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I think Palo is worth it for the desserts alone. If I ever get back there, I'd do an appetizer and then just eat desserts! But I'll stay away from the tiramisu.
Sounds like Franco enjoyed your company too, which is always nice. He took some great photos of you two!
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I really am impressed with all the food selections at the Palo brunch! Sounds like your experience overall was a very good one. Interested to read your next post about your comments for Disney to chew on!
That is one of my pet peeves - when my egg is over-poached on Eggs Benedict. Sometimes it's from being in the water too long, but it can also be from the heat lamp. I'm hoping we may be able to work in 2 brunches on our next sailing.
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I think Palo is worth it for the desserts alone. If I ever get back there, I'd do an appetizer and then just eat desserts! But I'll stay away from the tiramisu.
Why just stop with appetiser and desserts? Heck, it's not as if you're paying for each individual dish... it's the same charge no matter how much you eat!
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Sounds like Franco enjoyed your company too, which is always nice. He took some great photos of you two!
I really am impressed with all the food selections at the Palo brunch! Sounds like your experience overall was a very good one. Interested to read your next post about your comments for Disney to chew on!
That is one of my pet peeves - when my egg is over-poached on Eggs Benedict. Sometimes it's from being in the water too long, but it can also be from the heat lamp. I'm hoping we may be able to work in 2 brunches on our next sailing.
Now that sounds very good to me - I hope it works out for you.
Looks like a nice meal at Palo but too bad parts of your selections were a bit disappointing at times! I certainly will not pass up the inclusion of smoked salmon on any breakfast/brunch menu! Seems like they just tried to remove the prosciutto from your eggplant entree and not prepare it individually. I guess they didn't succeed 100% on this!
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Looks like a nice meal at Palo but too bad parts of your selections were a bit disappointing at times! I certainly will not pass up the inclusion of smoked salmon on any breakfast/brunch menu! Seems like they just tried to remove the prosciutto from your eggplant entree and not prepare it individually. I guess they didn't succeed 100% on this!
Thursday 29 September – part four: some comments for Disney to chew over…
We headed back to the room for a couple of hours downtime, during which time we got on with our packing. The idea was to pack a couple of suitcases that we wouldn’t touch again this vacation, so they’d be Ok and within the weight limit for both JetBlue and Virgin Atlantic, as they have the same weight limits. The first one had to be emptied out a bit, after it came up too heavy, but we took 1.5 lbs out, only for the scales to tell us the case didn’t weigh any less. We got there in the end… then the second case, which we thought was much lighter, came up literally just a pound or two lighter. Are our scales still working?
We then did the third case, and guess what? About a pound or two overweight, so we packed and weighed the final case, and thankfully that came in with lots of spare weight. It would just be a case of how to physically pack more into it, but at least everything was in, and we had one seriously underweight case. It was a start… and Virgin Atlantic allows Upper Class passengers to have a much higher suitcase weight, so provided we can make it through the JetBlue flight, we should be Ok, right?
I did keep an eye outside, and we did occasionally see other ships…
… and quite a bit of land that appeared to be some of the various islands of the Bahamas. I was surprised by how much of it was dominated by ship building, rather than hotels though…
I also took the opportunity to write some comments, as everyone was saying that Disney listens to guests, and not to them. Frankly, I find it a bit concerning that Disney Cruise Line doesn’t seem to listen to those on the front line working on the ships, particularly the captains. What did I mention? Well, about how the Castaway Club works and how I’d prefer it to include credit for nights, as well as numbers of cruises, and then some little things that I think could make a big difference:
The navigators have gone down to two pages, which is all well and good, but it’s very hard to spot the highlights when all you get are the timelines. We’d much prefer the old four page format.
We’d like Disney to enforce the no running in corridors rule. It’s important enough for them to bring up at the mandatory safety drill, so why not deal with the problem throughout the cruise? Not only is it dangerous, but it’s also noisy and disruptive when you’re in your stateroom.
We’d like hooks by the hot stone chairs in the Rainforest for dressing gowns, as where else do you put them? A lot of people, us included, have put them on the floor, which is a bit nuts.
Why not close the basketball courts when Palo dinner is taking place? They close the mini golf so as not to irritate diners in Remy and why not do the same for those of us eating at Palo?
We found the TV channel choice and the films available on stateroom TV to be pretty poor, compared to our previous cruises.
The elevators weren’t great this cruise, they didn’t seem to respond particularly quickly, and we had a couple of instances of them whizzing past us when we thought they’d stop.
Now as a footnote, having written two pages, I thought I might get some form of response or thank you from Disney. Nothing. As a result, I didn't bother to write anything extra on our next cruise, as I couldn't see the point. Having been continually told that Disney values your opinions etc. etc., I just felt very disillusioned after taking the time to do this and getting nothing back in return.
We decided to head out a bit before dinner to get another of those nice cocktails at the Cove Café, and the staff immediately remembered us and asked how our last one had been. We replied by telling them we were going to get another.
We enjoyed that…
… and then headed outside to get some photos, as it was sunny, but there were also some interesting clouds around…
My goodness, the heat out there was just appalling! We both felt as if we were burning just walking along deck 11, which was not a good sign.
We were very relieved to get to the elevators, and head down to deck 3 for dinner at Animator’s Palate.
Next: the “human tank” all seem to be from Georgia…
Excellent comments, but I'm quite surprised no reply from them. You raised some very valid points. I'm particularly fond of the running in the corridors one. I cannot stand that at hotels, and see no idea why it's necessary. Any time my kids ever attempted it - nipped that in the bud! They are older now and find it annoying too. I also don't let them jump in the room, drop shoes/anything large. That drives me crazy too when you can hear the people above you.
Anyway... lovely scenes from outside the room! So peaceful out there on the open waters.
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But I'll stay away from the tiramisu. 
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I certainly will not pass up the inclusion of smoked salmon on any breakfast/brunch menu! 
Seems like they just tried to remove the prosciutto from your eggplant entree and not prepare it individually. I guess they didn't succeed 100% on this! 
We got there in the end… then the second case, which we thought was much lighter, came up literally just a pound or two lighter. Are our scales still working? 
We both felt as if we were burning just walking along deck 11, which was not a good sign. 
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