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You are in the right places at the right time when it comes to the characters! First Daisy and now Minnie!
We certainly did luck out with the characters that day.
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Shame about the servie at dinner though.
From what I remember on our first cruise was that they had a tamer show first with Mickey and pals and then later it was Jack and the other pirates followed by the fireworks. We had late seating and were able to enjoy both shows.
Interesting - it sounds like the Lion King in London's West End. We've seen the matinee, which is very family friendly, while the evening version had a few more risqué jokes in it, shall we say?
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Sorry the pirate's night dinner was a disappointment and that your service was consistently slow. You all are very good at just happening upon characters. Great pics with Minnie!
Sorry, your dinner experience wasn't the best and especially regarding your service team, which seemed a bit laxed to say the least! The cuisine looked great as you seemed to enjoy it! I didn't know you had a problem with chocolate as you have always seemed to seek it out on various trips!
I hope the trip improves and especially your service team, which is not what you want on a DCL adventure!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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That's cool to know that some kids do and that their life doesn't revolve around technology.
I'm glad not all kids are obsessed with technology too. My two have been doing things like "bubblegum, bubblegum, in a dish...." and making up their own variations. Today one of Dylan's friends organized a little impromptu soccer practice. Us parents ended up playing the kids; kids won.
Well except for your "thrilling" ride on the Aqua Duck the rest of your day sounded heavenly relaxing. Loved all the pictures of the spa.
Sorry dinner was not as great tonight....I would not have been happy with the slow service as well. Pacing is great but it sounds as if they were just not as organized in terms of their serving.
Sorry the pirate's night dinner was a disappointment and that your service was consistently slow. You all are very good at just happening upon characters. Great pics with Minnie!
patty cake, patty cake
bakers man
bake me a cake as fast as you can
pat it and roll it
and mark it with a B
put it in the oven for baby and me
Everyone seems to sing it slightly different though....
I clearly remember the first three lines, but I honestly don't remember the last three - maybe we have a different version over here, but as to what it was, I really cannot recall now. It was a long time ago in fairness..
Sorry, your dinner experience wasn't the best and especially regarding your service team, which seemed a bit laxed to say the least!
It certainly was, and a bit of a spoiler here, the worst was still to come.
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The cuisine looked great as you seemed to enjoy it! I didn't know you had a problem with chocolate as you have always seemed to seek it out on various trips!
Oh I have no issue with chocolate at all. My allergy is to tree fruit (apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, cherries, plums and apricots). What I objected to on this cruise was how they seemed to react to it, removing any fruit and in this case, drowning a chocolate cake with more chocolate. It really could have done with that raspberry sauce and I would've been fine with that. I think I might say something at the start of our Alaskan cruise, as things did go a bit over the top on this cruise as far as my allergy went. I appreciate they're concerned about me, but if the fruit isn't mentioned on the menu, usually I'm fine - for example, if it's a minor ingredient, it's not an issue.
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I hope the trip improves and especially your service team, which is not what you want on a DCL adventure!
I'm glad not all kids are obsessed with technology too. My two have been doing things like "bubblegum, bubblegum, in a dish...." and making up their own variations. Today one of Dylan's friends organized a little impromptu soccer practice. Us parents ended up playing the kids; kids won.
Well except for your "thrilling" ride on the Aqua Duck the rest of your day sounded heavenly relaxing. Loved all the pictures of the spa.
Sorry dinner was not as great tonight....I would not have been happy with the slow service as well. Pacing is great but it sounds as if they were just not as organized in terms of their serving.
Considering where we were standing, and the fact that we were behind about four other people, it’s amazing what you can do when you hold a camera up, and point it in the right direction. We managed to get some great photos of the pirate party.
I only managed to stay for about 10 minutes, and then it started to hurt to stand, a sure sign that my chronic fatigue was flaring up, so I didn’t want to make myself ill, and told Mark I’d head off and find somewhere to sit. He stayed on, and got some pretty decent shots of the rest of the show.
As for me, I headed along deck 12…
… then went down to deck 11 by the adult pool.
I sat there for a few minutes, and realised that Shawn was standing by the bar, so I headed over there to say hello to him. Unbelievably, he works a straight 14 hour shift, from 7:00am to 9:00pm. He is such a nice and friendly guy, and he’ll be getting a mention in my cruise survey. I chatted to him, and said that I might stick my feet in the water of the shallow end of the pool, and he said “why not?” so I did! It was so nice and relaxing, and really helped my feet no end.
Mark eventually headed back, and found me, and we chatted a bit more to Shawn before we headed over to the spa, as Mark wanted to book another shave. He managed to get one for tomorrow at 3:00pm, and Alina, who I think is the manager of the spa, persuaded me to have a foot massage. I did say that I was meeting a friend an hour later, but she assured me I’d be done in time.
That done, we headed back to the room, and look at what greeted us!
We were both really impressed by this, never having had anything like this in the past. How cool! Of course, wouldn’t you know it, they were doing a towel animal class tomorrow at 2:00pm, the same time as our wine tasting. Why does Disney do this? There was honestly nothing of interest in the morning, and everything I fancied doing was in the afternoon, when we were rammed with things to do already…
I grabbed the Navigator to see where I could meet up with Jennifer tomorrow. I noticed Meridian was open from midday, and I fancied trying their crème brulee Martini, so I messaged her to suggest that, and that’s what we settled on.
I decided to head back to the spa for a little while to use the Rainforest. As it was late, I didn’t want to do anything that involved getting wet, and that did limit my options a bit. I sat on the heated stone chairs for some time, reading my book, then went into the hamam and the laconium, but after all of that, I was feeling pretty hot, and didn’t fancy going back to my chair, so I figured now would be a good time to head back to the room.
While I’d been sitting on the chair, I realised that I hadn’t seen the swimming goggles I’d bought earlier. I played it back in my mind, and the only possibility was that I’d left that after dinner, so I phoned guest services to ask what happened, and the woman told me to “pop by” guest services and ask about them, as they should make their way there. I felt like saying “I just called guest services – is there no way you can check?” but I guess there wasn’t.
We did try desperately hard to stay up for the pirate fireworks, but we just couldn’t manage it. We were both yawning and utterly exhausted just past 10:00pm, and while I think we could’ve just about made it, I think it would’ve killed us, and it wouldn’t have been worth it. After all, this is a vacation, and there’s only so far you can push yourselves.
The weather today was hot and sunny with temperatures in the high 80s. The best thing today was just lounging around relaxing in the spa. The worst thing today was losing my googles which I’d only just bought. The funniest thing today was Mark with Captain Hook. Today we tried not getting off the ship at Castaway Cay And the result was it was nice, and we got to enjoy the Dream with very few people on board. The most magical moment today was meeting Captain Minnie with no wait!
Sounds like you two were quite relaxed, if you were asleep before the fireworks! Good for you! Nice towel animal sculpture, the flowers are a very nice touch.
Am looking forward to your brunch experience at Palo.
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You all are very good at just happening upon characters. Great pics with Minnie! 
The cuisine looked great as you seemed to enjoy it! 
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It was a long time ago in fairness.. 
We managed to get some great photos of the pirate party. 
He is such a nice and friendly guy, and he’ll be getting a mention in my cruise survey. I chatted to him, and said that I might stick my feet in the water of the shallow end of the pool, and he said “why not?” so I did! 
Why does Disney do this? There was honestly nothing of interest in the morning, and everything I fancied doing was in the afternoon, when we were rammed with things to do already… 
I played it back in my mind, and the only possibility was that I’d left that after dinner, so I phoned guest services to ask what happened, and the woman told me to “pop by” guest services and ask about them, as they should make their way there. I felt like saying “I just called guest services – is there no way you can check?” but I guess there wasn’t. 
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