Saturday September 24 Day 7 At Sea
The final full day of our cruise has arrived. We awoke way too early, but we had to since we had the Madagascar Character Breakfast scheduled this morning.
At least it doesnt say SUNDAY yet
..sigh
We arrived early this time in hopes to avoid the huge lineup out front, and we were successful. Come to find out though, this Character Breakfast was much, much more lightly populated than the Shrek one earlier in the week. Not sure if the Shrek characters are just THAT much more popular or if it was a case of everybody wanting to book the first available option or a combo of both. (FYI there was also another Shrek Character Breakfast the day before. Not sure if they do it that way every cruise with 2 Shrek and 1 Madagascar, but thats how they did it on ours.)
Unfortunately at this time there is no way to know prior to the cruise which of the characters will be at that particular breakfast that you book, because they do not seem to follow a set routine from cruise to cruise.
We were seated immediately and right away noticed there were maybe half as many people in attendance this time. It was a much better overall experience- it moved much faster and service was much, much better.
It didnt take us long to realize our server was Leslie from Jamaica- whose section in MTD we had sat in several nights earlier. We already knew service was going to be good but when we got a pastry plate with PUDDING on it, well does it gets any better than that?!?!?
Pudding for breakfast?!?!? I love you Leslie from Jamaica!
It was technically a Black Forest parfait- part of the chocolate breakfast menu. It was really good too!!!
We had barely been seated and Alex came out, doing his dance:
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And of course, what else would you have to go with chocolate pudding for breakfast but CHOCOLATE MILKSHAKES!!!
You can see there are quite a few empty tables around. The last breakfast was PACKED full.
Our food was out super fast and THIS time I got my bacon.
And..what else? They wouldn't have it any other way.
The food was similar to last time, pretty good- not great. The waffles were on the soft side and my bacon was soggy. The boys loved the omelets though.
And it was time for Alex!
Oh no, Alexs dirty little secret- male pattern baldness!
We liked this table location better too. Although we were quite far away from the character dance intros- at least they faced us. And we saw all of the characters in order this time too, not a big deal if you dont, but it was just easier to keep track of who we had and hadnt seen and who was where.
It moved so fast that the characters were almost on top of each other
Literally
..
After Gloria and her wide load let Alex pass, she came to meet us!
Sarahs hug- aww!
Gloria had a huge crush on Brendan, much to his dismay.
And right behind her was King Julien!
Bad! King Julien! Put my child down!
After breakfast, we strolled through the still mostly empty Promenade. Where is everyone?