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Love your report. It is making me anticipate our 2016 Dream cruise even more! Our boys will be traveling with us this time. Did your boys enjoy the Edge? Our boys are the same age as yours, and I want them to have a great time at the Edge.
We slept in this am... and by slept in, I mean this photo was taken at 8am.
As you can see, it was quite cloudy this morning and it even rained.
The weather did nothing to dampen our spirits though, because we had a big day planned. Mostly it consisted of chilling out. My only "reservation" was a fast pass of sorts to meet the princesses in the atrium. If you read my last TR, you'll see how crazy nervous I was to meet a face character. After all was said and done, I was hooked, and now I wanted to meet some other Disney celebs. The boys were still trying to open their eyes, but I wasn't rushing them to do anything and they certainly didn't want to meet any princesses, lol. I dragged Dh with me to the Princess Gathering and we'd meet the boys at Cabanas for breakfast later. My scheduled time was for 9:30, so when it was time, I got in line. I'm so glad I brought my own personal photographer with me (thanks honey!) because the photos that were taken by the professionals weren't very good. These aren't the greatest either, but he wasn't used to using my phone.
I remembered to bring my autograph book and a nice Sharpie. I'm glad I took a shot of my ticket, because they took it when it was my turn. I remembered to curtsy before each royal and they all seemed both surprised and pleased
It was so surreal talking to Tiana about my mother living in New Orleans. I mean when you really think about it... But I didn't because it was magic. She finally asked what my favorite food was and I actually drew a blank! She asked me about beignets and of course I love them. She said for me to come on down to her place and try some of hers the next time we're in NOLA.
Belle and I chatting about her humongous library
I showed Ariel my nails which matched my blouse. She loved the color of course, and then asked, "What is nail polish?" She listened attentively while I explained putting colored paint onto fingernails.
Rapunzel is now my favorite princess after meeting her in the Magic Kingdom. She talked a mile a minute, but I was able to tell her that I had fun at our last meet up
Cindy! Very classy. I told her I loved meeting her back on land and that I was surprising my boys with a trip to Disney World when we got back on land. She was very impressed.
I was very happy to meet Snow White, I had never even seen her before!
The Princess Gathering was a lot of fun, and my loving, patient husband only rolled his eyes just a little, lol. We were hungry and went up to Cabanas for breakfast. Titus had the Wave phone so we called him to meet us. Max was going to come up too.
Another delicious breakfast
I love this stuff! (Is muesli really a proper European breakfast? )
Another one of Titus' breakfasts
I love my baby!
The sun shining now. I was so content. It was warm, my tummy was happy, I had just had some good Disney fun and reggae music was playing. Just one of those days you put in your back pocket to savor later... We found out later that Max had come up, but couldn't find us, so had a big breakfast and went back to the stateroom to veg out. Titus went off to do some activity and Dh and I took a nice stroll.
The Diaper Dash - so cute! There were several babies, but only two really wanted to compete.
Dh went back to the room and I went on with my tour.
I think these two rooms changed their look a few times
Dh loves this room. This is the second time we've stayed in it. I don't think we'll ever get to stay in any other on the Dream!
This was our door. We didn't participate in a fish extender exchange, but I spent so much time making the extender hanger thingy last year, I decided to use it again just as decoration. Oh! On the door is my drawing of Goofy. I forgot I went to one of the classes. Speaking of classes, I went back to the room to see if Dh wanted to come to the "Anyone Can Cook" demo, but he was about to take a nap. (All of the magnets on the door are gifts from last year's exchange! )
I wish I could remember the chef's name, but I really enjoyed the demo. He showed us how to make Apple Strudel.
A sample - yes please!
I really enjoyed doing that. The chef was very knowledgeable and gave us a little bit of an idea of what goes on behind the scenes. I would love to take a tour of the kitchens!
I decided to try the movie trivia game in the 687 Lounge. I consider myself to be a movie queen of sorts so with the confidence of a know-it-all, I went in to grab a (very comfy) seat. The game was really fun but I got totally left in the dust by like half the room! (There were a lot of us in there.) I thought I knew a lot about movies, but I guess not! I took pic of my scorecard, but I'm too embarrassed to post it! (55/100. That's bad. ) Anyway, I had a nice drink to soften the pain
When I got back to the room, Dh was still in downtime mode but he said the kids were in Edge or the pool or the Aquaduck or something :smirk). I started to pack, as we had to have our luggage outside the door by 10:30pm I think. I was so relaxed that I wasn't even sad this time.
We could see West Palm Beach
Dinner was at our favorite Dream restaurant, Animator's Palate. We had a great table, right at a large screen, so it was like our own private show.
Black Truffle Pasta Purseittes, yummy.
"Ginger-Teriyaki dusted Angus Beef Tenderloin with Wasabi Mashed Potatoes and Bok Choy." This was ok, the flavors were good, but the beef wasa bit on the dry side.
Trying to figure out a puzzle from Anthony
My dessert and my birthday dessert They came out and sang a birthday song to me.
Anthony singing and dancing along with the show.
We were blown away by a magic trick from Anthony. We're still shaking our heads in amazement! It was more than just sleight of hand - he had some serious illusion stuff going on. Awesome!
Here are some screen shots from earlier in the day of the DCL onboard Navigator app...
After dinner, we finished packing up and went to see Guardian of the Galaxy in 3D. We hardly ever spend the extra money for 3D, so this was a treat. We had already seen it once, but it was just "ok". This time in 3D it was really good, I understood all the hype! We went to bed very happy cruisers, not really sad about debarking in the morning. Well at least we weren't - the kids thought they were going to the airport, hee hee!
What a lovely relaxing day! I don't think I've ever seen shots from the lookout tower before, so thanks for sharing those.
It's a great view from there!
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What a great day at CC! Love the pics!
Thanks!
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Beautiful day at CC! After so much time in the sun, I would have passed out too!
We were like soft putty
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What a gorgeous day!!! I hope to some day visit that cozy little island
I hope you get to go, it's wonderful!
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Sounds like an awesome day on Castaway Cay!
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Catching up with your last two updates! Sounds like you all are thoroughly enjoying your cruise.
Oh yes we did!
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Love your report. It is making me anticipate our 2016 Dream cruise even more! Our boys will be traveling with us this time. Did your boys enjoy the Edge? Our boys are the same age as yours, and I want them to have a great time at the Edge.
They are going to love it! The boys practically lived in Edge They have so many activities that take place all over the ship and on Castaway Cay too.
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I sound like an echo here-- what a perfect sea day! I love the shots of you with the princesses and the smiling dinner shots, too. Sounds like Anthony helped to make your cruise extra special. I agree with you about the muesli. The best I've ever had anywhere!
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I don't think I've ever seen shots from the lookout tower before, so thanks for sharing those.
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Love the pics! 
She finally asked what my favorite food was and I actually drew a blank! She asked me about beignets and of course I love them. She said for me to come on down to her place and try some of hers the next time we're in NOLA. 
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) Anyway, I had a nice drink to soften the pain 
They are going to love it! The boys practically lived in Edge 
They have so many activities that take place all over the ship and on Castaway Cay too.
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