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Cheryl - I hope you don't mind my butting in here, but I just wanted to let you know that you can get your Rainforest passes ahead of time. The info is on their website or you can call Disney Cruise Line direct and do it. We did that for our last 2 cruises and it worked out perfectly.
Seriously? Every cruise we've taken, the only option on the website has been the one day pass and I had no idea you could call Disney. You learn something every day...
Isn't it cool when you sail on Disney and you know they are at capacity, yet you feel like you have the ship all to yourself? That's what your pictures look like - that this cruise was just for you and Mark and the happy couple getting married.
You're so right, although I'm not convinced this was a full sailing you know. We saw no signs to say it was - and our previous few, there were signs on embarkation day, saying not to ask for any upgrades, as the ship was sailing full. I also happen to know that they were offering upgrades, as Jennifer got one when she enquired at the terminal.
Love that you were spending the time relaxing and just checking things out. Sounds like a great way to kill some time! I find it fascinating to watch how things are done, especially on a large cruise ship.
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that fog coming is a weird. I love seeing the shots of the business of the port. You forget how many people it takes just to make these floating cities work.
that fog coming is a weird. I love seeing the shots of the business of the port. You forget how many people it takes just to make these floating cities work.
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Cheryl - I hope you don't mind my butting in here, but I just wanted to let you know that you can get your Rainforest passes ahead of time. The info is on their website or you can call Disney Cruise Line direct and do it. We did that for our last 2 cruises and it worked out perfectly.
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Seriously? Every cruise we've taken, the only option on the website has been the one day pass and I had no idea you could call Disney. You learn something every day...
It does say "one day pass" on the website, but you can get a pass for as many days as you would like.
Interesting shots of the guys working on the ship.
Love the wedding shots. there was a wedding on our recent EBPC from San Diego. They held it outside on deck. It was very beautiful!
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We both ended up getting cocktails at the Royal Palace. I got the Illusion, made up of vodka, triple sec, Midori and pineapple juice, and wow, it was nice – so sweet, just the thing I like!
Mark went for the mango rum cooler, with white rum, mango puree, apple juice and sour mix, and he told me it was pretty potent:
… and I put my food order in, then I went for a wander around the restaurant, photographing all the details, as it’s so difficult to do this when it’s full at dinner. It’s absolutely beautiful:
We asked where table 3 was, and discovered we were in this private room. Cool!
I decided to start off with the chilled mango soup with a mint foam, although to be honest, I thought that tasted more like cream Oh wow, this was absolutely delicious, and I could quite happily eat bowls of this stuff!
… and then thought that I’d have two appetisers. The first one I had was the vegetable quesadillas served with guacamole, sour cream, and pico de Gallo. These were unlike any such quesadillas I’ve ever had before, they were so light, and this really felt like the posh way to do quesadillas if that makes sense.
Then I went for the assorted seafood sampler, which consisted of crab claws, shrimp, and marinated scallops, served with a lemon and olive oil dressing, which Mark also had. Bless him, he managed to deal with his crab claws fine, but there was no way I could do mine. My hands just aren’t up to it with my carpal tunnel (must have been the exertion of turning that shower on for that woman earlier! ), so he had to do mine as well. Look at the concentration and hard work going into it!
It was very good, and I certainly got a lot of lobster out of it - Mark!
He was more traditional than me and went for an appetiser, followed by an entrée, and his entrée was the lemon chicken salad, pan seared chicken breast served on mixed greens with papaya and a coconut-lemon grass dressing. He did leave a lot of his salad, saying there was just too much of it.
We had to order dessert at the start of our meal, which was a bit frustrating, not knowing if we’d be hungry enough for that, but our server (whose name I cannot remember now ) talked me into it when he said the magic words “Mickey Bar”. I mean, heck, where else can you enjoy those? And I have already had two Dole Whips this trip, so it only seemed fair to level things up a little…
Mark had the key lime pie, lime custard on Graham cracker with a meringue topping:
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Oh wow, this was absolutely delicious, and I could quite happily eat bowls of this stuff! 
), so he had to do mine as well. Look at the concentration and hard work going into it! 
Mark! 
) talked me into it when he said the magic words “Mickey Bar”. I mean, heck, where else can you enjoy those? And I have already had two Dole Whips this trip, so it only seemed fair to level things up a little… 
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