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What a great idea about the pillowcase and the tote bag - they came out great! Wonderful photos of the show - that was the only one that we saw during our whole cruise..
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I love the bag and pillowcase! Fantastic idea I never would have thought of doing that~!
Thanks. I loved it too. The are so colorful too.
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Great pictures from the show!
So sorry about your Cabin Steward.
Just love the pillowcase & tote bag!
Thanks. I was really happy with how they turned out.
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Fabulous photos of the show, and those autographed items came out great! That cabin steward should not be working for DCL!
I was a little mad about him. I am hoping he has since improved.
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That tote is ADORABLE!! Did you make it? Where do you drop things off to get signed, such a cute thing to do.
At Guest Services. I did it as soon as we walked onboard. I bought it on Etsy.
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What a great idea about the pillowcase and the tote bag - they came out great! Wonderful photos of the show - that was the only one that we saw during our whole cruise..
It was a good show. They really put on good productions. But I know, there is just not enough time for it all.
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I love the idea of the tote bag - where did you get it?
I got it on etsy. I actually ordered just the pillowcase and the seller accidently made me the tote and sent it. So I contacted her and sais it was supposed to be a pillowcase, and she made that too and let me keep the tote as well.
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It was getting close to dinner time so we headed that way. We also set our bags outside the door before we left. We debated on doing it after dinner, but just in case we ran late, we decided to do it then. We saw the many people were lined up for pictures this night. I thought we could stop after dinner, but when we were done everything was already packed up. I guess they pack up early since it’s the last night and they need to get all the pictures out for people to buy.
Dinner was Animators Palate.
The décor was just so cute!
These bulletin boards turned into video screens after a bit.
I took some video here and there, hoping to catch if Crush talked to us. That early video is on the lost card…..but the good news is, that during this dinner I changed cards so I have some video from later on in the meal. We also never were talked to by crush, which disappointed Claire. She did love this “show” and was mesmerized.
I see a hidden Mickey!
We discussed the kids club again and Claire decided she would give it a try, but once Crush had appeared that totally went out the door.
My specialty drink……Princess delight. It was non-alcoholic and tasted wonderful!
Claire’s main meal came at the same time that our soups came.
Every so often a Nemo character would float by on the screen. And Crush would come by every so often as well.
Soon the main course arrived.
Mom and I both got the same thing.
Claire’s ice cream arrived soon after.
Dessert was a hard choice, as usual. It all looked so good.
This Sundae was amazing! It had those wonderful chocolate chip cookies in it. I could go for one about right now!
The show continued. Srdjan and Brent also told us not to leave till it was over, so we stayed in place.
While waiting for the fun to start, I took a few more pictures.
Soon a fun show started up with Crush. He wanted to call attention to everyone who was celebrating something. I had TOTALLY forgotten that when I had called to request a 4 top table that they had asked if we were celebrating. I had told her we were kind of celebrating Claire’s birthday belated, since we had to postpone the trip and that it was also my birthday gift, and that Skip was celebrating his 50th in May. I never thought to change it over to Mom when I changed the reservation…her b-day is in May as well. Soon Srdjan and Brent came out with birthday buttons for Claire and I and a yummy mousse type cake. I took a picture of the cake and accidentally deleted it later on…another mishap. But if you watch the video you can see it on the table. Crush led us in some sort of chant. I honestly didn’t pay attention too much. Claire liked it, and I was surprised that Mom was really getting into it too. I videoed more than what I am posting, but it was on the other card and I switched in the middle of the chanting.
After all the excitement we headed out. Many people still lingered in there, but we like to keep moving.
Here is a copy of the kids menu.
These little light up Dalmatians are on the floor of the restaurant.
We headed down to the Atrium. (bad picture here)
The Atrium was pretty much empty at this point in time so I tried to get some shots of Claire on the stairs….of course none turned out great…most had a slight blur to them.
We started to make our way back to the room again, stopping off for another picture. I told her to lay down here and pose…and this is what I got.
I told her to sit up and let’s try it again.
I tried a couple more, but they just weren’t turning out with the lighting and I was rushed a bit too. All of a sudden several people decided to walk down this hallway.
We got back to the room to find another towel friend. See Claire’s hand in action…she is going for the chocolate and I am telling her to wait.
We also found that our Cabin Steward had NOT brought down the bunk bed this evening. Why I don’t know. I am guessing he didn’t want to put it back up the next day when he had to prepare the room for the next set of guests. I asked Claire if she minded sleeping with me, if not I would call to have it pulled down. She was OK with being in my bed, so we didn’t bother calling.
Now I can’t remember the exact order of what we did the rest of the evening, but I know I left the room a couple of times. One time Mom and Claire went off to do some last minute shopping. I know I went and got a copy of our room charges and one for Mom as well. I wanted to be sure most was covered and not much put on my credit card. I also took these pictures somewhere along the line.
Claire came back from shopping with Adda and had gotten a little prize. She’s a good con artist. She got one a Minnie figurine set with the little plastic dresses…kind of like Polly pockets. The thing is, she has this same set already at home. We got it last trip. But she told me that some of the pieces were missing and if you left Minnie naked, she looked like Mickey, so now she would have Mickey and Minnie. That girl is always thinking. There was also something else Claire wanted, but Adda was NOT buying it for her. She said she would use her own money if I took her, so we headed out again. I also forgot that Mom had bought Claire a watch the 1st night of the trip. Claire loved it and wore it off and on, but I can’t even tell you where it is now, but she probably knows.
We stopped at Shutters first, since I wanted to get some prints. Mom had a few picked out, and I had my eye on a few. Even though I had bought the CD, the borders do not come on them, so to get anything with a border, you have to buy a print. BUT, since I did buy a CD, the prints were 50% off.
I ended up getting 6 prints. Mom and I each got 3.
Here is what Mom got.
And these are the ones I got.
At the gift shops Claire led me to what she wanted to purchase. It was actually something I had looked at the 1st night while she was at the kids club. It’s a stuffed ship with stuffed characters sitting on top. Very cute. It had Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Donald. It was also $40! Claire said she wanted it though and was willing to pay for it out of her spending money, so we got it. But this thing was bulky and big. This is a picture of it that I had taken when we got home.
She was very excited to get this and became a very prized possession to her.
We got Claire settled into bed then. It didn’t take long for her to go out completely. I made on last trip out, and not sure what it was for, but I found chocolate covered strawberries on the way back. I grabbed 6 and brought them to the room. Claire was out, Mom didn’t want any at that time, so I dove in. The 1st one was YUCK. I was full and really didn’t need more food, but who could resist strawberries with chocolate. But I guess I could, because that strawberry was mushy. I think I took a bite of another and again, not good and I just ate the chocolate and threw it away. The rest went in our mini fridge. I did try one more in the morning and again, YUCK, so the rest went in the trash after that.
I set the alarm on my phone so I would be up in time to get ready for the next big day and went to sleep very fast. I think I had given up writing in the journal at that point and time.
And that ends Day 4 of our trip. Another long, but fun day. I was sad we would be leaving the beautiful ship the next day, but we still had 3 more full days of fun in store for us as well.
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Not taking down the bunk is another strike against the cabin steward! I had to chuckle at Claire's reasoning about the Minnie (Mickey) figurines. She's a smart one! The prints you and your mom chose are wonderful.
Not taking down the bunk is another strike against the cabin steward! I had to chuckle at Claire's reasoning about the Minnie (Mickey) figurines. She's a smart one! The prints you and your mom chose are wonderful.
Yes, that was defenatley another strike against him.
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What a wonderful final night! You got some great photos of Crush interacting with everyone from dinner.
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