Thursday, October 11, 2012
Sea Day
It was a good morning to sleep in. It was another beautiful day at sea. We went up to Beach Blanket for breakfast and ran into our neighbors again. We sat inside this time. Luan helped find a table this morning. While we were eating, our DNeighbor spotted some whale blows in the distance. Unfortunately, they were quite a ways away so we didnt actually see any whales.
After breakfast, I went to attend the talk by Robb Gibbs, an executive with Pixar about storyboarding. He works a lot on the Tow Mater Tall Tales series. He showed us how Pixar now uses the computer to draw their storyboards and he showed some clips from some short movies he worked on. It was very amusing and interesting. During the seminar, I received a text from DD that she wanted to go swimming (DH didnt have the other phone and he was supposedly at Cove Café reading). The talk had run overtime, so I left during the Q &A to take DD swimming. When I got to the stateroom, she wasnt there and wasnt answering her wave phone. I went out to look for her. I found DD & DH on Deck 4 above the lobby waiting for the Princesses with our DNeighbors.
Evidently, Peter Pan was to make an appearance. He is DNeighbors DDs very favorite character. While they went in search of Peter Pan, we went to take DD swimming up at the Goofy Pool. After a brief dip in the pool, we went down to Parrot Cay for lunch. I loved how they had hard packed ice cream with all the toppings for dessert.
At 1:45, I headed up to Deck 9, Goofy Pool to watch Ice Carving. It always amazes me how somebody can take a block of ice and turn it into a work of art. Fiona hosted the event. The carver had to work very fast as the ice was already starting to melt. There were ice chips flying everywhere!
After the carving exhibition, we went to the Pixar Pals in the Atrium Lobby. All the Pixar characters onboard made an appearance. Daniel emceed the event. At the end, we all said goodbye to the characters by singing Youve Got A Friend In Me.
At 3:15 DD and I met DNeighbors at the Promenade Lounge for a round of Disney Theme Park Trivia. Daniel from the crew staff ran it. He was very good and made it a lot of fun. He would play music from a Disney attraction, you had to name the attraction and where it could be found, i.e.
Disneyland, EPCOT, etc. Then there was a bonus question about the attraction. I really enjoyed the trivia games onboard, I only wish that I could have gone to more. We didnt win, but we did pretty well. Some of the questions were pretty tough. After trivia, it was time to get ready for dinner.
It was semi-formal night and Toy Story 3D was the menu. They were having another Pixar Pal gathering before dinner. DD got her picture taken with Dug and Russell while DH and I had a formal portrait done. Then we had a family lifestyle portrait taken. We went to dinner in Parrot Cay. On the way to dinner, the CMs were selling Pixar Cruise drink cups and popcorn cars at the Promenade Lounge, 2 for 1. I had wanted to get the traffic cone drink cup with the Pixar Cruise logo on it and it seemed like the perfect time. We each got 3D glasses to see the cover of our Toy Story menu. Sasha told us that we get to take the menus home since they wouldnt be used anymore. Im sure somebody has put them on E-Bay by now. I enjoyed the Mai Tai with my dinner
and a Mickey Bar for dessert.
After dinner, DD and I went to the Toy Story show, since neither of us had seen it before. The theater was full, we were lucky to find a couple of seats 3 rows from the stage off to the side. Of all the shows I have seen on the Magic and Wonder, I have determined that Toy Story is not my favorite. In the meantime, DH went down to Diversions to see if they were showing the ASU vs Colorado football game. They werent, so, DH watched it in our stateroom before heading up to Café Cove for a bit. (ASU won! Go Devils!) Anyway, after the show DD and I headed up to the stateroom for the night. On our way, we ran into Cruise Minnie and Cruise Daisy.
Our towel animal was another dog.
Next: Here come the Zonies.
I totally agree, going under the bridge was a definite highlight for us too.
from her school while onboard. While we were sitting at the Cadillac Lounge a gentleman came up and asked me if I worked at a specific school, I am actually a volunteer, but I said yes. He recognized me because he used to teach at my DD’s middle school and I worked with his DD in Kindergarten where I volunteer. It truly is a small world. I was amazed at how many people from Arizona were on board this cruise.
We went up to have breakfast at Beach Blanket. I walked around on deck 10 and took some photos.
First off, we were given ear buds, but the sound system didnt work for the first seven stops of the tour. So we didnt get any information about the city. We went through downtown on our way to Union Square. 
As we went back over the bridge, there was my red hat, flattened in the middle of the street. I certainly couldnt laugh about it then, but it has become funnier as time goes on. Fortunately, I was able to replace it easily. 
but I wouldn't have missed standing up there and going under the bridge for the world! It was amazing!
