One thing I wanted to share - I don’t remember if I mentioned it, so if I did, well, skip this paragraph. When we were coming back to the ship from our tour in Acapulco, Minnie Mouse was up on the deck waving. Now, this was very neat, because yes, it is always neat to see the characters, but Minnie was out on deck waving to the Mexican families who were walking by - the little kids were just so happy to really see Minnie Mouse in person! It was such a nice touch. Mickey was out today (Monday), too, when we were going through Panama Canal.
Observations about the ship - in the hallways and stairwells, there is a constant soundtrack of Disney songs playing - the neat thing, though, is that the play list is so extensive, I rarely, if ever, hear the same song twice - and I’ve been aboard the ship for over a week! They play songs from all of the animated movies, of course, songs from the musical movies (Summer Magic, Parent Trap, etc.) and songs from the parks - like the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack. Very cool.
Also, it is neat that there are always characters out and about. Mostly, you see them in the atrium posing for pictures. Also, certain dinners have cool show moments that involve visiting characters. However, they’ll pop up in crazy places, too - for example, when we were waiting in line for our Galley tour, Peter Pan ran up and said, “Let’s go, folks! I’m ready to take you on the tour!” The host said, “But Peter, do you even know your way around the galley?” and Peter said, “Of course I do! Tink and I fly in there every once in a while and get some cupcakes! Speaking of which, I better go find her - see you later!” And he took off down the hall. Another time, it was like 9:00 at night, and the four of us were sitting in some lounge chairs outside of the Buena Vista theater, feeling tired and trying to decide what to do next. Next thing we know, Cinderella comes walking by, all by herself. Now, you know she’s walking to take her break, so we expected a quick little hello, but she came over and had a short little conversation with us! She could have just said, you know, “Hello, have a lovely evening!” as she passed, but instead she stopped and backtracked and asked us how we were doing and if we were enjoying ourselves. It was really nice! Mom says it is almost like all of these characters are just cruising with us - you see them walking as if they are heading back to their cabins. So cool! Also, there are quite a variety of characters aboard!
Also, the casts for the shows are quite large - like, I expect that they do a bunch of costume changes and one actor plays several characters, and I am sure that happens to some extent, but it is really amazing how at the end, during he curtain call, how many of the characters come out - meaning that their casts are quite large!
Ok - so Sunday - This morning, we started our day with brunch at Palo. What a spread! I loved the crab legs, of course, and just snacking on the cheese and bread. They also had this dish called “Stolen Bread” which is this sweet bread that you top with whipped cream and fresh berries - so good! There was a lot of sea food - salmon mouse, etc. We had a blue cheese and grape pizza, and an Italian sausage pizza, eggs benedict, eggs Julia, and this amazing chicken parmigiana. Just so yummy!
After that, we went to see the matinee of “Twice Charmed: An Original Twist on the Cinderella Story.” This was a stage musical with the step mother and the step sisters meeting their evil fairy godfather, who helped them go back in time and steal Cinderella’s glass slipper. It had new music, a good story, and amazing sets - amazing how they keep all of these sets on the ship! Also, I love that they do matinees of their big production shows, because it frees up the evenings to do other things.
After the matinee, we had to head to a few different places on the ship to watch scenarios and gather clues for our Who Dunnit? At sea. We saw a scenario with Francie and Urie in the Promenade lounge, and a scenario with Storme and Trixie at the forward elevators on deck 9.
Then we met Mom and Bobby back at the cabin to compare clues (they had gone to the same scenarios, but to split up the large group, they presented the scenarios at various times, so we went to different “performances” to see what clues we picked up on.
The menu for dinner was Prince and Princess. My favorite things were the crispy ravioli and the blue cheese and apple salad.
After dinner, we headed to Diversions. Bobby and Grant played a game of wii golf, while mom and I played Trivial Pursuit and Pictionary. Then we all played a game of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Game of Life.
At 10:30, we went to the adult hypnotist show. The participants were hilarious and much more into it this time, and the show was really great. After that, we went to bed - because tomorrow we had to get p early for the Panama Canal!!!!!
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