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Wow, looks like a great dinner. I'm glad you were able to sample that dish and make your own mind up. I'm sure I've had that before and I liked it. I was a bit shocked by how small the mushroom risotto was!
It is small. They had one listed for a lighter dinner and I thought it would be bigger, but Raphael said it wouldn't be. I started out thinking I would eat less tonight, but ate more.
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Looks like a great meal! You all sure had a lot of plates on that table.
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This is the night we got the full Animators Palette show too. Our servers said we could move a little closer to the empty table next to us.
It darkened a bit and they had some things playing on the screen throughout the room.
The servers marched out.
And Mickey joined the fun.
That guy is one fast mover. He was up and down the aisle and I really had a hard time catching him.
That was a lot of fun, but it went pretty fast and honestly I don’t remember a lot of it already now. I will need to see this again to take more in.
Raphael and Luis posed for a few pictures then.
These guys were just great and so much fun.
Luis was giving us some wise advice.
After dinner, Lisa headed back to the room, but I wasn’t ready yet, so I set out on my own. I went and checked the weather on deck 4.
It was no longer raining, so I headed up top for some more night time shots.
I just love seeing the ship all lit up.
It was pretty quiet up here again tonight.
I love the Moon.
I think I roamed around for about 30 minutes or so and then headed back to the room. As I opened the door I saw a piece of paper on the ground. As I picked it up I saw it had a note on it. It was an excursion sheet and Brook and Carolyn had left it for me and said they ended up signing up for the Ruins and Tequila tour for the next day. They had it circled and told me to get to the desk early if I wanted to go and sign up for it. I was sure at that point. It sounded fun, but yet, I don’t really drink much, especially tequila. Lisa was sleeping, but woke up when I came in. I told her about the excursion and she told me she didn’t want to go, but she didn’t care if I went. I decided I would see if I woke up early enough in the morning and then go from there. Of course that left me thinking about it all night and I slept so badly. I kept waking up thinking I missed getting up, only find that only 20 minutes had passed. I should’ve just told myself yes from the start and I am sure I would’ve slept better.
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I'm impressed that you got those clear photos of Mickey during the AP show. I've never managed anything but a blur. And your night-time photos of the ship are so beautiful!
I'm impressed that you got those clear photos of Mickey during the AP show. I've never managed anything but a blur. And your night-time photos of the ship are so beautiful!
I know. He was moving so fast and most of the ones i got were a blur or he had a hand in his face, or his backside.
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What a great night at Animator's!
It was. I am so happy to have gotten to experience this version.
I had not slept well the night before and I think I just gave up around 6 AM. I got up and dressed and made my way to see if I could sign up for the Port Adventure. I just knew after a sleepless night, I was meant to go on this excursion. I can’t remember if the desk was open this early or not, or if I came back a little later, but I am thinking it was. I do remember the girl I had to sign me up was not real quick at doing it. Even though I had the paper with the one I wanted circled, she seemed to have issues finding it. But I finally was signed up.
Time to watch us pull into port.
It was such a beautiful morning and the sunrise was so nice to see. A few cast members were excited about our arrival too.
There were more people out on deck this morning too.
I really enjoyed watching us dock.
The sky was just beautiful.
I took a couple of shots of the sports deck, as I wasn’t sure if I had taken some earlier in the trip. When you take as many pics as I do, you do forget what you have taken.
Around 6:40 I went and got a quick bite to eat.
And then I went back up top.
I then went back to the room to gather my things and let Lisa know I was going to head off the island. She was going to stay on the ship and then when I got back the plan was to get back off the ship together and look around.
I went to our meeting spot and waited for the other girls.
Brook, Carolyn and Shelly all arrived soon after. They said Susan was going to stay on the ship today as well.
A round 8 we headed out.
They had these bike carts to carry people back and forth, for a cost, of course.
I turned back to get a picture of the ship, but got my friends in there as well.
Beautiful morning sky! I went on an excursion in Puerto Vallarta that included a tequila tasting. I'll be interested to read about the Cozumel version.
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Beautiful docking experience. The sky and the dock sure looked inviting. Hope it was. Your pix in AP were very good. Is that restaurant really that dark and grey?
I've been enjoying reading your TR as it is. After talking to my husband today, we are really debating a Disney Cruise in June 2014 or Disneyland Christmas of 2014. I'm following your TR even closer now.
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