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Your meal at Lumiere's looked quite good overall. Too bad for the heavy wind and surf on CC and couldn't enjoy it the way you wanted to.
I think Cass was more bummed than me. I am not a big swimmer, so I could live without getting in...and we made the best of the day we could.
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Wow that wind must have been crazy! Can't believe how small serenity bay had gotten!
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It really looked so small.
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What a shame you couldn't swim - the wind must've been really bad. The last time we got off at Castaway Cay in December 2012, we had a storm hit and the wind was terrible, but beforehand, it was pretty windy and, although they cancelled the water excursions, you could still swim.
It was crazy and the waves were constantly crashing. It was kind of neat to see really.
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Those waves were really incredible!!! The beach looks so beautiful on CC!
I get another shot in Oct, so I hope mother nature plays nice this time around.
Cass mentioned this sign was new. I can’t say yes or no really. I guess I could look through my old pictures, but I believe her, she usually has a good memory on things like this.
Now when we got home, several of us had been in a social media group for our cruise. Some people mentioned they went in the water. I know for a 100% fact that no one was allowed in the water the whole day. I think these people went in anyways. Some swearing they were allowed. It was kind of weird though actually. One even mentioned thinking a family member got sick from being in the water and when someone else pointed out that no one was ever allowed in the water she kind of changed the story. Honestly I wasn’t impressed with a lot of people in our group. Maybe it’s just me, but I have only found one good pre-cruise group since I started joining them and that was the Galveston cruise I was on. It just seems hard to get close to any of the people. I don’t think we saw anyone from that group while on the ship either.
I started looking for one for my Oct. cruise, but so far no luck, but then again I am not too sad about that fact either. Hahaha.
After we got back to the ship we just went right to our room. The nice thing about our room is that it was pretty close to get on and off the ship and just 1 floor up, so no need to wait for an elevator. I think Cass changed and we got a bite to eat.
I think we just fooled around a bit…I don’t have more pictures till the evening, so my guess is we just chilled or something. Maybe Cass went for a swim on the ship?
And then we had a date with some stars….the kind in the sky!
Star Wars, the Force Awakens was playing. Cass and I both have seen it right when it was released, with her going to it the day before the official release and I went with Claire on its release date. Of course we both needed to see it again to try and decipher some of the things that puzzled us and we hoped seeing it a second time we would catch things we didn’t the first.
Well the theatre was packed. I think because island activities were at a minimum many others had the same thought as us. Though we had this planned even before we knew how cruddy the day was going to be.
Let’s just say the seats are NOT comfortable and there is not enough leg room. I felt like I was on top of Cass. And I was getting stiff and achy. There were people getting up and down and even though it is stadium seating there really isn’t enough room to easily walk the aisle. I think about ¾ of the way through I got up and moved a seat over which then allowed both Cass and I to sit kind of sideways and stretch our legs a bit more.
That being said, we enjoyed the movie once again and both had some new theories on it. I can’t wait for the next one to see if any of my theories are even close to being remotely right. Of course I have to wait till late 2017 before I can even hope for some answers.
Some of the girls did spend some time on the island but I think most came back somewhat early and just hung out and did their own thing.
I believe after the movie I got showered. I am pretty sure Cass and I went to the show with the comedian who had been at the club the night before. He was good but the adult shows are always better.
Later I met up with some of the girls who were hanging out in Keys. I don’t remember what Cass ended up doing.
The girls were all ordering drinks. I am just not a big drinker anymore. In my younger days I drank a lot of beer and hung out at the bar every weekend, but now a days I can barely drink 2 before feeling hung over the next day.
This Sommelier was kind of a hootty tooty snob. He asked what I wanted and at first I said nothing. He kind of kept pressuring me so I asked for a strawberry daiquiri.
He came back to tell me it was going to be like 15 minutes for it, so I said forget it. Then he asked if he could suggest something. Um…no. I said something like I don’t like drinks with a lot of alcohol in them and he kind of made a snide remark. He also made some snobby remarks to some of the other gals too.
I finally settled on an Amaretto Sour. I love those babies. They taste like kool aid and I can suck one of those down in 2 minutes easily.
He brought the drinks out and did some fancy presentation for some of them.
Obviously I had gone shopping too since I have a bag sitting there. I think I bought a sweatshirt which I totally forgot about till last week when I went to grab one in my closet and thought...hmm when did I get this?
We wanted to head out to the pirate fireworks so he had to exchange the fancy Key’s glasses for ones that we could carry around the ship. And he brought our bills.
Note…When the Sommelier suggests a drink for you, he usually is going to suggest one that is high in cost. Brooks drink was outrageously expensive and awful. I think in the end she did not drink it. I think she even tried to water it down with pop and still couldn’t drink it. I believe Carol’s was not too good as well. I am so glad I stuck to what I know.
Up next…Pirates IN the Caribbean and fireworks in the sky!
What a shame that guy was such a snob and recommended horrible drinks I can't stand snooty people so I don't think he & I would have gotten along too well
How weird about the service situation and the drinks. What a bummer! He just wanted to show off!
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He was a show off for sure!
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That's a shame you had that experience with the drinks.
I always feel like these type of guys think they are better than others.
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What a shame that guy was such a snob and recommended horrible drinks I can't stand snooty people so I don't think he & I would have gotten along too well
He was a total snob.
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It sounds like that Sommelier wasn't very good at making drinks!
I think he thought we should all like what he likes.
Time to head off to dinner. I found out Cass had watched the fireworks from deck 4 with Deb and she said it was really a nice spot to watch and not be around the zillions of people.
Tonight we were back in the Royal Palace and had the pirate menu, which is one of my favorites.
Again, I can’t remember if I hit the club tonight or went to bed early. I am thinking this is the night I went to bed early. I would love to enjoy more time at the club but I was now over a week into this trip and it was taking its toll on me with the lack of sleep and no naps!
I think I was back up on the top bunk again tonight and I think Cass was on the couch bed? I survived once again, but of course had to wear my shoes to get up there and then I threw those stinky things back down.
Great photos and a fun day! Very odd with the bartentender as he seemed he was trying to show off to your group and try to not only impress you but get you to spend a lot on lavish drinks! Seems like he was new and not very Disney like. You would not get this from the bartenders in Keys!
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Sounds like you're having a wonderful time on this cruise!
And I'm totally jealous of those fireworks--I have never managed to see them as I'm always waaay too relaxed by then to be in a crwod. Will have to remember the Deck 4 trick.
Great photos and a fun day! Very odd with the bartentender as he seemed he was trying to show off to your group and try to not only impress you but get you to spend a lot on lavish drinks! Seems like he was new and not very Disney like. You would not get this from the bartenders in Keys!
he was not very Disney at all.
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Great shots of the fireworks and I love your towel animal - nice to see a more colourful one for once.
It was nice to see them do something different.
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The fireworks show looked great!!! Glad you enjoyed the Pirate dinner.
I could go for a pirate dinner right about now.
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Dinner looked great and so did the fireworks!
It was a nice night
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Love the fireworks at sea! Looks like another yummy dinner
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Sounds like you're having a wonderful time on this cruise!
And I'm totally jealous of those fireworks--I have never managed to see them as I'm always waaay too relaxed by then to be in a crwod. Will have to remember the Deck 4 trick.
I actually wasn't rushing to see them tonight. Since I have seen them a few times it wasn't a priority but I am glad we did after we got out there. But it is always so busy out there.
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Too bad for the heavy wind and surf on CC and couldn't enjoy it the way you wanted to.
The last time we got off at Castaway Cay in December 2012, we had a storm hit and the wind was terrible, but beforehand, it was pretty windy and, although they cancelled the water excursions, you could still swim.
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I can't stand snooty people so I don't think he & I would have gotten along too well 
Seems like he was new and not very Disney like. You would not get this from the bartenders in Keys! 
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