish. This is also where people hang their “Fish Extenders”. Those are people who join a group, usually on Dis, and they get so many members (10 -30) and then every room leaves a gift in the Fish Extender (FE) to all on the list. Kind of like a secret Santa type thing, but you leave it for everyone on the list and you don’t have to be anonymous. We did not partake in it this cruise. With such a short time to plan, I just didn’t have time to get little gifts for each room. I am doing it for our Nov. cruise, and that’s been enough work there. However, many people on our facebook page said they had more than enough gifts to share, and if anyone wanted to sign up on the “extra gift” list, we were welcomed to. Brook and I both did. I hung my FE out, but Brook didn’t. I think I got more than she did though because I was well marked and had a spot to leave the goodies.
I think Lisa thought I was a bit crazy at first for placing mine out and putting magnets on our door, but after a bit, she commented that she loved our decorated door and it made our room very easy to find when we came back to it each time. (That was the same comment my Mom had made last year on the Dream too)
All 3 of us headed out of the room. We went to look at the shops area. This was not open yet, but I wanted to see what it looked like.
I really loved the window displays.
Look how cute the door is too.
A special shirt for this cruise…there were actually 2 and I liked the other one better but both were too pricey for me.
I took a peek in through the window …… I spot Dooneys!
I had to get some shots of good old Walt. Something learned on a tour later in the week ….there is something missing from this famous picture ….do you know what it is?
Brook took a picture of Lisa and I.
I then decided to give Claire a call. I didn’t mention this, but in the morning I had called Skip, and he had said he ended up going to my Moms and getting Claire last night. I guess he was already getting lonely. So she spent the night with him and my Mom came over around 9 or so and picked her back up this morning. Claire wasn’t too talkative. She was busy playing, but we said “I Love Yous” and I told her I would try to call if I could, but I might not be able to. She was doing fine and told me about some of the fun she had had already. They had gone to a movie the day before and my Mom was keeping her very busy ….or vice versa!
A few more pictures randomly around the area. I think I might’ve taken some of them while I was on the phone.
I stepped outside and looked at deck 4.
I liked to call this the Titanic deck. It just made me think of the movie so much with the look of it.
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