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We had found if you wait to go to dinner about 10-15 minutes after your scheduled time you had little to no wait to be seated. About 10 minutes prior to dinner there were huge line ups and continued on for a good 7-10 minutes after they opened.
We were table 74 and so far at both restaurants we were seated very close to the main door. It didn’t bother us at all though.
This place was also beautiful and amazing. The light fixture had glass slippers hanging off of it.
The bread basket was a little coach. So cute!
The bread tonight was warm herb brioche with an Olive Spread and it was good! I love bread! Claire does too. We all ate a couple of pieces of this one and then I worried I would make myself full too fast.
Our drink orders were placed. Again, Mom got wine, Claire got a smoothie or something in a collectors cup with a light up Tinkerbelle. I ordered the usual diet with no ice for myself. When Srdjan came with the drinks he said something about a problem with my diet and said he would be back. I didn’t quite catch exactly what he said. He did have an accent and was also rushing. When he came back he gave me a few choices of drinks. I had noticed some fruity looking drinks going by on a tray he had earlier and he told me what they were. One was a non-alcoholic drink that looked and sounded good. It was a Princess Delight - Passion Fruit Juice, Mango Puree. It did NOT disappoint. It was very good, and I have to remember this drink for future trips.
A quick shot at the menu.
We made our dinner orders and Claire made the decision that she would not be going to the kids club after she ate tonight. We quickly caught on that she thought she would miss out on something we did without her. I had been talking about a sale on Dooneys. I had read it in the navigator and mom said she was going to go buy a wristlet for one of her employees who loves Disney. I think Claire did not want to miss out on another night at the shops.
A photographer also came over and took pictures of us. They did this on the first evening as well, and I used those pictures in our introduction.
While we waited for appetizers we played with Claire’s glowing Tink.
There were several items I wanted off this menu tonight….and I ordered them ALL!
Our appetizers arrived, along with Claire’s meal.
Claire had the Beef Tenderloin Medallion - topped with large shrimp and fries. We didn’t get her an appetizer this night, as nothing appealed to her.
Her steak was excellent. She didn’t like her shrimp. She’s more of a deep fried shrimp girl. I ate that, and it was kind of dry…needed a sauce, but otherwise OK. Fries were good and I think I had to make her take a bite of veggies. Not that they were bad, she just doesn’t really care for many veggies. Her favorite are lima beans! I know that’s weird, but that’s my favorite too. I get the frozen kind and cook them several times a week.
My first appetizer was Escargots Gratines - herb-marinated snails with finely chopped mushrooms, topped with garlic butter and breadstick. If you never had escargot, I highly recommend trying it on a cruise. After all if you don’t like it, then you don’t feel so bad to not eat it. I have had it a few times and really enjoy it. This was good in my opinion. The bread stick was more flakey and not really bread like. Hard to describe, but kind of had the texture of a rice cake. I only had a few bites, dipped in the butter. Not that great in my opinion.
My mom and I both got Iced Lobster and Jumbo Shrimp - white and green asparagus, micro greens, and lemon-dill dressing with horseradish cream. Again, very good.
I did like the horseradish crème and wished there was a bit more. I like my seafood sauced up.
Mom and I also both got the Belle's French Onion Soup with gruyere cheese crouton. I found it to be pretty good. Mom did too, but she said it gave her a stomach later from the onions.
I had already started stirring it around when I remembered to take a picture.
Mean while, Claire would smile whenever Srdjan would come over. She thought he was so wonderful and of course he kept calling her Princess. She had talked about it all day. It’s little things like this that make for a special trip for some of us.
After the feast of appetizers, Claire did officially decide she was not going to leave for the kids clubs and we told her she would have to be good then while we ate.
Our food and Claire’s dessert arrived promptly and we began to dig in!
Claire decided on the Banana Split - vanilla ice cream and raspberry drizzle. She really loved that it had a chocolate Mickey head on it and did what any of us would do….bit an ear off!
Mom and I again, ordered the same thing for dinner, Royal Palace Aged Angus Grilled Beef Tenderloin and Lobster Medallions - sauteed snow peas and marquis potatoes with a cognac reduction.
This too was very good. We really enjoyed the steaks onboard. If you are steak eater, I highly recommend them.
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The dessert menus arrived next. They were like Royal invitations. Very cute!
You can see my Princess Delight drink to the right of this picture.
While waiting to order I took a quick shot of Brent.
There were LOTs of choices I wanted for dessert…oh how I wish I had an extra stomach.
I decided on Sweet Temptations - trio of peanut butter mousse, mango cheesecake and Tahitian vanilla creme brulee. This had a lot of things that appealed to me. And I might add, I enjoyed each and every one of them.
Mom got Strawberry Short Cake Sundae - strawberries, vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and Angel Food cake. She said it was really good as well.
I also wanted to try the Grand Marnier Souffle infused with fresh orange zest and served with creme Anglaise. I have never had soufflé before and wanted to give it ago. Mom agreed we should order it and share it…..OK, I ate most of it. It was very good, but a little too rich and sweet. But I would definitely order it again.
Claire was getting a little antsy during dessert. She was ready to go, but we again reminded her that we weren’t done and she would have to wait. Srdjan then appeared and did some tricks for Claire. That just put him up a notch higher in her eyes.
How he made this work, I have no clue. It looked impossible. There is a toothpick balancing on a toothpick with forks on the one toothpick???????
Then he got another child’s menu and made a square and started folding. He ended up with this flower.
This meal was fabulous. You basically had to roll me out of there! We left with happy full bellies….well maybe a bit too full. But still happy!
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Oh, those desserts! I'll have one of each, please. I love all the tricks and games the CMs do for the kids at mealtime. I've seen the flower before, but not the fork trick!
Our assistant server did the fork & toothpick trick when we were on the Baltic Cruise last summer. He used a wine bottle & cork to balance them on. Our DD was so proud of herself when she figured out the trick! I think once she did, she was asking for a bottle with a cork every night for the rest of the trip!
Those desserts look so good, especially the souffle!
Oh, those desserts! I'll have one of each, please. I love all the tricks and games the CMs do for the kids at mealtime. I've seen the flower before, but not the fork trick!
It was so neat. And she loved it.
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Our assistant server did the fork & toothpick trick when we were on the Baltic Cruise last summer. He used a wine bottle & cork to balance them on. Our DD was so proud of herself when she figured out the trick! I think once she did, she was asking for a bottle with a cork every night for the rest of the trip!
Those desserts look so good, especially the souffle!
how the heck did they do it? I couldn't figure out how he could balance a toothpick on another toothpick.
Thats great that your server was able to get your daughters attention with a magic trick.
YOur food looks yummy and the 3 dessert tempention....looks to die for.
It was great. She wasn't bad, but you could tell she was ready to go and asked a couple of times. I just wish she would've went to the clubs a bit more. I didn't mind her with us at all, but I think she would've had fun there.
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