And today is our 24th wedding anniversary!
So, we got up: pretty early again. I had sent Steve up to Cabanas with our handy dandy drink carrier (a fast food restaurant drink carrier that Steve covered in Mickey duct tape!) to get coffee, juice for me and some fruit to snack on. We have brunch reservations with some of our FB group today at 10:30am. And Lord knows I was saving room for all of the wonderful food I had heard about on the cruise boards! The night before we had gotten a reminder card on our door about our reservation for 14. We got dressed and headed up to find Palo on deck 12 aft. I wish I had taken pics of the restaurant. It was so beautiful! And the view...ahhhh... This is where my love of Strawberry Soup began. Just one of the few food items I literally dream about! I also had the Chicken Parmesan and some wonderful things from the buffet. I was most looking forward to the tomato, mozzarella and basil. Our table had ordered a few of the pizzas to share, also. I loved the margherita pizza! Then it was back to the buffet for desserts galore. I remember contemplating ordering another strawberry soup for dessert... I had it noted on our original cruise reservation that we were celebrating our anniversary. Palo remembered!
Everything was perfect! We even met Kevin and Kirk from Memphis for the first time on the cruise. Wonderful guys! It's great to know someone local now that shares the same love for Disney :)
After brunch, we rolled back down to our room. Having a room in the aft section of the ship was fantastic! It was close to everything we were interested in. Except Satellite Falls, the Rainforest and the WD Theater for the shows. But it's really not such a bad walk at all. Walking the room halls were the pits. So, we learned pretty early on to go to the deck you were heading to and then walk for a more interesting view of everything.
We changed clothes and tried to decide what to do today.
We eventually got into our swimsuits and tried out Satellite Falls. This is a wonderful, quiet area away from the busy mid part of the ship. Picked out a couple of loungers and ordered my drink of the day and a beer for Steve. Just perfect!
I had seen in the Navigator that today was the last day to book a future cruise if you wanted to be included in the drawing for some free on-board credit (this sailing!). That blue water, blue sky, quiet adult area and all you can eat food made Steve a believer :) With our swimsuits still on, we went straight to the booking desk. No line. Didn't even sit down. Signed right up for the same sailing next year. Same room. Saved 10% and the deposit was half of what it would have been if we booked from home. Now we're all set for next September!!!
As we were making our way to the booking desk, we walked along the deck where we saw the life boats up close yesterday. Steve said it would be funny if he stood under one with his hands under it and yelled at me to "Go get someone, QUICK!" I couldn't stop laughing at the idea. Maybe next time...
The show for tonight was Wishes. Not to be missed! We were dressed on time and headed to the theater. Great show! Disney Cruise Line really knows how to tug at the heart strings and make you book another cruise, let me tell you. They got me.
La Piazza for another drink before dinner, I believe. And then dinner at the Royal Court tonight.
This is the nicest, fanciest restaurant on the rotation. It was a little weird being in there for a casual night, but we would be back for a semi-formal night as well. Murals of the princesses with their princes rounded the entire room.
Cinderella coaches for bread baskets and lighting fixtures.
Completely surprised me when they remembered our anniversary, as well! We got a special dessert and 2 anniversary buttons :)
It was Doug and Michelle's anniversary too, just before we sailed earlier in the week. And it was about this time that we all knew Steve would be ordering the Sweet Temptations (a sampling of 3) for dessert. Again... Every night...
Tonight at the Tube, we played 'The Quest' with Sandy and Judy. It was like a scavenger hunt, more or less. Sandy already knew a lot of what they were going to ask for. And he was quick on his feet! I didn't have most of the things they were asking for, but we had a few. The funniest part for me was Frankie asking, "Show me a tattoo". They all stayed at the table and I flew up there. I thought I needed Sandy with me (as team captain, I supposed) but he just looked at me and said 'what do you need ME for?!' So, I ran up to show my tattoo, I though Frankie could see it if I dipped my jacket down just a bit. He said 'I don't see anything'. So, I took it down off my shoulder and he says 'now we have people taking off their clothes up here!' Uh, no Frankie. Geez, it's just a sweater. But thanks for making me blush in front of the crowd... LOL! But, we had a good time with Sandy and Judy again :) After the game, they had a female ventriloquist. I wasn't too sure about this, they kinda freak me out. But she was very funny! Lynn Trefzger was her name.
Then, it's nighty night time yet again...
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