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Wednesday 28 September – part seven: some tough choices to make…
Our server at Remy was Alejandro, shown here mixing up our champagne cocktail, which included Grey Goose vodka, and Grand Marnier – very nice! It’s the only free drink you get, as everything else is paid for, including water, which I don’t remember from the last time we dined here. I did think that was a bit mean, given the extortionate cover charge – it’s now up to $85/person.
Anyway, Alejandro was very good. We asked where in Spain he came from, and I think he was delighted that someone had heard of Grenada, and actually visited it – I went to see the Alahambra when I was a kid, but of course I didn’t appreciate it back then, and Alejandro said the same thing to me. He said, despite living nearby, he hadn’t visited it for many years, and then went again recently, and really regretted not visiting it. I can understand it. It’s on my list of places to return to.
Our first taste of dinner was our amuse bouchee, which was the ratatouille, which is a case of “down in one”, as otherwise it explodes everywhere. Yep, I think I remember that from a previous visit!
Now for the menu, and some tough decisions to make. As always, you can pick from either the French or the American menu. I don’t remember the full details of the French menu, but it’s designed by A. Lallement, who has three Michelin starswho runs the French one, while Scott Hummel is in charge of the American menu, and he’s also responsible for Victoria and Albert’s, which gives you an idea of the calibre of the chefs here. Mind you, would you expect anything less for an $85/person cover charge? That has gone up since our last visit in 2012, when it was $75/person, and I’d forgotten about that, so it was a bit of a nasty shock to the system when the check arrived.
I opted for mainly the French menu, as did Mark, but with a few changes to it, as you’ll see as we go through. We were asked if we had anything we wanted to be finished in time for, and we said so we got a seriously relaxed meal. We arrived at 7:30pm, and didn’t leave until after 10:00pm.
Next up was our second amuse bouchee of the night. Yes, that’s right two of those before we even got on to the main menu… I had the vegetarian version, which I know had olive oil ice cream on it, but sadly, apart from the fact that it was vegetables, I don’t remember the details of the rest of the dish.
Mark had this, which included a foie gras mousse, and apparently it was supposed to give him a “fireworks of taste” when he mixed it altogether. I did ask if he got that firework feel, and oddly enough, he didn’t!
It was at about this time the sommelier finally came round to us, after having been caught with another table for some time. We weren’t intending to purchase anything, but he suggested a bottle of iced champagne, and we both said we’d taste it to give it a go, and see what it was like. It was actually very pleasant, so we decided to go for it. It was only $69, so relatively cheap for a champagne!
We both started off with the crab meat with pea puree. More than that I’m afraid I couldn’t tell you, as the menu at Remy is patchy on details to say the least. It literally gives you one word and that’s about it, and there’s no way I could remember the details from Alejandro’s spiel, as there was just too much to take in.
About this time, the music got turned up a notch, and we both looked at each other, wondering what the heck was going on, but eventually it all became clear, as this woman turned up. She was excellent, just as the one the night before had been too.
The next course was lobster for both of us. I do know mine was with coconut and pineapple, two of my favourite things, so when I spotted that, I knew I wanted it. This came off the American menu…
Mark’s version of the lobster came from the French menu, and included lobster bisque, and from the taste I took of it, it was wonderful. Alejandro made it very clear he preferred Mark’s out of the two, but I thought mine was excellent, and so long as the customer’s happy, that’s the main thing.
Well this is a nice start to your meal, despite the sticker shock. Very cool that you know the area your server is from! I bet he'll remember that for quite some time.
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Satellite Falls looks like the place I would enjoy relaxing at on this ship! Your pictures of the sail away and the night shots were beautiful. Your dinner at Remy sounded perfect and how nice that you got the window seat to see the lightning show on the water! The meal so far looks delicious.
Your starters look wonderful. We really enjoyed our one meal at Remy. I don't think I'd do it every time, but I am sure we'll be back at some point.
I don't think I recall ever having live music at Palo, or Remy. Wonder if that's new?
Was the charge for any water, or just bottled?
At the beginning of the demonstration, a guy asked us where we got our lanyards from. We were really surprised and told him at check-in. Later Mark wondered whether they had stopped handing them out to first timers, and perhaps they were now charging for them? We suggested that to them, and said maybe they should stop at guest services to ask. I wonder if this is a cost cutting method from Disney?
As we passed this, Mark wondered whether Disney were building another cruise terminal, given they have two more ships coming online. Hmmm…. It’s possible, and it does look similar to their existing one…
Next: sailing away!
I got way behind again.....
The lanyards....only given to Silver and up. New to Disney cruise line do not get them. I think many many years ago they used to but it has probably been at least 7 years or more since they stopped that practice. The lanyard is one of the perks for being a Castaway Club member.
That stuff being built at the port...I believe that is the new port shopping area. They are making one so that ships that visit PC as a destination have options to just stay there and shop and eat, etc and also for those who are in the area to have something to do as well pre or post cruise or just vacationing.
Charging for water and nonalcoholic beverages seems a bit crazy IMHO
I was a little shocked by that, given how much you pay to eat there. It's one reason that we probably won't go back. It was the third time dining there and I can't see the need to go back a fourth time.
Well this is a nice start to your meal, despite the sticker shock. Very cool that you know the area your server is from! I bet he'll remember that for quite some time.
Hopefully a lot of other people should now that area, as it is a big visitor attraction in Spain. One day I'll get back there. I can't believe I visited it as a child in 1984 and I still have vivid memories of it to this day...
Your starters look wonderful. We really enjoyed our one meal at Remy. I don't think I'd do it every time, but I am sure we'll be back at some point.
I don't think I recall ever having live music at Palo, or Remy. Wonder if that's new?
I don't remember it happening before, so maybe...
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Was the charge for any water, or just bottled?
Let's put it this way, the only option we were given was bottled...
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It’s the only free drink you get, as everything else is paid for, including water, which I don’t remember from the last time we dined here. I did think that was a bit mean, given the extortionate cover charge – it’s now up to $85/person. 
so we got a seriously relaxed meal. We arrived at 7:30pm, and didn’t leave until after 10:00pm. 
Alejandro made it very clear he preferred Mark’s out of the two, but I thought mine was excellent, and so long as the customer’s happy, that’s the main thing. 
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