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I made a potty stop and since I was alone in there, I took a few shots.
Most of the public bathrooms looked like this on the Magic. On the Dream I think every bathroom was different. I thought these were nice, but I liked having different ones on the Dream..
I headed towards the shops.
I ran into Brook and Carolyn in there.
They were going to head to deck 4 to take a walk so I joined them.
We went out to deck 4 and began our walking. I couldn’t really go too fast because I had on girly sandals. If you know me, you know I have awful feet and they hurt with just about any shoe, but a few tennis shoes.
Deck 4 is just beautiful and peaceful. The Titanic deck as I refer to it.
This is also the running track deck. We went with the flow, and yes, there were some joggers out this night, and soon we came upon this at the front of the ship.
We were so excited. We never knew this area existed. It was like a jackpot for a Disney Geek. Who knew this room existed? I swear I have never seen pictures of it before anywhere either. So I took a couple of shots of what I call the anchor room. The jogging path goes right through it.
After our geeky excitement of finding this hidden anchor room, that really isn’t so hidden, we kept walking.
We found some portholes and took a look in. It was Animators Palates kitchen.
We walked and talked and it was just so nice. If you have cruised before you know the wonderful sound of the hum of the ship and the water sloshing around. I need a sound machine with that sound.
I mentioned that I wasn’t sure how Lisa was enjoying the cruise. She isn’t one to show lots of emotion and though I thought she was having a good time, I wasn’t positive. There was an incident many years ago with Lisa when she traveled with someone else and she said it was awful. She would lock herself in the hotel bathroom and call her husband, trying to figure out a way to get home, or spend time without this other person. I was hoping she wasn’t having these same sorts of feelings.
A blurry shot of the Titanic Deck.
In case you are interested, here is the info on the distance for walking/jogging this deck.
It was time for me to head back in. I think Carolyn and Brook did too. I think it was just a little after 11 now.
I guess somewhere along the line I walked past the laundry room because those are my last pictures of the night.
I do believe Lisa was sleeping when I got back. I think she did wake up and tell me there was an irritating noise so she had turned the TV on to block it. And there was. We never figured out what it was, but it came from the ceiling right by the sliding door to the balcony. It kind of sounded like a bit of static or popping of some sort between the floors in the vents. It wasn’t bad, but when sleeping it could be annoying at times.
I got ready for bed and worried I wouldn’t sleep. I have such anxiety on vacation that sleeping is very hard for me. But I did drift off and was woke up by Lisa making her way to the bathroom and she had ran into my bed. LOL The rest of the night was good until I rolled over against the wall my bed was against and hit the light switch on accident and we got a bright awakening then too. But I quickly turned them off and back to dream land we went.
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I'm sure I've put photos of that hidden anchor room in my reports before, but what I've never seen before is that view of the kitchen of Animator's Palete - now that's really neat!
Great photos around the ship! Dinner looked good! But I have to add, the Sweet Temptations doesn't look too good. It must be because you put a photo of the Sea Bass.
I love Deck 4, too (but prefer not to think of it as the "Titanic" deck ). It just looks like the classic on-board shots of trans-Atlantic ships from old black & white movies.
I've seen that crazy equipment room that the jogging track goes through-- so unexpected!
Great photos around the ship! Dinner looked good! But I have to add, the Sweet Temptations doesn't look too good. It must be because you put a photo of the Sea Bass.
Oh my goodness. I didn't catch that. I will fix it when I get home.
I too thought the Grand Marnier souffle was just as good as the chocolate souffle at Palo!
I never noticed port holes looking into the kitchen when I was on the Wonder... very cool!
It was really cool to take a peak in
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I'm sure I've put photos of that hidden anchor room in my reports before, but what I've never seen before is that view of the kitchen of Animator's Palete - now that's really neat!
I bet that was before I started following you. I know you would've seen it before for sure. I was just so excited to see it. LOL
I was amazed we could take a peak in the kitchen too.
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I love Deck 4, too (but prefer not to think of it as the "Titanic" deck ). It just looks like the classic on-board shots of trans-Atlantic ships from old black & white movies.
I've seen that crazy equipment room that the jogging track goes through-- so unexpected!
I love that old classic ship look. At first when Disney came out, and I was younger of course .... I wasn't sure, but i soon grew to like the look. Now I just look at them compared to pother ships and think how beautiful they are. I want to stick my tongue out at others while I board the Disney ship. LOL
You will have such a blast.
Do you have any port Adventures planned?
We have 1 port adventure booked, the Nautilus Undersea Tour at Grand Cayman. We will be traveling with my DGS, who is 3 years old, so we were limited to which excursions we could do. We will probably get off the ship at the other ports and just walk around for a bit and then return to the ship.
We have 1 port adventure booked, the Nautilus Undersea Tour at Grand Cayman. We will be traveling with my DGS, who is 3 years old, so we were limited to which excursions we could do. We will probably get off the ship at the other ports and just walk around for a bit and then return to the ship.
That sounds fun.
In Costa Maya they have a lot of shopping right in this little port area. Also they have a pool there too free to use. Lots of people just stayed there all day.
I didn’t keep very good notes, but I think I most likely woke around 6:30. I think Lisa was still sleeping so I got dressed and went out to get a drink.
I finally remembered to get a picture of our door as I headed out.
I got a hot chocolate and a banana and sat down and to write a few notes in my notebook and talked to a few other early risers. The crew was busy at work.
After a good chat with some fellow passengers I headed back to the room.
Lisa was up and we headed to fill our bellies at Topsiders.
We sat next to the window and this was our beautiful view this morning.
And my plate.
While we sat and ate and chatted, we saw Brook and Carolyn come in. We didn’t holler to them, so I don’t think they ever saw us.
I think they are in this picture.
After we ate, we headed back to our room. Our plan was to go for a walk around deck 4.
I took a couple more quick pictures while we were there. As I had said, I was warned that the Magic had some wear and tear. The balcony was where it shown most to me. It has rust spots and paint splatters. I am not sure if I took any other pictures of it later in the cruise. In this one you can see the paint splatters on the deck chair.
This is our cooling box in the room. It does NOT get very cold at all.
Thanks so much for the great trip report! I am really enjoying reading it.... I get home and the first thing I do is check to see if there are more pictures....
My family and I will be sailing out of Galveston in February. We would love to participate in the Fish Extender thing - but not sure how to do that - can you point us in the right direction?
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I wasn't sure, but i soon grew to like the look. Now I just look at them compared to pother ships and think how beautiful they are. I want to stick my tongue out at others while I board the Disney ship. LOL
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